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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.273 - Desertion, defined — punishment by court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.273. Desertion, defined — punishment by court-martial. —
1. Any member of the state military forces who:
(1) Without authority goes or remains absent from the member's unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2) Quits his unit, organization or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
(3) Without being regularly separated from one of the state military forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the state military forces, or in one of the Armed Forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact
­­is guilty of desertion.
2. Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who, after tender of resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.
3. Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 86)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.276 - Absent from place of duty — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.276. Absent from place of duty — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, without authority:
(1) Fails to go to the person's appointed place of duty at the time prescribed;
(2) Goes from that place; or
(3) Absents himself or remains absent from the person's unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 87)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.278 - Missing ship, aircraft or unit — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.278. Missing ship, aircraft or unit — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft, or unit with which the person is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 88)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.280 - Contemptuous words, used against certain officials — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.280. Contemptuous words, used against certain officials — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who uses contemptuous words against the President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Congress, Secretary of Defense, or a secretary of a department, the governor of the state of Missouri, the Missouri general assembly or the adjutant general of the state of Missouri, the governor or the legislature of any state, territory or other possession of the United States in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 89)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.285 - Disrespect to superior commissioned officer — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.285. Disrespect to superior commissioned officer — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who behaves with disrespect toward his superior commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 90)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.290 - Violence or willfully disobeying command of superior commissioned officer.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.290. Violence or willfully disobeying command of superior commissioned officer. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Strikes the person's superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against the superior commissioned officer while the officer is in the execution of his office; or
(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of his superior commissioned officer.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 91)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.295 - Strikes, assaults or willfully disobeys, warrant officer — noncommissioned officer — petty officer, court-martial, when.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.295. Strikes, assaults or willfully disobeys, warrant officer — noncommissioned officer — petty officer, court-martial, when. —
Any warrant officer or enlisted member shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Strikes or assaults a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer or petty officer, while that officer is in the execution of his office;
(2) Willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer; or
(3) Treats with contempt or is disrespectful in language or deportment toward a warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer, while that officer is in the execution of his office.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 92)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.300 - Orders — failure or dereliction in obeying — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.300. Orders — failure or dereliction in obeying — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation;
(2) Having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the state military forces which it is the person's duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or
(3) Is derelict in the performance of his duties.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 93)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.305 - Cruelty or maltreatment of persons subject to his orders — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.305. Cruelty or maltreatment of persons subject to his orders — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 94)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.307 - Mutiny — sedition — attempted mutiny or sedition — failure to suppress or inform — offenses, court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.307. Mutiny — sedition — attempted mutiny or sedition — failure to suppress or inform — offenses, court-martial. —
1. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who:
(1) With intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
(2) With intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
(3) Fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in the person's presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which the person knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
2. A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 95)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.310 - Arrest, resists or breaks — escape from confinement — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.310. Arrest, resists or breaks — escape from confinement — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who resists apprehension or breaks arrest or who escapes from physical custody, restraint, or confinement lawfully imposed shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 96)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.312 - Escape by neglect or improper release of prisoners — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.312. Escape by neglect or improper release of prisoners — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 97)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.315 - False apprehension, arrest, confinement — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.315. False apprehension, arrest, confinement — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests, restrains, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 98)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.320 - Delay in case — failure to enforce regulation of proceedings — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.320. Delay in case — failure to enforce regulation of proceedings — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under sections 40.005 to 40.490; or
(2) Knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with any provision of sections 40.005 to 40.490 regulating the proceedings before, during, or after trial of an accused.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 99)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.325 - Hostile force, in presence of, commits certain offenses — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.325. Hostile force, in presence of, commits certain offenses — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who before or in the presence of a hostile force:
(1) Runs away;
(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place or military property which it is the person's duty to defend;
(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;
(4) Casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) Quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces;
(8) Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any hostile force, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is the person's duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or
(9) Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the Armed Forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to this state or to any other state, when engaged in battle or suppression of civil disorders.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 100)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.328 - Attempts to compel officer to surrender to enemy or to strike colors without proper authority — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.328. Attempts to compel officer to surrender to enemy or to strike colors without proper authority — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who compels or attempts to compel a commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other military property, or of any body of members of this state's or any other state's military forces to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 101)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.330 - Parole or countersign giving to person not entitled or giving improperly to entitled person — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.330. Parole or countersign giving to person not entitled or giving improperly to entitled person — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to the person's knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 102)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.335 - Forcing a safeguard, court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.335. Forcing a safeguard, court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who forces a safeguard shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.340 - Public property, duty to secure when taken from hostile forces — failure to turn over to proper authority — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.340. Public property, duty to secure when taken from hostile forces — failure to turn over to proper authority — court-martial. —
1. All persons subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall secure all public property taken from the hostile force for the service of the United States, or the state of Missouri, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control.
2. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Fails to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection 1 of this section;
(2) Buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of captured or abandoned property, whereby that person receives or expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to himself or another directly or indirectly connected with himself; or
(3) Engages in looting or pillaging.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 104)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.350 - Hostile forces, aid — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.350. Hostile forces, aid — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who:
(1) Aids, or attempts to aid the hostile force with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or
(2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourse with the hostile force, either directly or indirectly.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 105)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.355 - Hostile forces, capture — conduct improper — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.355. Hostile forces, capture — conduct improper — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, while in the hands of a hostile force in time of war or civil disturbance:
(1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by the person's captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever nationality held by a hostile force as civilian or military prisoners; or
(2) While in a position of authority over such persons maltreats them without justifiable cause.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 106)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.360 - Signs official documents with intent to deceive — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.360. Signs official documents with intent to deceive — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 107)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.365 - Military property — sells, neglects, damages, destroys, loses — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.365. Military property — sells, neglects, damages, destroys, loses — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who, without proper authority:
(1) Sells or otherwise disposes of;
(2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or
(3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed any military property of the United States or of this state.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 108)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.370 - Property, not military — willfully, recklessly wastes or spoils — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.370. Property, not military — willfully, recklessly wastes or spoils — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who, while in a duty status, willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States or of this state shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 109)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.375 - Hazarding vessels of the United States or state, causing to be hazarded — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.375. Hazarding vessels of the United States or state, causing to be hazarded — court-martial. —
1. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the state military forces shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
2. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the state military forces shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 110)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.380 - Leaving post while on duty — use of drugs, drunkenness, sleeping on duty — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.380. Leaving post while on duty — use of drugs, drunkenness, sleeping on duty — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who is found drunk, under the influence of any intoxicant, narcotic, barbiturate or somnifacient or similar substance, on duty or sleeping upon his post, or who leaves that post before he is regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 111)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.385 - Fighting — promoting a fight or duel, failure to report — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.385. Fighting — promoting a fight or duel, failure to report — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 112)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.387 - Avoiding work, duty or service — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.387. Avoiding work, duty or service — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty or service in the state military forces:
(1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse or derangement; or
(2) Intentionally inflicts self-injury.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 113)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.390 - Riot or breach of the peace, causing or participating — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.390. Riot or breach of the peace, causing or participating — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 114)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.395 - Provocative gestures or words, constituting a threat of violence — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.395. Provocative gestures or words, constituting a threat of violence — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures constituting an immediate threat to violence toward any other person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 115)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.398 - Perjury — giving a false oath or false testimony in a matter of inquiry — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
40.398. Perjury — giving a false oath or false testimony in a matter of inquiry — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under sections 40.005 to 40.495 and section 545.010 willfully and corruptly gives, upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 116, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1505)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.400 - False claims against United States or state — forgery or counterfeiting signatures — property or money, failure to deliver with intent to defraud — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.400. False claims against United States or state — forgery or counterfeiting signatures — property or money, failure to deliver with intent to defraud — court-martial. —
Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct:
(1) Who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent:
(a) Makes any claim against the United States, this state, or any officer thereof; or
(b) Presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the United States, this state or any officer thereof;
(2) Who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States, this state, or any officer thereof:
(a) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;
(b) Makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false; or
(c) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited; or
(3) Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money, or other property of the United States or this state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; or
(4) Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States or this state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces, makes or delivers to any person such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States or this state.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 117)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.405 - Larceny or wrongful appropriation of property — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.405. Larceny or wrongful appropriation of property — court-martial. —
1. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind:
(1) With intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or
(2) With intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.
2. Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 118)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.408 - Officer's conduct, unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.408. Officer's conduct, unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman — court-martial. —
Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 119)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.410 - Neglecting or prejudicing discipline of the military — bringing discredit to state military services — exceptions, court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.410. Neglecting or prejudicing discipline of the military — bringing discredit to state military services — exceptions, court-martial. —
Though not specifically mentioned in sections 40.005 to 40.490, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the state military forces, and all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the state military forces, of which persons subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court. However, cognizance may not be taken of, and jurisdiction may not be extended to, the crimes of murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, maiming, sodomy, arson, extortion, assault, burglary, housebreaking, or other offenses not included in this section, jurisdiction of which is reserved to civil courts.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 120)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.415 - Military property, purchasing or receiving in pawn or pledge — court-martial.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.415. Military property, purchasing or receiving in pawn or pledge — court-martial. —
If any person shall knowingly and willfully purchase, or receive in pawn or pledge any military property of the state of Missouri or of the United States in use by the state of Missouri, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 121)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.420 - Courts of inquiry, duties, how convened — members of court — counsel, appointment — parties to inquiry, how determined, procedure — records.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.420. Courts of inquiry, duties, how convened — members of court — counsel, appointment — parties to inquiry, how determined, procedure — records. —
1. Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter may be convened by the governor or by any other person designated by the governor for that purpose, whether or not the persons involved have requested such an inquiry.
