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RSMo 455.095effective 28 Aug 2025

Electronic monitoring, when

In plain English

When someone breaks the rules of a protective order, a court can make that person wear an electronic monitoring device. This device tracks where the person is and sends an alert to the protected person and local police if the rule-breaker gets too close. The protected person has to agree to this monitoring after being told how it works, what the risks are, and what to do if something goes wrong. The person being monitored usually has to pay for the device unless the court decides they cannot afford it.

Word-for-word law

455.095. Electronic monitoring, when — requirements. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Electronic monitoring with victim notification", an electronic monitoring system that has the capability to track and monitor the movement of a person and immediately transmit the monitored person's location to the protected person and the local with over the protected through an means, including the telephone, an electronic beeper, or paging device whenever the monitored person enters the protected premises as specified in the by the court;

(2) "", the protected person is given the following before ing to participate in electronic monitoring with victim notification:

(a) The protected person's right to refuse to participate in such monitoring and the for requesting the court to terminate his or her participation after it has been ordered;

(b) The manner in which the electronic monitoring technology functions and the risks and limitations of that technology;

(c) The boundaries imposed on the person being monitored during the electronic monitoring;

(d) The that the court may impose for violations of the order issued by the court;

(e) The procedure that the protected person is to follow if the monitored person violates an order or if the electronic monitoring equipment fails;

(f) Identification of support s available to assist the protected person in developing a safety plan to use if the monitored person violates an order or if the electronic monitoring equipment fails;

(g) Identification of community services available to assist the protected person in obtaining shelter, counseling, education, child care, legal representation, and other help in addressing the consequences and of ; and

(h) The nonconfidential nature of the protected person's communications with the court concerning electronic monitoring and the to be imposed upon the monitored person's movements.

2. When a person is of violating the terms and conditions of an or under section 455.085 or 455.538, the court may, in addition to or any other :

(1) Sentence the person to electronic monitoring with victim notification; or

(2) Place the person on and, as a condition of such probation, order electronic monitoring with victim notification.

3. When a person charged with violating the terms and conditions of an ex parte or full order of protection under section 455.085 or 455.538 is d from before trial section 544.455, the court may, as a condition of release, order electronic monitoring of the person with victim notification.

4. Electronic monitoring with victim notification shall be ordered only with the protected person's informed consent. In determining whether to place a person on electronic monitoring with victim notification, the court may hold a to consider the likelihood that the person's participation in electronic monitoring will deter the person from injuring the protected person. The court shall consider the following factors:

(1) The gravity and seriousness of harm that the person inflicted on the protected person in the of any act of domestic violence;

(2) The person's previous history of domestic violence;

(3) The person's history of other criminal acts, if any;

(4) Whether the person has access to a weapon;

(5) Whether the person has threatened suicide or ;

(6) Whether the person has a history of mental illness or has been ; and

(7) Whether the person has a history of alcohol or substance .

5. Unless the person is determined to be by the court, a person ordered to be placed on electronic monitoring with victim notification shall be ordered to pay the related costs and expenses. If the court the person is indigent, the person may be placed on electronic monitoring with victim notification, and the in which the case was determined shall notify the that the person was determined to be indigent and shall include in a bill to the the costs associated with the monitoring. The department shall establish by a procedure to determine the portion of costs each indigent person is able to pay based on a person's income, number of , and other factors as determined by the department and shall seek of such costs.

6. An alert from an electronic monitoring device shall be to the monitored person for a violation of an ex parte or full order of protection.

7. The department of corrections, department of public safety, Missouri state patrol, the , and county and law agencies shall share information obtained via electronic monitoring conducted pursuant to this section.

8. No of a product, system, or service used for electronic monitoring with victim notification shall be , directly or indirectly, for arising from any injury or death associated with the use of the product, system, or service unless, and only to the extent that, such is based on a that the injury or death was by a in the product or system.

9. Nothing in this section shall be as limiting a court's ability to place a person on electronic monitoring without victim notification under section 544.455 or 557.011.

10. A person shall be found guilty of the of with electronic monitoring equipment under section 575.205 if he or she commits the actions prohibited under such section with any equipment that a court orders the person to wear under this section.

11. The department of corrections shall and regulations for the implementation of 5 of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the of and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are and if any of the powers with the pursuant to chapter 536 to , to delay the , or to disapprove and a rule are subsequently held , then the of and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2018, shall be and .

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Source & history notes

(L. 2018 H.B. 1355, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001

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