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Section 57.110 Duties as conservators of the peace — return of recognizance.

MO Rev Stat § 57.110 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1959

57.110. Duties as conservators of the peace — return of recognizance. — Every sheriff is a conservator of the peace within his county, and shall cause all offenders against law, in his view, to enter into recognizance, with security, to keep the peace and to appear at the next term of the circuit court of the county, and to be committed to jail in case of failure to give the recognizance. The sheriff shall certify the recognizance to the clerk of the circuit court.

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(RSMo 1939 §§ 13136, 13137, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68)

Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 11516, 11517; 1919 §§ 11640, 11641; 1909 §§ 11210, 11211

CROSS REFERENCE:

Arrest without warrant, on suspicion, persons violating any law including misdemeanors and ordinances in jurisdiction, powers, 544.216

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