2022 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail

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Section 544.010 - Magistrate defined. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.020 - Issuance of warrant upon complaint. (8/28/2004)
Section 544.030 - Issuance of warrants by associate circuit judge. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.040 - Bail, associate circuit judge may grant, when. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.045 - License to operate motor vehicle may be deposited in lieu of bail — exceptions — failure to appear, notice to director of revenue. (7/1/1992)
Section 544.046 - Compact — entered into. (8/28/2012)
Section 544.050 - Recognizances. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.060 - Issuance of warrants by clerk upon indictments. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.070 - Issuance of process. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.080 - Issuance of warrant to sheriff — execution. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.090 - Warrants, where executed. (8/28/1993)
Section 544.100 - Arrest in another county — procedure. (8/28/1949)
Section 544.110 - Escape to another county when guilty of felony. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.120 - Attempted escape of felon, officers to pursue — arrest. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.130 - Attempted escape, proceeding after arrest. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.145 - Governor may offer reward for escaped felon — payment. (8/28/1957)
Section 544.150 - Reward by county commission. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.155 - Uniform fresh pursuit law. (8/28/1996)
Section 544.157 - Law enforcement officers, conservation agents, capitol police, college or university police officers, and park rangers, arrest powers — fresh pursuit defined — policy of agency electing to institute vehicular pursuits. (8/28/2013)
Section 544.160 - Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.170 - Twenty hours detention on arrest without warrant — twenty-four hours detention for certain offenses, rights of confinee — violations, penalty. (8/28/2005)
Section 544.180 - Arrest. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.190 - Rights of officer in making arrests. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.193 - Strip searches prohibited, when — how executed if authorized. (8/28/1980)
Section 544.195 - Rights and remedies of person wronged. (8/28/1980)
Section 544.197 - Sections 544.193 to 544.197 not applicable, when. (8/28/1980)
Section 544.200 - Officer may break open doors. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.210 - Arrests, when. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.216 - Powers of arrest, arrest without warrant on suspicion persons violating any law of state including infractions, misdemeanors and ordinances, exception — power of municipal officer in unincorporated area. (8/28/2014)
Section 544.218 - Arrest without warrant, lawful, when. (1/1/2017)
Section 544.220 - Conveyance of prisoner through another county. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.230 - Officer not subject to arrest — posse. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.240 - Duty of jailer. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.250 - Preliminary hearing, when required — release, when, what conditions. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.260 - Arrest of person, where tried. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.270 - Procedure before associate circuit judge. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.275 - State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury. (8/28/1990)
Section 544.280 - Trial, how conducted. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.290 - Disqualification of associate circuit judge. (8/28/1945)
Section 544.300 - Proceedings in case of disqualification. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.310 - Associate circuit judge may call associate. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.320 - Adjournment of hearing by associate circuit judge — release of prisoner, when, what conditions. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.330 - Failure to appear under recognizance. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.340 - Commitment of party, when. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.350 - Complaint to be read, time given for advice. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.360 - Exclusion of witnesses from examination. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.370 - Homicide, written evidence. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.376 - Crime laboratory reports, evidence as to test results, procedure — person conducting tests, recorded interview prior to hearing, procedure, right to subpoena. (8/28/1998)
Section 544.380 - Examination of prisoner and his witnesses. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.390 - Examination and recognizance, certified, when. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.400 - Failure of associate circuit judge to discharge duty. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.410 - Discharge, when ordered. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.420 - Recognizance, when required. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.430 - Who may be bound by recognizance. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.440 - Commitment of witnesses. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.455 - Release of person charged, when — conditions which may be imposed. (8/28/2013)
Section 544.456 - Sam Pratt's Law — prohibition on providing child care services for compensation pending final disposition, when. (8/28/2012)
Section 544.457 - Bail, amount of, information which may be considered — denial of bail — special conditions. (8/28/1993)
Section 544.470 - Commitment of individual, when — presumption for aliens unlawfully present. (8/28/2011)
Section 544.472 - Persons confined to jail, verification of lawful immigration status required. (1/1/2017)
Section 544.490 - What courts may accept recognizance. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.500 - Recognizance, disposition of. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.510 - Bail, when taken other than by court. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.520 - Name of prosecutor returned with bail bond. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.530 - Bond or recognizance, by whom taken. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.540 - Court to fix conditions for release, when. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.550 - Recognizances, how taken. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.560 - Sheriff may set conditions for release, when. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.570 - Recognizances returned to clerk. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.575 - No proceeding upon a recognizance defeated for defects. (1/2/1979)
Section 544.580 - Qualification of sureties. (8/28/1972)
Section 544.590 - When security deemed sufficient. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.600 - Surrender of principal, how made. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.610 - Discharge of bailor's liability, how. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.620 - What deemed a surrender. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.630 - Other bail. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.640 - Recognizance forfeited, when. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.650 - Writ of scire facias, how served. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.660 - Writs of scire facias, service construed. (8/28/1939)
Section 544.665 - Failure to appear, penalty. (1/1/2017)
Section 544.671 - Certain defendants not entitled to bail for certain offenses. (6/5/2006)
Section 544.676 - Court may deny bail upon showing that defendant poses danger to victim, witness, or community — considerations — right to trial, time limit. (8/28/1994)

CHAPTER CROSS REFERENCES

Appeal bond, when taken, conditions, 547.170 to 547.190
Appeal, defendant failing to appear for judgment on, arrest ordered, 547.310
Arrest powers, peace officers and conservation agents, 252.085
Arrest records expungement, grounds, procedure, 610.122 to 610.126
Assessment of points for out of state charges or convictions, requirements, exceptions, 302.160
Bail, forfeiture if defendant tampers with witness or victims, 491.610
Bonds required for arrest warrants, probation, civil cash bonds, deemed unclaimed property, when, 447.595
Child less than seventeen years taken into custody, record of law enforcement agency required, 210.004
Children deemed arrested when taken into custody on drug and criminal activities, 195.146
Cities, fourth class, police officers may arrest in areas leased or owned by city outside city boundaries, 85.620
Cities, third class, police officers may arrest in areas leased or owned by city outside city boundaries, 85.561
Crime victims' rights, Const. Art. I, § 32
Deaf persons, auxiliary services and aids, 476.750 to 476.766
Employees of conservation commission and department of conservation, arrest powers, when, 252.068
Escape of accused, crime victims' right to notice, Const. Art. I, Sec. 32
Extradition proceedings, generally, Chap. 548
First class counties and St. Louis City, arrest authority of certain peace officers, 70.820
Highway patrolmen may arrest on reasonable grounds for motor vehicle offenses, 43.195
Indicted person not to be released, exception, bail, 532.450
Liquor control peace officers, authority to make arrests for violations, 311.630
Marshal of supreme court to arrest and deliver convict to penitentiary, when, 547.340, 547.350
Members of general assembly privileged from arrest, when, Const. Art. III § 19
Military offenders, state, 40.025
Motor vehicles abandoned when driver is arrested and taken into custody, procedure, 304.155
Penal institution employees authorized to arrest, when, 217.280
Recognizance on change of venue, 545.520 to 545.540
Reversal upon writ of error by state, defendant to be arrested, 547.230
State college and university boards may appoint police officers with powers of arrest, 174.703
University of Missouri campuses, traffic regulations violations, points assessed, 172.750
Voters privileged from arrest on election day, Const. Art. VIII § 4
Witness or victim tampering prohibited, activities prohibited set out in forms, 491.620

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2022 Missouri Revised StatutesTitle XXXVII - Criminal ProcedureChapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail

2022 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail