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MO Rev Stat § 541.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.120 - Prosecution in wrong county — duty of court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.120. Prosecution in wrong county — duty of court. — When it appears at any time before verdict or judgment that the defendant is prosecuted in a county not having jurisdiction of the offense, the court may order that all the papers and proceedings be certified and transmitted to the proper court of the proper county, and recognize the defendant to appear before such court on the first day of the next term thereof, to await the action of the grand jury. The witnesses shall also be recognized to appear at such court, that the prosecution may be proceeded with as provided by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3774)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3384; 1919 § 3729; 1909 § 4940
MO Rev Stat § 541.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.130 - Jury discharged without prejudice, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.130. Jury discharged without prejudice, when. — When a jury has been impaneled in the case contemplated in section 541.120, such jury shall be discharged without prejudice to the prosecution. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3775)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3385; 1919 § 3730; 1909 § 4941
MO Rev Stat § 541.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.140 - Prisoner to be removed to proper county.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.140. Prisoner to be removed to proper county. — If the defendant be in actual custody or confinement, the body of the defendant shall be removed to the jail of the proper county, in like manner and with like effect, in all respects, as in cases of change of venue. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3776)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3386; 1919 § 3731; 1909 § 4942
MO Rev Stat § 541.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.150 - Change in venue law applicable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.150. Change in venue law applicable. — The provisions of law relating to changes of venue shall, in all respects, as far as they may be applicable, govern in cases provided in sections 541.120 to 541.140; and the defendant, officers and witnesses shall be subject to the same duties and penalties as are enjoined and inflicted by law upon like persons, as in cases of change of venue. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3777)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3387; 1919 § 3732; 1909 § 4943
MO Rev Stat § 541.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.155 - Fraudulent use of a credit device, where prosecuted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   541.155. Fraudulent use of a credit device, where prosecuted. — Any person charged with fraudulent use of a credit device, or any stealing offense in which another person's credit card number, check, or checking account number was fraudulently used for the purpose of obtaining property or services of another, shall be prosecuted:  (1) In the county in which the offense is committed; or  (2) If the offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another, or if the elements of the offense occur in more than one county, then in any of the counties where any element of the offense occurred; or  (3) In the county in which the defendant resides; or  (4) In the county in which the victim resides; or  (5) In the county in which the property obtained or attempted to be obtained was located. ­­-------- (L. 2002 S.B. 895)
MO Rev Stat § 541.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.160 - Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Missouri).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.160. Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Missouri). — Where the St. Francis River or the meanderings of said river border on or form the boundary line between any counties in the state of Arkansas and the state of Missouri, the state of Missouri shall have concurrent jurisdiction over any and all violations of the criminal laws of the state of Missouri, on and to the west meandering lines of the St. Francis River. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3778)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3388; 1919 § 3733  For comparable Arkansas statute, see § 43.1403 Arkansas Statutes 1947
MO Rev Stat § 541.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.170 - Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Arkansas).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.170. Concurrent jurisdiction in certain territories (Arkansas). — Wherever the St. Francis River or the meanderings of said river border on or form the boundary lines between any county in the state of Missouri and the state of Arkansas, the state of Arkansas shall have concurrent jurisdiction of all violations of the criminal laws of the state of Arkansas to the east boundary of the meandering lines of the St. Francis River. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3779)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3389; 1919 § 3734  For comparable Arkansas statute, see § 43.1403 Arkansas Statutes 1947
MO Rev Stat § 541.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.180 - Missouri and Arkansas to have concurrent jurisdiction.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   541.180. Missouri and Arkansas to have concurrent jurisdiction. — The state of Missouri and the state of Arkansas shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all violations of the criminal laws of said states embraced within the provisions of sections 541.160 and 541.170. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3780)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3390; 1919 § 3735  For comparable Arkansas statute, see § 43.1404 Arkansas Statutes 1947
MO Rev Stat § 541.191 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 541 - Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases|Section 541.191 - State has jurisdiction over offenses if element of offense or result occurs in state — body of homicide victim found in state, presumption death occurred in state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   541.191. State has jurisdiction over offenses if element of offense or result occurs in state — body of homicide victim found in state, presumption death occurred in state. — 1. This state has jurisdiction over an offense that a person commits by his own conduct or the conduct of another for which such person is legally accountable if:  (1) Conduct constituting any element of the offense or a result of such conduct occurs within this state; or  (2) The conduct outside this state constitutes an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense within this state and an act in furtherance of the attempt or conspiracy occurs within this state; or  (3) The conduct within this state constitutes an attempt, solicitation, conspiracy or facilitation to commit or establishes criminal accountability for the commission of an offense in another jurisdiction that is also an offense under the law of this state; or  (4) The offense consists of an omission to perform a duty imposed by the law of this state regardless of the location of the defendant at the time of the offense; and  (5) The offense is a violation of a statute of this state that prohibits conduct outside the state.  2. When the offense involves a homicide, either the death of the victim or the bodily impact causing death constitutes a result within the meaning of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section. If the body of a homicide victim is found in this state it is presumed that the result occurred in this state.  