Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 57

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.010 Election - qualifications - certificate of election - sheriff to hold valid ...

57.010. Election — qualifications — certificate of election — sheriff to hold valid peace officer license, when. — 1. At the general election to be held in 1948, and at each general election held every four years thereafter, the voters in every county in this state shall elect some suitable person sheriff. No person shall be eligible for the office of sheriff who has been convicted of a felony. Such person shall be a resident taxpayer and elector of said county, shall have resided in said county for more than one whole year next before filing for said office and shall be a person capable of efficient law enforcement. When any person shall be elected sheriff, such person shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of such person's office as chief law enforcement officer of that county on the first day of January next succeeding said election. 2. No person shall be eligible for the office of sheriff who does not hold a valid peace officer license pursuant to chapter 590 . Any person filing for the office of sheriff shall have a valid peace officer license at the time of filing for office. This subsection shall not apply to the sheriff of any county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population over nine hundred thousand or of any city not within a county. 3. The sheriff of any city not within a county shall be required to hold a valid peace officer license pursuant to chapter 590 within two years of being elected as sheriff. (RSMo 1939 § 13125, A.L. 1945 p. 1728, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2009 H.B. 667 merged with S.B. 47, A.L. 2013 S.B. 42 merged with S.B. 75, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11505; 1919 § 11629; 1909 § 11200 Severability clause, see § 1.1001

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.015 Definitions.

57.015. Definitions. — For purposes of section 57.275 , the following words and terms shall have the following meaning: (1) "Deputy sheriff" or "officer" , any deputy sheriff who is employed full time by a law enforcement agency, authorized by this chapter and certified pursuant to chapter 590 . This term shall not include an officer serving in probationary status or one year, whichever is longer, upon initial employment. This term shall not include any deputy sheriff with the rank of lieutenant and above, or any chief deputies, under sheriffs and the command staff as defined by the sheriff's department policy and procedure manual; (2) "Hearing" , a closed meeting conducted by a hearing board appointed by the sheriff for the purpose of receiving evidence in order to determine the facts regarding the dismissal of a deputy sheriff. Witnesses to the event that triggered the dismissal may attend the hearing for the limited purpose of providing testimony; the attorney for the deputy dismissed may attend the hearing, but only to serve as an observer; the sheriff and his or her attorney may attend the hearing, but only to serve as an observer; (3) "Hearing board" , the individuals appointed by the sheriff for the purpose of receiving evidence in order to determine the facts regarding the dismissal of a deputy sheriff; * (4) "Law enforcement agency" , any county sheriff's office of this state that employs county law enforcement deputies authorized by this chapter and certified by chapter 590 . (L. 1998 S.B. 659, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745) *Word "and" appears here in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.020 Bond.

57.020. Bond. — Every sheriff shall, within fifteen days after he or she is sworn into office, give bond to the state in a sum not less than five thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the presiding judge of the circuit court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties; which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. (RSMo 1939 § 13127, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11507; 1919 § 11631; 1909 § 11202 CROSS REFERENCES: Bond required for officers of class one counties, 107.060 Official bonds of county officers, 107.010 to 107.110

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.030 Reelected, new bond.

57.030. Reelected, new bond. — Should any sheriff be reelected, he shall give a new bond and security within fifteen days from the date that he or she is sworn into office; and should he or she fail to do so, his or her former sureties shall not be held liable for any business done by him after the fifteen days expire. (RSMo 1939 § 13126, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11506; 1919 § 11630; 1909 § 11201

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.040 Failure to give bond, effect.

57.040. Failure to give bond, effect. — If any sheriff fail to give such bond within the time prescribed, the office shall be deemed vacant. (RSMo 1939 § 13128) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11508; 1919 § 11632; 1909 § 11203

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.050 Approval of bond.

57.050. Approval of bond. — Such bond may be taken by the clerk of the circuit court, in vacation; and, if so taken, shall be approved or disapproved by the circuit court at the next term. (RSMo 1939 § 13129) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11509; 1919 § 11633; 1909 § 11204

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.060 Bond valid until disapproved.

57.060. Bond valid until disapproved. — Such bond shall be valid until disapproved; nor shall its obligations be impaired by the disapproval of the circuit court. (RSMo 1939 § 13130) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11510; 1919 § 11634; 1909 § 11205

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.070 Certificate, bond and oath to be recorded.

57.070. Certificate, bond and oath to be recorded. — Every sheriff shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, cause his certificate of election or appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, and his official bond, with the approval endorsed thereon, to be recorded, at his own expense, in the office of the recorder of the county. (RSMo 1939 § 13131) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11511; 1919 § 11635; 1909 § 11206

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.080 Vacancy in office, how filled - private person may execute process, when.

57.080. Vacancy in office, how filled — private person may execute process, when. — Whenever from any cause the office of sheriff becomes vacant, the same shall be filled by the county commission; if such vacancy happens more than nine months prior to the time of holding a general election, such county commission shall immediately order a special election to fill the same, and the person by it appointed shall hold said office until the person chosen at such election shall be duly qualified; otherwise the person appointed by such county commission shall hold office until the person chosen at such general election shall be duly qualified; but while such vacancy continues, any writ or process directed to the said sheriff and in such sheriff's hands at the time such vacancy occurs, remaining unexecuted, and any writ or process issued after such vacancy, may be served by any person selected by the plaintiff, the plaintiff's agent or attorney, at the risk of such plaintiff; and the clerk of any court out of which such writ or process shall issue shall endorse on such writ or process the authority to such person to execute and return the same, and shall state on such endorsement that the authority thus given is "at the request and risk of the plaintiff", and the person so named in said writ or process may proceed to execute and return said process, as sheriffs are by the law required to do. Such election shall be held on or before the tenth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. Upon the occurrence of such vacancy, it shall be the duty of the presiding commissioner of the county commission, if such commission be not then in session, to call a special term thereof, and cause said election to be held. (RSMo 1939 § 13143, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 S.B. 275, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 2005 S.B. 176, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1516 Revision merged with H.B. 1965) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11523; 1919 § 11647; 1909 § 11217

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.090 To attend courts - when.

57.090. To attend courts — when. — The several sheriffs shall attend each division of the circuit court presided over by a circuit or associate circuit judge held in their counties, when so directed by the court; and it shall be the duty of the officer attending any court to furnish stationery, fuel, and other things necessary for the use of the court whenever ordered by the court. (RSMo 1939 § 2034, A.L. 1945 p. 805, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1870; 1919 § 2365; 1909 § 3887 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.095 Service of process, immunity from liability for sheriffs and law ...

57.095. Service of process, immunity from liability for sheriffs and law enforcement officers, when. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 537.600 to the contrary, sheriffs or any other law enforcement officers shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, while conducting service of process at the direction of any court to the extent that the officers' actions do not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. (L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621 merged with S.B. 672)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.100 Duties generally - concealed carry permits, duties.

57.100. Duties generally — concealed carry permits, duties. — 1. Every sheriff shall quell and suppress assaults and batteries, riots, routs, affrays and insurrections; shall apprehend and commit to jail all felons and traitors, and execute all process directed to him by legal authority, including writs of replevin, attachments and final process issued by circuit and associate circuit judges. 2. Beginning January 1, 2014, every sheriff shall maintain, house, and issue concealed carry permits as specified under chapter 571 . (RSMo 1939 § 13138, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2013 S.B. 75) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11518; 1919 § 11642; 1909 § 11212

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.101 Ordinances, city, town and villages, enforcement, requirements.

57.101. Ordinances, city, town and villages, enforcement, requirements. — A county sheriff and his deputies, when authorized by written agreement entered into by the sheriff and a city, town or village within the county and approved by the governing body of the county, shall have the same power and authority to enforce the ordinances of the city, town or village, and in the same manner, as have the police of the city, town or village. (L. 1983 H.B. 81)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.102 To report on jail and prisoners (second class counties).

57.102. To report on jail and prisoners (second class counties). — The sheriff in counties of the second class shall on January first of each year and every three months thereafter file with the circuit court of the county a report on the conditions of the county jail, the number of prisoners confined in said jail, together with recommendations relating to its operation. (L. 1965 p. 150 § 8)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.104 Sheriff, all noncharter counties, employment of attorney.

57.104. Sheriff, all noncharter counties, employment of attorney. — 1. The sheriff of any county, except a county with a charter form of government, and any county of the second classification, county of the third classification, and county of the fourth classification * may employ an attorney at law to aid and advise him in the discharge of his duties and to represent him in court. The sheriff shall set the compensation for an attorney hired pursuant to this section within the allocation made by the county commission to the sheriff's department for compensation of employees to be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county. 2. The attorney employed by a sheriff pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be employed at the pleasure of the sheriff. (L. 1993 H.B. 209 & 288 § 1 merged with S.B. 180 § 15, A.L. 2013 S.B. 42 merged with S.B. 75) *Word "classifiaction" appears in original rolls of S.B. 75, 2013.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.109 May contract for services on federal water resources lands, limitation.

57.109. May contract for services on federal water resources lands, limitation. — 1. Every sheriff shall have the power to contract with the Secretary of the Army of the United States, acting through the Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of providing increased law enforcement services at or near water resources development projects, active or inactive, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army which are located within the county of the contracting sheriff. 2. No such contracts shall be for a period of more than two years. (L. 1979 S.B. 260 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.110 Duties as conservators of the peace - return of recognizance.

57.110. Duties as conservators of the peace — return of recognizance. — Every sheriff is a conservator of the peace within his county, and shall cause all offenders against law, in his view, to enter into recognizance, with security, to keep the peace and to appear at the next term of the circuit court of the county, and to be committed to jail in case of failure to give the recognizance. The sheriff shall certify the recognizance to the clerk of the circuit court. (RSMo 1939 §§ 13136, 13137, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 11516, 11517; 1919 §§ 11640, 11641; 1909 §§ 11210, 11211 CROSS REFERENCE: Arrest without warrant, on suspicion, persons violating any law including misdemeanors and ordinances in jurisdiction, powers, 544.216

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.111 May act in adjoining county, when - deemed employee of sending county for ...

