Effective – 28 Aug 1983 491.600. Courts with criminal jurisdiction may issue orders to protect witness or victim. — Any court with jurisdiction over any criminal matter may, in its discretion, upon substantial evidence, which may include hearsay, that intimidation or dissuading of any person who is a victim or who is a witness has […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1983 491.610. Violation of protective orders, penalties. — Any person violating any order made pursuant to section 491.600 may be punished in any of the following ways: (1) For any substantive offense described in section 575.270 where such violation of an order is a violation of section 575.270 as a contempt […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1983 491.620. Pretrial releases of defendant conditional — notice of prohibited witness tampering activities required. — 1. Any pretrial release of any defendant whether on bail or under any other form of recognizance shall be deemed as a matter of law to include a condition that the defendant neither do nor […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 491.640. Prosecutors coordinators training council may provide for security of witnesses and families, when — powers — request by law enforcement agencies, content — delegation of program administration, to whom. — 1. The prosecutors coordinators training council, as established in section 56.760, may, upon the council’s own initiative or at […]
Effective – 21 Sep 2020 491.641. Pretrial witness protection services fund created — use of moneys — application, contents, closed record. — 1. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the “Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund”, which shall consist of moneys collected under this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the […]
