Effective - 28 Aug 1957
1.210. No imprisonment without authority of law. — No person's body shall be imprisoned or restrained unless by authority of law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 648, A.L. 1957 p. 587)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 648; 1919 § 7051; 1909 § 8050
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 1 - Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes
Section 1.016 - Secondary sources do not constitute law or public policy, when.
Section 1.025 - Registered mail defined.
Section 1.028 - English is the common language of Missouri.
Section 1.030 - Plural includes the singular — masculine includes feminine.
Section 1.035 - Voter defined.
Section 1.040 - Computation of time.
Section 1.050 - Majority may act for all.
Section 1.060 - Powers of deputies.
Section 1.070 - Reference to provisions in revised statutes.
Section 1.080 - County to include St. Louis — county clerk to include register of St. Louis.
Section 1.090 - Words and phrases, how construed.
Section 1.092 - Best interest of child, welfare policy of state.
Section 1.120 - Reenactments, how construed.
Section 1.130 - Effective date of laws.
Section 1.140 - Severability of statute provisions.
Section 1.150 - Repealing law repealed, former law not revived, when.
Section 1.160 - Effect of repeal of penal statute.
Section 1.170 - Repeal of law not to affect rights acquired thereunder.
Section 1.180 - Actions pending, how affected by repeal of law.
Section 1.190 - Notices, how served.
Section 1.200 - Equality of citizens.
Section 1.210 - No imprisonment without authority of law.
Section 1.217 - Cloning — use of state funds prohibited, definition.
Section 1.302 - Religious freedom restoration act.
Section 1.410 - Citation of law — findings.
Section 1.420 - Federal laws deemed infringements of United State and Missouri Constitutions.
Section 1.430 - Invalidity of federal laws deemed an infringement.
Section 1.440 - Protection of citizens against infringement against right to keep and bear arms.
Section 1.450 - Enforcement of federal laws that infringe on right to keep and bear arms prohibited.
Section 1.460 - Violations, liability and civil penalty — sovereign immunity not a defense.
Section 1.480 - Definitions — acts not deemed violation.
Section 1.485 - Severability clause.
Section 1.513 - Broadband deployment, federal funds — failure to deploy, disclosure.