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MO Rev Stat § 559.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.110 - Bond may be required — forfeiture.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories   559.110. Bond may be required — forfeiture. — When the defendant is granted probation or parole by the court, the court before or at the time of granting the probation or parole, may in its discretion require the defendant, with one or more sureties, to enter into bond to the state of Missouri in a sum to be fixed by the court, conditioned that he or she will appear in court as directed during the continuance of the probation or parole, and not depart without leave of court. The bond shall be approved by the court or by the clerk at the direction of the court and forfeiture may be taken and prosecuted to final judgment on the bond in the manner as provided by law in cases of bonds taken for appearance of persons awaiting trial upon information or indictment. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 559.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.120 - Probation may be granted, when — community-based treatment program participation, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 4 histories   559.120. Probation may be granted, when — community-based treatment program participation, when. — The circuit court may place a defendant on probation and require his or her participation in a program established pursuant to section 217.777 if, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and to the history and character of the defendant, the court is of the opinion that:  (1) Traditional institutional confinement of the defendant is not necessary for the protection of the public, given adequate supervision; and  (2) The defendant is in need of guidance, training, or other assistance, which, in his or her case, can be effectively administered through participation in a community-based treatment program. ­­If the court holds such opinions and further finds that the defendant is the primary caregiver of one or more dependent children, the court shall consider requiring the defendant to participate in a community-based treatment program. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 559.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.125 - Record of applications for probation or parole to be kept — information to be privileged — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories   559.125. Record of applications for probation or parole to be kept — information to be privileged — exceptions. — 1. The clerk of the court shall keep in a permanent file all applications for probation or parole by the court, and shall keep in such manner as may be prescribed by the court complete and full records of all presentence investigations requested, probations or paroles granted, revoked or terminated and all discharges from probations or paroles. All court orders relating to any presentence investigation requested and probation or parole granted under the provisions of this chapter and sections 558.011 and 558.026 shall be kept in a like manner, and, if the defendant subject to any such order is subject to an investigation or is under the supervision of the division of probation and parole, a copy of the order shall be sent to the division of probation and parole. In any county where a parole board ceases to exist, the clerk of the court shall preserve the records of that parole board.  2. Information and data obtained by a probation or parole officer shall be privileged information and shall not be receivable in any court. Such information shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than the members of a parole board and the judge entitled to receive reports, except the court, the division of probation and parole, or the parole board may in its discretion permit the inspection of the report, or parts of such report, by the defendant, or offender or his or her attorney, or other person having a proper interest therein.  3. The provisions of subsection 2 of this section notwithstanding, the presentence investigation report shall be made available to the state and all information and data obtained in connection with preparation of the presentence investigation report may be made available to the state at the discretion of the court upon a showing that the receipt of the information and data is in the best interest of the state. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 559.201 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.201 - Board of probation and parole created, 6th, 7th and 16th circuits — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.201. Board of probation and parole created, 6th, 7th and 16th circuits — powers. — 1. In each judicial circuit in this state composed of a single county wherein there is located a city having not less than four hundred thousand inhabitants and not more than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, a board of probation and parole is created to be composed of the several circuit judges of the judicial circuit.  2. The circuit judges of the circuit shall by majority vote select one of their number as chairman of the board of probation and parole. The chairman and any two or more of the circuit judges may grant, revoke, alter or terminate probation and paroles as provided for by law in sections 559.012 to 559.036. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.200)
MO Rev Stat § 559.211 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.211 - Board of probation and parole — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.211. Board of probation and parole — powers. — The board may make all needed rules and regulations concerning terms and conditions of probation and parole not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 559.012 to 559.036. No formal or technical form of application for probation or parole shall be required. The time, place and manner of its meetings shall be determined and regulated by a majority of the board of probation and parole. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.210)
MO Rev Stat § 559.221 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.221 - Board of probation and parole — concurrent powers with trial courts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.221. Board of probation and parole — concurrent powers with trial courts. — The board of probation and parole shall have and exercise concurrent powers of probation and parole with the trial courts of the circuit and shall have the same power and authority as that conferred upon the court, or the judge thereof, under the provisions of sections 559.012 to 559.036. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.220)
MO Rev Stat § 559.231 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.231 - Board of probation and parole — records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.231. Board of probation and parole — records. — It shall be the duty of said board to keep a record of persons paroled and, as far as possible, of their whereabouts, occupation and conduct, and a record of the final discharge of such persons upon parole, or the revocation of any parole and the reasons therefor. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.230)
