Missouri Laws 545.270 – Form of information

following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

An information filed in writing and as allowed by supreme court rule may be in the following form:

The State of Missouri	)
against	) In the ______ court.
A ______ B______.	)
C M, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of ______, in the state of Missouri, informs the court that A B, on the ______ day of ______, A.D. 20______, at the said county of ______, did then and there ______ (here set out the offense as in an indictment).
C M, prosecuting attorney.
C M, prosecuting attorney (or E F, as the case may be), makes oath and says that the facts stated in the foregoing information are true, according to his best information and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ______ day of ______, A.D. 20______.
G H (style of office).

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