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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 548 - Extradition › Section 548.270 - Nonwaiver by this state.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 548
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
548.270. Nonwaiver by this state. —
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power or privilege to try such demanded person for crime committed within this state, or of its right, power or privilege to regain custody of such person by extradition proceedings or otherwise for the purpose of trial, sentence or punishment for any crime committed within this state, nor shall any proceedings had under this chapter which result in, or fail to result in, extradition be deemed a waiver by this state of any of its rights, privileges or jurisdiction in any way whatsoever.
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(L. 1953 p. 425 § 27)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 548 - Extradition › Section 548.280 - No right of asylum — no immunity from other criminal prosecution while in this state.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 548
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
548.280. No right of asylum — no immunity from other criminal prosecution while in this state. —
After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this state for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for his extradition.
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(L. 1953 p. 425 § 28)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 548 - Extradition › Section 548.290 - Interpretation.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 548
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
548.290. Interpretation. —
The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate the general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
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(L. 1953 p. 425 § 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 548 - Extradition › Section 548.300 - Short title.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 548
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
548.300. Short title. —
This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Criminal Extradition Law".
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(L. 1953 p. 425 § 32)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 549 - Probation, Pardons and Paroles › Section 549.500 - Documents of board or division to be privileged — exceptions — inspection.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 549
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
549.500. Documents of board or division to be privileged — exceptions — inspection. —
All documents prepared or obtained in the discharge of official duties by any member or employee of the parole board or employee of the division of probation and parole shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than members of the parole board and other authorized employees of the department pursuant to section 217.075. The parole board may at its discretion permit the inspection of the report or parts thereof by the offender or his or her attorney or other persons having a proper interest therein.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 549 - Probation, Pardons and Paroles › Section 549.525 - Municipal probation services, fee, Kansas City, exemptions.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 549
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
549.525. Municipal probation services, fee, Kansas City, exemptions. —
1. Any city with a population of more than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county which provides probation services for persons convicted of its ordinance violations may collect from the person placed on probation a fee of ten dollars per month for providing supervision and rehabilitation services.
2. The court may exempt a person from all or part of the contribution required in subsection 1 of this section if it finds any of the following factors exist:
(1) The offender has diligently attempted, but has been unable, to obtain employment which provides him sufficient income to make such payments;
(2) The offender is a student in 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 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.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 424 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.010 - State or county to pay only reasonable occupancy costs and cost of incarceration.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 01 Jan 1978, see footnote
550.010. State or county to pay only reasonable occupancy costs and cost of incarceration. —
Whenever any person shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor he shall be adjudged to pay the costs, and no costs incurred on his part, except fees for the cost of incarceration, including a reasonable sum to cover occupancy costs, shall be paid by the state or county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4220, A.L. 1977 H.B. 427)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3825; 1919 § 4168; 1909 § 5376
Effective 1-01-78
CROSS REFERENCES:
Defendant liable for keep in jail, 221.070
Defendant's property on conviction bound for payment of costs, executions, 546.860, 546.870
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.020 - State to pay certain costs.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
550.020. State to pay certain costs. —
1. In all capital cases in which the defendant shall be convicted, and in all cases in which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, and in cases where such person is convicted of an offense punishable solely by imprisonment in the penitentiary and is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, workhouse or reform school because such person is under the age of eighteen years, the state shall pay the costs, if the defendant shall be unable to pay them, except costs incurred on behalf of defendant.
