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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.070 (2026)

Power of courts to issue writs

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  476.070.  Power of courts to issue writs. — All courts shall have power to issue all writs which may be necessary in the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, according to the principles and usages of law.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2008)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1844; 1919 § 2341; 1909 § 3863

(1954) In condemnation suit where no question of public use was injected, the only function of the court was to determine the compensation for the taking and a writ of execution or of assistance to enforce the taking, could not be based on the decree therein. St. Louis Housing Authority v. Jower (A.), 267 S.W.2d 344.

(1959) Objection by person confined in jail in one county to his removal to another county on writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum for trial on felony charge held without merit.  State v. Robinson (Mo.), 325 S.W.2d 465.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1959–2017 · leading case: State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Dolan, 514 S.W.3d 603 (Mo. 2017).
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State ex rel. Zimmerman v. Dolan, 514 S.W.3d 603 (Mo. 2017). · cites it 9× “This holding was codified in section 476.070, RSMo 1939, and remains today.”
State v. Robinson, 325 S.W.2d 465 (Mo. 1959). · cites it 3× “Louis pursuant to sentence of conviction for a crime committed in said city.”
State Ex Rel. Degeere v. Appelquist, 748 S.W.2d 855 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “” § 476.070 provides: All courts shall have the power to issue all writs which may be necessary in the exercise of their respective jurisdictions according to the principles and usages of law.”
State v. Savage, 461 S.W.2d 887 (Mo. 1971). · cites it 2× “Section 476.070 provides that “All courts shall have power to issue all writs which may be necessary in the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, according to the principles and usages of law.”
State ex rel. Bowman v. Block, 620 S.W.2d 69 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “Section 476.070, RSMo 1978. Rule 84.22 dictates that neither this court nor the supreme court will consider an application for a writ, other than habeas corpus, where a remedy is afforded by a lower court.”
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