2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 548.111. — Penalty for noncompliance with section 548.101.

548.111. Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the governor's warrant, in willful disobedience to section 548.101, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 11)

(1994) Person charged with legal custody of prisoner at time of an extradition transfer has responsibility to ensure that prisoner receives a hearing before transfer. White v. Armontrout, 29 F.3d 357 (8th Cir.).