Costs in Criminal Cases

Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis are reimbursed for certain costs incurred in the prosecution and incarceration of indigent defendants sentenced to imprisonment in the Department of Corrections, transporting prisoners from county jails to the reception and diagnostic centers, and transporting extradited offenders back to Missouri. In addition, counties or county sheriffs' offices are paid for costs of transporting prisoners and the costs of serving extradition warrants. The Department of Corrections receives and audits county cost and extradition documentation and then prepares and remits payments to the counties.