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Missouri - Civil Commitment




State Civil Commitment Center:
Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SMMHC). (SORTS History)
1010 West Columbia Street
Farmington, MO 63640
Phone: (573) 218-6792


Additional Information:

The sex offender program formerly known as the Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center (MSOTC) is now a service provided by the Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SMMHC). It is now called the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services (SORTS). Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services is a civil involuntary program for the treatment of sexually violent predators.

The Process to Commitment.


Commitment Laws: Chapter 632.
  • 632.480 Definitions
  • 632.483 Notice to attorney general, when--contents of notice--immunity from liability, when--multidisciplinary team established--prosecutors' review committee established.
  • 632.484 Detention and evaluation of persons alleged to be sexually violent predators--duties of attorney general and department of mental health.
  • 632.489 Probable cause determined--sexually violent predator taken into custody, when--hearing, procedure--examination by department of mental health.
  • 632.492 Trial--procedure--assistance of counsel, right to jury, when.
  • 632.495 Unanimous verdict required--offender committed to custody of department of mental health, when--contracting with county jails, when--release, when--mistrial procedures.
  • 632.498 Annual examination of mental condition, not required, when--annual review by the court--petition for release, hearing, procedures (when director disapproves).
  • 632.501 Petition for release--hearing (when director approves).
  • 632.504 Subsequent petitions for release--approval or denial procedures.
  • 632.505 Conditional release--interagency agreements for supervision, plan--court review of plan, order, conditions--copy of order--continuing control and care--modifications--violations--agreements with private entities--fee, rulemaking authority--escape.
  • 632.507 Attorney general to inform victims--notification of proceedings.
  • 632.510 Release of information, when.
  • 632.513 Sealed records of proceedings--access permitted, when.


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