57.111. May act in adjoining county, when — deemed employee of sending county for purposes of benefits and compensation. — Whenever any sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county in this state is expressly requested, in each instance, by a sheriff of this state to render assistance, such sheriff or deputy shall have the same powers of arrest in such county as he or she has in his or her own jurisdiction. Any sheriff, or deputy sheriff that a responding sheriff sends, of a county responding to a request for assistance in another county of the state shall be deemed an employee of the sending sheriff's office and shall be subject to the workers' compensation, overtime, and expense reimbursement provisions provided to him or her as an employee of the sending sheriff's office. (L. 1979 S.B. 259 § 1, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1936)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.113 Duty to patrol certain highways (certain first and certain second class ...

57.113. Duty to patrol certain highways (certain first and certain second class counties). — 1. Sheriffs in counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and in counties of the second class having a population in excess of seventy thousand shall, in addition to their general duties: (1) Regularly patrol and police all county constructed and maintained highways within the county; (2) Enforce all laws designed to safeguard and protect these highways; (3) Protect county employees engaged in maintenance and construction work on these highways; (4) Report all dangerous conditions on these highways to the county highway department. 2. The expenditures resulting from the performance of the duties imposed by this section are subject to the budgetary procedures and controls provided in sections 50.525 to 50.660 . (L. 1961 p. 297 § 57.103, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171, A.L. 1973 H.B. 684)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.115 Sheriff may patrol roads and highways (third and fourth class counties).

57.115. Sheriff may patrol roads and highways (third and fourth class counties). — Sheriffs in counties of the third and fourth class may: (1) Regularly patrol and police all public roads and highways within the county; (2) Enforce all laws designed to safeguard and protect these roads and highways; (3) Report all dangerous conditions on these roads and highways to the county commission or other road or highway supervising body. (L. 1974 H.B. 1028 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.117 Deputy sheriff to be resident of state - or adjoining state - exception, ...

57.117. Deputy sheriff to be resident of state — or adjoining state — exception, Jackson County and City of St. Louis. — Hereafter no sheriff in this state shall appoint any under sheriff or deputy sheriff unless the person so appointed shall be, at the time of his or her appointment, a bona fide resident of this state or of an adjoining state. The provisions of this section authorizing the appointment of a person as an under sheriff or deputy sheriff who is a bona fide resident of an adjoining state shall not apply to a sheriff of any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants or any city not within a county. (RSMo 1939 § 4627, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with S.B. 652) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4238; 1919 § 3485; 1909 § 4700 CROSS REFERENCE: Special deputies must be residents, 542.190

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.119 Deputy sheriffs, temporary appointment.

57.119. Deputy sheriffs, temporary appointment. — In any emergency the sheriff shall appoint sworn deputies, who are residents of the county, possessing all the qualifications of sheriff. The deputies shall serve not exceeding thirty days, and shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of deputy sheriffs, with like responsibilities, and for their services shall receive two dollars per day, to be paid out of the county treasury. (RSMo 1939 § 13136, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11516; 1919 § 11640; 1909 § 11210 (1953) Powers and duties of emergency deputy sheriff appointed under this section are limited primarily to the county for which he is commissioned and such powers do not exist when deputy is in another county for purposes of his own. State v. Owen (Mo.) 258 S.W.2d 662.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.125 Investigation of personnel for circuit court - jurors (certain first class ...

57.125. Investigation of personnel for circuit court — jurors (certain first class counties). — 1. In all counties of class one having a population of less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, whenever the appointment of deputies and assistants is required by law to be approved by circuit judges of the circuit court, and an investigation or examination of the applicants is caused to be made by the judges, the sheriff of the county shall conduct the examination or investigation. 2. At the request of the jury commissioners, the sheriff shall investigate the qualifications of prospective jurors. (L. 1961 p. 298 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.140 Moneys collected on executions, to whom paid.

57.140. Moneys collected on executions, to whom paid. — All moneys collected by the sheriff on executions shall be paid to the plaintiff or his order or his attorney of record. (RSMo 1939 § 13139, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11519; 1919 § 11643; 1909 § 11213

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.150 At expiration of term, to turn over funds to successor.

57.150. At expiration of term, to turn over funds to successor. — Whenever the term of office of any sheriff shall expire, it shall be the duty of said sheriff to turn over to his successor in office all money in his hands due any party to a partition suit, either plaintiff or defendant, all money due guardians ad litem or attorneys, and all money due any witness, juror, circuit clerk, responsible clerk, county clerk, commissioner, sheriff or coroner, or due anyone who has formerly held any one of said offices. The fees due for paying out any such fees or money shall thereupon be due to the sheriff receiving such fees or money. The sheriff receiving such fees or receiving money due any party to a partition suit, or due any guardian ad litem or attorney, and the securities on said sheriff's bond, shall be liable for the payment of said money to the person or persons entitled thereto, or for the payment of the same to the county treasurer, or the state treasurer, as is now provided by law. (RSMo 1939 § 13140, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11520; 1919 § 11644; 1909 § 11214 Effective 1-02-79 CROSS REFERENCES: Execution, how proceeded upon after sheriff leaves office, 513.315 to 513.350 Execution sales, how made when term changed, 513.295 Partition sales, to be completed by outgoing sheriff, 528.440

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.160 Failure to turn over - guilty of misdemeanor and subject to civil action on ...

57.160. Failure to turn over — guilty of misdemeanor and subject to civil action on bond. — Any outgoing sheriff who shall fail or refuse for sixty days to turn over to his successor in office any fee or money required to be turned over by the provisions of section 57.150 shall be liable on his bond for double the amount that he shall fail or refuse to turn over, to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the person to whom said money or fees is due; and, in addition thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars. (RSMo 1939 § 13141) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11521; 1919 § 11645; 1909 § 11215

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.170 Summary proceedings against sureties.

57.170. Summary proceedings against sureties. — Whenever summary proceedings are given against a sheriff, his sureties, jointly and severally, shall be liable to the same, and may or may not be joined with him, and such recovery may be had against them as is given against the sheriff; provided, that upon such recovery against the sureties of any sheriff, in a summary mode of proceeding, the extent of said recovery shall not exceed the amount of money withheld by the sheriff, and ten percent per annum on the same from and after the return day of the execution. (RSMo 1939 § 13142) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11522; 1919 § 11646; 1909 § 11216

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.180 Settlements of courts with sheriffs and marshals.

57.180. Settlements of courts with sheriffs and marshals. — It shall be the duty of all courts of record, at each term thereof, to settle with the sheriffs or marshals for all moneys by them received, or which they ought to have collected, for the use of their respective counties, and have not before accounted for. They shall cause their clerks to make out a list of all sums chargeable to said sheriffs or marshals and payable to the counties, specifying on what account, and cause the same to be certified under the seal of the court, which certificate shall be immediately transmitted to the clerks of the county commissions of the counties to which such moneys are payable who shall charge the same accordingly. (RSMo 1939 § 13839) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12177; 1919 § 9575; 1909 § 3795

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.190 Penalty if sheriff or marshal fails to settle.

57.190. Penalty if sheriff or marshal fails to settle. — If any sheriff or marshall shall fail to pay, without delay, the moneys with which he shall become chargeable on the settlement in section 57.180 mentioned, he shall forfeit to the county entitled to the said moneys double the amount with which he is chargeable, to be recovered by motion in the court in which such settlement shall have been made, after ten days' previous notice of such motion. (RSMo 1939 § 13840) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12178; 1919 § 9576; 1909 § 3796 CROSS REFERENCE: Fees collected for others, account to be kept, 50.470, 50.480

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.201 Deputies, appointment, compensation - serve at pleasure of sheriff (certain ...

57.201. Deputies, appointment, compensation — serve at pleasure of sheriff (certain first class counties). — 1. The sheriff of all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government shall appoint such deputies, assistants and other employees as he deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of his office and may set their compensation within the limits of the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. The compensation for the deputies, assistants and employees shall be paid in equal installments out of the county treasury in the same manner as other county employees are paid. 2. The assistants and employees shall hold office at the pleasure of the sheriff. 3. A deputy sheriff, as the term deputy sheriff is defined under section 57.015 shall hold office pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.015 and 57.275 . (L. 1973 H.B. 684, A.L. 1998 S.B. 659, A.L. 1999 H.B. 895, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.220 Appointment of deputies, provisions of law to apply (second class counties).

57.220. Appointment of deputies, provisions of law to apply (second class counties). — The sheriff, in a county of the second class, shall be entitled to such a number of deputies as a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court shall deem necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of the sheriff's office; provided, however, such number of deputies appointed by the sheriff shall not be less than one chief deputy sheriff and one additional deputy for each five thousand inhabitants of the county according to the last decennial census. Such deputies shall be appointed by the sheriff, but no appointment shall become effective until approved by a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court of the county. A majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court, by agreement with the sheriff, shall fix the salaries of such deputies. A statement of the number of deputies allowed the sheriff, and their compensation, together with the approval of any appointment by such judges of the circuit court, shall be in writing and signed by them and filed by the sheriff with the county commission. A deputy sheriff as the term deputy sheriff is defined under section 57.015 shall hold office pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.015 and 57.275 . (RSMo 1939 § 13480, A.L. 1945 p. 1569 § 9, A.L. 1955 p. 351 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1998 S.B. 659, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11848; 1919 § 11056

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.230 Salaries of deputies from county treasury.

57.230. Salaries of deputies from county treasury. — The county shall pay the salaries, in the amount approved by a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court, of each deputy appointed by the sheriff and approved by a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court. (L. 1945 p. 1569 § 10, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.240 Employment of other persons.

57.240. Employment of other persons. — The sheriff, in counties of the second class, may employ, in addition to the deputies authorized, such other employees, with the approval of the county commission, as may be necessary to the efficient operation of his office and the performance of the duties imposed upon him by law. The salary of any person, so employed, shall be fixed by the sheriff, with the approval of the county commission. (L. 1945 p. 1569 § 11)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.250 Appointment of deputies - compensation - duty of circuit judges - presiding ...

