Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 57

Sheriffs

←57.349

Section 57.350.1

57.355→

August 28, 2015

Mileage expenses allowed (second class counties).

57.350. 1. The sheriff may, in an emergency or when he deems it

essential for the performance of the official duties of his office, permit

the use of personally owned motor vehicles by members of his department, but

only when no county-owned vehicles are available. When such use is

authorized, members of the department using their own motor vehicles shall be

reimbursed out of the county treasury for each mile actually and necessarily

traveled in the performance of their official duties as prescribed by

subsection 2 of this section at a rate equal to the rate prescribed by the

Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use

expressed as an amount per mile.



2. When mileage is allowed, it shall be computed from the place where

court is usually held in the county, and when court is usually held at more

than one place, such mileage shall be computed from the place from which the

sheriff or deputy sheriff travels in performing the service. When two or

more persons who are summoned, subpoenaed, or served with any process, writ,

or notice, in the same action, live in the same general direction, mileage

shall be allowed only for summoning, subpoenaing or serving of the most

remote. At the end of each month, the sheriff and each deputy who has such a

mileage claim shall file with the county commission an accurate and itemized

statement, in writing, showing in detail the miles traveled by such officer,

the date of each trip, the nature of business engaged in during each trip,

and the places to and from which he has traveled. Such statement shall be

signed by the officer making claim for reimbursement, verified by his

affidavit, and filed by him with the county commission. Whenever claim for

reimbursement is made by a deputy, his statement shall also be approved in

writing by the sheriff, who shall also file an affidavit that all such miles

traveled were necessary or essential to carry out the duties of his office,

and that no county vehicles were available. The county commission shall

examine every claim filed for reimbursement, and if found correct, the county

shall pay to the officer entitled thereto, the amount found due as mileage.



3. Reimbursement for mileage allowed as a result of duties performed in

connection with a civil action may be paid in the manner prescribed in

subsection 2 of this section regardless of the status of the civil action for

or in which the mileage was incurred.



4. When any sheriff is to be reimbursed by the state for mileage allowed

for delivery of a prisoner to the department of corrections, the county

commission may advance payment to the sheriff for such delivery along with

other mileage allowances, and the reimbursement from the state shall be paid

to the county commission by the sheriff as soon as it is received.



(L. 1945 p. 1569 § 7, A.L. 1951 p. 383, A.L. 1963 p. 114,

A.L. 1969 p. 114, A.L. 1971 S.B. 168, A.L. 1974 S.B.

378, A.L. 1981 H.B. 659, A.L. 1987 S.B. 294, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1525,

A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268)



CROSS REFERENCE:



Higher mileage allowance to be paid by county, when, 50.333







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