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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 579.175

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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 law enforcement officer of the state of Missouri, or of any political subdivision thereof, may, within the boundaries of the political entity from which he or she derives his or her authority, arrest without a warrant any person he or she sees violating or whom he or she has probable cause to believe has violated any provision of this chapter.