Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 542

Proceedings to Preserve the Peace--Searches and Seizures

←542.425

Section 542.010.1

542.020→

August 28, 2015

Magistrate defined.

542.010. The term "magistrate", as used in this chapter, shall mean those

officers authorized by section 542.020, to issue process to preserve the

peace, unless from the context of the law it appears that the term refers to

magistrates created by Section 18 of Article V of the Constitution in effect

on and prior to January 1, 1979, in which event the term shall mean an

associate circuit judge or division of the circuit court presided over by an

associate circuit judge.



(1949 H.B. 2138 § 542.01, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)



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