The "Agreement on Detainers" is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.490
Agreement on detainers adopted — compact text
Known as the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Law
The act spans §§ 217–217 (166 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Jenkins v. Purkett (1992)
Most recently applied in Dietz v. State (December 2014)
Effective: 28 Aug 1982, 2 histories; (L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 86)
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Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.