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MO Rev Stat § 479.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.080 - Fines and costs, where paid, deposited — supreme court may provide for uniform procedure.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.080. Fines and costs, where paid, deposited — supreme court may provide for uniform procedure. — 1. In the prosecution of violations of municipal ordinances before a municipal judge, all fines and costs shall be paid to and deposited not less frequently than monthly into the municipal treasury.  2. In the prosecution of violations of municipal ordinances before an associate circuit judge, all fines shall be paid to and deposited not less frequently than monthly into the municipal treasury and all court costs shall be accounted for and remitted to the state treasury in the same manner as provided by law for costs in misdemeanor cases.  3. The supreme court by administrative rule may provide for uniform procedure, and reporting forms for the collection and transmittal of fines and costs. Until modified or otherwise provided by such administrative rule, the municipal judge, or associate circuit judge hearing and determining violations of municipal ordinances, shall cause the clerk serving his division, within the first ten days of every month, to make out a list of all the cases heard or tried before the judge during the preceding month, giving in each case the name of the defendant, the fine imposed, if any, the amount of costs, the names of defendants committed and the cases in which there was an application for trial de novo, respectively. Such clerk or the judge shall verify such lists and statements by affidavit, and file the same forthwith with the clerk of the municipality, who shall lay the same before the governing body or the municipality at its first session thereafter. The official collecting fines shall, within the ten days aforesaid, pay to the municipal treasurer the full amount of all fines collected by him during the preceding month if not previously paid to the municipal treasurer. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.090 - Prosecutions based on information only, proceedings.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.090. Prosecutions based on information only, proceedings. — All prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances shall be instituted by information and may be based upon a complaint. Proceedings shall be in accordance with the supreme court rules governing practice and procedure in proceedings before municipal judges. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.100 - Warrants, how issued and executed.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.100. Warrants, how issued and executed. — All warrants issued by a municipal judge, or an associate circuit judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances, shall be directed to the city marshal, chief of police, or any other police officer of the municipality, or to the sheriff of the county. The warrants shall be executed by the marshal, chief of police, police officer or sheriff at any place within the limits of the county, and not elsewhere, unless the warrants are endorsed in the manner provided for warrants in criminal cases, and, when so endorsed, shall be served in other counties, as provided for in warrants in criminal cases. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.110 - Arrest without warrants, procedure.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.110. Arrest without warrants, procedure. — The city marshal, chief of police or other police officer of any municipality shall, without a warrant, make arrests of any person who commits an offense in his presence, but such officer shall, before the trial, file a written complaint with the judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.120 - Municipality to designate attorney to prosecute violations — duties.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.120. Municipality to designate attorney to prosecute violations — duties. — It shall be the duty of an attorney designated by the municipality to prosecute the violations of the municipality's ordinances before the municipal judges or before the associate circuit judges hearing the violations of that municipality's ordinances. The salary or fees of the attorney and his necessary expenses incurred in such prosecutions shall be paid by the municipality. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.130 - Trial by jury, when.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.130. Trial by jury, when. — Any person charged with the violation of a municipal ordinance of a city of the third or fourth class shall be entitled to a trial by jury, as in prosecutions for misdemeanors before an associate circuit judge. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.140 - Judge to be trier of fact, when.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.140. Judge to be trier of fact, when. — In any trial for the violation of a municipal ordinance, all issues of fact shall be tried by the judge except where trial by jury is authorized by law and the defendant or his attorney requests a trial by jury. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.150 - Trial by jury, certification for assignment — exception, Springfield municipal court, when, procedure, costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 3 histories   479.150. Trial by jury, certification for assignment — exception, Springfield municipal court, when, procedure, costs. — 1. In any municipality, whenever a defendant accused of a violation of a municipal ordinance has a right to a trial by jury and demands such trial by jury, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the municipal judge shall certify the case for assignment.  2. Any municipality requiring by ordinance that the municipal judge be a licensed attorney and which has a population in excess of one hundred thousand persons which is located in a county of the first class not having a charter form of government and which does not adjoin another first class county may elect by passage of an appropriate municipal ordinance to hear jury cases before the municipal court; provided, such jury cases are heard in accordance with the following procedures:  (1) Cases shall be heard with a record being made as required in jury cases before the associate circuit court and the trial shall be conducted and the jury selected in accordance with procedures applicable before circuit courts;  (2) In any case tried with a jury in a municipal court under provisions of this subsection, appeals may be had upon the record to the appropriate state appellate court, and the record for appeal in such cases shall be prepared in accordance with the same rules prescribed by the supreme court for trials on the record before associate circuit courts;  (3) The costs of equipment or stenographic services for jury trials a municipality should elect to hold under this section shall be paid by the municipality, except where the supreme court has by rule provided for reimbursement by the defendant for the cost of transcription, and any person who requests a jury trial shall be responsible for all costs incurred in the securing of a jury if such person thereafter waives his right to a jury trial;  (4) The failure to request a jury trial while the case is pending before the municipal court shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a jury trial and after such jury trial there shall be no right to a trial de novo in circuit court;  (5) If the municipal judge is disqualified, the rules for appointment of another municipal judge of the city to hear such cases shall apply; provided, however, that in the event there is no other municipal judge qualified to hear the case, the case shall be certified for assignment. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1142 & 894, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
