2025 Session
Last amended: 1986 session
§ 588.05 — Persons in Custody
Plain-Language Summary
If someone charged with contempt is already in custody under a legal order (but not serving a felony sentence), the court can order that person brought before it to answer the contempt charge. The person stays in custody until the court decides what to do.
588.05 PERSONS IN CUSTODY.
If the party charged is in the custody of an officer by virtue of a legal order or process, civil or criminal, except upon a sentence for felony, an order may be made for production of the party by the officer having custody, that the party may answer; and the party shall thereupon be produced and held until an order is made for disposition.
History:
History: History: (9797) RL s 4643; 1986 c 444
Practical Notes
This means a person already in jail or held on another matter can still be brought to court to face contempt charges. The officer holding that person must produce them when ordered. This does not apply to people serving felony sentences.