57.250. Appointment of deputies — compensation — duty of circuit judges — presiding judge may order additional deputies, when — provisions of law to apply (third and fourth class counties). — The sheriff in counties of the third and fourth classifications shall be entitled to such number of deputies and assistants, to be appointed by such official, with the approval of a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court, as such judges shall deem necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of such sheriff's duties relative to the enforcement of the criminal law of this state. Such judges of the circuit court, in their order permitting the sheriff to appoint deputies or assistants, shall fix the compensation of such deputies or assistants. The circuit judges shall annually review their order fixing the number and compensation of the deputies and assistants and in setting such number and compensation shall have due regard for the financial condition of the county. Each such order shall be entered of record and a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the county clerk at least fifteen days prior to the date of the adoption of the county budget as prescribed by section 50.610 . The sheriff may at any time discharge any assistant and may regulate the time of such person's employment. A deputy sheriff as the term deputy sheriff is defined under section 57.015 shall hold office pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.015 and 57.275 . At the request of the sheriff, the presiding judge may order additional deputies in cases where exigent or emergency circumstances require the need for such additional deputies. (L. 1945 p. 1547 § 2, L. 1945 p. 1562 § 2, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268 merged with S.B. 352, A.L. 1998 S.B. 659, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.251 Sheriff to appoint deputies and assistants - compensation - provisions of ...

57.251. Sheriff to appoint deputies and assistants — compensation — provisions of law to apply — effective date (third and fourth class counties). — 1. The sheriff of each county of the third and fourth classes shall appoint such deputies, assistants and other employees as the sheriff deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of office and may set their compensation within the limits of the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. The compensation for the deputies, assistants and employees shall be paid in equal installments out of the county treasury in the same manner as other county employees are paid. 2. The assistants and employees shall hold office at the pleasure of the sheriff. 3. Deputies shall hold office pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.015 and 57.275 . 4. The provisions of this section shall not become effective until the supreme court of the state of Missouri has issued an opinion, or until an opinion of a circuit court of the state of Missouri has become final, stating substantially that section 57.250 is invalid or unconstitutional in part or as a whole, and that a sheriff has no authority to appoint deputy sheriffs pursuant to such section. Once either of such events occurs, then this section shall become effective as of the date the opinion of the supreme court becomes effective or as of the date the opinion of the circuit court becomes final, as the case may be, or October 1, 1983, whichever occurs later. (L. 1983 S.B. 212 § 57.251, § 2, A.L. 1998 S.B. 659)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.260 Duties - penalty for neglect (Marion County).

57.260. Duties — penalty for neglect (Marion County). — It shall be the duty of the sheriff of Marion County to have at least one deputy who shall attend district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County at Hannibal; and if said sheriff shall neglect for one month to appoint a deputy as required by this section, he or she shall be liable to pay as a penalty therefor the sum of five hundred dollars for each month of such failure or neglect, and judgment may be entered for said penalty on a citation to show cause, issued from said court and served on said sheriff in like manner as an order or summons, or may be recovered by an action for that purpose brought in the name of the county of Marion. (RSMo 1939 § 2426, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14554; 1919 § 13732; 1909 § 4281

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.270 Powers of deputies.

57.270. Powers of deputies. — Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff. (RSMo 1939 § 13134) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11514; 1919 § 11638; 1909 § 11209

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.275 Dismissal of deputies, procedure.

57.275. Dismissal of deputies, procedure. — 1. Any full-time deputy sheriff upon dismissal shall be furnished with a written notice of the grounds for the dismissal. Upon receipt of the written grounds for the dismissal, the deputy sheriff may request a hearing. The request must be made to the sheriff, in writing, within three working days of receipt of the grounds for dismissal. Such hearing shall take place before the hearing board to be appointed by the sheriff. The sheriff shall schedule a closed hearing within a reasonable time but within thirty days after the written request was received by the sheriff. A written report of the facts determined during the hearing shall be forwarded to the sheriff. The sheriff will review the findings, and has the final decision-making authority. Any law enforcement agency shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agency: (1) Has published and distributed department policies and procedures which include provisions for dismissal of deputy sheriffs or other employees; (2) Provides a deputy sheriff who has been dismissed written notification of the grounds for the dismissal; (3) Allows the officer to request and have a hearing; and (4) Provides the officer with written results of such hearing. 2. The procedural requirements created pursuant to this section shall not be interpreted as creating any new substantive due process rights. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as conferring or creating an employment status for deputy sheriffs other than at-will status and nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as depriving any person of any rights which are conferred as a matter of employment, including postemployment benefits such as workers' compensation and unemployment compensation. (L. 1998 S.B. 659) (2004) Mandated hearing is not a contested case subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act. McCoy v. Caldwell County, 145 S.W.3d 427 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.278 Deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created, use of moneys.

57.278. Deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created, use of moneys. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund", which shall consist of money collected from charges for service received by county sheriffs under subsection 4 of section 57.280 . The money in the fund shall be used solely to supplement the salaries, and employee benefits resulting from such salary increases, of county deputy sheriffs. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180 . The Missouri sheriff methamphetamine relief taskforce created under section 650.350 shall administer the fund. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. (L. 2008 H.B. 2224)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.280 Sheriff to receive charge, civil cases - service of process, fee, procedure ...

57.280. Sheriff to receive charge, civil cases — service of process, fee, procedure — court cost for service of process, when, amount. — 1. Sheriffs shall receive a charge for service of any summons, writ, or other order of court, in connection with any civil case, and making on the same either a return indicating service, a non est return or a nulla bona return, the sum of twenty dollars for each item to be served, except that a sheriff shall receive a charge for service of any subpoena, and making a return on the same, the sum of ten dollars; however, no such charge shall be collected in any proceeding when costs for service are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality. In addition to such charge, the sheriff shall be entitled to receive for each mile actually traveled in serving any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of court the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile, provided that such mileage shall not be charged for more than one subpoena or summons or other writ served in the same cause on the same trip. All of such charges shall be received by the sheriff who is requested to perform the service. Except as otherwise provided by law, all charges made pursuant to this section shall be collected by the sheriff's office responsible for service and are payable prior to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such charge cannot be readily determined, then the sheriff shall receive a deposit based upon the likely amount of such charge, and the balance of such charge shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment of the proper amount of said charge. A sheriff may refuse to perform any service in any action or proceeding, other than when costs for service are waived as provided by law, until the charge provided by this section is paid. Failure to receive the charge shall not affect the validity of the service. 2. The sheriff shall receive for receiving and paying moneys on execution or other process, where lands or goods have been levied and advertised and sold, five percent on five hundred dollars and four percent on all sums above five hundred dollars, and half of these sums, when the money is paid to the sheriff without a levy, or where the lands or goods levied on shall not be sold and the money is paid to the sheriff or person entitled thereto, his agent or attorney. The party at whose application any writ, execution, subpoena, or other process has issued from the court shall pay the sheriff's costs for the removal, transportation, storage, safekeeping and support of any property to be seized pursuant to legal process before such seizure. The sheriff shall be allowed for each mile, going and returning from the courthouse of the county in which he resides to the place where the court is held, the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for all allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to garnishment proceeds. 3. The sheriff upon the receipt of the charge herein provided for shall pay into the treasury of the county any and all charges received pursuant to the provisions of this section. The funds collected pursuant to this section, not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars in any calendar year, shall be held in a fund established by the county treasurer, which may be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for the furtherance of the sheriff's set duties. Any such funds in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars in any calendar year shall be placed to the credit of the general revenue fund of the county. Moneys in the fund shall be used only for the procurement of services and equipment to support the operation of the sheriff's office. Moneys in the fund established pursuant to this subsection shall not lapse to the county general revenue fund at the end of any county budget or fiscal year. 4. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of this section to the contrary, for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of the court included under subsection 1 of this section, in addition to the charge for such service that each sheriff receives under subsection 1 of this section, the sheriff of any county of the first, second, or fourth classification or with a charter form of government shall receive twenty dollars and the sheriff of any county of the third classification shall receive fifteen dollars. The money received by the sheriff under this subsection shall be paid into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall make such money payable to the state treasurer. (2) For any moneys received by the state treasurer from the county treasurer of any county of the first, second, or fourth classification or with a charter form of government, the state treasurer shall deposit ten dollars of such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created under section 57.278 and ten dollars of such moneys in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952 , except that any moneys received from a county that does not have a sheriff that participates in the sheriffs' retirement system authorized by sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall be deposited in full in the deputy sheriff supplementation fund. Any other person specially appointed to serve in a county shall execute and deliver to the circuit clerk, along with the confirmation of service, a signed and notarized affidavit of confirmation, made under penalty of perjury, that includes the amount, check number, and date of payment to evidence payment was made to the sheriff for the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund and the sheriffs' retirement fund as required by this subsection. (3) For any moneys received by the state treasurer from the county treasurer of any county of the third classification, the state treasurer shall deposit ten dollars of such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created under section 57.278 and five dollars of such moneys in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952 , except that any moneys received from a county that does not have a sheriff that participates in the sheriffs' retirement system authorized by sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall be deposited in full in the deputy sheriff supplementation fund. Any other person specially appointed to serve in a county shall execute and deliver to the circuit clerk, along with the confirmation of service, a signed and notarized affidavit of confirmation, made under penalty of perjury, that includes the amount, check number, and date of payment to evidence payment was made to the sheriff for the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund and the sheriffs' retirement fund as required by this subsection. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3 of this section, the court clerk shall collect ten dollars as a court cost for service of any summons, writ, subpoena, or other order of the court included under subsection 1 of this section if any person other than a sheriff is specially appointed to serve in a county that receives funds under section 57.278 . The moneys received by the court clerk under this subsection shall be paid into the county treasury and the county treasurer shall make such moneys payable to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit such moneys in the deputy sheriff salary supplementation fund created under section 57.278 . 6. Sheriffs shall receive up to fifty dollars for service of any summons, writ, or other order of the court in connection with any eviction proceeding, in addition to the charge for such service that each sheriff receives under this section. All of such charges shall be received by the sheriff who is requested to perform the service and shall be paid to the county treasurer in a fund established by the county treasurer, which may be expended at the discretion of the sheriff for the furtherance of the sheriff's set duties. All charges shall be payable prior to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such charge cannot be readily determined, then the sheriff shall receive a deposit based upon the likely amount of such charge, and the balance of such charge shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment of the proper amount of said charge. (RSMo 1939 § 13411, A.L. 1974 S.B. 378, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1979 H.B. 148, A.L. 1989 S.B. 196, A.L. 1991 S.B. 250, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1528, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2008 H.B. 2224, A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2019 H.B. 192 merged with S.B. 12 & 123, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60, A.L. 2023 S.B. 186, A.L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with H.B. 225) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11789; 1919 § 10998; 1909 § 10701 (2010) Charge for service by sheriffs does not constitute a tax on counties for a county purpose as prohibited by Article X, Section 10(a). Ehlmann v. Nixon, 323 S.W.3d 787 (Mo.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.281 Fingerprint background checks, sheriffs in counties of the third ...

