Terms Used In Missouri Laws 548.111

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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

Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the governor’s warrant, in willful disobedience to section 548.101, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.