Effective - 28 Aug 2002
575.010. Definitions. — The following definitions shall apply to this chapter and chapter 576:
(1) "Affidavit" means any written statement which is authorized or required by law to be made under oath, and which is sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths;
(2) "Government" means any branch or agency of the government of this state or of any political subdivision thereof;
(3) "Highway" means any public road or thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads, county roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys in any municipality;
(4) "Judicial proceeding" means any official proceeding in court, or any proceeding authorized by or held under the supervision of a court;
(5) "Juror" means a grand or petit juror, including a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;
(6) "Jury" means a grand or petit jury, including any panel which has been drawn or summoned to attend as prospective jurors;
(7) "Official proceeding" means any cause, matter, or proceeding where the laws of this state require that evidence considered therein be under oath or affirmation;
(8) "Police animal" means a dog, horse or other animal used in law enforcement or a correctional facility, or by a municipal police department, fire department, search and rescue unit or agency, whether the animal is on duty or not on duty. The term shall include, but not be limited to, accelerant detection dogs, bomb detection dogs, narcotic detection dogs, search and rescue dogs and tracking animals;
(9) "Public record" means any document which a public servant is required by law to keep;
(10) "Testimony" means any oral statement under oath or affirmation;
(11) "Victim" means any natural person against whom any crime is deemed to have been perpetrated or attempted;
(12) "Witness" means any natural person:
(a) Having knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any crime; or
(b) Whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose; or
(c) Who has reported any crime to any peace officer or prosecutor; or
(d) Who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of any court of this state.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1983 S.B. 24, A.L. 1999 H.B. 248, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 575 - Offenses Against the Administration of Justice
Section 575.010 - Definitions.
Section 575.020 - Concealing an offense — penalties.
Section 575.030 - Hindering prosecution — penalties.
Section 575.040 - Perjury — penalties.
Section 575.050 - False affidavit — penalties.
Section 575.060 - False declarations — penalty.
Section 575.070 - Proof of falsity of statements.
Section 575.080 - False reports — penalty.
Section 575.090 - False bomb report — penalty.
Section 575.095 - Tampering with a judicial officer — penalty.
Section 575.100 - Tampering with physical evidence — penalties.
Section 575.110 - Tampering with a public record — penalty.
Section 575.120 - False impersonation — penalties.
Section 575.130 - Simulating legal process — penalty.
Section 575.133 - Filing a nonconsensual common law lien — penalty.
Section 575.150 - Resisting or interfering with arrest — penalties.
Section 575.153 - Disarming a peace officer or correctional officer — penalty.
Section 575.159 - Aiding a sexual offender — applicability of section — penalty.
Section 575.160 - Interference with legal process — penalty.
Section 575.170 - Refusing to make an employee available for service of process — penalty.
Section 575.190 - Refusal to identify as a witness — penalty.
Section 575.195 - Escape from commitment, detention, or conditional release — penalty.
Section 575.200 - Escape or attempted escape from custody — penalty.
Section 575.205 - Tampering with electronic monitoring equipment, offense of — violation, penalty.
Section 575.206 - Violating a condition of lifetime supervision, offense of — violation, penalty.
Section 575.210 - Escape or attempted escape from confinement — penalties.
Section 575.220 - Failure to return to confinement — penalties.
Section 575.230 - Aiding escape of a prisoner — penalties.
Section 575.240 - Permitting escape — penalties.
Section 575.250 - Disturbing a judicial proceeding — penalty.
Section 575.260 - Tampering with a judicial proceeding — penalty.
Section 575.270 - Tampering with a witness or victim — penalties.
Section 575.280 - Acceding to corruption — penalties.
Section 575.290 - Improper communication — penalty.
Section 575.300 - Misconduct by a juror — penalty.
Section 575.310 - Misconduct in selecting or summoning a juror — penalty.
Section 575.320 - Misconduct in administration of justice — penalty.