{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.440","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.440","heading":"Commitment of witnesses.","body":"If any witness so required to enter into a recognizance refuse to comply with such order, the associate circuit judge may commit him or her to prison until he or she comply with such order or be otherwise discharged according to law.","path":["Title XXXVII - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 544 - Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=544.440","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"4f81640389c880122f3313d00926d14546e46074679a33c25e28ce9ef8fbc017","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.430","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-544.453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}