MO Rev Stat § 559.241 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.241 - Board of probation and parole — personnel.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.241. Board of probation and parole — personnel. — The board shall appoint a secretary, clerical personnel and probation and parole officers, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a full and true record of the proceedings of the board. Under the direction of the board, the secretary shall have general charge of its office, superintend its clerical employees and perform such other duties as the board may prescribe. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.240)
MO Rev Stat § 559.301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.301 - Board of paroles created, certain circuits — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.301. Board of paroles created, certain circuits — powers. — There is hereby created, in each judicial circuit of this state composed of a single county of the second class, a board of paroles, to be known as such, and consisting of the circuit judges of the circuit court of the county so composing such judicial circuit. The circuit judge of that division of the circuit court to which has been assigned, for the time being, the duty of trying criminal cases, shall be ex officio chairman, and the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex officio clerk of said board of paroles. Such board of paroles is hereby empowered and authorized to consider, grant, revoke, alter, or terminate paroles and to exercise all the powers herein granted and such other powers as may be provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.300)
MO Rev Stat § 559.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.311 - Board of paroles — rules and regulations — meetings — members.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.311. Board of paroles — rules and regulations — meetings — members. — The board shall have power to make all needed rules and regulations concerning terms and conditions of parole and applications for parole as herein provided, but no formal or technical form of application therefor shall be required. The board so constituted shall hold regular meetings at least once in each week and more often if they shall deem it necessary, and all records, hearings and proceedings of the board shall be public and open to the inspection of the public. Whenever either of the members of the board of parole from any cause shall be unable to be present at any meeting or meetings of the board the attorneys of the court who are present but not less in number than five may elect one of its members then in attendance having the qualifications of a circuit judge to act as a temporary member of the board in the place of the member who is absent and the attorney together with the regular member of the board who is present shall have power to hear and determine all applications for parole. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.310)
MO Rev Stat § 559.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.321 - Board of paroles — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.321. Board of paroles — powers. — The board of paroles shall have and exercise the same powers of probation and parole and be subject to the same regulations that trial courts are endowed with and provided for by sections 559.012 to 559.036. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.320)
MO Rev Stat § 559.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.331 - Board of paroles — duties — records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   559.331. Board of paroles — duties — records. — It shall be the duty of the board to keep a record of persons paroled and as far as possible of their whereabouts, occupation and conduct, and a record of the final discharge of such person upon parole, or the revocation of any parole revoked and the reasons therefor. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 559.330)
MO Rev Stat § 559.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.600 - Misdemeanor probation may be provided by contract with private entities, not to exclude board of probation and parole — drug testing — travel limits.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 4 histories   559.600. Misdemeanor probation may be provided by contract with private entities, not to exclude board of probation and parole — drug testing — travel limits. — 1. In cases where the division of probation and parole is not required under section 217.750 to provide probation supervision and rehabilitation services for misdemeanor offenders, the circuit and associate circuit judges in a circuit may contract with one or more private entities or other court-approved entity to provide such services. The court-approved entity, including private or other entities, shall act as a misdemeanor probation office in that circuit and shall, pursuant to the terms of the contract, supervise persons placed on probation by the judges for class A, B, C, and D misdemeanor offenses, specifically including persons placed on probation for violations of section 577.023. Nothing in sections 559.600 to 559.615 shall be construed to prohibit the division of probation and parole, or the court, from supervising misdemeanor offenders in a circuit where the judges have entered into a contract with a probation entity.  2. In all cases, the entity providing such private probation service shall utilize the cutoff concentrations utilized by the department of corrections with regard to drug and alcohol screening for clients assigned to such entity. A drug test is positive if drug presence is at or above the cutoff concentration or negative if no drug is detected or if drug presence is below the cutoff concentration.  3. In all cases, the entity providing such private probation service shall not require the clients assigned to such entity to travel in excess of fifty miles in order to attend their regular probation meetings. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 1, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1550, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 559.602 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.602 - Private entities to make application to circuit court to provide misdemeanor probation — contract content — procedure — withdrawal of board, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   559.602. Private entities to make application to circuit court to provide misdemeanor probation — contract content — procedure — withdrawal of board, when. — A private entity seeking to provide probation supervision and rehabilitation services to misdemeanor offenders shall make timely written application to the judges in a circuit. When approved by the judges of a circuit, the application, the judicial order of approval and the contract shall be forwarded to the division of probation and parole. The contract shall contain the responsibilities of the private entity, including the offenses for which persons will be supervised. The division may then withdraw supervision of misdemeanor offenders which are to be supervised by the court-approved private entity in that circuit. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 2, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 559.604 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.604 - Cost of misdemeanor probation to be paid by offenders, exceptions.