Section 532.650 – Penalty for concealing prisoner.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.650. Penalty for concealing prisoner. — Any person having in his custody, or under his power, any person for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus shall have been issued, or who would be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of his detention, who […]
Section 532.660 – Penalty for rearresting party after discharge.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.660. Penalty for rearresting party after discharge. — Everyone who, knowing that any person has been discharged by competent authority on a habeas corpus, shall, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, arrest such person again for the same cause, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also […]
Section 532.670 – Aiding in violation of sections 532.650 and 532.660, misdemeanor.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.670. Aiding in violation of sections 532.650 and 532.660, misdemeanor. — Every person who shall knowingly aid or assist in the violation of section 532.650 or 532.660 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1652) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1488; 1919 § 1938; 1909 § 2503
Section 532.680 – Punishment.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.680. Punishment. — Every person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court in which he shall be convicted, but such fine shall not exceed one thousand dollars, nor such imprisonment one year. […]
Section 532.690 – Right of action to survive.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.690. Right of action to survive. — The right of action for the penalties declared by this chapter to be incurred, and to be paid to the party aggrieved, shall not cease by the death of either party, but such penalty may be sued for and recovered by the executor […]
Section 532.700 – Recovery of penalty no bar to civil action.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.700. Recovery of penalty no bar to civil action. — The recoveries of any of the penalties under the provisions of this chapter shall be no bar to a civil action for damages. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1655) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1491; 1919 § 1941; 1909 § 2506
Section 532.710 – This chapter, how construed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.710. This chapter, how construed. — The several provisions contained in this chapter shall be construed to apply, so far as may be applicable, and except where otherwise provided, to every writ of habeas corpus authorized to be issued by any statute of this state. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1656) […]
Section 532.530 – Order of discharge, how enforced.
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 532.530. Order of discharge, how enforced. — Obedience to any order for the discharge of a prisoner, granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may be enforced by the court granting such order, by attachment, in the same manner as herein provided in cases of failure to make return […]
Section 532.540 – Officer discharging prisoner, not liable.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.540. Officer discharging prisoner, not liable. — No sheriff or other person shall be liable to any civil action for obeying any order of discharge, made according to the provisions of this chapter; and if any action shall be brought against him for suffering any person committed to his custody […]
Section 532.550 – Person discharged cannot be again imprisoned — exceptions.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 532.550. Person discharged cannot be again imprisoned — exceptions. — No person who has been discharged, by the order of any court or associate circuit judge, upon a writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be again imprisoned, restrained or kept in custody for the same cause; […]