2. A court of inquiry consists of three or more commissioned officers. For each court of inquiry the convening authority shall also appoint counsel for the court.
3. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 whose conduct is subject to inquiry shall be designated as a party. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 or employed in the division of military affairs who has a direct interest in the subject of inquiry has the right to be designated as a party upon request to the court. Any person designated as a party shall be given due notice and has the right to be present, to be represented by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence.
4. Members of a court of inquiry may be challenged by a party, but only for cause stated to the court.
5. The members, counsel, the reporter, and interpreters of courts of inquiry shall take an oath or affirmation to faithfully perform their duties.
6. Witnesses may be summoned to appear and testify and be examined before courts of inquiry, as provided for courts-martial.
7. Courts of inquiry shall make findings of fact but may not express opinions or make recommendations unless required to do so by the convening authority.
8. Each court of inquiry shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by the signatures of the president and counsel for the court and forwarded to the convening authority. If the record cannot be authenticated by the president, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the president. If the record cannot be authenticated by the counsel for the court, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the counsel.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 122)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.425 - Oaths, persons having authority to administer.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.425. Oaths, persons having authority to administer. —
1. The following members of the state military forces may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice:
(1) The state judge advocate and all assistant state judge advocates;
(2) All summary courts-martial;
(3) All adjutants, assistant adjutants, acting adjutants, and personnel adjutants;
(4) All staff judge advocates and legal officers;
(5) All other persons designated by law or regulation.
2. The following persons in the state military forces shall have authority to administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties:
(1) The president, military judge, trial counsel, and assistant trial counsel for all general and special courts-martial;
(2) The president and the counsel for the court of any court of inquiry;
(3) All officers designated to take a deposition;
(4) All persons detailed to conduct an investigation;
(5) All other persons designated by law or regulation.
3. The signature without seal of any such person, together with the title of his office, is prima facie evidence of his authority.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 123)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.430 - Military justice — certain sections explained to enlisted members, when — complete text to be available on request.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.430. Military justice — certain sections explained to enlisted members, when — complete text to be available on request. —
Subsection 2 of section 40.005, sections 40.007, 40.020 to 40.040, 40.043, 40.090, 40.098, 40.126, 40.175, 40.234 to 40.415 and 40.430 to 40.440, as well as those required sections of the United States code of military justice, shall be carefully explained to every enlisted member at the time of the member's enlistment or transfer or induction into the state military forces or within thirty days thereafter. They shall also be explained to each unit of the state military forces as the adjutant general may direct. A complete text of sections 40.005 to 40.490 and of the regulations prescribed by the governor thereunder shall be made available to any member of the state military forces, upon the member's request, for his personal examination.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 124)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.435 - Complaints against commanding officer, procedure.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.435. Complaints against commanding officer, procedure. —
Any member of the state military forces who believes himself wronged by the member's commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned officer, who shall forward the complaint to the governor or adjutant general, who shall examine such complaint and take proper measures for redressing the wrong.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 125)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.440 - Property of person damaged or taken, board convened to investigate, procedure.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.440. Property of person damaged or taken, board convened to investigate, procedure. —
1. Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of any person or that the person's property has been wrongfully taken by members of the state military forces, the person may, subject to such regulations as the governor may prescribe, convene a board to investigate the complaint. The board shall consist of from one to three commissioned officers and, for the purpose of that investigation, it has power to summon witnesses and examine them upon oath or affirmation, to receive depositions or other documentary evidence, and to assess the damages sustained against the responsible parties. The assessment of damages made by the board is subject to the approval of the commanding officer, and in the amount approved by the commanding officer shall be charged against the pay of the offenders. The order of the commanding officer directing charges herein authorized is conclusive, except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, on any disbursing officer for the payment by him to the injured parties of the damages so assessed and approved.
2. If the offenders cannot be ascertained, but the organization or detachment to which they belong is known, charges totaling the amount of damages assessed and approved may be paid to the injured parties from the funds of the units of the state military forces to which the offenders belonged.
3. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who is accused of causing willful damage to property has the right to be represented by counsel, to summon witnesses in the person's behalf, and to cross-examine those appearing against him. The accused has the right of appeal to the next higher commander.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.445 - Processes and sentences of courts-martial executed by civil officers, fees, how paid.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.445. Processes and sentences of courts-martial executed by civil officers, fees, how paid. —
In the state military forces not in federal service, the processes and sentences of its courts-martial shall be executed by the civil officers prescribed by the laws of this state or regulations adopted under sections 40.005 to 40.490. Fees for serving processes provided for in sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be the same as prescribed by law for similar processes of a civil nature, and shall upon proper vouchers being filed, be paid by the adjutant general in the usual manner.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 127)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.450 - Process or mandates, authority to issue.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.450. Process or mandates, authority to issue. —
1. Military courts may issue any process or mandate necessary to carry into effect their powers. Such a court may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and production of books and records, when it is within the state and the witnesses, books and records sought are also so located.
