Opinion No. (1992)

Lisa C. Henderson Hickory County Prosecuting Attorney Hickory County Courthouse Hermitage, Missouri 65668

Dear Ms. Henderson:

This opinion is in response to a question posed by your predecessor in office asking:

Do the duly elected prosecuting attorney and sheriff of Hickory County1 have the authority to maintain a law enforcement fund account outside the county treasurer's accounts where the funds in that account were given to the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff specifically to be spent by them for the purposes of law enforcement?

The opinion request we received states that the United…