57.100. Every sheriff shall quell and suppress assaults and batteries, riots, routs, affrays and insurrections; shall apprehend and commit to jail all felons and traitors, and execute all process directed to him by legal authority, including writs of replevin, attachments and final process issued by circuit and associate circuit judges.
(RSMo 1939 § 13138, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)Prior revisions: 1929 § 11518; 1919 § 11642; 1909 § 11212
Effective 1-2-79
CROSS REFERENCE:
Arrest without warrant, on suspicion, persons violating any law including misdemeanors and ordinances in jurisdiction, powers, RSMo 544.216
Missouri General Assembly