Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 549

Probation, Pardons and Paroles

←549.500

Section 549.525.1

549.500→

August 28, 2015

Municipal probation services, fee, Kansas City, exemptions.

549.525. 1. Any city with a population of more than three hundred fifty

thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county which provides

probation services for persons convicted of its ordinance violations may

collect from the person placed on probation a fee of ten dollars per month for

providing supervision and rehabilitation services.



2. The court may exempt a person from all or part of the contribution

required in subsection 1 of this section if it finds any of the following

factors exist:



(1) The offender has diligently attempted, but has been unable, to obtain

employment which provides him sufficient income to make such payments;



(2) The offender is a student in school, college, university or course of

vocational or technical training designed to fit the student for gainful

employment. Certification of such student status shall be supplied to the

court by the educational institution in which the offender is enrolled;



(3) The offender has an employment handicap, as determined by a physical,

psychological or psychiatric examination acceptable to or ordered by the

court;



(4) The offender's age prevents him from obtaining employment;



(5) The offender is responsible for the support of dependents, and the

payment of such contribution constitutes an undue hardship on the offender;



(6) There are other extenuating circumstances as determined by the court

to exempt or partially reduce such payments; or



(7) The offender has been transferred outside the state under an

interstate compact adopted pursuant to law.



(L. 1995 H.B. 424 § 7)







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