Missouri § 532.630 Penalty for refusing copy of process.

Missouri Statutes

§ 532.630 — Penalty for refusing copy of process.

Missouri § 532.630

Title XXXVISTATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS

Ch. 532Habeas Corpus

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.630 (2026).

Text

Any officer or other person having the custody of any prisoner committed on any civil or criminal process, who shall refuse to give such prisoner a copy of the process, order or commitment, by virtue of which the person is held or detained, within six hours after the demand by the prisoner, or anyone on his behalf, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also forfeit to the party aggrieved five hundred dollars.

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Any officer or other person having the custody of any prisoner committed on any civil or criminal process, who shall refuse to give such prisoner a copy of the process, order or commitment, by virtue of which the person is held or detained, within six hours after the demand by the prisoner, or anyone on his behalf, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also forfeit to the party aggrieved five hundred dollars.

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 1648) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1484; 1919 § 1934; 1909 § 2499 Persons arrested not to be detained over twenty hours unless charged with offense, 544.170