Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail
Section 544.010 - Magistrate defined.

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail

Section 544.010 - Magistrate defined.

Section 544.020 - Issuance of warrant upon complaint.

Section 544.030 - Issuance of warrants by associate circuit judge.

Section 544.040 - Bail, associate circuit judge may grant, when.

Section 544.045 - License to operate motor vehicle may be deposited in lieu of bail — exceptions — failure to appear, notice to director of revenue.

Section 544.046 - Compact — entered into.

Section 544.050 - Recognizances.

Section 544.060 - Issuance of warrants by clerk upon indictments.

Section 544.070 - Issuance of process.

Section 544.080 - Issuance of warrant to sheriff — execution.

Section 544.090 - Warrants, where executed.

Section 544.100 - Arrest in another county — procedure.

Section 544.110 - Escape to another county when guilty of felony.

Section 544.120 - Attempted escape of felon, officers to pursue — arrest.

Section 544.130 - Attempted escape, proceeding after arrest.

Section 544.145 - Governor may offer reward for escaped felon — payment.

Section 544.150 - Reward by county commission.

Section 544.155 - Uniform fresh pursuit law.

Section 544.157 - Law enforcement officers, conservation agents, capitol police, college or university police officers, and park rangers, arrest powers — fresh pursuit defined — policy of agency electing to institute vehicular pursuits.

Section 544.160 - Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires.

Section 544.170 - Twenty hours detention on arrest without warrant — twenty-four hours detention for certain offenses, rights of confinee — violations, penalty.

Section 544.180 - Arrest.

Section 544.190 - Rights of officer in making arrests.

Section 544.193 - Strip searches prohibited, when — how executed if authorized.

Section 544.195 - Rights and remedies of person wronged.

Section 544.197 - Sections 544.193 to 544.197 not applicable, when.

Section 544.200 - Officer may break open doors.

Section 544.210 - Arrests, when.

Section 544.216 - Powers of arrest, arrest without warrant on suspicion persons violating any law of state including infractions, misdemeanors and ordinances, exception — power of municipal officer in unincorporated area.

Section 544.218 - Arrest without warrant, lawful, when.

Section 544.220 - Conveyance of prisoner through another county.

Section 544.230 - Officer not subject to arrest — posse.

Section 544.240 - Duty of jailer.

Section 544.250 - Preliminary hearing, when required — release, when, what conditions.

Section 544.260 - Arrest of person, where tried.

Section 544.270 - Procedure before associate circuit judge.

Section 544.275 - State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury.

Section 544.280 - Trial, how conducted.

Section 544.290 - Disqualification of associate circuit judge.

Section 544.300 - Proceedings in case of disqualification.

Section 544.310 - Associate circuit judge may call associate.

Section 544.320 - Adjournment of hearing by associate circuit judge — release of prisoner, when, what conditions.

Section 544.330 - Failure to appear under recognizance.

Section 544.340 - Commitment of party, when.

Section 544.350 - Complaint to be read, time given for advice.

Section 544.360 - Exclusion of witnesses from examination.

Section 544.370 - Homicide, written evidence.

Section 544.376 - Crime laboratory reports, evidence as to test results, procedure — person conducting tests, recorded interview prior to hearing, procedure, right to subpoena.

Section 544.380 - Examination of prisoner and his witnesses.

Section 544.390 - Examination and recognizance, certified, when.

Section 544.400 - Failure of associate circuit judge to discharge duty.

Section 544.410 - Discharge, when ordered.

Section 544.420 - Recognizance, when required.

Section 544.430 - Who may be bound by recognizance.

Section 544.440 - Commitment of witnesses.

Section 544.455 - Release of person charged, when — conditions which may be imposed.

Section 544.456 - Sam Pratt's Law — prohibition on providing child care services for compensation pending final disposition, when.

Section 544.457 - Bail, amount of, information which may be considered — denial of bail — special conditions.

Section 544.470 - Commitment of individual, when — presumption for aliens unlawfully present.

Section 544.472 - Persons confined to jail, verification of lawful immigration status required.

Section 544.490 - What courts may accept recognizance.

Section 544.500 - Recognizance, disposition of.

Section 544.510 - Bail, when taken other than by court.

Section 544.520 - Name of prosecutor returned with bail bond.

Section 544.530 - Bond or recognizance, by whom taken.

Section 544.540 - Court to fix conditions for release, when.

Section 544.550 - Recognizances, how taken.

Section 544.560 - Sheriff may set conditions for release, when.

Section 544.570 - Recognizances returned to clerk.

Section 544.575 - No proceeding upon a recognizance defeated for defects.

Section 544.580 - Qualification of sureties.

Section 544.590 - When security deemed sufficient.

Section 544.600 - Surrender of principal, how made.

Section 544.610 - Discharge of bailor's liability, how.

Section 544.620 - What deemed a surrender.

Section 544.630 - Other bail.

Section 544.640 - Recognizance forfeited, when.

Section 544.650 - Writ of scire facias, how served.

Section 544.660 - Writs of scire facias, service construed.

Section 544.665 - Failure to appear, penalty.

Section 544.671 - Certain defendants not entitled to bail for certain offenses.

Section 544.676 - Court may deny bail upon showing that defendant poses danger to victim, witness, or community — considerations — right to trial, time limit.