Title XXXVIII — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

558.002. Fines for felonies. — 1. Except as otherwise provided for an offense outside this code, a person who has been convicted of an offense may be sentenced to pay a fine which does not exceed: (1) For a class C, D, or E felony, ten thousand dollars; (2) For a class A misdemea…

558.003. Fine for juvenile justice preservation fund, when, amount. — The prosecuting attorney shall have discretion to charge an offender convicted of an offense in which the victim was a child a fine of up to five hundred dollars for each offense. Such fine shall be deposited i…

558.004. Imposition of fines. — 1. In determining the amount and the method of payment of a fine, the court shall, insofar as practicable, proportion the fine to the burden that payment will impose in view of the financial resources of an individual. The court shall not sentence …

558.006. Nonpayment of fine, means to collect. — When an offender sentenced to pay a fine defaults in the payment of the fine or in any installment, the fine or installment shall be collected by any means authorized for the collection of money judgments, other than a lien against…

558.008. Revocation of a fine. — A defendant who has been sentenced to pay a fine may at any time petition the sentencing court for a revocation of a fine or any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances which warranted the impo…

558.011. Sentence of imprisonment, terms — conditional release. — 1. The authorized terms of imprisonment, including both prison and conditional release terms, are: (1) For a class A felony, a term of years not less than ten years and not to exceed thirty years, or life imprisonm…

558.016. Extended terms for prior criminal conduct — definitions — sentencing. — 1. The court may sentence a person who has been found guilty of an offense to a term of imprisonment as authorized by section 558.011 or to a term of imprisonment authorized by a statute governing th…

558.019. Prior felony convictions, minimum prison terms — prison commitment defined — dangerous felony, minimum term prison term, how calculated — sentencing commission created, members, duties — expenses — cooperation with commission — restorative justice methods — restitution f…

558.021. Extended term procedures. — 1. The court shall find the defendant to be a prior offender, persistent offender, dangerous offender, persistent sexual offender or predatory sexual offender if: (1) The indictment or information, original or amended, or the information in li…

558.026. Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment. — 1. Multiple sentences of imprisonment shall run concurrently unless the court specifies that they shall run consecutively; except in the case of multiple sentences of imprisonment imposed for any offense committed durin…

558.031. Calculation of terms of imprisonment — credit for jail time awaiting trial, requirements. — 1. A sentence of imprisonment shall commence when a person convicted of an offense in this state is received into the custody of the department of corrections or other place of co…

558.041. "Good time" credit, exceptions — rules, procedure. — 1. Any offender committed to the department of corrections, except those persons committed pursuant to subsection 7 of section 558.016, or subsection 3 of section 566.125, may receive additional credit in terms of days…

558.046. Reduction of term of sentence, conditions. — The sentencing court may, upon petition, reduce any term of sentence or probation pronounced by the court or a term of conditional release or parole pronounced by the parole board if the court determines that: (1) The convicte…

558.047. Persons under eighteen, review of sentence, when, procedure. — 1. (1) Any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole before August 28, 2016, who was under eighteen years of age at the time of the commission of the offense or offens…