*57.281. Fingerprint background checks, sheriffs in counties of the third classification may provide service to certain persons and entities. — 1. This section shall only apply to sheriffs of counties of the third classification. Under this section, a sheriff may elect, but is not mandated to elect, to utilize the provisions of this section and provide a service authorized in this section. A sheriff may discontinue a service authorized in this section at his or her discretion. 2. Any state agency listed in section 621.045 ; the division of professional registration of the department of commerce and insurance; the department of social services; the supreme court of Missouri; the state courts administrator; the department of elementary and secondary education; the department of natural resources; the Missouri lottery; the Missouri gaming commission; or any state, municipal, or county agency which screens persons seeking employment with such agencies or issues or renews a license, permit, certificate, or registration of authority from such agencies; or any state, municipal, or county agency or committee, or state school of higher education that is authorized by state statute or executive order, or local or county ordinance to screen applicants or candidates seeking or considered for employment, assignment, contracting, or appointment to a position within state, municipal, or county government; or the Missouri peace officers standards and training (POST) commission that screens persons not employed by a criminal justice agency who seek enrollment or access into a certified POST training academy police school, or persons seeking a permit to purchase or possess a firearm for employment as a watchman, security personnel, or private investigator; or law enforcement agencies that screen persons seeking issuance or renewal of a license, permit, certificate, or registration to purchase or possess a firearm may, in counties of the third classification where the sheriff has elected to provide the services authorized under this section, submit two sets of fingerprints to the sheriff of counties of the third classification for the purpose of checking the person's criminal history. The first set of fingerprints shall be used to search the Missouri criminal records repository, and the second set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be used for searching the federal criminal history files, if necessary. The fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed by the sheriff of a county of the third classification. Fees assessed for the searches shall be paid by the applicant or in the manner prescribed by the sheriff and shall be deposited to the credit of the fund provided in subsection 3 of section 57.280 and subject to the limitations therein. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 , all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the state, municipal, or county agency making the record request. (L. 2016 S.B. 656) *Effective 10-14-16, see § 21.250. S.B. 656 was vetoed June 27, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.290 Charges in criminal cases.

57.290. Charges in criminal cases. — 1. In cities and counties having a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants and over, each deputy sheriff, not more than two, shall be allowed for each day during the term of court six dollars, to be paid by the city or county of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over. 2. For the services of taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center designated by the director of the department of corrections, the sheriff, county marshal or other officers shall receive the sum of eight dollars per day for the time actually and necessarily employed in traveling to and from the reception and diagnostic center, and each guard shall receive the sum of six dollars per day for the same, and the sheriff, county marshal or other officer and guard shall receive the mileage rate prescribed by this section for the distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the reception and diagnostic center, the time and distance to be estimated by the most usually traveled route from the place of departure to the reception and diagnostic center; the mileage rate prescribed by this section for each mile traveled shall be allowed to the sheriff to cover all expenses on each convicted offender while being taken to the reception and diagnostic center; and all persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the department of corrections at any term or sitting of the court, shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center at the same time, unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable accident. In cities having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants or more, convicted offenders shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center as often as the sheriff deems necessary. When three or more convicted offenders are being taken to the reception and diagnostic center at one time, a guard may be employed, but no guard shall be employed for a less number of convicted offenders except upon the order, entered of record, of the judge of the court in which the conviction was had, and any additional guards employed by order of the judge shall, in no event, exceed one for every three convicted offenders; and before any claim for taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center is allowed, the sheriff, or other officer conveying such convicted offender, shall file with the state director of the department of corrections an itemized statement of such sheriff's account, in which the sheriff shall give the name of each convicted offender conveyed and the name of each guard actually employed, with the number of miles necessarily traveled and the number of days required, which in no case shall exceed three days, and which account shall be signed and sworn to by such officer and accompanied by a certificate from the chief administrative officer or such officer's designee of the reception and diagnostic center, that such convicted offenders have been delivered at the reception and diagnostic center and were accompanied by each of the officers and guards named in the account. 3. The sheriff or other officer who shall take a person, charged with a criminal offense, from the county in which the offender is apprehended to that in which the offense was committed, or who may remove a prisoner from one county to another for any cause authorized by law, or who shall have in custody or under such sheriff's or officer's charge any person undergoing an examination preparatory to such person's commitment more than one day for transporting, safekeeping and maintaining any such person, shall be allowed by the court having cognizance of the offense, three dollars and fifty cents per day for every day such sheriff or officer may have such person under such sheriff's or officer's charge, when the number of days shall exceed one, and the mileage rate prescribed by this section for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from one county to another, and the guard employed, who shall in no event exceed the number allowed the sheriff, marshal or other officer in transporting convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center, shall be allowed the same compensation as the officer. Three dollars and fifty cents per day, mileage same as officer, shall be allowed for board and all other expenses of each prisoner. No compensation shall be allowed under this section for taking the prisoner or prisoners from one place to another in the same county, excepting in counties which have two or more courts with general criminal jurisdiction. In such counties the sheriff shall have the same fees for conveying prisoners from the jail to place of trial as are allowed for conveying prisoners in like cases from one county to another, and the expenses incurred in transporting prisoners from one county to another, occasioned by the insufficiency of the county jail or threatened mob violence, shall be paid by the county in which such case may have originated; provided that the court is held at a place more than five miles from the jail; and no court shall allow the expense of a guard, although it may have actually been incurred, unless from the evidence of disinterested persons it shall be satisfied that a guard was necessary; provided, that when the place of conviction is remote from a railroad, upon which a convicted offender may be transported to the reception and diagnostic center, the court before which such convicted offender is sentenced may, for good cause shown, allow one guard for every two convicted offenders, such guard to receive three dollars a day and the mileage rate prescribed by this section for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the nearest depot on said railroad to the place where such convicted offender was sentenced. 4. Mileage shall be reimbursed to sheriffs, county marshals and guards for all services rendered pursuant to this section at the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile. (RSMo 1939 § 13413, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1953 p. 386, A.L. 1972 S.B. 516, A.L. 1974 S.B. 378, A.L. 1975 H.B. 734, A.L. 1979 H.B. 148, A.L. 1989 S.B. 196, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1528, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 466, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11791; 1919 § 10999; 1909 § 10702 Effective 7-01-06

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.295 Uniform allowance, county may pay.

57.295. Uniform allowance, county may pay. — In each county of this state the sheriff and each full-time deputy sheriff shall receive, at the discretion of the county commission, twenty-five dollars per month, as a uniform allowance, and may receive, at the discretion of the county commission, not in excess of a total of one hundred dollars per month, as a uniform allowance, to be paid to him or her monthly out of the county treasury. This allowance shall apply only to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who wear an official uniform in performance of their duty. (L. 1969 H.B. 264 § 1, A.L. 1982 H.B. 907 & 1497, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1984 S.B. 419, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.317 Compensation of sheriff - training program, attendance required, when, ...

57.317. Compensation of sheriff — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation — minimum compensation (noncharter counties). — 1. (1) Except in a noncharter county of the first classification with more than one hundred fifty thousand and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the county sheriff in any county of the first or second classification shall receive an annual salary equal to eighty percent of the compensation of an associate circuit judge of the county. (2) The county sheriff in any county of the third or fourth classification shall receive an annual salary computed as the following percentages of the compensation of an associate circuit judge of the county. If there is an increase in salary of less than ten thousand dollars, the increase shall take effect on January 1, 2022. If there is an increase of ten thousand dollars or more, the increase shall be paid over a period of five years in twenty percent increments per year. The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year next preceding the computation. The provisions of this section shall not permit or require a reduction in the amount of compensation being paid for the office of sheriff from the prior year. 2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the sheriff only if the sheriff has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the sheriff's office when approved by a professional association of the county sheriffs of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the professional association. The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each sheriff who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified sheriffs to the treasurer of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county sheriff in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose. 3. The county sheriff in any county other than a charter county shall not receive an annual compensation less than the compensation described under this section. (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al. § 4, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1606, A.L. 2025 S.B. 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.320 County may supply automobiles to sheriff and deputies (first class counties).

57.320. County may supply automobiles to sheriff and deputies (first class counties). — In all counties of this state of the first class the county commission may provide and supply the sheriff and deputy sheriffs of such county with such number of police cars or automobiles as may be needed for the efficient performance of the duties of such office. (L. 1945 p. 1729 § 1, A.L. 1973 H.B. 684, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.349 Sheriffs' motor vehicles, county commission to provide (second class counties).

57.349. Sheriffs' motor vehicles, county commission to provide (second class counties). — In all counties of the second class the county commission may provide and supply the sheriff and deputy sheriffs of the county with such number of police cars or motor vehicles as the said county commission shall determine to be necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the office, but the number shall be not less than one motor vehicle for each fifteen thousand inhabitants or part thereof in counties of the second class containing all or part of a city of more than eight thousand inhabitants, and shall be not less than one vehicle for each five thousand inhabitants in all other counties of the second class. The motor vehicles provided may be of any make or size as determined by the county commission. (L. 1969 H.B. 129, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1171)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.350 Mileage expenses allowed (second class counties).