3. This state includes the land and water and the air space above the land and water. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 341 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 542.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.010 - Magistrate defined.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   542.010. Magistrate defined. — The term "magistrate", as used in this chapter, shall mean those officers authorized by section 542.020, to issue process to preserve the peace, unless from the context of the law it appears that the term refers to magistrates created by Section 18 of Article V of the Constitution in effect on and prior to January 1, 1979, in which event the term shall mean an associate circuit judge or division of the circuit court presided over by an associate circuit judge. ­­-------- (1949 H.B. 2138 § 542.01, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 542.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.020 - Certain officers to preserve peace, issue process.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   542.020. Certain officers to preserve peace, issue process. — The following officers shall have power and jurisdiction to cause to be kept all laws made for the preservation of the public peace, to issue process for the apprehension of persons charged with criminal offenses, and hold them to bail; require persons to give security to keep the peace, and to execute the powers and duties herein conferred in relation thereto: The judges of the supreme court throughout the state; judges of the court of appeals and circuit judges within their respective districts and circuits; associate circuit judges within their respective counties; municipal judges within the limits of their respective municipalities; provided that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize municipal judges to exercise jurisdiction in prosecutions under the laws of this state, other than those instituted under sections 542.020 to 542.140 for surety to keep the peace. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3791, A.L. 1945 p. 839, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 261, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3401; 1919 § 3746; 1909 § 4954  Effective 1-02-79  CROSS REFERENCE:  Warrants issued by an associate circuit judge need not be sealed, 544.030
MO Rev Stat § 542.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.030 - Warrant may issue, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.030. Warrant may issue, when. — Whenever complaint shall be made in writing, and upon oath, to any such associate circuit judge, that any person has threatened or is about to commit any offense against the person or property of another, specifying the offense and person complained against, it shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge to issue a warrant, under his hand, reciting the complaint, and commanding the officer to whom it is directed forthwith to apprehend the person so complained of, and bring him before such associate circuit judge. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3792)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3402; 1919 § 3747; 1909 § 4955
MO Rev Stat § 542.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.040 - Proceedings before associate circuit judge — jury — verdict — recognizance — costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   542.040. Proceedings before associate circuit judge — jury — verdict — recognizance — costs. — Upon such person being brought before such associate circuit judge, the associate circuit judge shall summon all witnesses which either party may require, and cause the matters charged in the complaint to be inquired into by a jury of six competent citizens. If the jury find that there is good reason to fear the commission of the offense charged, then they shall render a verdict of guilty against the defendant, and the associate circuit judge thereupon shall require the defendant to enter into a recognizance in such sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars, as he shall direct, with one or more sufficient sureties, conditioned that the defendant will keep the peace toward the people of the state, and particularly toward the complainant, for such time as shall be specified in said recognizance, which shall be not less than three months nor more than one year from the date thereof; and the defendant shall be liable for costs as in other cases of conviction. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3793, A. 1949 H.B. 2138)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3403; 1919 § 3748; 1909 § 4956  CROSS REFERENCE:  Recognizance taken in open court to be entered on minutes, other recognizances, 544.050
MO Rev Stat § 542.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.050 - Recognizance — penalty for failure to give.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.050. Recognizance — penalty for failure to give. — If such recognizance be given, the party complained of shall be discharged; but if he fail or refuse to find surety it shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge to commit him to prison until he find the same, specifying in the warrant the cause of commitment and the sum in which security was required. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3794)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3404; 1919 § 3749; 1909 § 4957
MO Rev Stat § 542.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.060 - Parties committed, how discharged.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.060. Parties committed, how discharged. — Any person committed for not finding surety of the peace, as above provided, may be discharged by any associate circuit judge authorized to bind to the peace, within the county, upon giving such security as was originally required of such person; provided, that after thirty days' actual imprisonment, the defendant may be released upon his own recognizance, if unable to find security. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3795)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3405; 1919 § 3750; 1909 § 4958
MO Rev Stat § 542.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.070 - Recognizance, where deposited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.070. Recognizance, where deposited. — Every recognizance to keep the peace, taken by any associate circuit judge pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or pursuant to any other statute, shall be transmitted by such associate circuit judge to the clerk of the proper court of the county, on or before the first day of the term of such court next to be holden after taking the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3796)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3406; 1919 § 3751; 1909 § 4959
MO Rev Stat § 542.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.080 - Recognizance, when broken.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.080. Recognizance, when broken. — No recognizance to keep the peace shall be deemed to be broken unless the principal in such recognizance be convicted of some offense amounting, in judgment of law, to a breach of such recognizance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3798)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3408; 1919 § 3753; 1909 § 4961
MO Rev Stat § 542.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.090 - Recognizance to be prosecuted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.090. Recognizance to be prosecuted, when. — Whenever evidence of such conviction shall be produced to the court in which the recognizance is filed or taken, it shall be the duty of the court to order such recognizance to be prosecuted, and the prosecuting attorney shall proceed thereon accordingly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3799)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3409; 1919 § 3754; 1909 § 4962