2. Process and mandates may be issued by summary courts-martial, provost courts, or the president or military judge of other military courts and may be directed to and may be executed by the marshals of the military court or any peace officer and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations issued under sections 40.005 to 40.490.
3. All officers to whom process or mandates may be so directed shall execute them and make return of their acts thereunder according to the requirements of those documents.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 128)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.455 - Fines and costs imposed by military court, how paid.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.455. Fines and costs imposed by military court, how paid. —
Fines and costs imposed by a military court may be paid to it or to an officer executing its process. The amount of such a fine may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due him, until the fine is liquidated. Any sum so deducted shall be turned into the military court which imposed the fine. Any officer collecting a fine or penalty imposed by a military court upon an officer or enlisted person shall pay it within thirty days to the judge advocate, who shall transmit the same to the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall, monthly, deposit all fines and penalties so received with the state treasurer, to be credited to the general revenue fund of the state.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 129)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.460 - Civilian officers to execute required duties, failure to perform, penalty.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.460. Civilian officers to execute required duties, failure to perform, penalty. —
The neglect or refusal of any sheriff, police officer, jail warden or magistrate to execute any process, or to make proper return of all fines and penalties collected, or to receive in custody any prisoner, shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor and shall subject the offender to a prosecution by the proper prosecuting attorney.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 130)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.465 - Actions against convening authority or member of court, prohibited, when.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.465. Actions against convening authority or member of court, prohibited, when. —
No person may bring a civil or criminal action or proceeding against the convening authority or a member of a military court or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings because of the approval, imposition, or execution of any sentence or the imposition or collection of a fine or penalty, or the execution of any process or mandate of a military court.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 131)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.470 - Jurisdiction presumed, burden of proof.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.470. Jurisdiction presumed, burden of proof. —
The jurisdiction of the military courts and boards established by sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be presumed and the burden of proof rests on any person seeking to oust those courts or boards of jurisdiction in any action or proceeding.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 132)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.475 - Governor's powers to delegate authority — exception.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.475. Governor's powers to delegate authority — exception. —
The governor may delegate any authority vested in him under sections 40.005 to 40.490, and may provide for the subdelegation of any such authority, except the power given him by section 40.083.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 133)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.480 - Purpose of military laws.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.480. Purpose of military laws. —
Sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be so construed as to effectuate their general purpose and, so far as practicable, to make the law uniform with the law of the United States, especially as embodied in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 134)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.485 - Expenses, per diems, transportation for military personnel and civilians required to participate, how paid.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.485. Expenses, per diems, transportation for military personnel and civilians required to participate, how paid. —
Military judges, military counsel and members of courts-martial and courts of inquiry shall be allowed transportation and per diem pay as per military grade for time actually employed in the duties assigned them. Transportation shall be furnished to all prosecutors, prisoners, witnesses, sheriffs and police officers to and from the place or places designated for the meetings of such courts. The per diem pay for civilian witnesses shall be the same as in civil courts of law and for military personnel the amount as provided by law and regulation. The fees of sheriffs for serving the processes provided for in sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall be the same as prescribed by law for similar processes of a civil nature and shall, upon proper vouchers being filed, be paid by the adjutant general in the usual manner.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 135)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.490 - Reemployment rights of persons ordered to active duty — attorney general to enforce rights.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories
40.490. Reemployment rights of persons ordered to active duty — attorney general to enforce rights. —
Members of the state military forces of this state who are ordered to active state duty by the governor, any Missouri employee who is a member of the National Guard of another state and who is called into active state duty by the governor of that state, or any member of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States who is called to active duty shall, upon being relieved from such duty, be entitled to the same reemployment rights provided by Title 38 of the United States Code, the Revised Statutes of Missouri, and all amendments thereto. The attorney general shall enforce the reemployment rights contained in this section for members of the state military forces who are ordered to active state duty by the governor.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 136, A.L. 1995 S.B. 207, A.L. 2017 S.B. 108)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 40 - Military Justice › Section 40.495 - Severability of sections.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 40
• Effective - 28 Aug 1984
40.495. Severability of sections. —
Sections 40.005 to 40.490 and every part thereof are hereby declared to be independent sections or part of a section, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases shall not be affected thereby.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 137)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 41 - Military Forces › Section 41.010 - Title of law — purpose.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 41
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951, 2 histories
41.010. Title of law — purpose. —
It is the intent of this chapter, which shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Military Code", to provide for the state militia and for the organization, equipment, regulations and functions thereof to conform as nearly as practicable to the laws and regulations for the formation and government of the Armed Forces of the United States.
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(L. 1951 p. 654 § 1)