MO Rev Stat § 479.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.155 - Municipal division, reporting requirements to Missouri Supreme Court.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   479.155. Municipal division, reporting requirements to Missouri Supreme Court. — 1. By September 1, 2015, the presiding judge of the circuit court in which the municipal division is located shall report to the clerk of the supreme court the name and address of the municipal division and any other information regarding the municipal division requested by the clerk of the supreme court on a standardized form developed by the clerk of the supreme court.  2. If a municipality elects to abolish or establish a municipal division, the presiding judge of the circuit court in which the municipal division is located shall notify the clerk of the supreme court and shall complete the report required under subsection 1 of this section within ninety days of the establishment of the division.  3. The supreme court shall develop rules regarding conflict of interest for any prosecutor, defense attorney, or judge that has a pending case before the municipal division of any circuit court. ­­-------- (L. 2015 S.B. 5)
MO Rev Stat § 479.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.160 - Witnesses, how summoned, fees.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.160. Witnesses, how summoned, fees. — 1. It shall be the duty of the municipal judge to summon all persons whose testimony may be deemed essential as witnesses at the trial, and to enforce their attendance by attachment, if necessary. The fees of witnesses shall be the same as those fixed for witnesses in trials before associate circuit judges and shall be taxed as other costs in the case.  2. When a trial shall be continued by a municipal judge it shall not be necessary to summon any witnesses who may be present at the continuance; but the municipal judge shall orally notify such witnesses as either party may require to attend before him on the day set for trial to testify in the case, and enter the names of such witnesses on his docket, which oral notice shall be valid as a summons. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.162 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.162 - Municipal ordinance violations, no charge or fee for police reports or other documents or videos, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   479.162. Municipal ordinance violations, no charge or fee for police reports or other documents or videos, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of law, supreme court rule, or court operating rule, in a proceeding for a municipal ordinance violation or any other proceeding before a municipal court if the charge carries the possibility of fifteen days or more in jail or confinement, a defendant shall not be charged any fee for obtaining a police report, probable cause statement, or any video relevant to the traffic stop or arrest. Such police report, probable cause statement, or video shall be provided by the prosecutor upon written request by the defendant for discovery. ­­-------- (L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 479.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.170 - Municipal judge without jurisdiction, when, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 4 histories   479.170. Municipal judge without jurisdiction, when, procedure. — 1. If, in the progress of any trial before a municipal judge, it shall appear to the judge that the accused ought to be put upon trial for an offense against the criminal laws of the state and not cognizable before him as municipal judge, he shall immediately stop all further proceedings before him as municipal judge and cause the complaint to be made before some associate circuit judge within the county.  2. For purposes of this section, any offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition as defined in section 577.001 shall not be cognizable in municipal court, if the defendant has been convicted, found guilty, or pled guilty to two or more previous intoxication-related traffic offenses as defined in section 577.001, or has had two or more previous alcohol-related enforcement contacts as defined in section 302.525. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1695, et al., A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
MO Rev Stat § 479.172 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.172 - Intoxication-related traffic offenses, municipal judges to receive adequate instruction — written policy on timely disposition of cases — report required.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017   479.172. Intoxication-related traffic offenses, municipal judges to receive adequate instruction — written policy on timely disposition of cases — report required. — 1. Each municipal judge shall receive adequate instruction on the laws related to intoxication-related traffic offenses as defined in section 577.001 including jurisdictional issues related to such offenses, reporting requirements to the highway patrol central repository as set out in section 43.503 and required assessment for offenders under the substance abuse traffic offender program (SATOP). Each municipal judge shall adopt a written policy requiring that municipal court personnel timely report all dispositions of all charges for intoxication-related traffic offenses to the central repository.  2. Each municipal court shall provide a copy of its written policy for reporting dispositions of intoxication-related traffic offenses to the office of state courts administrator and the highway patrol. To assist municipal courts, the office of state courts administrator may create a model policy for the reporting of dispositions of all charges for intoxication-related traffic offenses.  3. Each municipal division of every circuit court in the state of Missouri shall prepare a report every six months. The report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the total number and disposition of every intoxication-related traffic offense adjudicated, dismissed or pending in its municipal court division. The municipal court division shall submit said report to the circuit court en banc. The report shall include the six-month period beginning January first and ending June thirtieth and the six-month period beginning July first and ending December thirty-first of each year. The report shall be submitted to the circuit court en banc no later than sixty days following the end of the reporting period. The circuit court en banc shall make recommendations or take any action it deems appropriate based on its review of said reports. