374.759. Access to court records, when — defendant access to bail bond agent, how — agents qualified in all jurisdictions in the state.
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374.759. Access to court records, when — defendant access to bail bond agent, how — agents qualified in all jurisdictions in the state. — 1. Any bail bond agent licensed in the state of Missouri shall have access to all publicly available court records of the defendant by available means to make a realistic assessment of the * defendant's probability of attending all court dates as set in his or her charges relating to the * bond request.
2. Any defendant shall have free access to any bail bond agent via one phone call so long as the call is made to a local phone number. All other numbers may be available as a collect call to any nonlocal number.
3. All Missouri licensed bail bond agents or licensed general agents shall be qualified, without further requirements, in all jurisdictions of this state, as provided in rules promulgated by the supreme court of Missouri and not by any circuit court rule.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1122)
Effective 1-01-05
*Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.