Missouri Statutes
§ 532.540 — Officer discharging prisoner, not liable.
Missouri § 532.540
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.540 (2026).
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No sheriff or other person shall be liable to any civil action for obeying any order of discharge, made according to the provisions of this chapter; and if any action shall be brought against him for suffering any person committed to his custody to go at large, pursuant to any such order, he may plead the same in his answer thereto, in bar of such action.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 1638)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1474; 1919 § 1924; 1909 § 2489
Nearby Sections
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§ 532.010
Who may prosecute the writ.§ 532.040
Second writ not to issue, when.§ 532.080
Writ, how directed, form of.§ 532.090
To be under seal of court.§ 532.140
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