Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 575

Offenses Against the Administration of Justice

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Section 575.240.1

575.240→

August 28, 2015

Beginning January 1, 2017--Permitting escape--penalties.

575.240. 1. A public servant, contract employee of a county or

private jail, or employee of a private jail who is authorized and required

by law to have charge of any person charged with or convicted of any

offense commits the offense of permitting escape if he or she knowingly:



(1) Suffers, allows or permits any deadly weapon or dangerous

instrument, or anything adapted or designed for use in making an escape, to

be introduced into or allowed to remain in any place of confinement, in

violation of law, regulations or rules governing the operation of the place

of confinement; or



(2) Suffers, allows or permits a person in custody or confinement to

escape.



2. The offense of permitting escape is a class E felony, unless

committed by suffering, allowing, or permitting any deadly weapon or

dangerous instrument to be introduced into a place of confinement, in which

case it is a class B felony.



(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2009 S.B. 44, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)



Effective 1-01-17





2009

1991



2009



575.240. 1. A public servant, contract employee of a county or private

jail, or employee of a private jail who is authorized and required by law to

have charge of any person charged with or convicted of any crime commits the

crime of permitting escape if he knowingly:



(1) Suffers, allows or permits any deadly weapon or dangerous

instrument, or anything adapted or designed for use in making an escape, to

be introduced into or allowed to remain in any place of confinement, in

violation of law, regulations or rules governing the operation of the place of

confinement; or



(2) Suffers, allows or permits a person in custody or confinement to

escape.



2. Permitting escape by suffering, allowing or permitting any deadly

weapon or dangerous instrument to be introduced into a place of confinement

is a class B felony; otherwise, permitting escape is a class D felony.



1991



575.240. 1. A public servant who is authorized and required

by law to have charge of any person charged with or convicted of

any crime commits the crime of permitting escape if he knowingly:



(1) Suffers, allows or permits any deadly weapon or

dangerous instrument, or anything adapted or designed for use in

making an escape, to be introduced into or allowed to remain in

any place of confinement, in violation of law, regulations or

rules governing the operation of the place of confinement; or



(2) Suffers, allows or permits a person in custody or

confinement to escape.



2. Permitting escape by suffering, allowing or permitting

any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument to be introduced into a

place of confinement is a class B felony; otherwise, permitting

escape is a class D felony.



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