{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-559.609","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.609","heading":"Qualifications and factors considered by judges in approving private entities to serve as probation offices.","body":"The associate circuit or municipal judges approving the private entity to function as a probation office shall base their decision on factors such as length of time in the probation field, experience in supervising various types of offenders, the financial ability to operate a probation office in the jurisdiction, and other factors as the judges deem necessary and relevant.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 559 - Probation"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=559.609","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"e2ead40ac6a9e7c7dbfb630af157de465ee030c1ef3e20a2129bb3b3c4642f27","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-559.607","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-559.612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}