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MO Rev Stat § 478.422 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.422 - Friend of court in child support matters, appointment, compensation (St. Louis County and St. Louis City).

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   478.422. Friend of court in child support matters, appointment, compensation (St. Louis County and St. Louis City). — 1. The circuit judges of the circuit courts of the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County may appoint at least one "friend of the court" who shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state whose duty it shall be to prosecute any necessary civil action to enforce the payment of all delinquent payments duly ordered and decreed by the court for the support, maintenance, and education of a dependent minor child. The friend of the court shall be a resident of the circuit, and each circuit judge may, in his discretion, appoint more than one friend of the court if circumstances warrant such appointments.  2. The friend of the court shall, when appointed, upon his own information or upon the filing of a written complaint by some adult resident of the county wherein the dependent minor child is located, act as next friend to the child, without further appointment, for the purpose of collecting such delinquent payments, and may begin or continue any action to collect the delinquent payments. If the friend of the court finds that he is unable to collect the payments with a civil action, he shall notify the court, in writing, of his inability to satisfy the order or decree for payment, and shall send a copy of such notification to the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the child is located.  3. As compensation for his services the friend of the court shall be allowed a fee in each case of not to exceed fifty dollars which shall be taxed as costs.  4. Such delinquent payments as may be collected hereunder shall be made payable to "friend of the court". The friend of the court, after first deducting his fee as hereinabove provided in subsection 3, shall disburse the collected delinquent payments to the person entitled to receive them in accordance with the terms of the decree for which enforcement of payment is sought and he shall report said collection and disbursement to the court.  5. Upon the appointment of a friend of the court as required by this section, each circuit judge shall notify all prosecuting attorneys and circuit clerks within his circuit of such appointment, and shall give them the name and address of each such friend of the court. ­­-------- (L. 1969 p. 556 §§ 1 to 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 478.428 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.428 - Presiding judge and circuit clerk St. Louis City to meet with mayor and budget director to discuss court's estimate of expenditures for year — estimate to be filed when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   478.428. Presiding judge and circuit clerk St. Louis City to meet with mayor and budget director to discuss court's estimate of expenditures for year — estimate to be filed when. — 1. The presiding judge of each circuit court in a city not within a county, or the presiding judge's designee, shall, not later than the first day of February each year, meet with the mayor of such city, or the mayor's designee, and with the budget director of such city, or the budget director's designee, and confer and discuss with the mayor and budget director, or their respective designees, the circuit court's estimates of its requirements for expenditures and its estimates of its revenues for the next budget year.  2. The circuit clerk of each circuit court in a city not within a county, or the circuit clerk's designee, shall, not later than the first day of February each year, meet with the mayor of such city, or the mayor's designee, and with the budget director of such city, or the budget director's designee, and confer and discuss with the mayor and budget director, or their respective designees, the circuit clerk's estimates of the circuit clerk's requirements for expenditures and its estimates of its revenues for the next budget year.  3. Not later than the first day of March of each year, and after the presiding judge and circuit clerk have met, conferred and discussed the estimates with the mayor and budget director, as provided in subsections 1 and 2 of this section, the estimates of the circuit court and the circuit clerk shall be transmitted to the city not within a county in the same manner as otherwise provided by law.  4. In all respects other than as provided in subsections 1 to 3 of this section, the budgets of the circuit court and the circuit clerk in a city not within a county shall follow the same course and be subject to the same rights, obligations and processes as otherwise provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268 § 1 merged with S.B. 352 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 478.434 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.434 - Fines, penalties and forfeitures, to be paid into city treasury, reports.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   *478.434. Fines, penalties and forfeitures, to be paid into city treasury, reports. — The circuit court of the city of St. Louis shall have power and is hereby required to see that all officers in the city of St. Louis, charged with the collection of fines, penalties and forfeitures, for misdemeanors under any law of this state, pay the same into the city treasury as required by law, and for that purpose said court shall have power to cite and compel every such officer, at least once in every three months, and oftener if need be, to make a written report, under oath, of all such fines, penalties and forfeitures collected by him; and if any such officer shall fail to make such report when cited, or to pay over the amount collected by him as required by law, then said court may compel him thereto, by attachment of his body. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  *Formerly 479.300.
