Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.270 (2026)
Powers of deputies
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57.270. Powers of deputies. — Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13134)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11514; 1919 § 11638; 1909 § 11209
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1951–2020 · leading case: St. Louis Cnty., Missouri v. State of Missouri, 482 S.W.3d 842 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016).
St. Louis Cnty., Missouri v. State of Missouri, 482 S.W.3d 842 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “Lastly, Section 57.270 supports the conclusion that the Superintendent’s officers are deputy sheriffs.”
Tyler v. Whitehead, 583 S.W.2d 240 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). “It says that the offending conduct was by the defendants as sheriff and deputy sheriff respectively of Boone County, and that plaintiff was a prisoner in the Boone County jail.”
State v. Owen, 258 S.W.2d 662 (Mo. 1953). “" Under Section 57.270, "Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff.”
Robert Curtis v. Christian Cnty., Missouri, 963 F.3d 777 (8th Cir. 2020). “1979) (per curiam) (quoting Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.270 (“Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff.”
State ex rel. Bradford v. Dinwiddie, 237 S.W.2d 179 (Mo. 1951). “§ 57.270, RSMo 1949, provides: “Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff.”
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