{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-532.140","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.140","heading":"Service of writ.","body":"The writ may be served by delivering the same to the officer or person to whom it is directed, or by being left at the jail or other place in which the prisoner may be confined, with any under officer, jailer or other person having charge of the prisoner for the time being.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 532 - Habeas Corpus"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=532.140","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"1781fdee7841cca1f7ee9abacfcd8993040a82c18487a4baec1dada7d8a86f24","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-532.130","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-532.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}