Missouri Laws 532.560 – Officer refusing to obey writ, proceedings
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.560
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- 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
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
If the officer, or person upon whom the writ of habeas corpus shall be duly served, shall refuse or neglect to obey the same, by producing the party named in the writ, and making a full and explicit return to such court, within the time required by this chapter, and no sufficient excuse for such refusal or neglect be shown, the court or officer before whom such writ shall have been made returnable shall, upon due proof of service thereof, forthwith issue an attachment against the delinquent, directed to the sheriff of any county within this state, commanding him forthwith to apprehend such delinquent, and to bring him immediately before such court or officer.