57.350. Mileage expenses allowed (second class counties). — 1. The sheriff may, in an emergency or when he deems it essential for the performance of the official duties of his office, permit the use of personally owned motor vehicles by members of his department, but only when no county-owned vehicles are available. When such use is authorized, members of the department using their own motor vehicles shall be reimbursed out of the county treasury for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of their official duties as prescribed by subsection 2 of this section at a rate equal to the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile. 2. When mileage is allowed, it shall be computed from the place where court is usually held in the county, and when court is usually held at more than one place, such mileage shall be computed from the place from which the sheriff or deputy sheriff travels in performing the service. When two or more persons who are summoned, subpoenaed, or served with any process, writ, or notice, in the same action, live in the same general direction, mileage shall be allowed only for summoning, subpoenaing or serving of the most remote. At the end of each month, the sheriff and each deputy who has such a mileage claim shall file with the county commission an accurate and itemized statement, in writing, showing in detail the miles traveled by such officer, the date of each trip, the nature of business engaged in during each trip, and the places to and from which he has traveled. Such statement shall be signed by the officer making claim for reimbursement, verified by his affidavit, and filed by him with the county commission. Whenever claim for reimbursement is made by a deputy, his statement shall also be approved in writing by the sheriff, who shall also file an affidavit that all such miles traveled were necessary or essential to carry out the duties of his office, and that no county vehicles were available. The county commission shall examine every claim filed for reimbursement, and if found correct, the county shall pay to the officer entitled thereto, the amount found due as mileage. 3. Reimbursement for mileage allowed as a result of duties performed in connection with a civil action may be paid in the manner prescribed in subsection 2 of this section regardless of the status of the civil action for or in which the mileage was incurred. 4. When any sheriff is to be reimbursed by the state for mileage allowed for delivery of a prisoner to the department of corrections, the county commission may advance payment to the sheriff for such delivery along with other mileage allowances, and the reimbursement from the state shall be paid to the county commission by the sheriff as soon as it is received. (L. 1945 p. 1569 § 7, A.L. 1951 p. 383, A.L. 1963 p. 114, A.L. 1969 p. 114, A.L. 1971 S.B. 168, A.L. 1974 S.B. 378, A.L. 1981 H.B. 659, A.L. 1987 S.B. 294, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1525, A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268) CROSS REFERENCE: Higher mileage allowance to be paid by county, when, 50.333

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.355 Additional duty, investigation of jurors (second class counties).

57.355. Additional duty, investigation of jurors (second class counties). — Sheriffs in counties of the second class shall, in addition to other duties imposed upon them by law, aid and assist the jury commissioners in such counties by conducting investigations into the identity of prospective jurors summoned for jury duty, and upon request of the board of jury commissioners, make and file a report with the board setting out the results of the investigation. (L. 1969 H.B. 264, A.L. 1972 S.B. 598)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.360 Additional travel expense (second class counties).

57.360. Additional travel expense (second class counties). — The sheriff and his deputies shall be reimbursed out of the county treasury, for actual and necessary traveling expenses, incurred in the performance of their official duties, in addition to the mileage above provided. All claims for reimbursement shall be in writing and shall contain the following information, in addition to such other pertinent information as the county commission may need in order to approve the payment: (1) The date and place the expense was incurred; (2) If the account is for more than one day, it shall be itemized to show the amount of each day's expense and the purpose for which each day's expense was incurred; (3) The transportation charge, sleeping car fare, lodging and meals shall each be shown as separate items and the amount for each stated; (4) If any item of expense exceeds one dollar, it shall be supported by a subvoucher or receipt, showing date and place, signed by the person to whom payment was made, and such subvoucher or receipt shall show in detail the information required by this section; (5) No voucher or claim for partial payment or reimbursement on account of traveling expenses shall be submitted but every voucher or claim must contain all and every expense incurred within the time it purports to cover; (6) Every item of expense must be just and reasonable; (7) The oath or affirmation by which a claim for reimbursement is made, shall be in the following form: I, ______, do solemnly swear, or affirm that the above claim is correct and just; that no part of the same has been paid; that the expense was necessary to the performance of the duties of the office of the sheriff; that payment was made out of my personal funds and that I have not been reimbursed therefor; and that I have not received and will not receive from any source whatever any payment of any part hereof, except as provided by law. Whenever a claim for reimbursement is made by a deputy, it shall also be approved in writing by the sheriff. (L. 1945 p. 1569 § 8)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.380 Collection of fees in civil and criminal matters, disposition (second class ...

57.380. Collection of fees in civil and criminal matters, disposition (second class counties). — The sheriff in all counties of the second class shall charge, collect and receive, on behalf of the county, every fee, penalty, charge, commission and other money that accrues to him or his office for official services rendered in civil and criminal matters, by virtue of any statute of this state, and all the fees, penalties, charges, commissions, and other money collected by him, shall at the end of each month be paid by him to the county treasurer, as provided in section 50.360 . He is not entitled to collect the per diem allowed to the sheriff as a member of the board of equalization and board of appeals, as provided in section 138.020 . (RSMo 1939 §§ 13483, 13484, A.L. 1945 p. 1569 §§ 3, 4, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68, A.L. 1972 S.B. 598) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 11851, 11852; 1919 §§ 11059, 11060

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.395 Sheriff to investigate identity of prospective jurors (third and fourth ...

57.395. Sheriff to investigate identity of prospective jurors (third and fourth class counties). — Sheriffs in third and fourth class counties shall, in addition to other duties imposed upon them by law, aid and assist the jury commissioners in such counties by conducting all investigations into the identity of all prospective jurors summoned for jury duty by the jury commissioners, and upon request of the board of jury commissioners, make and file a report with the board setting out the results of the investigation. (L. 1967 p. 135 § 1, § 2 subsec. 3, A.L. 1969 S.B. 262, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.403 Compensation for reporting to highway patrol (third and fourth class counties).

57.403. Compensation for reporting to highway patrol (third and fourth class counties). — 1. In addition to all compensation now provided by law, the sheriff in each county of the third class shall receive the sum of one thousand dollars per year, payable in twelve equal monthly installments out of the county treasury, for the performance of the duties required by sections 43.500 to 43.530 . 2. In addition to all compensation now provided by law, the sheriff in each county of the fourth class shall receive the sum of five hundred dollars per year payable in twelve equal monthly installments out of the county treasury, for the performance of the duties required by sections 43.500 to 43.530 . (L. 1959 H.B. 296 § 1, A.L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.407 Additional duty, report on county jail, recommendations required (third ...

57.407. Additional duty, report on county jail, recommendations required (third class counties) — fees, civil, how paid, exception (third and fourth class counties). — 1. The sheriff in counties of the third class shall on January first of each year and every three months thereafter file with the circuit court of the county a report on the conditions of the county jail, the number of prisoners confined in the jail, together with recommendations relating to its operation. 2. In counties of the third and fourth class, the sheriff shall pay all fees collected by him in civil matters, and which were previously retainable by him, into the county treasury, except charges for each mile traveled, allowable to him, which he may retain, in serving civil process. (L. 1969 S.B. 165 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1978 S.B. 752, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.408 Sheriff to establish personal property identification system (all ...

57.408. Sheriff to establish personal property identification system (all noncharter counties and St. Louis City). — Sheriffs in all counties, except counties having a charter form of government, or in any city not within a county, shall establish and make available an identification system for the identification of personal property. Anyone, upon application to a sheriff, shall be assigned an identification number to be composed of at least ten characters which will readily permit law enforcement officials of this state, in cooperation with officials in other states using interstate computerized law enforcement communication systems and other methods, to recover stolen property. The identification number should follow substantially the following form: New owners of any marked property should be encouraged by the sheriff to mark their identification number below the previous owner's mark for uniformity and ease of identification. The sheriff of any city not within a county shall identify each application for a weapon permit as provided in section 564.630 * with the applicant's identification number of the police department in said city. (L. 1978 S.B. 752, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88 *Transferred 1978 to 571.125, which was repealed by H.B. 296, 1981.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.410 Sheriff to collect fees for county (third and fourth class counties).

57.410. Sheriff to collect fees for county (third and fourth class counties). — In third and fourth class counties the sheriff shall charge and collect for and on behalf of the county every fee accruing to his office which arises out of his duties in connection with the investigation, arrest, prosecution, care, commitment and transportation of persons accused of or convicted of a criminal offense, except such criminal fees as are chargeable to the county. (L. 1945 pp. 1547, 1562 § 3, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1969 S.B. 262)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.430 Mileage - maximum amount - computed how - statement to be filed, contents ...

57.430. Mileage — maximum amount — computed how — statement to be filed, contents (third and fourth class counties). — 1. In addition to the salary provided in sections 57.390 * and 57.400 * , the county commission shall allow the sheriffs and their deputies, payable at the end of each month out of the county treasury, actual and necessary expenses for each mile traveled in serving warrants or any other criminal process at the rate prescribed in this subsection, and actual expenses for each mile traveled, at the rate prescribed in this subsection, in the performance of their official duties in connection with the investigation of persons accused of or convicted of a criminal offense. When mileage is allowed, it shall be computed from the place where court is usually held, and when court is usually held at one or more places, such mileage shall be computed from the place from which the sheriff or deputy sheriff travels in performing any service. When two or more persons who are summoned, subpoenaed, or served with any process, writ, or notice, in the same action, live in the same general direction, mileage shall be allowed only for summoning, subpoenaing or serving of the most remote. The rate for mileage reimbursement pursuant to this section shall be equal to the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile. 2. At the end of each month, the sheriff and each deputy shall file with the county commission an accurate and itemized statement, in writing, showing in detail the miles traveled by such officer, the date of each trip, the nature of the business engaged in during each trip, and the places to and from which he has traveled. Such statement shall be signed by the officer making claim for reimbursement, verified by his affidavit, and filed by him with the county commission. Whenever claim for reimbursement is made by a deputy, his statement shall also be approved in writing by the sheriff. The county commission shall examine every claim filed for reimbursement, and if found correct, the county shall pay to the officer entitled thereto, the amount found due as mileage. (L. 1945 p. 1547 § 5, L. 1945 p. 1562 § 5, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1951 p. 382, A.L. 1961 p. 299, A.L. 1965 p. 169, A.L. 1974 S.B. 378, A.L. 1979 S.B. 316, A.L. 1982 H.B. 907 & 1497, A.L. 1984 S.B. 419, A.L. 1991 S.B. 250, A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268) *Sections 57.390 and 57.400 were repealed by S.B. 65, et al., 1987. CROSS REFERENCE: Higher mileage allowance to be paid by county, when, 50.333

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.440 Travel expense to be paid monthly.