MO Rev Stat § 478.435 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.435 - Register to furnish names of collectors to court.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   *478.435. Register to furnish names of collectors to court. — The register of St. Louis City shall, from time to time, as changes may occur, furnish to said court the names of all the officers contemplated by section 478.434. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  *Formerly 479.310.
MO Rev Stat § 478.437 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.437 - Circuit No. 21, number of judges.

Effective - 08 Jul 2014   478.437. Circuit No. 21, number of judges. — 1. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, there shall be twenty circuit judges in the twenty-first judicial circuit. These judges shall sit in twenty divisions, and each of the judges shall separately try causes, exercise the powers and perform all the duties imposed upon circuit judges.  2. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge position in the twenty-first judicial circuit. This associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional judgeships per county under section 478.320. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 2309, 2310, 2318, A. 1949 S.B. 1140, A.L. 1953 p. 398, A.L. 1958 Ex. Sess. p. 166, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1965 p. 639, A.L. 1971 S.B. 89, A.L. 1975 S.B. 72, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 632, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)  Prior revision: 1929 §§ 14611, 14612, 14620  Effective 7-08-14
MO Rev Stat § 478.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.450 - To make rules for numbering, assignment and transfer of cases.

Effective - 01 Jan 1979, 2 histories   478.450. To make rules for numbering, assignment and transfer of cases. — The judges of that circuit court, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to frame and enter of record in the court rules for the numbering or classification of all the cases now pending or hereafter brought therein for the proper distribution of cases for trial and disposition among the divisions of the court and for the transfer of cases to and from each division, and may designate the division or divisions of the court to which classes of cases may be assigned for trial or disposition, which rules may in like manner be changed from time to time as may be found necessary or expeditious. Such judges, or a majority of them, may in like manner from time to time make such rules for the court as may be agreeable to the usage and principles of law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2321, A. 1949 S.B. 1140, A.L. 1953 p. 398, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 166, Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1978 S.B. 632)  Prior revision: 1929 § 4623  Effective 1-01-79 (S.B. 632); 1-02-79 (H.B. 1634)
MO Rev Stat § 478.462 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.462 - Circuit No. 16, filing in improper division of circuit, venue — transfer of cases, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   478.462. Circuit No. 16, filing in improper division of circuit, venue — transfer of cases, when. — The provisions of section 478.461, section 506.110, or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any action or court proceeding may be instituted in the sixteenth judicial circuit by filing the necessary papers and subsequent papers in the office of the court administrator in either Independence or Kansas City, and such filing shall not be subject to dismissal for improper venue or jurisdiction solely upon the grounds that the cause was filed in the improper portion of the circuit. The judge before whom the cause is pending shall, upon challenge of improper venue or of improper jurisdiction pursuant to section 478.461, or both, transfer the cause to a division within the proper portion of the circuit and such transfer shall not affect the rights of any party to the cause. If no challenge to venue or jurisdiction alleging a filing in the wrong portion of the circuit is made, such allegation of improper venue or jurisdiction, or both, in the cause is waived and the court shall hear the cause without further consideration of venue or jurisdiction based on filing in the wrong portion of the circuit. ­­-------- (L. 1988 S.B. 522 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 478.463 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.463 - Circuit No. 16, number of judges, divisions — where divisions to sit.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   478.463. Circuit No. 16, number of judges, divisions — where divisions to sit. — There shall be nineteen circuit judges in the sixteenth judicial circuit consisting of the county of Jackson. These judges shall sit in nineteen divisions. Divisions one, three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and eighteen shall sit at the city of Kansas City and divisions two, five, twelve, sixteen, and seventeen shall sit at the city of Independence. Division nineteen shall sit at both the city of Kansas City and the city of Independence. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the judge of the probate division shall sit at both the city of Kansas City and the city of Independence. ­­-------- (1949 S.B. 1140, A.L. 1953 p. 394, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1965 p. 643, A.L. 1969 p. 557, A.L. 1977 S.B. 252, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2017 H.B. 50)
MO Rev Stat § 478.464 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.464 - Associate circuit divisions numbered — divisions to sit, where — (Jackson County).

