2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56 Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors
Section 56.360 Employment in criminal cases prohibited--civil practice authorized.
Employment in criminal cases prohibited--civil practice authorized.
56.360. It shall be unlawful for any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, or any assistant prosecuting attorney or any assistant circuit attorney, during the term of office for which he shall have been elected or appointed, to accept employment by any party other than the state of Missouri in any criminal case or proceeding; provided, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the officers specified in this section from engaging in the civil practice of law. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
(RSMo 1939 12927, A.L. 1959 H.B. 376)Prior revisions: 1929 11302; 1919 722; 1909 993
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