2. And in all cases of felony, when the jury are not permitted to separate, it shall be the duty of the sheriff in charge of the jury, unless otherwise ordered by the court, to supply them with board and lodging during the time they are required by the court to be kept together, for which a reasonable compensation may be allowed, not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents per day for each member of the jury and the officer in charge; and the same shall be taxed as other costs in the case, and the state shall pay such costs, unless in the event of conviction, the same can be made out of the defendant.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4221, A.L. 1945 p. 844)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3826; 1919 § 4169; 1909 § 5377
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.030 - County to pay costs, when.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.030. County to pay costs, when. —
When the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or to pay a fine, or both, and is unable to pay the costs, the county in which the indictment was found or information filed shall pay the costs, except such as were incurred on the part of the defendant.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4222)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3827; 1919 § 4170; 1909 § 5378
CROSS REFERENCE:
County commission may allow for placing prisoner under irons, 221.150
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.110 - Costs taxed against clerk, when.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.110. Costs taxed against clerk, when. —
All costs unnecessarily incurred by a violation of sections 545.320 and 545.330 shall be taxed against the clerk or associate circuit judge who caused the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4233)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3838; 1919 § 4181; 1909 § 5389
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.120 - Costs in change of venue — costs defined.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
550.120. Costs in change of venue — costs defined. —
1. In any criminal or civil case in which a change of venue is taken from one county to any other county, and whenever a prisoner shall, for any cause, be confined in the jail of one county, such costs shall be paid by the county in which the case, indictment or information was originally instituted to the county in which the case is actually tried or where the prisoner is confined, except when such case is transferred for improper venue. In all cases where fines are imposed upon conviction under such indictments or prosecutions, or penalties or forfeitures of penal bonds in criminal cases, are collected, by civil action or otherwise, payable to the county, such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paid into the treasury of the county where such indictment or information was originally found or such prosecution originally instituted, for the benefit of the public school fund of the county.
2. The term
"costs"
as used in this section means:
(1) All items, services and other matters defined as costs under any other provisions of law relating to criminal or civil procedures;
(2) All moneys expended as salaries of persons directly related to the care of criminal defendants, security of the court, security of the jury and the room and board thereof, transportation of the jury, security and room and board of witnesses, and the processing of the cause, paid or payable out of the county treasury to which venue has been changed;
(3) All expenses of whatever nature incurred by a county as the result of jury selection and service pursuant to the provisions of chapter 494;
(4) Any other expense directly related to the trial and prosecution of such criminal charge found necessary by the trial judge hearing the case.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4241, A.L. 1989 H.B. 258, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3846; 1919 § 4189; 1909 § 5397
CROSS REFERENCES:
Change of venue, costs, generally, 545.620
Costs of commitment and support of prisoner when removed from county, 221.260
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.130 - Judge and prosecuting attorney to certify cost bill.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.130. Judge and prosecuting attorney to certify cost bill. —
The bill of costs in any case, as provided for in section 550.120, shall be certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney, as now provided by law, and shall be presented to the county commission in which the indictment was originally found, or proceedings instituted, and shall thereupon be paid as if the cause had been tried or otherwise disposed of in said county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4242)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3847; 1919 § 4190; 1909 § 5398
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.140 - Clerk to make out fee bills.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
550.140. Clerk to make out fee bills. —
The clerk of the court in which any criminal cause shall have been determined or continued generally shall, immediately after the adjournment of the court and before the next succeeding term, calculate all costs which have accrued in the case. If the state or county is liable under the provisions of this chapter for costs or any part thereof, he shall make out and deliver forthwith to the prosecuting attorney of said county a complete fee bill, specifying each item of services and the fee therefor. The circuit clerk shall prepare a bill against the state containing only costs which are payable to the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4236, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3841; 1919 § 4184; 1909 § 5392
CROSS REFERENCES:
Clerk's fees, collection and disposition of, Chap. 483
Clothing and medical attention for jail prisoner taxed as costs, when, 221.120
Court reporter's fees, 488.2250, 488.2253
Preliminary hearing expenses taxed as costs, when, 544.300
Sheriff's fees, Chap. 57
Witness fees, 491.280
