546.610. Copy of commitment to sheriff — prisoner, how and where delivered. — When any offender shall be committed to the department of corrections the clerk of the court in which the sentence was passed shall forthwith deliver a certified copy thereof to the sheriff of the county, who shall, without delay, either in person or by a general and usual deputy, cause such offender to be transported to a place designated by the director of the department of corrections and delivered to the chief administrative officer thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4106, A.L. 1971 S.B. 293, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3717; 1919 § 4061; 1909 § 5267
CROSS REFERENCE:
Commitments to state penal institutions, how made, 217.305