Section 221.320 – Board of visitors — appointment — terms.
Effective – 28 Aug 2003 221.320. Board of visitors — appointment — terms. — In each county of the state the presiding judge of the circuit court, or such other judge or judges as may be determined by local circuit court rule, may, upon the petition of fifteen reputable citizens or upon the motion of […]
Section 221.330 – Organization of board.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 221.330. Organization of board. — The persons appointed as members of the board of county visitors, within one week after receiving notice of appointment, shall meet at some convenient place, and organize by electing a chairman and secretary from their own number. The secretary shall file a report of such […]
Section 221.340 – Duties of board.
Effective – 28 Aug 2003 221.340. Duties of board. — It shall be the duty of such board of visitors, by personal visitation or otherwise, to keep themselves fully advised of the conditions and management of all corrective institutions, supported wholly or in part by county or municipal taxation, or which are under county or […]
Section 221.350 – Board to make yearly report.
Effective – 28 Aug 2003 221.350. Board to make yearly report. — The board of county visitors each year shall prepare a full report of their proceedings during the year, with such recommendations as they may deem advisable, and shall file the same with the presiding judge of the circuit court, sheriff, and county commission. […]
Section 221.353 – Damage to jail property, class E felony.
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 221.353. Damage to jail property, class E felony. — 1. A person commits the offense of damage to jail property if such person knowingly damages any city, county, or private jail building or other jail property. 2. A person commits the crime of damage to jail property if […]
Section 221.400 – Regional jail districts may be established, procedure, contents, holding of prisoners.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 221.400. Regional jail districts may be established, procedure, contents, holding of prisoners. — 1. Any two or more contiguous counties within the state may form an agreement to establish a regional jail district. The district shall have a boundary which includes the areas within each member county, and it shall […]
Section 221.402 – Regional jail districts, powers.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 221.402. Regional jail districts, powers. — In addition to the powers granted to the district by its member counties under the agreement, the district has all the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) To adopt bylaws and rules for […]
Section 221.405 – Commission — members, vacancies, budget.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 221.405. Commission — members, vacancies, budget. — 1. Any regional jail district created pursuant to section 221.400 shall be governed by a commission. The commission shall be composed of the sheriff and presiding commissioner from each county within the district. 2. Each commissioner shall serve during his tenure as sheriff […]
Section 221.407 – Regional jail district sales tax authorized, ballot language — special trust fund established — expiration date.
Effective – 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories 221.407. Regional jail district sales tax authorized, ballot language — special trust fund established — expiration date. — 1. The commission of any regional jail district may impose, by order, a sales tax in the amount of one-eighth of one percent, one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one […]
Section 221.250 – Failure of sheriff to comply with section 221.240 — penalty.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 221.250. Failure of sheriff to comply with section 221.240 — penalty. — Any sheriff who fails or neglects to take a prisoner before the court as provided in section 221.240, shall be deemed guilty of contempt of court and shall be committed to the county jail and confined, without bail, […]