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2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts
Chapter 532 - Habeas Corpus
Section 532.640 Penalty for failing to obey and make return to writ.
Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 532.640 (2019)
Effective 28 Aug 1939
532.640. Penalty for failing to obey and make return to writ. — If any officer or other person, upon whom a writ of habeas corpus shall be duly served, shall neglect or refuse to obey the same, by producing the party therein named, and making a full and explicit return to the writ, as required by this chapter, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and also forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1649)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1485; 1919 § 1935; 1909 § 2500
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