Missouri § 575.170 Refusing to make an employee available for service of process — penalty.

Missouri Statutes

§ 575.170 — Refusing to make an employee available for service of process — penalty.

Missouri § 575.170

Title XXXVIIICRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Ch. 575Offenses Against the Administration of Justice

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.170 (2026).

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1.An employer, or agent who is in charge of a business establishment, commits the offense of refusing to make an employee available for service of process if he or she knowingly refuses to assist any officer authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment during the working hours of an employee for the purpose of serving process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee available for service of process.

2.The offense of refusing to make an employee available for service of process is a class C misdemeanor.

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1. An employer, or agent who is in charge of a business establishment, commits the offense of refusing to make an employee available for service of process if he or she knowingly refuses to assist any officer authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment during the working hours of an employee for the purpose of serving process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee available for service of process.

2. The offense of refusing to make an employee available for service of process is a class C misdemeanor.