Missouri Statutes
§ 559.609 — Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private entities to serve as probation offices.
Missouri § 559.609
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVIIICRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Ch. 559Probation
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.609 (2026).
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The associate circuit or municipal judges approving the private entity to function as a probation office shall base their decision on factors such as length of time in the probation field, experience in supervising various types of offenders, the financial ability to operate a probation office in the jurisdiction, and other factors as the judges deem necessary and relevant.
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Legislative History
(L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 6)
Nearby Sections
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§ 559.012
Eligible for probation, when.§ 559.016
Terms of probation — extension.§ 559.026
Detention condition of probation.§ 559.029
Transfer of supervision.§ 559.031
Transfer to another court.§ 559.036
Duration of probation — revocation.§ 559.100
Circuit courts, power to place on probation or parole — revocation — conditions — restitution.§ 559.105
Restitution may be ordered, when — limitation on release from probation — amount of restitution.§ 559.110
Bond may be required — forfeiture.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 559.609, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/559/559.609.