57.117 Deputy sheriff to be resident of state — or adjoining state — exception, ...

57.117. Deputy sheriff to be resident of state — or adjoining state — exception, Jackson County and City of St. Louis. — Hereafter no sheriff in this state shall appoint any under sheriff or deputy sheriff unless the person so appointed shall be, at the time of his or her appointment, a bona fide resident of this state or of an adjoining state. The provisions of this section authorizing the appointment of a person as an under sheriff or deputy sheriff who is a bona fide resident of an adjoining state shall not apply to a sheriff of any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants or any city not within a county. (RSMo 1939 § 4627, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with S.B. 652) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4238; 1919 § 3485; 1909 § 4700 CROSS REFERENCE: Special deputies must be residents, 542.190