221.044. Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions.
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221.044. Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions . — No person under the age of eighteen years, except those transferred to the court of general jurisdiction under the provisions of section 211.071 , shall be detained in a jail or other adult detention facility as that term is defined in section 211.151 . If a person is eighteen years of age or older or attains the age of eighteen while in detention, upon a motion filed by the juvenile officer, the court may order that the person be detained in a jail or other adult detention facility as that term is defined in section 211.151 until the disposition of that person's juvenile court case.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al., A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800, A.L. 2025 S.B. 43)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Status as child for confinement in jail determined by then-existing law at time of alleged offense, 211.012