§ 575.195. — Escape from commitment--penalty.


575.195. 1. A person commits the crime of escape from commitment or detention if he or she has been committed to a state mental hospital under the provisions of sections 552.010 to 552.080, RSMo, or of sections 632.480 to 632.513, RSMo, or has been ordered to be taken into custody, detained, or held pursuant to sections 632.480 to 632.513, RSMo, and he or she escapes from such commitment or detention.

2. Escape from commitment or detention is a class D felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1215)

Effective 6-14-04