217.829. Assets to be listed by prisoners on form under oath--failure to comply, effect--department to request assignments.
Assets to be listed by prisoners on form under oath--failure tocomply, effect--department to request assignments.
217.829. 1. The department shall develop a form which shall be usedby the department to obtain information from all offenders regarding theirassets.
2. The form shall be submitted to each offender as of the date theform is developed and to every offender who thereafter is sentenced toimprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department. The form may beresubmitted to an offender by the department for purposes of obtainingcurrent information regarding assets of the offender.
3. Every offender shall complete the form or provide for completionof the form and the offender shall swear or affirm under oath that to thebest of his or her knowledge the information provided is complete andaccurate. Any person who shall knowingly provide false information on saidform to state officials or employees shall be guilty of the crime of makinga false affidavit as provided by section 575.050, RSMo.
4. Failure by an offender to fully, adequately and correctly completethe form may be considered by the board of probation and parole forpurposes of a parole determination, and in determining an offender's parolerelease date or eligibility and shall constitute sufficient grounds fordenial of parole.
5. Prior to release of any offender from imprisonment, and againprior to release from the jurisdiction of the department, the departmentshall request from the offender an assignment of ten percent of any wages,salary, benefits or payments from any source. Such an assignment shall bevalid for the longer period of five years from the date of its execution,or five years from the date that the offender is released from thejurisdiction of the department or any of its divisions or agencies. Theassignment shall secure payment of the total cost of care of the offenderexecuting the assignment. The restrictions on the maximum amount ofearnings subject to garnishment contained in section 525.030, RSMo, shallapply to earnings subject to assignments executed pursuant to thissubsection.
(L. 1988 H.B. 1340 & 1348 § 3, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)