Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories
575.220. Failure to return to confinement — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of failure to return to confinement if, while serving a sentence for any offense under a work-release program, or while under sentence of any offense to serve a term of confinement which is not continuous, or while serving any other type of sentence for any offense wherein he or she is temporarily permitted to go at large without guard, he or she purposely fails to return to confinement when he or she is required to do so.
2. This section does not apply to persons who are free on bond, bail or recognizance, personal or otherwise, nor to persons who are on probation or parole, temporary or otherwise.
3. The offense of failure to return to confinement is a class C misdemeanor unless:
(1) The sentence being served is one of confinement in a county or private jail on conviction of a felony, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor; or
(2) The sentence being served is to the Missouri department of corrections, in which case it is a class E felony.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2009 S.B. 44, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
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.