{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.331","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.331","heading":"Detention facilities, superintendent, appointment, compensation — acquisition of land (counties of first and second classification).","body":"1. In each county of the first and second classifications and in any city not within a county, it is the duty of the county governing body to provide a place of juvenile detention or juvenile detention facility. It is also the duty of the county governing body to provide offices for the personnel of the juvenile court.\n2. The place of juvenile detention or juvenile detention facility shall be so located and arranged that the child being detained does not come in contact, at any time or in any manner, with adults convicted or under arrest, and the care of children in detention shall approximate as closely as possible the care of children in good homes.\n3. The place of juvenile detention or juvenile detention facility shall be in charge of a superintendent. The judge of the juvenile court or the family court administrator, if provided by local rule, shall appoint and fix the compensation and maintenance of the superintendent and of any assistants or other personnel required to operate the detention facility. Such compensation and maintenance are payable out of funds of the county.\n4. The county governing body is authorized to lease or to acquire by purchase, gift or devise land for such purpose, and to erect buildings thereon and to provide funds to equip and maintain the same for the subsistence and education of the children placed therein.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=211.331","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"c3e848428c1549c16a0edfd996992754457dc10d36d7988a1b5af1e129e74705","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.327","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}