Effective - 28 Aug 2014
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. — Except as otherwise provided in section 544.157, any sheriff or deputy sheriff, any member of the Missouri state highway patrol, and any county or municipal law enforcement officer in this state, except those officers of a political subdivision or municipality having a population of less than two thousand persons or which does not have at least four full-time nonelected peace officers unless such subdivision or municipality has elected to come under and is operating pursuant to the provisions of sections 590.100 to 590.150*, may arrest on view, and without a warrant, any person the officer sees violating or who such officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated any ordinance or law of this state, including a misdemeanor or infraction, over which such officer has jurisdiction. Peace officers of a municipality shall have arrest powers, as described in this section, upon lands which are leased or owned by the municipality in an unincorporated area. Ordinances enacted by a municipality, owning or leasing lands outside its boundaries, may be enforced by peace officers of the municipality upon such owned or leased lands. The power of arrest authorized by this section is in addition to all other powers conferred upon law enforcement officers, and shall not be construed so as to limit or restrict any other power of a law enforcement officer.
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(L. 1983 S.B. 72 § 2, A.L. 1986 S.B. 450, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745)
*Section 590.150 was repealed by H.B. 80, 2001.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Arrest on suspicion, Kansas City, 84.440
Arrest on suspicion, St. Louis City, 84.090
Failure to execute arrest warrant, penalty, 575.180
Structure 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 544.046 - 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 544.160 - Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires.
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 544.218 - 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 544.280 - 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 544.330 - 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 544.380 - 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 544.470 - 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 544.640 - 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.