Missouri § 532.480 Court to fix amount of bail, when.

Missouri Statutes

§ 532.480 — Court to fix amount of bail, when.

Missouri § 532.480

Title XXXVISTATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS

Ch. 532Habeas Corpus

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.480 (2026).

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If the prisoner be held to answer for a bailable offense, the court shall determine in what sum bail shall be given, and shall cause the prisoner to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, which recognizance shall be taken, certified and returned as provided by law in like cases; and if the prisoner does not give the required bail, the court shall make an order remanding him, and shall, by such order, designate the sum in which bail shall be taken, and the court at which he is required to appear, and that, on such bail being entered into, in conformity with such order and the provisions of law, the prisoner shall be discharged.

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If the prisoner be held to answer for a bailable offense, the court shall determine in what sum bail shall be given, and shall cause the prisoner to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, which recognizance shall be taken, certified and returned as provided by law in like cases; and if the prisoner does not give the required bail, the court shall make an order remanding him, and shall, by such order, designate the sum in which bail shall be taken, and the court at which he is required to appear, and that, on such bail being entered into, in conformity with such order and the provisions of law, the prisoner shall be discharged.