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Section 550.020 – State to pay certain costs.

Effective – 28 Aug 1945 550.020. State to pay certain costs. — 1. In all capital cases in which the defendant shall be convicted, and in all cases in which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, and in cases where such person is convicted of an offense punishable solely by imprisonment […]

Section 550.030 – County to pay costs, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.030. County to pay costs, when. — When the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or to pay a fine, or both, and is unable to pay the costs, the county in which the indictment was found or information filed shall pay the costs, except such as […]

Section 550.110 – Costs taxed against clerk, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.110. Costs taxed against clerk, when. — All costs unnecessarily incurred by a violation of sections 545.320 and 545.330 shall be taxed against the clerk or associate circuit judge who caused the same. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 4233) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3838; 1919 § 4181; 1909 § 5389

Section 550.120 – Costs in change of venue — costs defined.

Effective – 28 Aug 2001 550.120. Costs in change of venue — costs defined. — 1. In any criminal or civil case in which a change of venue is taken from one county to any other county, and whenever a prisoner shall, for any cause, be confined in the jail of one county, such costs […]

Section 550.130 – Judge and prosecuting attorney to certify cost bill.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.130. Judge and prosecuting attorney to certify cost bill. — The bill of costs in any case, as provided for in section 550.120, shall be certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney, as now provided by law, and shall be presented to the county commission in which the indictment […]

Section 550.140 – Clerk to make out fee bills.

Effective – 28 Aug 1999 550.140. Clerk to make out fee bills. — The clerk of the court in which any criminal cause shall have been determined or continued generally shall, immediately after the adjournment of the court and before the next succeeding term, calculate all costs which have accrued in the case. If the […]

Section 550.150 – Names of witnesses certified.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.150. Names of witnesses certified. — The clerk shall attach to each fee bill a certified copy of the names of all witnesses endorsed on the indictment or information and all orders of the prosecuting attorney and affidavits of the prosecutor as provided for in section 545.320, and no costs […]

Section 550.160 – Certain officers not to receive witness fees.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.160. Certain officers not to receive witness fees. — No officer, appointee or employee holding a state, county, township or municipal office, including police officers and policemen, either by election or appointment, shall claim, be allowed or receive any fee or compensation as a witness for testifying before a coroner’s […]

Section 550.170 – Costs of three witnesses allowed.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.170. Costs of three witnesses allowed. — The judge and prosecuting attorney shall in no case tax the state or county with more than the costs of three witnesses to establish any one fact, nor with the costs of witnesses unnecessarily summoned and not examined, but the costs of such […]

Section 550.180 – Clerk liable for neglect, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.180. Clerk liable for neglect, when. — If any clerk shall fail to tax the costs and make out a proper fee bill, or shall willfully neglect to perform any duty required of him in sections 550.140 and 550.190, he shall be liable to the person injured by such neglect […]

Section 550.190 – Examination and certification of fee bill, by whom.

Effective – 01 Jul 2006 550.190. Examination and certification of fee bill, by whom. — The prosecuting attorney shall strictly examine each bill of costs which shall be delivered to him, as provided in section 550.140, for allowance against the state or county, and shall ascertain as far as possible whether the services have been […]

Section 550.210 – Fee bill, how certified — information required.

Effective – 01 Jul 2006 550.210. Fee bill, how certified — information required. — When a fee bill shall be certified to the director of the department of corrections for payment, the certificate of the judge and prosecuting attorney shall contain a statement of the following facts: that they have strictly examined the bill of […]

Section 550.220 – Fee bill certified to county commission — penalty.

Effective – 01 Jul 2006 550.220. Fee bill certified to county commission — penalty. — Each and every bill of costs presented to any county commission for allowance shall be examined and certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney in the same manner, all necessary charges excepted, as provided for certifying bills of costs […]

Section 550.230 – Subsequent fee bill, when issued.

Effective – 01 Jul 2006 550.230. Subsequent fee bill, when issued. — When the clerk shall send a bill of costs to the director of the department of corrections or county commission, as provided in section 550.200, he shall expressly state in his certificate that he has not at any previous time certified or sent […]

Section 550.240 – Fee bill from cases before associate circuit judge.

Effective – 28 Aug 1999 550.240. Fee bill from cases before associate circuit judge. — In all criminal cases which have been finally determined before an associate circuit judge in which the county shall be liable for any costs incurred therein, the clerk responsible for collecting fees in cases determined by such judge shall certify […]

Section 550.270 – Payment of fees — deductions.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.270. Payment of fees — deductions. — The county treasurers shall pay out all such fees to the proper owners as the same may be called for; provided, that before any such fees shall be paid the party to whom the same is due shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the […]

Section 550.280 – Certain fees deemed criminal costs.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 550.280. Certain fees deemed criminal costs. — All fees due witnesses before the grand jury, and all fees due jurors in any criminal case, and all fees accruing in any inquest case where the verdict of the jury is that the deceased came to death by other than unavoidable accident […]