Effective - 07 Jul 1997
252.085. Arrests by commission agents certified as peace officers or instructors, powers, limitation. — 1. All authorized agents of the commission who have attained proper certification as peace officers in accordance with the provisions of chapter 590 and all authorized agents of the commission who attain proper certification as instructors under chapter 590 are hereby declared to be officers of the state of Missouri and shall be so deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of this state.
2. All such agents shall have full power and authority as now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers when working with and at the special request of the sheriff of any county, or the chief of police of any city, or under the direction of the superintendent of the state highway patrol; except that the authorized agent of the commission who is working in any county as provided in this section and section 252.225 and at the request of any agency other than that of the county sheriff's department shall notify immediately the sheriff or the sheriff's designee of the county where the request originated.
3. All authorized agents may arrest, without warrant or process of any kind, any person who they have probable cause to believe has committed or is in the process of committing any violation of the laws of the state of Missouri, on all lands owned, operated, managed, or leased by the commission, or when such probable cause is established incidental to the enforcement of the laws of the state of Missouri which such agents have been authorized by statute to enforce on all lands not owned, operated, managed, or leased by the commission.
4. All authorized agents shall also be declared to be peace officers of the state of Missouri and shall have jurisdiction and may arrest, without warrant or process of any kind, any person who they have probable cause to believe has committed or is in the process of committing a violation of section 569.055, 569.065, 569.067*, 569.100, 569.120, 569.140, or 569.150, except that no arrest without warrant may be made on any lands not owned, operated, managed or leased by the commission for violations of section 569.100, 569.120, 569.140, or 569.150, except upon the complaint of the landowner upon whose land such alleged violation occurred and no arrest may be made without a warrant for the commission of a misdemeanor committed outside the presence of the agent.
5. In addition to the powers prescribed in this section, all persons certified as peace officers in accordance with the provisions of chapter 590 and authorized agents of the conservation commission as provided in subsection 1 of this section may arrest on view, and without a warrant, at any place within this state, any person the certified officer or agent sees asserting physical force for the purpose of causing or creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury to any person.
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(L. 1981 S.B. 112, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1669, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1398, A.L. 1997 H.B. 424)
Effective 7-07-97
*Section 569.067 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development
Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation
Section 252.010 - Citation of law.
Section 252.020 - Definitions.
Section 252.030 - Wildlife of Missouri — ownership and title.
Section 252.042 - Additional penalties, when — moneys transferred to state school moneys fund.
Section 252.050 - Payment of fees — treasurer's report.
Section 252.060 - License may be inspected — penalty for refusal.
Section 252.068 - Arrest powers of certain conservation department employees.
Section 252.070 - Enforcement of law.
Section 252.080 - Arrest by commission agents for violations of conservation rules, powers.
Section 252.090 - Right of inspection by commission agents — penalty.
Section 252.100 - Complaints — search warrants — penalty for resisting.
Section 252.110 - Service of warrant on corporation.
Section 252.120 - Limitation of prosecution.
Section 252.130 - Failure to pay fine and costs — procedure.
Section 252.140 - Commission notified of results of prosecution.
Section 252.160 - Fraudulently securing license, penalty.
Section 252.170 - Soliciting illegal shipments — penalty.
Section 252.180 - Consignee to notify commission — penalty.
Section 252.190 - Possession of wildlife a misdemeanor — when.
Section 252.200 - Obstructing free passage of fish — penalty.
Section 252.210 - Contamination of streams — penalty.
Section 252.220 - Explosives prohibited — penalty.
Section 252.228 - Hunting, fishing and trapping permit records, contents — records closed, when.
Section 252.230 - Penalty not otherwise provided.
Section 252.240 - Endangered species law, definitions — prohibited activities, exceptions, penalty.
Section 252.241 - Penalty for hunting or fishing when license is suspended, revoked, denied.
Section 252.245 - Volunteers, liability, expenses — use of state vehicles — definition.
Section 252.300 - Citation of law — intent of legislature.
Section 252.303 - Agroforestry program developed — who may develop plan.
Section 252.306 - Definitions.
Section 252.309 - Incentive payments — agreements with landowners — amount of payments.
Section 252.312 - Funding for payments.
Section 252.318 - Annual inspection — notification of noncompliance — administrative procedure.
Section 252.321 - Agroforestry demonstration areas established.
Section 252.324 - Rules and regulations, procedure.
Section 252.327 - Report — contents — when submitted.
Section 252.330 - Payment for planting trees.
Section 252.333 - Federal incentive payments for land enrolled in the program, duration.