Effective - 28 Aug 2006
610.105. Effect of nolle pros — dismissal — sentence suspended on record — not guilty due to mental disease or defect, effect — official records available to victim in certain cases. — 1. If the person arrested is charged but the case is subsequently nolle prossed, dismissed, or the accused is found not guilty or imposition of sentence is suspended in the court in which the action is prosecuted, official records pertaining to the case shall thereafter be closed records when such case is finally terminated except as provided in subsection 2 of this section and section 610.120 and except that the court's judgment or order or the final action taken by the prosecutor in such matters may be accessed. If the accused is found not guilty due to mental disease or defect pursuant to section 552.030, official records pertaining to the case shall thereafter be closed records upon such findings, except that the disposition may be accessed only by law enforcement agencies, child-care agencies, facilities as defined in section 198.006, and in-home services provider agencies as defined in section 192.2400, in the manner established by section 610.120.
2. If the person arrested is charged with an offense found in chapter 566, section 568.045, 568.050, 568.060, 568.065, 573.200*, 573.205*, or 568.175, and an imposition of sentence is suspended in the court in which the action is prosecuted, the official records pertaining to the case shall be made available to the victim for the purpose of using the records in his or her own judicial proceeding, or if the victim is a minor to the victim's parents or guardian, upon request.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 1 § 7, A.L. 1981 H.B. 554, A.L. 1993 H.B. 170, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1053)
*Section 568.080 was transferred to section 573.200 and section 568.090 was transferred to section 573.205 by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXIX - Conduct of Public Business
Chapter 610 - Governmental Bodies and Records
Section 610.010 - Definitions.
Section 610.011 - Liberal construction of law to be public policy.
Section 610.015 - Votes, how taken.
Section 610.021 - Closed meetings and closed records authorized when, exceptions.
Section 610.025 - Electronic transmission of messages relating to public business, requirements.
Section 610.030 - Injunctive relief authorized.
Section 610.035 - State entity not to disclose Social Security number, exceptions.
Section 610.103 - Criminal background check completed without fee, when.
Section 610.106 - Suspended sentence prior to September 28, 1981, procedure to close records.
Section 610.110 - Failure to recite closed record excused — exceptions.
Section 610.120 - Records to be confidential — accessible to whom, purposes.
Section 610.122 - Arrest record expunged, requirements.
Section 610.123 - Procedure to expunge, supreme court to promulgate rules — similar to small claims.
Section 610.131 - Expungement for persons less than eighteen years of age at time of offense.
Section 610.145 - Stolen or mistaken identity, expungement of records, procedure.
Section 610.150 - "911" telephone reports inaccessible, exceptions.
Section 610.210 - Health care coordination, certain records may be released.