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.150 - Names of witnesses certified.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.150. Names of witnesses certified. —
The clerk shall attach to each fee bill a certified copy of the names of all witnesses endorsed on the indictment or information and all orders of the prosecuting attorney and affidavits of the prosecutor as provided for in section 545.320, and no costs shall be paid any state witness not therein.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4230)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3835; 1919 § 4178; 1909 § 5386
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.160 - Certain officers not to receive witness fees.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.160. Certain officers not to receive witness fees. —
No officer, appointee or employee holding a state, county, township or municipal office, including police officers and policemen, either by election or appointment, shall claim, be allowed or receive any fee or compensation as a witness for testifying before a coroner's inquest, grand jury, or in any criminal cases. All officers, appointees and employees as aforesaid, shall be compelled to attend the trial of all criminal cases, coroner's inquest and grand juries, when legally subpoenaed; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any officer who is a witness in any case where the residence of such officer is five miles from the place where the trial or coroner's inquest is held, or where the grand jury is in session.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4232)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3837; 1919 § 4180; 1909 § 5388
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.170 - Costs of three witnesses allowed.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.170. Costs of three witnesses allowed. —
The judge and prosecuting attorney shall in no case tax the state or county with more than the costs of three witnesses to establish any one fact, nor with the costs of witnesses unnecessarily summoned and not examined, but the costs of such surplus or unnecessary witnesses shall, in the discretion of the court, be taxed against the party or attorney causing them to be summoned.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4245)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3850; 1919 § 4193; 1909 § 5401
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.180 - Clerk liable for neglect, when.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.180. Clerk liable for neglect, when. —
If any clerk shall fail to tax the costs and make out a proper fee bill, or shall willfully neglect to perform any duty required of him in sections 550.140 and 550.190, he shall be liable to the person injured by such neglect in treble the amount of costs to which the party is entitled in the cause, and the court shall give judgment therefor against the clerk, on motion of the party entitled thereto; provided, that the party asking such judgment shall give two days' notice of such motion, which may be served on the clerk or his deputy.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4238)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3843; 1919 § 4186; 1909 § 5394
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.190 - Examination and certification of fee bill, by whom.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.190. Examination and certification of fee bill, by whom. —
The prosecuting attorney shall strictly examine each bill of costs which shall be delivered to him, as provided in section 550.140, for allowance against the state or county, and shall ascertain as far as possible whether the services have been rendered for which the charges are made, and whether the fees charged are expressly given by law for such services, or whether greater charges are made than the law authorizes. If the fee bill has been made out according to law, or if not, after correcting all errors therein, he shall report the same to the judge of the court, either in term or in vacation, and if the same appears to be formal and correct, the judge and prosecuting attorney shall certify to the director of the department of corrections, or clerk of the county commission, accordingly as the state or county is liable, the amount of costs due by the state or county on the fee bill, and deliver the same to the clerk who made it out, to be collected without delay, and paid over to those entitled to the fees allowed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4237, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3842; 1919 § 4185; 1909 § 5393
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.200 - Original fee bill to director of department of corrections or county commission.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.200. Original fee bill to director of department of corrections or county commission. —
The original fee bill, signed by the judge and prosecuting attorney, shall be sent by the clerk to the director of the department of corrections or county commission, as the case may be, and the clerk shall make out, under his hand and seal, a true and certified copy of the same, which shall be carefully preserved by the clerk in his office, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4243, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3848; 1919 § 4191; 1909 § 5399
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.210 - Fee bill, how certified — information required.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.210. Fee bill, how certified — information required. —