57.440. Travel expense to be paid monthly. — Claims for reimbursement for travel shall be submitted to the county commission monthly and paid at the end of the month by warrant drawn on the county treasury by the county commission. (L. 1945 p. 1547 § 7, L. 1945 p. 1562 § 7, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1957 p. 322, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.445 Living quarters (second, third and fourth class counties).

57.445. Living quarters (second, third and fourth class counties). — In all counties of the second, third and fourth classes, the county commission may provide living quarters for the sheriff, in addition to the compensation authorized by law. (L. 1955 p. 352)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.450 Laws applicable - enforcement of general criminal laws, when.

57.450. Laws applicable — enforcement of general criminal laws, when. — All general laws relating and applicable to the sheriffs of the several counties of this state shall apply to the same officer in the City of St. Louis, except that the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall not enforce the general criminal laws of the state of Missouri unless such enforcement shall be incidental to the duties customarily performed by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis. The sheriff and sworn deputies of the office of sheriff of the City of St. Louis may be eligible for training and licensure by the peace officer standards and training commission under chapter 590 , and such office shall be considered a law enforcement agency with the sheriff and sworn deputies considered law enforcement officers. All acts and parts of acts providing for any legal process to be directed to any sheriff of any county shall be so construed as to mean the sheriff of the City of St. Louis as if such officer were specifically named in such act. (RSMo 1939 § 15671, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716 merged with S.B. 781, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with S.B. 652) Prior revision: 1929 § 14723

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.452 St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements.

57.452. St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements. — The provisions of section 590.180 shall not apply to any elected or appointed sheriff of a * city not within a county. (L. 1989 S.B. 196 § 57.447) Effective 5-25-89 *Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.460 Bond, by whom approved.

57.460. Bond, by whom approved. — The official bond of said sheriff shall be in such sum as is prescribed by law, and shall be approved by the presiding judge of the St. Louis circuit court. (RSMo 1939 § 15666, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revision: 1929 § 14718 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.470 Process of courts in St. Louis City directed to sheriff of St. Louis City ...

57.470. Process of courts in St. Louis City directed to sheriff of St. Louis City for service — exception. — All process of the circuit court in said City of St. Louis, except the municipal divisions thereof, shall be directed to and executed by the sheriff of said city. (RSMo 1939 § 15667, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1976 S.B. 658, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revision: 1929 § 14719 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.475 To investigate certain deputies for circuit court.

57.475. To investigate certain deputies for circuit court. — Whenever the appointment of deputies and assistants is required by law to be approved by the circuit or associate circuit judges of the City of St. Louis, and an investigation or examination of the applicants is caused to be made by such judges, the sheriff of the city of St. Louis shall conduct the examination or investigation. (L. 1957 p. 330 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.490 To make itemized statement of fees.

57.490. To make itemized statement of fees. — All fees earned by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, during any calendar month, shall be paid into the treasury of the city of St. Louis on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month. He shall keep a complete itemized account of all such fees, and of all expenses incurred by him in the discharge of the duties of his office. He shall file with the comptroller of said city on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, in such form as the comptroller may direct, itemized statements of all said fees, commissions and emoluments collected by him, and also an itemized statement of all taxed and unpaid fees due and payable to the sheriff at the close of each of the above mentioned quarterly periods, together with an itemized statement of all expenses incurred by him. All of his books of record and of accounts shall be open to inspection by the comptroller at all reasonable times, and they shall be examined and audited by the comptroller at least once a month. (RSMo 1939 § 15672) Prior revision: 1929 § 14724

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.500 Bondsmen liable, when.

57.500. Bondsmen liable, when. — The City of St. Louis may sue for and recover any and all sums of money payable into the treasury thereof by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, for the payment of which said sums, the said sheriff and the sureties on his official bond shall also be liable. (RSMo 1939 § 15678) Prior revision: 1929 § 14730

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.510 Office and supplies furnished.

57.510. Office and supplies furnished. — The City of St. Louis, through its comptroller, shall provide suitable offices and furnishings for the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, and through its supply commissioner shall purchase all necessary supplies for said sheriff. All such supplies shall be furnished upon requisition of the sheriff of the city of St. Louis, which shall be approved by the comptroller. (RSMo 1939 § 15676) Prior revision: 1929 § 14728

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.520 Expense paid out of city treasury.

57.520. Expense paid out of city treasury. — All the necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff of the city of St. Louis in the conduct of the duties of his office, shall, upon his requisition, approved by the comptroller, be paid out of the treasury of the City of St. Louis. (RSMo 1939 § 15677) Prior revision: 1929 § 14729

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.530 Appointment of deputies and fixing compensation, limits.

57.530. Appointment of deputies and fixing compensation, limits. — The sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall, with the approval of a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court of said city, appoint as many deputies and assistants as may be necessary to perform the duties of his office, and fix the compensation for their services, which compensation, however, shall not in any case exceed the annual rate of compensation fixed by the board of aldermen of the City of St. Louis therefor. The annual compensation for sheriff's deputies shall be no less than fifty thousand dollars per year. (RSMo 1939 § 15673, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2025 H.B. 225) Prior revision: 1929 § 14725

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.540 Attorney - compensation.

57.540. Attorney — compensation. — The sheriff of the City of St. Louis may employ an attorney at law to aid and advise him in the discharge of his duties and to represent him in court, which said attorney shall be known as "sheriff's attorney", and who shall receive as compensation for his services as such sheriff's attorney a sum of not less than three thousand dollars and not more than fifteen thousand dollars per annum, payable in semimonthly installments out of the same funds and revenue as the sheriff of such city is paid. (RSMo 1939 § 15674, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716) Prior revision: 1929 § 14718

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.550 Salary for sheriff and deputies.

57.550. Salary for sheriff and deputies. — Beginning January 1, 1998, the sheriff of the city of St. Louis shall receive for his or her services the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars per annum, and beginning January 1, 1999, the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall receive for the sheriff's services the sum of seventy-two thousand six hundred dollars per annum. Beginning January 1, 2000, the compensation of the sheriff of the city of St. Louis may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of the City of St. Louis as approved by the board of aldermen of such city. Said sum and the compensation of his or her deputies and assistants shall be paid out of the treasury of the City of St. Louis in equal semimonthly installments. For additional duties hereunder imposed, the sheriff shall mail all petit jury summons. (RSMo 1939 § 15675, A.L. 1963 p. 114, A.L. 1972 S.B. 569, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 748)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.570 Highway patrol authorized - rules.

57.570. Highway patrol authorized — rules. — The sheriff in all counties of class one now or hereafter having more than five hundred thousand inhabitants and not having a charter form of government, with the approval of the county commission, may create a force consisting of a superintendent and other officers, sergeants, patrolmen and radio personnel to be known as the county highway patrol. The sheriff shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline, make all administrative rules and regulations and fix the hours of duty for members of the patrol. (L. 1955 p. 372 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.580 Patrol to police highways and protect county employees.

57.580. Patrol to police highways and protect county employees. — The county highway patrol shall police the highways constructed and maintained by the county and enforce all laws designed to protect and safeguard such highways. The patrol shall protect employees of the county when engaged in maintenance and construction work and shall notify the county highway department of any dangerous condition existing on county highways. (L. 1955 p. 372 § 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.590 Offices, clerical assistance, equipment, supplies, provided by county - ...

57.590. Offices, clerical assistance, equipment, supplies, provided by county — cooperation with police. — The county commission shall provide suitable offices for the sheriff to use for highway patrol purposes which shall be open at all times and be in charge of the sheriff. The sheriff, with the approval of the county commission, shall employ the clerical force, radio operators, and other subordinates, and shall provide the office equipment, stationery, postage, supplies, telegraph and telephone facilities as he shall deem necessary. The county highway patrol radio network shall be under the control of and at the service of the sheriff for the regular and emergency bulletins and service the sheriff may require from time to time and shall cooperate with other law enforcement agencies. (L. 1955 p. 372 § 3)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.600 Salaries and expenses paid from county aid road fund.

57.600. Salaries and expenses paid from county aid road fund. — All salaries and expenses of members of the patrol and all expenditures for vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and salaries of subordinates and clerical force and all other expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the patrol in the protection of roads and bridges maintained and constructed from the county road and bridge funds, in the regulation of traffic on highways maintained and constructed by the county shall be paid monthly by the county treasurer out of county road and bridge funds at the end of each month by warrant drawn by the county commission upon the county treasury. (L. 1955 p. 372 § 4)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.949 Definitions.

57.949. Definitions. — As used in sections 57.949 to 57.997 , unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words and terms shall mean: (1) "Annuity" , annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for, in, or authorized by, the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 ; (2) "Average final compensation" , the average of a member's compensation for his three highest paid years; (3) "Board of directors" or "board" , the board of directors established by the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 ; (4) "Compensation" , all salary and other compensation payable by a county to an employee for personal services rendered as an employee, but not including travel and mileage reimbursement, uniform allowance, or housing allowance; (5) "County" , each county in the state, except the City of St. Louis and those counties of the first class having a charter form of government; (6) "Creditable service" , the sum of both membership service and creditable prior service; (7) "Effective date of the establishment of the system" , the date the governor declares the system established pursuant to section 57.958 ; (8) "Employee" , an elective or appointive county sheriff who is employed by a county; (9) "Member" , any active sheriff of the system, any former sheriff receiving retirement benefits from the system, any former sheriff that is vested in the system but is not receiving benefits, any sheriff on disability leave, and for the purposes of section 57.968 only, any surviving spouse who receives a benefit from the system; (10) "Membership service" , service as a sheriff of a county after becoming a member that is creditable in determining the amount of the member's benefits under this system; (11) "Prior service" , service of a member rendered prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system which is creditable under section 57.973 ; (12) "Retirement system" or "system" , the sheriffs' retirement system authorized by the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 . (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.900, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1997 S.B. 255)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.952 Sheriffs' retirement fund - management - source - county payroll deduction.