Effective - 08 Jul 2014   478.464. Associate circuit divisions numbered — divisions to sit, where — (Jackson County). — In the sixteenth judicial circuit, there shall be ten associate circuit judges. These judges shall sit in ten divisions, which shall be numbered beginning with the number 25. Divisions 25, 26, 27, 29, and 31 shall sit in Kansas City and divisions 28, 30, 32, and 33 shall sit in Independence. Division 34 shall sit in the location determined by the court en banc. The tenth associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 869 § 478.321, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)  Effective 7-08-14
MO Rev Stat § 478.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.465 - Transfer of cases by local court rule, circuit court and probate division (Circuit No. 16).

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   478.465. Transfer of cases by local court rule, circuit court and probate division (Circuit No. 16). — By local circuit court rule, the sixteenth judicial circuit may provide for the transfer of a case pending before a circuit or associate circuit judge of a division at Independence and of a division at Kansas City for good cause shown upon order of such judge or of the presiding judge from a division at Independence to a division at Kansas City, and from a division at Kansas City to a division at Independence. By local circuit court rule, the sixteenth judicial circuit may also provide for the transfer of cases between divisions presided over by associate circuit judges which sit at any location within the circuit. The judge of the probate division of the circuit court of Jackson County if he deems it advisable or in the interest of the party or parties to any proceeding or controversy therein may by his order entered of record remove and transfer the hearing of such proceeding or controversy and the case records from Independence to Kansas City or from Kansas City to Independence, and said cause, proceeding or controversy shall be proceeded with to final settlement or conclusion at the place to which it may be removed. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 478.466 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.466 - Treatment court commissioner, appointment, qualifications, compensation, powers and duties — surcharge (Jackson County).

Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories   478.466. Treatment court commissioner, appointment, qualifications, compensation, powers and duties — surcharge (Jackson County). — 1. In the sixteenth judicial circuit consisting of the county of Jackson, a majority of the court en banc may appoint one person, who shall possess the same qualifications as an associate circuit judge, to act as treatment court commissioner. The commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years. The compensation of the commissioner shall be the same as that of an associate circuit judge and shall be paid out of the same source as the compensation of all other treatment court commissioners in the state. The retirement benefits of such commissioner shall be the same as those of an associate circuit judge, payable in the same manner and from the same source as those of an associate circuit judge. Subject to approval or rejection by a circuit judge, the commissioner shall have all the powers and duties of a circuit judge. A circuit judge shall by order of record reject or confirm any order, judgment and decree of the commissioner within the time the judge could set aside such order, judgment or decree had the same been made by him. If so confirmed, the order, judgment or decree shall have the same effect as if made by the judge on the date of its confirmation.  2. The court administrator of the sixteenth judicial circuit shall charge and collect a surcharge of thirty dollars in all proceedings assigned to the treatment commissioner for disposition, provided that the surcharge shall not be charged in any proceeding when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. Moneys obtained from such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020 and payable to the treatment commissioner for operation of the treatment court. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 869 § C-7, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1550, A.L. 2018 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)  Effective 12-18-18
MO Rev Stat § 478.467 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.467 - Court may make rules for distribution of cases.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   478.467. Court may make rules for distribution of cases. — The circuit judges of the sixteenth judicial circuit may make such rules as may be found necessary for the proper distribution of cases for trial and disposition among the several divisions of the court presided over by circuit or associate circuit judges and the transfer of cases to and from such divisions, including divisions at different locations. Such authority is in addition to the authority set forth in section 478.245. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 478.469 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.469 - Appeals from municipal judges, where heard.