Missouri Laws 199.200 – Procedure in circuit court — duties of local prosecuting officers — costs — ..
1. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall set the matter down for a hearing either during term time or in vacation, which time shall be not less than five days nor more than fifteen days subsequent to filing. A copy of the petition together with summons stating the time and place of hearing shall be served upon the person three days or more prior to the time set for the hearing. Any X-ray picture and report of any written report relating to sputum examinations certified by the department of health and senior services or local public health authority shall be admissible in evidence without the necessity of the personal testimony of the person or persons making the examination and report.
2. The prosecuting attorney or the city attorney shall act as legal counsel for their respective local public health authorities in this proceeding and such authority is hereby granted. The court shall appoint legal counsel for the individual named in the petition if requested to do so if such individual is unable to employ counsel.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 199.200
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- In vacation: includes any adjournment of court for more than one day whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a court, or judge thereof in vacation, or whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a clerk of any court in vacation. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
3. All court costs incurred in proceedings under sections 199.170 to 199.350, including examinations required by order of the court but excluding examinations procured by the person named in the petition, shall be borne by the county in which the proceedings are brought.
4. Summons shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which proceedings under sections 199.170 to 199.350 are initiated and return thereof shall be made as in other civil cases.
5. Upon the filing of an ex parte petition for emergency temporary commitment pursuant to subsection 3 of section 199.180, the court shall hear the matter within ninety-six hours of such filing. The local public health authority shall have the authority to detain the individual named in the petition pending the court’s ruling on the ex parte petition for emergency temporary commitment. If the petition is granted, the individual named in the petition shall be confined in a facility designated by the department of health and senior services in accordance with section 199.230 until a full hearing pursuant to subsections 1 to 4 of this section is held.