57.952. Sheriffs' retirement fund — management — source — county payroll deduction. — 1. There is hereby authorized a "Sheriffs' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of the board as described in section 57.958 . The board shall be responsible for the administration and the investment of the funds of such sheriffs' retirement fund. The general assembly and the governing body of a county may appropriate funds for deposit in the sheriffs' retirement fund. 2. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants, and bequests from public or private sources to the sheriffs' retirement fund. 3. Each county shall make the payroll deductions for member contributions mandated under section 57.961 , and the county shall transmit such moneys to the board for deposit into the sheriffs' retirement fund. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.905, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186, A.L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with H.B. 225)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.956 Incarceration per diem cost, payment of portion to state treasurer for ...

57.956. Incarceration per diem cost, payment of portion to state treasurer for deposit in sheriff's retirement fund — amount. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department of corrections shall subtract and make a payment to the state treasurer from any per diem cost of incarceration to be received by each county under section 221.105 , or from any per diem cost for jail reimbursement to be received by each county under any other provision of law in effect on or after August 28, 2025, in the amount of one dollar and seventy-five cents per day per prisoner. The state treasurer shall deposit such funds in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952 . 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section to the contrary, if the sheriffs' retirement fund is funded to at least ninety percent of the actuarially sound level and is funded at a level above the actuarial need, the department of corrections shall subtract and make a payment to the state treasurer from any per diem cost of incarceration to be received by each county under section 221.105 , or from any per diem cost for jail reimbursement to be received by each county under any other provision of law in effect on or after August 28, 2025, in the amount of one dollar per day per prisoner. The state treasurer shall deposit such funds in the sheriffs' retirement fund created under section 57.952 . The retirement system shall annually provide a copy of its actuarial report to the department of corrections. 3. The payment authorized by this section shall only apply to counties that have a sheriff who participates in the retirement system. 4. This section shall be effective on January 1, 2026. (L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with H.B. 225) Effective 1-01-26; see subsection 4

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.958 Board of directors - powers and duties - election procedure - terms - ...

57.958. Board of directors — powers and duties — election procedure — terms — expenses — annual report. — 1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the fund and the investment of the fund are vested in a board of directors of five persons. Directors shall be elected by a secret ballot vote of the sheriffs of counties. Directors shall be chosen for terms of four years from the first day of January next following their election, except that the members of the first board shall be appointed by the governor by and with the consent of the senate after notification in writing, respectively, by the sheriffs of eighty percent of the counties in the state, excluding the City of St. Louis and those counties of the first class having a charter form of government, that the sheriff has elected to come under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 . Upon completion of the appointment of the board, the governor shall declare the system established. It shall be the responsibility of the initial board to establish procedures for the conduct of future elections of trustees and such procedures must be approved by a majority vote by secret ballot of the sheriffs of all the counties. The board shall have all powers and duties that are necessary and proper to enable it, its officers, employees and agents to fully and effectively carry out all the purposes of sections 57.949 to 57.997 . 2. The board of directors shall elect one of their number as chairman and one of their number as vice chairman and may employ an administrator who shall serve as secretary to the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each quarter. Other meetings may be called as necessary by the chairman. Notice of such meetings shall be given in accordance with chapter 610 . 3. The board of directors shall retain an actuary as technical advisor to the board of directors. 4. The board of directors shall retain investment counsel to be an investment advisor to the board. 5. The board of directors shall arrange for annual audits by a certified public accountant. 6. The board of directors shall serve without compensation for their services as such; except that each director shall be paid for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties authorized by the board. 7. The board of directors shall be allowed administrative costs for the operation of the system. 8. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. It shall annually prepare a report showing the financial condition of the system. The report shall contain, but not be limited to, an auditor's opinion, financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, an actuary's certification along with actuarial assumptions and financial solvency tests. 9. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, after the expiration of the terms of the board of trustees or directors holding office on July 11, 1991, the words "trustees" and "directors" meaning directors, as defined in section 57.949 , the directors elected as successors to those directors holding office on July 11, 1991, shall be elected to staggered terms of four years each in the following manner: two directors shall be elected for a two-year term with their successors being elected to four-year terms and three directors shall be elected for a four-year term. The procedures for such elections and the designation of which terms will initially be two-year terms and which will be four-year terms shall be established solely by the board of directors of the sheriffs' retirement system. Directors shall be elected by a secret ballot vote of the active sheriffs and members of the sheriffs' retirement system. Beginning with the election of directors under the provisions of this subsection, at least one but not more than two of the directors shall be a retired member of the sheriffs' retirement system, except that any vacancies occurring on the board after all members have been duly elected shall be filled by the board and such appointed member shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election for such filled position. 10. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any board member who was elected to the board as an active member representative and becomes a retired member of the system after such election shall, with the approval of the board, continue to serve on the board as an active member representative until the next regularly scheduled election for that position. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.910, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1991 S.B. 298, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1197)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.961 Membership in system - member contribution required, procedure - certain ...

57.961. Membership in system — member contribution required, procedure — certain cities and counties may join, how — rulemaking authority. — 1. On and after the effective date of the establishment of the system, as an incident to his or her employment or continued employment, each person employed as an elected or appointed sheriff of a county shall become a member of the system. Such membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 . 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each person who is a member of the system on or after January 1, 2024, shall be required to contribute five percent of the member's pay to the system. Such contribution shall be made by the member of the system notwithstanding that the minimum salary or wages provided by law for any member shall thereby be changed. Each member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deduction made and provided for herein. Payment of a member's compensation less such deduction shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for services rendered by him or her to a county, except as to benefits provided by this system. 3. The county employer, pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. Section 414(h)(2), shall pick up and pay the contributions that would otherwise be payable by the member under this section. The officer or officers responsible for making up the payrolls for each county shall cause the contribution provided for in this section to be deducted from the compensation of the member in the employ of the county, on each and every payroll, for each and every payroll to the date his or her membership terminates. When deducted, each contribution shall be paid by the county to the system; the payments shall be made in the manner and shall be accompanied by such supporting data as the board shall from time to time prescribe. When paid to the system, each of the contributions shall be credited to the member from whose compensation the contributions were deducted. The contributions so deducted shall be treated as employer contributions for purposes of determining the member's pay that is includable in the member's gross income for federal income tax purposes. 4. Member contributions picked up by the employer shall be paid from the same source of funds used for the payment of pay to a member. A deduction shall be made from each member's pay equal to the amount of the member's contributions picked up by the employer. This deduction, however, shall not reduce the member's pay for purposes of computing benefits under the system under this chapter. 5. The contributions, although designated as employee contributions, shall be paid by the county in lieu of the contributions by the member. The member shall not have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the county to the system. 6. A former member who is not vested may request a refund of his or her contributions. Such refund shall be paid by the system after ninety days from the date of termination of employment or the request, whichever is later, and shall include all contributions made to any retirement plan administered by the system. 7. Beginning September 1, 1986, any city not within a county and any county having a charter form of government may elect, by a majority vote of its governing body, to come under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 . Notice in writing of such election shall be given to the board, and the person employed as sheriff of such county, as an incident of his contract of employment or continued employment, shall become a member of the system on the first day of the month immediately following the date the board receives notice. Such membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 , and upon becoming a member he shall receive credit for all prior service as if he had become a member on December 22, 1983. 8. Subject to the limitations under sections 57.949 to 57.997 , the board shall have the authority to formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of these provisions. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.915, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186, A.L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with H.B. 225)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.964 Retirement with normal annuity.

57.964. Retirement with normal annuity. — 1. Any member who has attained the age of fifty-five years and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as sheriff of a county may retire with a normal annuity. 2. Any member who has attained the age of sixty-two years and who has at least eight years of creditable service as sheriff of a county may retire with a normal annuity. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.920)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.967 Normal annuity, calculation, minimum amount - medical insurance premiums ...

57.967. Normal annuity, calculation, minimum amount — medical insurance premiums for retired members — surviving spouse of member dying before retirement, benefits. — 1. The normal annuity of a retired member shall equal two percent of the final average compensation of the retired member multiplied by the number of years of creditable service of the retired member, except that the normal annuity shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the retired member's average final compensation. Such annuity shall be not less than one thousand dollars per month. 2. The board, at its last meeting of each calendar year, shall determine the monthly amount for medical insurance premiums to be paid to each retired member during the next following calendar year. The monthly amount shall not exceed four hundred fifty dollars. The monthly payments are at the discretion of the board on the advice of the actuary. The anticipated sum of all such payments during the year plus the annual normal cost plus the annual amount to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in no more than thirty years shall not exceed the anticipated moneys credited to the system pursuant to section 57.952 . The money amount granted here shall not be continued to any survivor. 3. If a member with eight or more years of service dies before becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if he or she has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivor benefits under option 1 as set forth in section 57.979 as if the member had retired on the date of the member's death. The member's monthly benefit shall be calculated as the member's accrued benefit at his or her death reduced by one-fourth of one percent per month for an early commencement from the member's normal retirement date: age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service or age sixty-two with eight years of creditable service, to the member's date of death. Such benefit shall be payable on the first day of the month following the member's death and shall be payable during the surviving spouse's lifetime. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.925, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1991 S.B. 298, A.L. 1997 S.B. 255, A.L. 1999 H.B. 662 merged with S.B. 213, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186, A.L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with H.B. 225)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.968 Annual increase in benefits - how calculated.

57.968. Annual increase in benefits — how calculated. — 1. Each member who retires on or after August 13, 1986, shall receive each year an increase in the amount of benefits received by the member during the preceding year equal to the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner provided in this section. The annual increase in the amount of benefits received pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed five percent. 2. For the purposes of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board in February of each year, based upon the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year over the consumer price index for the calendar year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board in calculating any benefit increases that become payable pursuant to this section for the twelve-month period beginning with the March first immediately following such determination. 3. An annual increase shall be payable monthly beginning on a date specified by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member from waiving the member's right to receive the annual increase provided pursuant to this section. The waiver shall be final as to the annual increase waived. (L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1999 H.B. 662 merged with S.B. 213)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.970 Years of service, calculation.

