Title XXXVII — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

550.010. State or county to pay only reasonable occupancy costs and cost of incarceration. — Whenever any person shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor he shall be adjudged to pay the costs, and no costs incurred on his part, except fees for the cost of incarceration, inc…

550.020. State to pay certain costs. — 1. In all capital cases in which the defendant shall be convicted, and in all cases in which the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, and in cases where such person is convicted of an offense punishable solely by…

550.030. County to pay costs, when. — When the defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or to pay a fine, or both, and is unable to pay the costs, the county in which the indictment was found or information filed shall pay the costs, except such as were incurred…

550.110. Costs taxed against clerk, when. — All costs unnecessarily incurred by a violation of sections 545.320 and 545.330 shall be taxed against the clerk or associate circuit judge who caused the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4233) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3838; 1919 § 4181; 19…

550.120. Costs in change of venue — costs defined. — 1. In any criminal or civil case in which a change of venue is taken from one county to any other county, and whenever a prisoner shall, for any cause, be confined in the jail of one county, such costs shall be paid by the coun…

550.130. Judge and prosecuting attorney to certify cost bill. — The bill of costs in any case, as provided for in section 550.120, shall be certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney, as now provided by law, and shall be presented to the county commission in which the ind…

550.140. Clerk to make out fee bills. — The clerk of the court in which any criminal cause shall have been determined or continued generally shall, immediately after the adjournment of the court and before the next succeeding term, calculate all costs which have accrued in the ca…

550.150. Names of witnesses certified. — The clerk shall attach to each fee bill a certified copy of the names of all witnesses endorsed on the indictment or information and all orders of the prosecuting attorney and affidavits of the prosecutor as provided for in section 545.320…

550.160. Certain officers not to receive witness fees. — No officer, appointee or employee holding a state, county, township or municipal office, including police officers and policemen, either by election or appointment, shall claim, be allowed or receive any fee or compensation…

550.170. Costs of three witnesses allowed. — The judge and prosecuting attorney shall in no case tax the state or county with more than the costs of three witnesses to establish any one fact, nor with the costs of witnesses unnecessarily summoned and not examined, but the costs o…

550.180. Clerk liable for neglect, when. — If any clerk shall fail to tax the costs and make out a proper fee bill, or shall willfully neglect to perform any duty required of him in sections 550.140 and 550.190, he shall be liable to the person injured by such neglect in treble t…

550.190. Examination and certification of fee bill, by whom. — The prosecuting attorney shall strictly examine each bill of costs which shall be delivered to him, as provided in section 550.140, for allowance against the state or county, and shall ascertain as far as possible whe…

550.200. Original fee bill to director of department of corrections or county commission. — The original fee bill, signed by the judge and prosecuting attorney, shall be sent by the clerk to the director of the department of corrections or county commission, as the case may be, a…

550.210. Fee bill, how certified — information required. — When a fee bill shall be certified to the director of the department of corrections for payment, the certificate of the judge and prosecuting attorney shall contain a statement of the following facts: that they have stric…

550.220. Fee bill certified to county commission — penalty. — Each and every bill of costs presented to any county commission for allowance shall be examined and certified to by the judge and prosecuting attorney in the same manner, all necessary charges excepted, as provided for…

550.230. Subsequent fee bill, when issued. — When the clerk shall send a bill of costs to the director of the department of corrections or county commission, as provided in section 550.200, he shall expressly state in his certificate that he has not at any previous time certified…

550.240. Fee bill from cases before associate circuit judge. — In all criminal cases which have been finally determined before an associate circuit judge in which the county shall be liable for any costs incurred therein, the clerk responsible for collecting fees in cases determi…

550.260. Copy of court cost bill filed with treasurer — warrants — criminal court cost bills recorded. — 1. All criminal court cost bills shall be certified for payment as herein provided, and in addition thereto the circuit clerks of each county shall make copies of all original…

550.270. Payment of fees — deductions. — The county treasurers shall pay out all such fees to the proper owners as the same may be called for; provided, that before any such fees shall be paid the party to whom the same is due shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the treasurer …

550.280. Certain fees deemed criminal costs. — All fees due witnesses before the grand jury, and all fees due jurors in any criminal case, and all fees accruing in any inquest case where the verdict of the jury is that the deceased came to death by other than unavoidable accident…

550.290. Fees not negotiable or assignable — exception. — In order to make said sections 550.260 to 550.300 effective, it is hereby declared that all fees due by the state or county on account of any criminal case, or due witnesses before the grand jury, or as a juror or witness …

550.300. Disposition of court costs by county treasurers. — At the end of each term of court after the receipt of each criminal court cost bill from either the state auditor or the county clerk, the treasurer shall strike a balance of the same, and shall turn over the amounts col…

550.310. Judge or other officer violating law, how punished. — Every judge, prosecuting attorney, clerk or judge who shall knowingly violate any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dolla…

550.320. Jail reimbursement, department to pay per diem cost to counties, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Department", the department of corrections of the state of Missouri; (2) "Jail reimbursement", a daily per diem paid by the state for…