550.120. Costs in change of venue--costs defined.
Costs in change of venue--costs defined.
550.120. 1. In any criminal or civil case in which a change of venueis taken from one county to any other county, and whenever a prisonershall, for any cause, be confined in the jail of one county, such costsshall be paid by the county in which the case, indictment or informationwas originally instituted to the county in which the case is actually triedor where the prisoner is confined, except when such case is transferred forimproper venue. In all cases where fines are imposed upon conviction undersuch indictments or prosecutions, or penalties or forfeitures of penalbonds in criminal cases, are collected, by civil action or otherwise,payable to the county, such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paidinto the treasury of the county where such indictment or information wasoriginally found or such prosecution originally instituted, for the benefitof the public school fund of the county.
2. The term "costs" as used in this section means:
(1) All items, services and other matters defined as costs under anyother provisions of law relating to criminal or civil procedures;
(2) All moneys expended as salaries of persons directly related tothe care of criminal defendants, security of the court, security of thejury and the room and board thereof, transportation of the jury, securityand room and board of witnesses, and the processing of the cause, paid orpayable out of the county treasury to which venue has been changed;
(3) All expenses of whatever nature incurred by a county as theresult of jury selection and service pursuant to the provisions of chapter494, RSMo;
(4) Any other expense directly related to the trial and prosecutionof such criminal charge found necessary by the trial judge hearing thecase.
(RSMo 1939 § 4241, A.L. 1989 H.B. 258, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3846; 1919 § 4189; 1909 § 5397
CROSS REFERENCES:
Change of venue, costs, generally, RSMo 545.620
Costs of commitment and support of prisoner when removed from county, RSMo 221.260