57.970. Years of service, calculation. — For the purpose of calculating benefits of a member, years of service as an employee and twelfths of a year are to be used. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.930)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.973 Credit for prior service.

57.973. Credit for prior service. — 1. Any county sheriff who becomes a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system shall be given credit for prior service as sheriff of a county. 2. Any county sheriff holding office on January 1, 1990, who served as sheriff of any county prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system, but who was not serving as sheriff of any county on the effective date of the establishment of the system, shall, upon application, be given credit for prior service as sheriff of a county. 3. Any member who is serving as a county sheriff on August 28, 1989, and who has served with the Missouri state highway patrol and who has not received creditable service for the purpose of retirement for such service shall receive credit in the sheriff's retirement system for such service. 4. All such prior service must be established to the satisfaction of the board. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.935, A.L. 1987 S.B. 180, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.976 Retirement, procedure - annuity begins, when.

57.976. Retirement, procedure — annuity begins, when. — Any member may retire at any time after the end of the month during which the member becomes eligible to retire under the provisions of section 57.964 and upon the member's submission of a written application to the board setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing of the application, the member desires to be retired. The payment of the annuity, subject to the provisions of section 57.994 , shall begin as of the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the date specified by the member. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.940)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.979 Options that may be elected in lieu of normal annuity - surviving spouse to ...

57.979. Options that may be elected in lieu of normal annuity — surviving spouse to become special consultant, when, benefits. — 1. The normal annuity of a member shall be paid to a member during his lifetime. Upon his death no further payments will be made. 2. In lieu of the normal annuity otherwise payable to a member, the member may elect in the member's application for retirement to receive his choice of the following options: Option 1. The actuarial equivalent of the member's normal annuity in reduced monthly payments for life during retirement with the provision that upon the member's death, fifty percent of the reduced normal annuity shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the member's spouse; or Option 2. Some other option approved by the board which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the annuity to which the member is entitled under this system. 3. The election may be made only in the application for retirement and such application must be filed prior to the date on which the retirement of the member is to be effective unless otherwise provided. If, after the reduced normal annuity begins under option 1, the spouse predeceases the retired member, the reduced normal annuity continues to the retired member during the member's lifetime; but, when a member dies any time after December 21, 1983, who is eligible for retirement prior to retiring and receiving retirement benefits, the surviving spouse of such member of the retirement system coming under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall, upon application, be appointed and employed as a special consultant by the retirement system for the remainder of the spouse's life, and upon request shall give oral or written opinions on the benefits of the retirement system, and shall be entitled to receive benefits under option 1, and shall be eligible for all other benefits that other spouses are entitled to receive. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.945, A.L. 1986 S.B. 561)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.980 Death benefits.

57.980. Death benefits. — 1. A death benefit of ten thousand dollars shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of every active member upon his death or to his estate if there is no designated beneficiary, or in lieu thereof, a benefit of twenty thousand dollars shall be so paid if the member is killed in the performance of his duty. 2. If a member dies during the performance of his duty, in addition to the death benefit specified in subsection 1 of this section, his surviving spouse shall be entitled to survivorship benefits of fifty percent of the accrued benefit, payable for a period of five years. 3. If a member dies other than during the performance of his duty and before retirement, after becoming eligible for retirement, his surviving spouse, if she has been married to the member for at least two years prior to his death, shall be entitled to survivorship benefits under option one as set forth in section 57.979 as if the member had retired on the date of his death. (L. 1986 S.B. 584)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.982 Disability benefits - effect of return to employment - disability ...

57.982. Disability benefits — effect of return to employment — disability beneficiary becomes normal retiree, when. — 1. Any active member of the system who is terminated from active employment as a result of an injury or illness received in the performance of the member's duty, as determined by the board, or any active member who is terminated because of an injury or illness not received in the performance of his duty and the member has five or more years of creditable service, may be placed on disability leave and shall be entitled to receive a monthly disability leave benefit equal to eighty percent of the member's monthly average final compensation decreased by the member's primary federal Social Security benefit. 2. A member shall be deemed eligible for disability benefits only when it is determined by the board that the member is entitled to disability benefits under the Federal Social Security Act. 3. A member on disability leave who has not accrued at least eight years of creditable service shall accrue membership service for the period from the effective date of disability leave, as approved by the board, until the member has accrued eight years of creditable service. 4. The maximum benefit period for disability leave payments shall be from the date disability payments begin until age sixty-five or when the member accrues eight years of creditable service whichever later occurs. A member cannot receive disability leave benefits and retirement benefits concurrently. 5. Monthly disability leave benefits described herein shall not be paid to any member who is no longer receiving disability payments from Social Security. At that time, the member's disability leave shall be terminated and the member shall be eligible for any benefits that the member is entitled to by reason of his age and creditable service or in the case of his returning to work he may be reinstated as an active member under rules and procedures adopted by the board. 6. Members receiving disability leave benefits shall be eligible for medical insurance benefits under subsection 2 of section 57.967 but shall not be eligible for the increase in benefits provided by section 57.968 . 7. A member who retires while on disability leave shall be considered a normal retiree and section 57.979 shall be applicable. 8. If a vested member who is receiving disability leave benefits dies before retirement, he shall be considered to have retired on the date of death and the member's spouse, if married to the member for two years or more immediately prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to the survivor benefit under option 1 of section 57.979 . 9. Other rules and procedures necessary for the operation and administration of disability benefits shall be established by the board in accordance with chapter 536 . (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.950, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1997 S.B. 255)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.985 Deferred normal annuity - forfeiture of rights in fund - creditable service ...

57.985. Deferred normal annuity — forfeiture of rights in fund — creditable service restored, when — absence counted as membership service, when — ineligible for benefits while in public employment. — 1. Upon termination of employment, any member with eight or more years of creditable service shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service, and payable at age sixty-two with less than twelve years of creditable service. Any member with less than eight years of creditable service shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's termination of employment. 2. A former member who has forfeited creditable service may have the creditable service restored by again becoming an employee and completing four years of continuous membership service. 3. Absences for sickness or injury of less than twelve months shall be counted as membership service. 4. No person shall be eligible to receive any benefits under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 except section 57.980 while serving as sheriff in the state of Missouri. 5. Any present or future members of the retirement system upon their application for membership for benefits under the current law who retired prior to August 13, 1986, are hereby appointed and employed as special consultants by the retirement system for the remainder of the member's life, and shall be available to give opinions, written or orally, as the board from time to time might request, and for such services shall be eligible for all the benefits that the present or future retirees are entitled to receive. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.955, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.988 Exemptions from taxes of state and political subdivisions, legal process ...

57.988. Exemptions from taxes of state and political subdivisions, legal process and claims — rights unassignable, vested. — 1. Any annuity, benefits, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to, any person under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 , are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other process or claim whatsoever, and shall be unassignable. 2. No alteration, amendment, or repeal of the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall affect the then existing rights of members and beneficiaries, but shall be effective only as to rights which would otherwise accrue hereunder as a result of services rendered by an employee after such alteration, amendment, or repeal. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.965)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.991 Effect of benefits on eligibility for benefits in other systems.

57.991. Effect of benefits on eligibility for benefits in other systems. — 1. For members of the system prior to December 31, 2023, the benefits provided for by sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement benefits under the local government employees' retirement system, sections 70.600 to 70.755 , or any other local government retirement or pension system, or in any way have the effect of reducing retirement benefits in such systems, or reducing compensation or mileage reimbursement of employees, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. Any new members employed under this section, on or after January 1, 2024, shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) A member of another state or local retirement or pension system who begins employment in a position covered by the sheriffs' retirement system shall become a member of the sheriffs' retirement system upon employment. Any membership in any other state or local retirement or pension system shall cease, except that the member shall be entitled to benefits accrued through December 31, 2023, or the commencement of membership in the sheriffs' retirement system, whichever is later; and (2) Subject to the limitations under sections 57.949 to 57.997 , the board shall have the authority to formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of these provisions. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.970, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.994 First payment of benefits under system available, when - vesting of rights.

57.994. First payment of benefits under system available, when — vesting of rights. — Annuity payments to retired employees under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall be available beginning January first next succeeding the expiration of two calendar years from the effective date of the establishment of the system to eligible retired employees, and employees with at least eight years of creditable service shall have vested rights and upon reaching the required age shall be entitled to retirement benefits. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.975)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.997 Former sheriff may be employed as special advisor and purchase annuity.

57.997. Former sheriff may be employed as special advisor and purchase annuity. — 1. Any person sixty-five years of age or older who was employed as a county sheriff prior to September 28, 1983, and who is not a member of the system, upon application to the board, presentation of proof of service as a county sheriff satisfactory to the board, and payment into the sheriffs' retirement fund of the amount hereafter provided in this section shall be appointed and employed by the board as a special advisor on law enforcement for life whose duties shall be to give opinions, orally or in writing, on law enforcement and related matters to the board, the county sheriff's office where the person last served as county sheriff, or to any department of state government with duties relating to law enforcement upon the request of such board, county sheriff's office or department of state government. The person shall pay into the sheriffs' retirement fund an amount actuarially determined to be sufficient to fund an annual annuity for himself for life of one thousand two hundred dollars or a lesser amount if he so desires. As compensation for serving as a special advisor on law enforcement he shall receive one hundred dollars per month or less, depending on the amount paid into the sheriffs' retirement fund, to be paid out of the sheriffs' retirement fund in the same manner and at the same time as retirement benefits are paid. 2. Should a special advisor die before receiving compensation paid pursuant to this section totaling an amount equal to the amount paid into the sheriffs' retirement fund pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid in and the total of all compensation amounts paid to him pursuant to this section prior to his death, with interest, shall be paid out of the sheriffs' retirement fund to any beneficiary designated by him. If no designation of beneficiary is made, the amount shall be paid to his estate. 3. No person can be both a member of the system and a special advisor on law enforcement. (L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.980)

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