When a fee bill shall be certified to the director of the department of corrections for payment, the certificate of the judge and prosecuting attorney shall contain a statement of the following facts: that they have strictly examined the bill of costs; that the defendant was convicted or acquitted, and if convicted, the nature and extent of punishment assessed, or the cause continued generally, as the case may be; that the offense charged is a capital one, or punishable solely by imprisonment in the penitentiary, as the case may be; that the services were rendered for which charges are made, and that the fees charged are expressly authorized by law, and that they are properly taxed against the proper party, and that the fees of no more than three witnesses to prove any one fact are allowed. In cases in which the defendant is convicted, the judge and prosecuting attorney shall certify, in addition to the foregoing facts, that the defendant is insolvent, and that no costs charged in the fee bill, fees for the cost of incarceration, including a reasonable sum to cover occupancy costs, excepted, were incurred on the part of the defendant.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4239, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 1977 H.B. 427, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3844; 1919 § 4187; 1909 § 5395
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.220 - Fee bill certified to county commission — penalty.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.220. Fee bill certified to county commission — penalty. —
Each and every bill of costs presented to any county commission for allowance shall be examined and certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney in the same manner, all necessary charges excepted, as provided for certifying bills of costs to the director of the department of corrections for payment; and any county commissioner who shall pay, or vote to pay, any costs incurred in any criminal case or proceeding, unless the same is so certified to, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4240, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3845; 1919 § 4188; 1909 § 5396
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.230 - Subsequent fee bill, when issued.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.230. Subsequent fee bill, when issued. —
When the clerk shall send a bill of costs to the director of the department of corrections or county commission, as provided in section 550.200, he shall expressly state in his certificate that he has not at any previous time certified or sent a copy of the same bill, or part thereof, for payment; provided, that if the clerk shall, by oversight or mistake, fail to include any costs properly chargeable against the state or county in any fee bill, he may make out and present, as herein provided for making out bills of costs, a supplemental bill for the costs so omitted; provided, that the clerk shall in no case charge or receive any fee or fees whatsoever for the issuance of such supplemental fee bill.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4244, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3849; 1919 § 4192; 1909 § 5400
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.240 - Fee bill from cases before associate circuit judge.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
550.240. Fee bill from cases before associate circuit judge. —
In all criminal cases which have been finally determined before an associate circuit judge in which the county shall be liable for any costs incurred therein, the clerk responsible for collecting fees in cases determined by such judge shall certify a complete itemized fee bill thereof to the county commission for payment, which fee bill shall be examined and audited by the prosecuting attorney and the judge. Whenever the state shall be liable under any law for costs incurred in any examination of a felony before any associate circuit judge, or in any misdemeanor case which is not finally determined before an associate circuit judge, the clerk serving such judge shall calculate, certify and return to the clerk of the circuit court of the county a complete statement of costs, specifying each item of service and the fee therefor, together with all the papers and docket entries in the case. The clerk of the circuit court shall thereupon make out a fee bill of all such costs which are legally chargeable against the state or county, which shall be examined by the prosecuting attorney. The circuit clerk shall prepare a bill against the state containing only costs which are payable to the county. All such fee bills shall thereafter be proceeded with in all respects as in the case of fee bills for costs incurred in cases before circuit judges.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4246, A.L. 1951 p. 461, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3851; 1919 § 4194; 1909 § 5402
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.260 - Copy of court cost bill filed with treasurer — warrants — criminal court cost bills recorded.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
550.260. Copy of court cost bill filed with treasurer — warrants — criminal court cost bills recorded. —
1. All criminal court cost bills shall be certified for payment as herein provided, and in addition thereto the circuit clerks of each county shall make copies of all original criminal court cost bills certified to the director of the department of corrections for payment, and shall file the same with the treasurers of their respective counties, and the city of St. Louis, at the time of transmitting the original for payment.
2. When criminal court cost bills are certified to the director of the department of corrections, warrants shall be drawn on the state treasurer as provided by law, provided that the amounts due to the state contained within such criminal court cost bills may be withheld by the state before payment is made to the counties. Costs payable to the state contained in such criminal costs bills shall not be reimbursed to the counties, but the county shall be reimbursed only for those costs payable to the county. Payment shall be transmitted to the treasurer of the county from whence the bill originated, or the city of St. Louis. When any criminal cost bill shall be certified to the county commission or the comptroller of the city of St. Louis for payment, the county clerk, or the comptroller of the city of St. Louis, when the same is allowed, shall draw a warrant on the county treasurer or city treasurer in payment thereof, and deliver the same to the county treasurer, or to the treasurer of the city of St. Louis, together with a list of the names of the various parties to whom the fees are due, stating the amount due each person.
