Section 476.730 - Notice prior to release or after escape of arsonist from state institution(1) The superintendent of each Department of Corrections institution of this state and of each institution for persons with mental illness shall, prior to the release, or immediately after the escape, from such institution of any person committed to such institution for arson or arsonist activity, notify the State Fire Marshal and the Department of State Police except that such notice shall not be required when such persons are on approved leave from such institutions for periods of not to exceed 10 days. The notice shall state the name of the person to be released or who has escaped, the county in which the person was convicted or from which the person was committed and, if known, the address or locality at which the person will reside.(2) Promptly upon receipt of the notice, the State Fire Marshal and the Department of State Police shall notify respectively the fire departments and rural fire protection districts who maintain full-time personnel and the sheriff and police departments of the county in which the person was convicted or from which the person was committed and the county, if known, in which the person will reside. 1957 c.245 §§1,2; 1959 c.26 §1; 1965 c.602 §16; 1987 c.320 §237; 2007 c. 70, § 271