2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXII COURTS (476-488)
Chapter 479 Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts
Section 479.210 Recognizances and forfeitures.
479.210. In case of a breach of any recognizance entered into before a municipal judge or an associate circuit judge hearing a municipal ordinance violation case, the same shall be deemed forfeited and the judge shall cause the same to be prosecuted against the principal and surety, or either of them, in the name of the municipality as plaintiff. Such action shall be prosecuted before a circuit judge or associate circuit judge, and in the event of cases caused to be prosecuted by a municipal judge, such shall be on the transcript of the proceedings before the municipal judge. All moneys recovered in such actions shall be paid over to the municipal treasury to the general revenue fund of the municipality.
(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-2-79
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