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Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C559 > 559_609Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving privateentities to serve as probation offices.
559.609. The associate circuit or municipal judgesapproving the private entity to function as a probation officeshall base their decision on factors such as length of time inthe probation field, experience in supervising various types ofoffenders, the financial ability to operate a probation office inthe jurisdiction, and other factors as the judges deem necessaryand relevant.
(L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsec. 6)