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 1695, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Transferred 2014; formerly 577.006; Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 479.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.180 - Commitment in county jail, when — duty of sheriff.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.180. Commitment in county jail, when — duty of sheriff. — If a municipality has no suitable and safe place of confinement, the defendant may be committed to the county jail by the judge, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff, if space for the prisoner is available in the county jail, upon receipt of a warrant of commitment from the judge to receive and safely keep such prisoner until discharged by due process of law. The municipality shall pay the board of such prisoner at the same rate as may now or hereafter be allowed by law to such sheriff for the keeping of other prisoners in his custody. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.190 - Parole or probation, when granted — certificate — conditions of probation — modification of conditions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990, 2 histories   479.190. Parole or probation, when granted — certificate — conditions of probation — modification of conditions. — 1. Any judge hearing violations of municipal ordinances may, when in his judgment it may seem advisable, grant a parole or probation to any person who shall plead guilty or who shall be convicted after a trial before such judge. When a person is placed on probation he shall be given a certificate explicitly stating the conditions on which he is being released.  2. In addition to such other authority as exists to order conditions of probation, the court may order conditions which the court believes will serve to compensate the victim of the crime, any dependent of the victim, or society in general. Such conditions may include, but need not be limited to:  (1) Restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim, in an amount to be determined by the judge; and  (2) The performance of a designated amount of free work for a public or charitable purpose, or purposes, as determined by the judge.  3. A person may refuse probation conditioned on the performance of free work. If he does so, the court shall decide the extent or duration of sentence or other disposition to be imposed and render judgment accordingly. Any county, city, person, organization, or agency, or employee of a county, city, organization or agency charged with the supervision of such free work or who benefits from its performance shall be immune from any suit by the person placed on parole or probation or any person deriving a cause of action from him if such cause of action arises from such supervision of performance, except for intentional torts or gross negligence. The services performed by the probationer or parolee shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 288.  4. The court may modify or enlarge the conditions of probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the probation term. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1990 S.B. 497)
MO Rev Stat § 479.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.200 - Appeals, trial de novo.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.200. Appeals, trial de novo. — 1. In any case tried before a municipal judge who is not licensed to practice law in this state, the defendant shall have a right to trial de novo, even from a plea of guilty, before a circuit judge or an associate circuit judge.  2. In any case tried before a municipal judge who is licensed to practice law in this state or before an associate circuit judge, except where there has been a plea of guilty or the case has been tried with a jury, the defendant shall have a right of trial de novo before a circuit judge or upon assignment before an associate circuit judge. An application for a trial de novo shall be filed within ten days after judgment and shall be filed in such form and perfected in such manner as provided by supreme court rule.  3. In any case tried with a jury before an associate circuit judge a record shall be made and appeals may be had upon that record to the appropriate appellate court.  4. The supreme court may provide by rule what record shall be kept and may provide that it be a stenographic record or one made by the utilization of electronic, magnetic, or mechanical sound or video recording devices. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  (1985) Defendant, convicted in municipal court of violating a city ordinance is entitled to request a trial by jury upon appeal to the circuit court. State ex. rel. Estill v. Iannone (Mo.banc), 687 S.W.2d 172.
MO Rev Stat § 479.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.210 - Recognizances and forfeitures.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.210. Recognizances and forfeitures. — In case of a breach of any recognizance entered into before a municipal judge or an associate circuit judge hearing a municipal ordinance violation case, the same shall be deemed forfeited and the judge shall cause the same to be prosecuted against the principal and surety, or either of them, in the name of the municipality as plaintiff. Such action shall be prosecuted before a circuit judge or associate circuit judge, and in the event of cases caused to be prosecuted by a municipal judge, such shall be on the transcript of the proceedings before the municipal judge. All moneys recovered in such actions shall be paid over to the municipal treasury to the general revenue fund of the municipality. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.220 - Disqualification of judge, when, procedure.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   479.220. Disqualification of judge, when, procedure. — A municipal judge shall be disqualified to hear any case in which he is in any wise interested, or, if before the trial is commenced, the defendant or the prosecutor files an affidavit that the defendant or the municipality, as the case may be, cannot have a fair and impartial trial by reason of the interest or prejudice of the judge. Neither the defendant nor the municipality shall be entitled to file more than one affidavit or disqualification in the same case. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.240 - Fines, installments allowed.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.240. Fines, installments allowed. — When a fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall be within the discretion of the judge assessing the fine to provide for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 479.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts|Section 479.250 - Municipal ordinances, evidence of, judicial notice of.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   479.250. Municipal ordinances, evidence of, judicial notice of. — In the trial of municipal ordinance violation cases, a copy of a municipal ordinance which is certified by the clerk of the municipality shall constitute prima facie evidence of such ordinance. If such certified copy is on file with the clerk serving the judge hearing a case and readily available for inspection by the parties, the judge may take judicial notice of such ordinance without further proof. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79