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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 632.486

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Probate: Proving a will

When it appears that the person presently confined may be a sexually violent predator and the prosecutor’s review committee appointed as provided in subsection 5 of section 632.483 has determined by a majority vote, that the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, the attorney general may file a petition, in the probate division of the circuit court in which the person was convicted, or committed pursuant to chapter 552, within forty-five days of the date the attorney general received the written notice by the agency with jurisdiction as provided in subsection 1 of section 632.483, alleging that the person is a sexually violent predator and stating sufficient facts to support such allegation. A copy of the assessment of the multidisciplinary team must be filed with the petition.