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   478.469. Appeals from municipal judges, where heard. — 1. Cases reviewing decisions of officials or administrative bodies of Kansas City shall be heard at Kansas City, and cases reviewing decisions of officials or administrative bodies of Independence shall be heard at Independence.  2. Trials de novo from decisions of municipal judges of Kansas City may at the option of the appellant be heard in the circuit court of the county where the offense complained of was committed or in the circuit court of the sixteenth judicial circuit.  3. Trials de novo from decisions of municipal judges serving other municipalities within Jackson County and cases reviewing decisions of officials or administrative bodies of other municipalities or of other governmental bodies may be heard at either Kansas City or Independence.  4. The name of the court appealed to shall be set out in order granting the appeal. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1142 & 894)
MO Rev Stat § 478.475 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.475 - Sales of real estate at courthouse door.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   478.475. Sales of real estate at courthouse door. — Sales of real estate made by order of the probate division of the circuit court of Jackson County at its sessions in Kansas City shall be made at the courthouse door in that city and at its sessions in Independence shall be made at the courthouse door in that city. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 478.483 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.483 - Jurisdiction as to mechanic's liens.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   478.483. Jurisdiction as to mechanic's liens. — All mechanic's liens upon real estate situate in Kaw township in Jackson County shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court at Kansas City, and suits for the enforcement thereof shall be brought in the circuit court at Kansas City. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15661, A. 1949 S.B. 1140)  Prior revision: 1929 § 14810  CROSS REFERENCE:  Liens on property filed with circuit clerk, when, 429.080  (1958) Where subdivider had previously filed suit in circuit court at Kansas City against landscaper for breach of contract for the sodding of lots outside of Kaw Township, landscaper's suit at Independence to enforce lien on same property would be dismissed as action must be filed as counterclaim to subdivider's suit. Rape v. Mid-Continent Bldg. Co. (A.), 318 S.W.2d 519. (1971) Section held constitutional. Stowell Electric Company v. Blue Valley Foundry Company (Mo.), 467 S.W.2d 955.
MO Rev Stat § 478.513 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.513 - Circuit No. 31, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Effective - 08 Jul 2014   478.513. Circuit No. 31, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. — 1. There shall be five circuit judges in the thirty-first judicial circuit. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three, four and five.  2. The circuit judge in division three shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judges in divisions one, four and five shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1984.  3. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge in the thirty-first judicial circuit, and there shall continue to be the associate judge position authorized in fiscal year 2014. Neither associate circuit judgeship shall be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320. ­­-------- (L. 1909 p. 413 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1965 p. 644, A.L. 1973 H.B. 69, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)  Effective 7-08-14
MO Rev Stat § 478.527 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.527 - Circuit No. 29, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   478.527. Circuit No. 29, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. — 1. There shall be three circuit judges in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit consisting of the county of Jasper. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two and three.  2. The circuit judge of division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judges of divisions one and three shall be elected in 1982. ­­-------- (L. 1901 p. 120 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 478.528 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.528 - Family court commissioner position.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   478.528. Family court commissioner position. — Beginning January 1, 2007, there is hereby created a state-funded family court commissioner position in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 478.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts|Section 478.530 - Court may make rules for distribution, transfer of cases.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   *478.530. Court may make rules for distribution, transfer of cases. — The circuit judges of circuit number twenty-nine may make such rules as may be found necessary for the proper distribution of cases for trial and disposition among the several divisions of the court presided over by circuit or associate circuit judges and the transfer of cases to and from such divisions, including divisions at Carthage and at Joplin. Such authority is in addition to the authority set forth in section 478.245. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  *Formerly 478.537.