Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private ...
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.609
in effect559.609. Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private entities to serve as probation offices. — The associate circuit or municipal judges approving the private entity to function as a probation office shall base their decision on factors such as length of time in the probation field, experience in supervising various types of offenders, the financial ability to operate a probation office in the jurisdiction, and other factors as the judges deem necessary and relevant.
(L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 6)
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=559.609Fetched: 10/17/2026