3. The treasurers, on receipt of any such warrants and criminal court cost bills, shall record the criminal court cost bills in a well-bound book arranged with appropriate headings, so that the same shall correspond, as near as may be, with the accounts required to be kept by other officers in section 50.470.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4248, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3853; 1919 § 4196; 1909 § 5404
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.270 - Payment of fees — deductions.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.270. Payment of fees — deductions. —
The county treasurers shall pay out all such fees to the proper owners as the same may be called for; provided, that before any such fees shall be paid the party to whom the same is due shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the treasurer that he or she, as the case may be, is not at the time indebted to the state or county, on account of delinquent back taxes, or is indebted to the state or county on account of any fine, penalty, forfeitures or forfeited recognizances or costs for a violation of any criminal statute of this state, or for contempt of any court, no matter if the same shall have been paid by oath of insolvency as provided by law; or is indebted to the state or any county on account of any funds coming to his hands by reason of any public office; provided further, that after deducting the amount of the indebtedness of the claimant, if any, on account of any or all of the various causes herein enumerated, the treasurer shall pay him the balance, giving duplicate receipts for the separate amounts paid, one of which shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with the same, but if the indebtedness of the claimant equals or exceeds the amount of his fees, the treasurer shall give him credit for the amount of his fees, stating on what account, and shall make duplicate receipts for the same, one of which he shall deliver to the claimant and the other he shall file with the county clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with all such receipts, and in his regular settlements with the county commission the treasurer shall make a full and complete exhibit of all his acts and doings under sections 550.260 to 550.300.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4249)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3854; 1919 § 4197; 1909 § 5405
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.280 - Certain fees deemed criminal costs.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.280. Certain fees deemed criminal costs. —
All fees due witnesses before the grand jury, and all fees due jurors in any criminal case, and all fees accruing in any inquest case where the verdict of the jury is that the deceased came to death by other than unavoidable accident or natural causes, shall be deemed criminal costs, and shall be paid in like manner and shall be subject to all the offsets herein provided for.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4250)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3855; 1919 § 4198; 1909 § 5406
(1963) This section held to authorize taxation of jury fees and mileage of jurors to defendant convicted following plea of nolo contendere. State v. Norman (A.), 371 S.W.2d 41.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.290 - Fees not negotiable or assignable — exception.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
550.290. Fees not negotiable or assignable — exception. —
In order to make said sections 550.260 to 550.300 effective, it is hereby declared that all fees due by the state or county on account of any criminal case, or due witnesses before the grand jury, or as a juror or witness in an inquest, shall not be negotiable or assignable except subject to all the setoffs herein provided for, and that the state and county holds a prior lien on the same for the purpose of indemnification against loss by reason of the nonpayment of personal back taxes, and for the payment of the fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs herein mentioned.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4252)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3857; 1919 § 4200; 1909 § 5408
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.300 - Disposition of court costs by county treasurers.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
550.300. Disposition of court costs by county treasurers. —
At the end of each term of court after the receipt of each criminal court cost bill from either the state auditor or the county clerk, the treasurer shall strike a balance of the same, and shall turn over the amounts collected on account of the various items of indebtedness herein mentioned to the various funds to which they belong or in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020
*
. And all uncalled for fees paid by the state shall be promptly transmitted to the state director of revenue who shall deposit the same in the state treasury, and those paid by the county shall be turned over to the credit of the county revenue fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4251, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 260, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3856; 1919 § 4199; 1909 § 5407
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 550 - Costs in Criminal Cases › Section 550.310 - Judge or other officer violating law, how punished.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 550
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
550.310. Judge or other officer violating law, how punished. —
Every judge, prosecuting attorney, clerk or judge who shall knowingly violate any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 551 - Relief of Insolvents Confined on Criminal Process › Section 551.150 - Insolvency relief law not applicable (St. Louis).

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 551
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
551.150. Insolvency relief law not applicable (St. Louis). —
No person convicted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis of a misdemeanor under the laws of this state, and sentenced to the payment of a fine, and the costs therein accrued, shall be allowed to avail himself of the provisions of any law for the relief of insolvents confined on criminal process.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.010 - Mental disease or defect defined.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
Effective - 28 Aug 1969
552.010. Mental disease or defect defined. —
The terms
"mental disease or defect"
include congenital and traumatic mental conditions as well as disease. They do not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct, whether or not such abnormality may be included under mental illness, mental disease or defect in some classifications of mental abnormality or disorder. The terms
"mental disease or defect"
do not include alcoholism without psychosis or drug abuse without psychosis or an abnormality manifested only by criminal sexual psychopathy as defined in section 202.700, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to repeal or modify the provisions of sections 202.700 to 202.770.
