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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 542.286 (2026)

Warrant to be executed within territorial jurisdiction, exception

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  542.286.  Warrant to be executed within territorial jurisdiction, exception. — 1.  A warrant to search a person or any movable thing may be executed in any part of the state where the person or thing is found if, subsequent to the filing of the application, the person or thing moves or is taken out of the territorial jurisdiction of the judge issuing the warrant.

  2.  All other search warrants shall be executed within the territorial jurisdiction of the court out of which the warrant issued and within the territorial jurisdiction of the officer executing the warrant.

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(L. 1974 S.B. 366 § 6)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2021 · leading case: State v. Elliott, 845 S.W.2d 115 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993).
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State v. Elliott, 845 S.W.2d 115 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 7× “See Section 542.286. However, the Court finds Greene County Deputy Sheriffs who had territorial jurisdiction at the place of the execution of the Search Warrant were present during the search.”
State v. Walker, 330 S.W.3d 122 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 4× “200 and Section 542.286. Section 542.286 addresses the territorial jurisdiction of the judge, the court and the officer serving the warrant.”
State of Missouri v. James Christopher Bales, 630 S.W.3d 754 (Mo. 2021). · cites it 6× “In support of its claim, the state cites section 542.286, which it argues permits seizure of a moveable object anywhere it may be found.”
State of Missouri v. Phillip S. Douglass, No. WD78328 and WD78329 (Mo. Ct. App. Mar. 29, 2016). “s those items, which are items that would require you to take action on anyway, that you can continue to do so instead of stopping the search and having to get an additional search warrant? 3 Douglass and Gaulter also listed as additional bases for suppression that no receipt…”
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