Effective - 28 Aug 1939
542.300. Prisoners may be searched. — Any associate circuit judge who shall commit any person charged with an offense to jail, or by whom any vagrant or disorderly person shall be committed, shall cause such person to be searched, for the purpose of discovering any money or property he may have, and if any be found, the same shall be taken into possession by the sheriff, and applied to the support of such person while in confinement, and to the payment of any costs which may be adjudged against him on account of the offense for which he is charged.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4163)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3773; 1919 § 4119; 1909 § 5324
CROSS REFERENCE:
State highway patrol may take weapons from person arrested, 43.200
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures
Section 542.010 - Magistrate defined.
Section 542.020 - Certain officers to preserve peace, issue process.
Section 542.030 - Warrant may issue, when.
Section 542.050 - Recognizance — penalty for failure to give.
Section 542.060 - Parties committed, how discharged.
Section 542.070 - Recognizance, where deposited.
Section 542.080 - Recognizance, when broken.
Section 542.090 - Recognizance to be prosecuted, when.
Section 542.100 - Offense stated in record is evidence of breach.
Section 542.110 - Appeal granted, when.
Section 542.120 - Recognizance forfeited on failure to prosecute appeal.
Section 542.130 - Proceedings on appeal.
Section 542.140 - Affray in presence of associate circuit judge.
Section 542.170 - What officers may require aid of persons to disperse rioters.
Section 542.190 - Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state.
Section 542.261 - Peace officer defined.
Section 542.266 - Search warrant defined — who may issue.
Section 542.286 - Warrant to be executed within territorial jurisdiction, exception.
Section 542.291 - Search, when conducted — receipt for property taken.
Section 542.296 - Motion to suppress, grounds for.
Section 542.300 - Prisoners may be searched.
Section 542.400 - Definitions.
Section 542.402 - Penalty for illegal wiretapping, permitted activities.
Section 542.406 - Disclosure of contents — privileged communications.
Section 542.420 - Evidence obtained in violation of law may not be used.
Section 542.422 - Injunctions of felony violations of sections 542.400 to 542.424, procedure.