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(L. 1963 p. 674 § 1, A.L. 1969 p. 572)
(1965) This section's use of the term "mental disease or defect" was not intended to designate any specific form or forms or medical classification of mental disease, but merely means a mind sufficiently disordered to cause the results indicated. State v. Garrett (Mo.), 391 S.W.2d 235.
(1975) Proper lay or medical testimony of drug addiction is admissible to show extenuating or mitigating circumstances during parole revocation. Reiter v. Camp (A.), 518 S.W.2d 82.
(1978) Loss of memory due to physical injury prevented defendant from assisting in his defense and even though he understood proceedings against him, he could not be tried. State ex rel. Sisco v. Buford (Mo.), 559 S.W.2d 747.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.015 - Evidence of mental disease or defect, admissible, when.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
Effective - 28 Aug 2011
552.015. Evidence of mental disease or defect, admissible, when. —
1. Evidence that the defendant did or did not suffer mental disease or defect shall not be admissible in a criminal prosecution except as provided in this section.
2. Evidence that the defendant did or did not suffer from a mental disease or defect shall be admissible in a criminal proceeding:
(1) To determine whether the defendant lacks capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist in his own defense as provided in section 552.020;
(2) To determine whether the defendant is criminally responsible as provided in section 552.030;
(3) To determine whether a person committed to the director of the department of mental health pursuant to this chapter shall be released as provided in section 552.040;
(4) To determine if a person in the custody of any correctional institution needs care in a mental hospital as provided in section 552.050;
(5) To determine whether a person condemned to death shall be executed as provided in sections 552.060 and 552.070;
(6) To determine whether or not the defendant, if found guilty, should be sentenced to death as provided in chapter 558;
(7) To determine the appropriate disposition of a defendant, if guilty, as provided in sections 557.011 and 557.031;
(8) To prove that the defendant did or did not have a state of mind which is an element of the offense;
(9) To determine if the defendant, if found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, should be immediately conditionally released by the court under the provisions of section 552.040 to the community or committed to a mental health or developmental disability facility. This question shall not be asked regarding defendants charged with any of the dangerous felonies as defined in section 556.061, or with those crimes set forth in subsection 11
*
of section 552.040, or the attempts thereof.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 265 § 552.090, A.L. 1994 S.B. 763, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
*Subsection 11 of section 552.040 was renumbered to subsection 12 and the specific crimes were repealed by S.B. 884 & 841, 1996.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.043 - Hearings open to public.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
552.043. Hearings open to public. —
All hearings held pursuant to the provisions of section 552.040 shall be open to the public.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 763)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.045 - Transcript of proceedings and preliminary letter to institution, when.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
552.045. Transcript of proceedings and preliminary letter to institution, when. —
1. Whenever the court commits to a state institution for observation or detention the person afflicted with a mental disease or defect under authority of this chapter, the court shall also order a transcript of all, or any part, of the evidence or oral proceedings in the case to be given to the institution and the expense to be paid as authorized by section 485.100
*
.
2. Whenever the court orders a person committed to a state institution for observation or detention under this chapter, an appropriate preliminary letter shall accompany the commitment order containing sufficient information to enable the institution to detain properly and to start preliminary evaluation of the committed person.
3. The preliminary letter shall include, if available, the following:
(1) A statement of the person's family and occupational status, past delinquency and criminal records;
(2) A summary of the facts surrounding the alleged crime, including reports of police investigation, if such document exists, a statement of his behavior while under arrest; and
(3) An opinion as to whether he has a violent nature and what degree of security detention seems appropriate.
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(L. 1965 p. 668)
*Transferred 2000; now 488.2250
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.070 - Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
552.070. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. —
In the exercise of his powers under Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Missouri to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, the governor may, in his discretion, appoint a board of inquiry whose duty it shall be to gather information, whether or not admissible in a court of law, bearing upon whether or not a person condemned to death should be executed or reprieved or pardoned, or whether the person's sentence should be commuted. It is the duty of all persons and institutions to give information and assistance to the board, members of which shall serve without remuneration. Such board shall make its report and recommendations to the governor. All information gathered by the board shall be received and held by it and the governor in strict confidence.
