Procedure of police officers.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.580
in effect300.580. Procedure of police officers. — Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person before the municipal judge for the violation of any traffic laws, a police officer who halts a person for such violation other than for the purpose of giving him a warning or warning notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall issue to him a uniform traffic ticket which shall be proceeded upon in accordance with supreme court rule no. 37.
(L. 1965 p. 445 § 151, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=300.580Fetched: 10/17/2026