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   559.604. Cost of misdemeanor probation to be paid by offenders, exceptions. — Neither the state of Missouri nor any county of the state shall be required to pay any part of the cost of probation and rehabilitation services provided to misdemeanor offenders under sections 559.600 to 559.615. The person placed on probation shall contribute not less than thirty dollars or more than fifty dollars per month to the private entity providing him or her with supervision and rehabilitation services. The amount of the contribution shall be determined by the sentencing court. The court may exempt a person from all or part of the foregoing contribution if it finds any of the following factors to exist:  (1) The offender has diligently attempted, but has been unable, to obtain employment which provides him or her sufficient income to make such payments;  (2) The offender is a student in a school, college, university or course of vocational or technical training designed to fit the student for gainful employment. Certification of such student status shall be supplied to the court by the educational institution in which the offender is enrolled;  (3) The offender has an employment handicap, as determined by a physical, psychological or psychiatric examination acceptable to or ordered by the court;  (4) The offender's age prevents him or her from obtaining employment;  (5) The offender is responsible for the support of dependents, and the payment of such contribution constitutes an undue hardship on the offender;  (6) There are other extenuating circumstances as determined by the court to exempt or partially reduce such payments; or  (7) The offender has been transferred outside the state under an interstate compact adopted pursuant to law. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 559.607 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.607 - Municipal ordinance violations, probation may be contracted for by municipal courts, procedure — cost to be paid by offenders, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   559.607. Municipal ordinance violations, probation may be contracted for by municipal courts, procedure — cost to be paid by offenders, exceptions. — 1. Judges of the municipal division in any circuit, acting through a chief or presiding judge, either may contract with a private or public entity or may employ any qualified person to serve as the city's probation officer to provide probation and rehabilitation services for persons placed on probation for violation of any ordinance of the city, specifically including the offense of operating or being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs. The contracting city shall not be required to pay for any part of the cost of probation and rehabilitation services authorized under sections 559.600 to 559.615. Persons found guilty or pleading guilty to ordinance violations and placed on probation by municipal or city court judges shall contribute a service fee to the court in the amount set forth in section 559.604 to pay the cost of their probation supervision provided by a probation officer employed by the court or by a contract probation officer as provided for in section 559.604.  2. When approved by municipal court judges in the municipal division, the application, judicial order of approval, and the contract shall be forwarded to and filed with the division of probation and parole. The court-approved private or public entity or probation officer employed by the court shall then function as the probation office for the city, pursuant to the terms of the contract or conditions of employment and the terms of probation ordered by the judge. Any city in this state which presently does not have probation services available for persons convicted of its ordinance violations, or that contracts out those services with a private entity, may, under the procedures authorized in sections 559.600 to 559.615, contract with and continue to contract with a private entity or employ any qualified person and contract with the municipal division to provide such probation supervision and rehabilitation services. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsecs. 4, 5, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B. 353, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 559.609 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.609 - Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private entities to serve as probation offices.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   559.609. Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private entities to serve as probation offices. — The associate circuit or municipal judges approving the private entity to function as a probation office shall base their decision on factors such as length of time in the probation field, experience in supervising various types of offenders, the financial ability to operate a probation office in the jurisdiction, and other factors as the judges deem necessary and relevant. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 6)
MO Rev Stat § 559.612 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.612 - Bids to be made by private entities — minimum duration for contracts — termination for cause prior to expiration permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   559.612. Bids to be made by private entities — minimum duration for contracts — termination for cause prior to expiration permitted. — Judges shall solicit applications and proposals in accordance with provisions of chapter 34 on bids and requests for proposals. The minimum length of any probation services contract entered into by either associate circuit or municipal judges shall be three years. However, the judges shall have the right to terminate the contract for cause prior to its expiration date. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 7)
MO Rev Stat § 559.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.615 - Nepotism or financial interest by judges or certain other elected county officials, in private entities, prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   559.615. Nepotism or financial interest by judges or certain other elected county officials, in private entities, prohibited. — No judge, nor any person related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to a judge or any other county elected official with direct court supervision responsibilities, may have a material financial interest in any private entity which contracts to provide probation supervision or rehabilitation services pursuant to sections 559.600 to 559.615. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 8, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248)
MO Rev Stat § 559.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 559 - Probation|Section 559.630 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   559.630. Definitions. — As used in sections 559.630 to 559.635, the following words and phrases mean:  (1) "Required educational assessment and community treatment program", a program certified by the department of mental health to provide education or rehabilitation services pursuant to a professional assessment screening to identify the individual needs of the person who has been referred to the program as the result of a drug offense;  (2) "Substance abuse specialist", a person who is qualified under the regulations of the department of mental health as a qualified instructor or professional to provide services in an alcohol and drug offender education program. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1147, et al. § 2)