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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 549.500 (2026)

Documents of board or division to be privileged

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  549.500.  Documents of board or division to be privileged — exceptions — inspection. — All documents prepared or obtained in the discharge of official duties by any member or employee of the parole board or employee of the division of probation and parole shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone other than members of the parole board and other authorized employees of the department pursuant to section 217.075.  The parole board may at its discretion permit the inspection of the report or parts thereof by the offender or his or her attorney or other persons having a proper interest therein.

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(L. 1990 H.B. 974 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2017–2023 · leading case: State of Missouri ex rel. Jessica J. Jones v. Honorable Roger Prokes, 637 S.W.3d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021).
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State of Missouri ex rel. Jessica J. Jones v. Honorable Roger Prokes, 637 S.W.3d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 14× “Wood filed a motion to exclude testimony from his probation officer, and the allegedly falsified attendance sheets themselves, on the basis that the evidence was privileged under §§ 549.500 and 559.125.1 The circuit court sustained the motion.”
In the Matter of the Care & Treatment of Eric Helm a/k/a Eric T. Helm a/k/a Eric Thomas Helm v. State of Missouri, 685 S.W.3d 416 (Mo. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 5× “Helm also argued that pursuant to section 549.500, all documents prepared and data obtained by a parole officer during supervision of an offender are privileged and cannot be directly or indirectly disclosed to anyone.”
Brown v. Precythe, No. 2:17-cv-04082, 2017 WL 4980872 (W.D. Mo. Oct. 31, 2017). · cites it 2× “The board may at its discretion permit the inspection of the report or parts thereof by the offender or his attorney or other persons having a proper interest therein Mo. Rev. Stat. § 549.500 . Finally, Defendants argue that producing the requested information would be unduly…”
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