Missouri Laws 217.365 – Offenders not to carry money, exceptions, violations, treated as contraband
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 217.365
- Chief administrative officer: the institutional head of any correctional facility or his or her designee. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Correctional center: any premises or institution where incarceration, evaluation, care, treatment, or rehabilitation is provided to persons who are under the department's authority. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Department: the department of corrections of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
- Offender: a person under supervision or an inmate in the custody of the department. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
No offender while confined in any correctional center of the department, except those offenders so authorized by the chief administrative officer of a particular center, shall be permitted to have on his person, in his cell, or in his immediate possession, any money or legal tender of any description. Such money or legal tender shall be considered contraband under the rules and regulations of the department. Such contraband shall be confiscated and deposited in the inmate canteen fund and expended pursuant to section 217.195.