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2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 550.040. — State or county to pay costs on acquittal.

550.040. In all capital cases, and those in which imprisonment in the penitentiary is the sole punishment for the offense, if the defendant is acquitted, the costs shall be paid by the state; and in all other trials on indictments or information, if the defendant is acquitted, the costs shall be paid by the county in which the indictment was found or information filed, except when the prosecutor shall be adjudged to pay them or it shall be otherwise provided by law.

(RSMo 1939 � 4223)

Prior revisions: 1929 � 3828; 1919 � 4171; 1909 � 5379

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