The writ may be served by delivering the same to the officer or person to whom it is directed, or by being left at the jail or other place in which the prisoner may be confined, with any under officer, jailer or other person having charge of the prisoner for the time being.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.140
Service of writ
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1600); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1436; 1919 § 1886; 1909 § 2451
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.