An arrest may be made on any day or at any time of the day or night. If any person arrested escape or be rescued, the person from whose custody he made his escape or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him at any time and within any place in the state, and may command assistance as in making arrests in other cases.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.210
Arrests, when
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Robinette
Most recently applied in Ann Robinette Eric Robinette v. William Jones Richard Fentiman Tim Gassen Joshua Landis Merritt M. Beck, III City of Centralia, Missouri (February 2007)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3961); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3572; 1919 § 3915; 1909 § 5122
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.