Any officer or other person having the custody of any prisoner committed on any civil or criminal process, who shall refuse to give such prisoner a copy of the process, order or commitment, by virtue of which the person is held or detained, within six hours after the demand by the prisoner, or anyone on his behalf, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall also forfeit to the party aggrieved five hundred dollars.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.630
Penalty for refusing copy of process
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1648); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1484; 1919 § 1934; 1909 § 2499
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.