MO Rev Stat § 542.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.100 - Offense stated in record is evidence of breach.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.100. Offense stated in record is evidence of breach. — In the action on such recognizance the offense stated in the record of conviction may be assigned as a breach, and such record shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3800)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3410; 1919 § 3755; 1909 § 4963
MO Rev Stat § 542.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.110 - Appeal granted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.110. Appeal granted, when. — Any person convicted under the provisions of sections 542.020 to 542.140 may take an appeal from the judgment of the associate circuit judge to the court having jurisdiction of the appeal, if he shall, on the day of the rendition of the verdict, file an affidavit, stating that he verily believes himself aggrieved by the verdict and judgment, and shall also enter into a recognizance, to be approved by the associate circuit judge, in a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, conditioned that he will, during the pendency of the appeal, keep the peace toward the people of this state, and particularly toward the complainant, and that he will appear to answer the charges against him at the next term of court having jurisdiction thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3801)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3411; 1919 § 3756; 1909 § 4964
MO Rev Stat § 542.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.120 - Recognizance forfeited on failure to prosecute appeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.120. Recognizance forfeited on failure to prosecute appeal. — When any person shall have taken an appeal, under the provisions of sections 542.020 to 542.140, and fails to appear, the court shall forfeit his recognizance, and order it to be prosecuted, unless reasonable excuse for the default be shown. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3803)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3413; 1919 § 3758; 1909 § 4966
MO Rev Stat § 542.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.130 - Proceedings on appeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.130. Proceedings on appeal. — If the judgment of the associate circuit judge shall be affirmed, or if, upon a trial in the court to which the appeal is taken, the defendant shall be convicted, the court shall require a new recognizance in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, for such time as shall appear necessary, not exceeding one year, and render judgment against the defendant for all costs in the case. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3802)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3412; 1919 § 3757; 1909 § 4965
MO Rev Stat § 542.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.140 - Affray in presence of associate circuit judge.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   542.140. Affray in presence of associate circuit judge. — Every person who, in the presence of any associate circuit judge above specified, or of any court of record, shall make an affray, or threaten to kill or beat another, or to commit any offense against his person or property, and all persons who, in the presence of such court or associate circuit judge, shall contend with hot and angry words, may be ordered by such associate circuit judge or court, without any other proof or trial, to give such security as above specified, and in case of failure or refusal so to do, he may be committed in like manner as above specified. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3797)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3407; 1919 § 3752; 1909 § 4960
MO Rev Stat § 542.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.170 - What officers may require aid of persons to disperse rioters.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   542.170. What officers may require aid of persons to disperse rioters. — If the persons assembled, as indicated herein, shall fail to disperse without unnecessary delay, the following associate circuit judges shall each, in the order in which they are herein named, have power and authority to require the aid of a sufficient number of persons in arms or otherwise, and to proceed as they may deem expedient, and to repress and disperse such riotous assemblage and arrest offenders. That is to say, the duty of requiring the aid of such force and directing its employment shall devolve, in the first instance, on the mayor of the town or city in which such assemblage occurs, and if he be not present or be unable to act, then on the judge of any court of record, the sheriff, the marshal, or the coroner. In case of the absence of any of the officers mentioned in this section, the officers named after him herein shall have all the power and authority which such absentee would have had if present. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 542.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.190 - Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   542.190. Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state. — No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city or other private person authorized by law to appoint special deputies, marshals or policemen in this state to preserve the public peace and quell public disturbances shall appoint as special deputies, marshals or policemen any person who is not a resident of this state and who has not been a resident of this state for at least three years prior to his appointment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4622, A.L. 1955 p. 515)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4233; 1919 § 3480; 1909 § 4695  CROSS REFERENCE:  Bona fide citizens only may be deputized, 57.117, 85.005
MO Rev Stat § 542.261 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.261 - Peace officer defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   542.261. Peace officer defined. — As used in sections 542.261 to 542.296 and section 542.301, the term "peace officer" means a police officer or* member of the highway patrol to the extent otherwise permitted by law to conduct searches, sheriff or deputy sheriff. ­­-------- (L. 1974 S.B. 366 § 1, A.L. 2004 S.B. 920, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)  *Word "or" does not appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 542.266 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 542 - Proceedings to Preserve the Peace — Searches and Seizures|Section 542.266 - Search warrant defined — who may issue.

Effective - 28 Aug 1974   542.266. Search warrant defined — who may issue. — 1. A search warrant is a written order of a court commanding the search of a person, place, or thing and the seizure, or photographing or copying, of property found thereon or therein.  2. A search warrant may be issued by an appellate judge or by any judge of a court having original jurisdiction of criminal offenses within the territorial jurisdiction where the person, place, or movable or immovable thing to be searched is located at the time of the making of the application. ­­-------- (L. 1974 S.B. 366 § 2)  (1985) Circuit judge of St. Louis City had no authority to issue a search warrant for an automobile in Greene County and warrant thus issued was invalid despite the "good faith" of the officer conducting the search. State v. Berkwit (Mo.App.E.D.), 689 S.W.2d 763.