Title XXXVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Chapter 542 Effective - 28 Aug 1955 542.190. Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state. — No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city or other private person authorized by law to appoint special deputies, marshals or policemen in this state to preserve the public peace and quell public disturbances shall appoint as special deputies, marshals or policemen any person who is not a resident of this state and who has not been a resident of this state for at least three years prior to his appointment. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 4622, A.L. 1955 p. 515) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4233; 1919 § 3480; 1909 § 4695 CROSS REFERENCE: Bona fide citizens only may be deputized, 57.117, 85.005
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