When any person has knowledge of the commission of a crime, he may make his affidavit before any person authorized to administer oaths, setting forth the offense and the person or persons charged therewith, and file the same with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the offense, for the use of the prosecuting attorney, or deposit it with the prosecuting attorney, furnishing also the names of the witnesses for the prosecution; and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to file an information, as soon as practicable, upon said affidavit, as directed in section 545.240.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.250
Who may make affidavit
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kevin L. Chambers v. Joan M. Gilmer (2007)
Most recently applied in Kevin L. Chambers v. Joan M. Gilmer (April 2007)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3895); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3505; 1919 § 3850; 1909 § 5058
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.