State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Missouri > T30 > C454 > 454_160Jurisdiction by arrest.
454.160. If a court of this state believes that the obligormay flee, it may:
(1) As an initiating court, request in its certificate thatthe responding court obtain the body of the obligor byappropriate process; or
(2) As a responding court, obtain the body of the obligor byappropriate process.Thereupon it may release him upon his own recognizance or uponhis giving a bond in an amount set by the court to assure hisappearance at the hearing.
(L. 1959 S.B. 118, A.L. 1982 S.B. 468)
