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Title XXXVII - Criminal Pro...
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Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment a...
Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail
Section 544.010 Magistrate defined.
Section 544.020 Issuance of warrant upon complaint.
Section 544.030 Issuance of warrants by associate circuit judge.
Section 544.040 Bail, associate circuit judge may grant, when.
Section 544.045 License to operate motor vehicle may be deposited in lieu of bail — exceptions — failure to appear, notice to director of revenue.
Section 544.046 Compact — entered into.
Section 544.050 Recognizances.
Section 544.060 Issuance of warrants by clerk upon indictments.
Section 544.070 Issuance of process.
Section 544.080 Issuance of warrant to sheriff — execution.
Section 544.090 Warrants, where executed.
Section 544.100 Arrest in another county — procedure.
Section 544.110 Escape to another county when guilty of felony.
Section 544.120 Attempted escape of felon, officers to pursue — arrest.
Section 544.130 Attempted escape, proceeding after arrest.
Section 544.145 Governor may offer reward for escaped felon — payment.
Section 544.150 Reward by county commission.
Section 544.155 Uniform fresh pursuit law.
Section 544.157 Law enforcement officers, conservation agents, capitol police, college or university police officers, and park rangers, arrest powers — fresh pursuit defined — policy of agency electing to institute vehicular pursuits.
Section 544.160 Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires.
Section 544.170 Twenty hours detention on arrest without warrant — twenty-four hours detention for certain offenses, rights of confinee — violations, penalty.
Section 544.180 Arrest.
Section 544.190 Rights of officer in making arrests.
Section 544.193 Strip searches prohibited, when — how executed if authorized.
Section 544.195 Rights and remedies of person wronged.
Section 544.197 Sections 544.193 to 544.197 not applicable, when.
Section 544.200 Officer may break open doors.
Section 544.210 Arrests, when.
Section 544.216 Powers of arrest, arrest without warrant on suspicion persons violating any law of state including infractions, misdemeanors and ordinances, exception — power of municipal officer in unincorporated area.
Section 544.218 Arrest without warrant, lawful, when.
Section 544.220 Conveyance of prisoner through another county.
Section 544.230 Officer not subject to arrest — posse.
Section 544.240 Duty of jailer.
Section 544.250 Preliminary hearing, when required — release, when, what conditions.
Section 544.260 Arrest of person, where tried.
Section 544.270 Procedure before associate circuit judge.
Section 544.275 State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury.
Section 544.280 Trial, how conducted.
Section 544.290 Disqualification of associate circuit judge.
Section 544.300 Proceedings in case of disqualification.
Section 544.310 Associate circuit judge may call associate.
Section 544.320 Adjournment of hearing by associate circuit judge — release of prisoner, when, what conditions.
Section 544.330 Failure to appear under recognizance.
Section 544.340 Commitment of party, when.
Section 544.350 Complaint to be read, time given for advice.
Section 544.360 Exclusion of witnesses from examination.
Section 544.370 Homicide, written evidence.
Section 544.376 Crime laboratory reports, evidence as to test results, procedure — person conducting tests, recorded interview prior to hearing, procedure, right to subpoena.
Section 544.380 Examination of prisoner and his witnesses.
Section 544.390 Examination and recognizance, certified, when.
Section 544.400 Failure of associate circuit judge to discharge duty.
Section 544.410 Discharge, when ordered.
Section 544.420 Recognizance, when required.
Section 544.430 Who may be bound by recognizance.
Section 544.440 Commitment of witnesses.
Section 544.455 Release of person charged, when — conditions which may be imposed.
Section 544.456 Sam Pratt's Law — prohibition on providing child care services for compensation pending final disposition, when.
Section 544.457 Bail, amount of, information which may be considered — denial of bail — special conditions.
Section 544.470 Commitment of individual, when — presumption for aliens unlawfully present.
Section 544.472 Persons confined to jail, verification of lawful immigration status required.
Section 544.490 What courts may accept recognizance.
Section 544.500 Recognizance, disposition of.
Section 544.510 Bail, when taken other than by court.
Section 544.520 Name of prosecutor returned with bail bond.
Section 544.530 Bond or recognizance, by whom taken.
Section 544.540 Court to fix conditions for release, when.
Section 544.550 Recognizances, how taken.
Section 544.560 Sheriff may set conditions for release, when.
Section 544.570 Recognizances returned to clerk.
Section 544.575 No proceeding upon a recognizance defeated for defects.
Section 544.580 Qualification of sureties.
Section 544.590 When security deemed sufficient.
Section 544.600 Surrender of principal, how made.
Section 544.610 Discharge of bailor's liability, how.
Section 544.620 What deemed a surrender.
Section 544.630 Other bail.
Section 544.640 Recognizance forfeited, when.
Section 544.650 Writ of scire facias, how served.
Section 544.660 Writs of scire facias, service construed.
Section 544.665 Failure to appear, penalty.
Section 544.671 Certain defendants not entitled to bail for certain offenses.
Section 544.676 Court may deny bail upon showing that defendant poses danger to victim, witness, or community — considerations — right to trial, time limit.