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(L. 1963 p. 674 § 7)
(2000) Appointment of board of inquiry is within the Governor's sole discretion; an inmate has no due process right to such an appointment. Roll v. Carnahan, 225 F.3d 1016 (8th Cir.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVII - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 552 - Criminal Proceedings Involving Mental Illness › Section 552.080 - Court costs, examination fees, care and treatment, transportation, how paid.

Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 552
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
552.080. Court costs, examination fees, care and treatment, transportation, how paid. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the court in which the proceedings are pending shall, upon application and approval, order the payment of or tax as costs the following expenses and fees, which in each case shall be reasonable, and so found by the court:
(1) Expenses and fees for examinations, reports and expert testimony of private psychiatrists who are neither employees nor contractors of the department of mental health for purposes of performing such services and who are appointed by the court to examine the accused under sections 552.020 and 552.030;
(2) The expenses of conveying any prisoner from a jail to a facility of the department of mental health and the expense of returning him to a jail under the provisions of section 552.020, 552.030, 552.040 or 552.050.
­­Such expenses and fees shall be paid, no matter how taxed as costs or collected, by the state, county or defendant, when liable for such costs under the provisions of chapter 550. Such order may be made at any time before or after the final disposition of the case and whether or not the accused is convicted or sentenced to the custody of the division of corrections or county jail, as the case may be, or placed upon probation or granted parole.
2. The expenses and fees provided in subsection 1 of this section may be levied and collected under execution; except that, if the state or county has by inadvertence or mistake paid expenses or fees as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the political entity having made such a mistake or inadvertent payment shall be entitled to recover the same from the entity responsible for such payment.
3. If a person is ordered held or hospitalized by the director of the department of mental health or in one of the facilities of the department of mental health pursuant to the following provisions, the liability for hospitalization shall be paid by the person, his estate or those responsible for his support in accordance with chapter 630:
(1) Following determination of lack of mental fitness to proceed under subsection 8 of section 552.020;
(2) Following acquittal because of lack of responsibility due to mental disease or defect under section 552.030, and subsequent order of commitment to the director of the department of mental health under section 552.040.
4. The method of collecting the costs and expenses herein provided or otherwise incurred in connection with the custody, examination, trial, transportation or treatment of any person accused or convicted of any offense shall not be exclusive and same may be collected in any other manner provided by law.
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(L. 1963 p. 674 § 8, A.L. 1969 p. 572, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2023 S.B. 106)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 556 - Preliminary Provisions (Criminal Code) › Section 556.011 - Short title.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 556
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
556.011. Short title. —
Chapters 556 to 580
*
shall be known and may be cited as "The Revised Criminal Code".
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
*Chapter 580 does not exist.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 556 - Preliminary Provisions (Criminal Code) › Section 556.021 - Infractions — procedure — default judgment, when — effective date.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 556
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote
556.021. Infractions — procedure — default judgment, when — effective date. —
1. An infraction does not constitute a criminal offense and conviction of an infraction shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the procedure for infractions shall be the same as for a misdemeanor.
3. If a person fails to appear in court either solely for an infraction or for an infraction which is committed in the same course of conduct as a criminal offense for which the person is charged, or if a person fails to respond to notice of an infraction from the central violations bureau established in section 476.385, the court may issue a default judgment for court costs and fines for the infraction which shall be enforced in the same manner as other default judgments, including enforcement under sections 488.5028 and 488.5030, unless the court determines that good cause or excusable neglect exists for the person's failure to appear for the infraction. The notice of entry of default judgment and the amount of fines and costs imposed shall be sent to the person by first class mail. The default judgment may be set aside for good cause if the person files a motion to set aside the judgment within six months of the date the notice of entry of default judgment is mailed.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of this section or any provisions of law to the contrary, a court may issue a warrant for failure to appear for any violation which is classified as an infraction.
5. Judgment against the defendant for an infraction shall be in the amount of the fine authorized by law and the court costs for the offense.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 556 - Preliminary Provisions (Criminal Code) › Section 556.026 - Offenses and infractions to be defined by statute.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 556
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
556.026. Offenses and infractions to be defined by statute. —
No conduct constitutes an offense or infraction unless made so by this code or by other applicable statute.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17