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MO Rev Stat § 483.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.150 - Clerks to keep account of fines.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.150. Clerks to keep account of fines. — The clerks of the several courts of record shall keep a true account of all fines, penalties, forfeitures and judgments imposed, adjudged or rendered in favor of the state or any county by their respective courts, distinguishing those payable to the state from those payable to the county, and shall keep the same open for the inspection of the judges of the respective courts and the county treasurer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11222)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9991; 1919 § 12981; 1909 § 11533
MO Rev Stat § 483.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.160 - Clerks of courts to deliver reports to successors.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.160. Clerks of courts to deliver reports to successors. — 1. Hereafter it shall be the duty of all court clerks to keep in their offices a catalogue of all reports belonging to their respective offices, and they shall deliver or account to their successors in office for all such reports.  2. And upon failure to so deliver the same, the prosecuting attorney of the proper city or county or the attorney general shall institute a suit, to the use of the state, against said clerk, or on the bond of said clerk, and in case of recovery in said suit, recovery shall be three times the value of said reports that said clerk shall have failed to deliver. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2098, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1936; 1919 § 2434; 1909 § 3954  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.163 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.163 - Circuit clerk to cooperate in nonsupport investigations; additional compensation, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   483.163. Circuit clerk to cooperate in nonsupport investigations; additional compensation, exception. — 1. Each circuit clerk, except the circuit clerk in any city not within a county, shall cooperate with the prosecuting attorney and family support division in the investigation and documentation of possible criminal nonsupport pursuant to section 568.040.  2. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, for the performance of the duties prescribed in subsection 1 of this section, each circuit clerk, except the circuit clerk in any city not within a county, in addition to any other compensation provided by law, shall receive five thousand dollars per year beginning January 1, 1997. Such compensation shall be payable in equal installments in the same manner and at the same time as other compensation is paid to the circuit clerk.  3. For every year beginning July 1, 1998, the amount of increased compensation established in subsection 2 of this section shall be adjusted by any salary adjustment authorized pursuant to section 476.405. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 719, A.L. 1999 S.B. 291, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 483.165 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.165 - Nonfeasance or misfeasance, misdemeanor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.165. Nonfeasance or misfeasance, misdemeanor. — If any clerk shall knowingly and willfully do any act contrary to the duties of his office, or shall knowingly and willfully fail to perform any act or duty required of him by law, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13300)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11681; 1919 § 2125; 1909 § 2688
MO Rev Stat § 483.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.170 - Duty of court when clerk is charged with misdemeanor in office — notice — temporary clerk during suspension.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.170. Duty of court when clerk is charged with misdemeanor in office — notice — temporary clerk during suspension. — 1. When any court shall believe from its own knowledge or from information secured from others given to the court under oath or affirmation, that the clerk of the court has committed some act or acts constituting a misdemeanor in office, the court shall give notice thereof, stating the charge or charges against such clerk, to the attorney general of the state or the prosecuting attorney of the county, requiring him to prosecute the same; and such court may by order of record suspend such clerk from office until a trial upon such charge or charges can be had.  2. Pending such suspension, the court shall appoint some person possessing the qualifications required for the regular clerks of such court to act and perform the duties of the clerk of said court. Before entering upon the duties of his office such temporary clerk shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation and give bond as required for clerks of said courts. Such temporary clerk shall possess the same powers and perform the same duties as provided for clerks of the court to which they are appointed, and shall continue in office until the regular clerk of such court shall resume his office, or his successor shall be duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.  3. Provided, however, that when the court shall prefer charges against the clerk of any court as herein provided the said clerk shall remain in possession of and continue to perform the duties of this office by giving bond to the state with at least two solvent sureties, the amount of said bond to be fixed and the bond to be approved by the chief or presiding judge of the court, conditioned that said clerk and his sureties shall pay all costs, damages and fines which may be assessed against him upon his trial; and if said clerk shall fail to furnish said bond within fifteen days after receiving notice to do so, his suspension shall become fully effective and he shall surrender up his said office to the temporary clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13301, A.L. 1945 p. 663, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11682; 1919 § 2126; 1909 § 2689  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.175 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.175 - Duty of attorney general or prosecuting attorney — notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.175. Duty of attorney general or prosecuting attorney — notice. — Whenever the attorney general or prosecuting attorney shall be required to prosecute charges against any clerk, he shall make out each charge in due form, and cause a copy thereof to be served on him, together with a notice requiring him to appear before the court, on some day in term time, to be specified in such notice, and answer the said charges. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13302)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11683; 1919 § 2127; 1909 § 2690
MO Rev Stat § 483.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.180 - Notice and copy of charges to be delivered — witnesses summoned.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.180. Notice and copy of charges to be delivered — witnesses summoned. — Such notice and a copy of the charges shall be delivered to such clerk thirty days at least before the day so appointed, and the attorney general or prosecuting attorney shall file such charges in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the clerk's office is located, and shall cause witnesses to be summoned to support the same, and shall prosecute such charges with all convenient speed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13303, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11684; 1919 § 2128; 1909 § 2691  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.190 - Trial by the court or a jury.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.190. Trial by the court or a jury. — A jury may be summoned to try the truth of the charges, if they are denied, or the whole matter may be submitted to the court for its determination. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13305)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11686; 1919 § 2130; 1909 § 2693
MO Rev Stat § 483.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.195 - Clerk found guilty, removed and fined.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.195. Clerk found guilty, removed and fined. — If any clerk against whom charges shall be exhibited as aforesaid shall be found guilty thereof, he shall be removed from his office, and be fined at the discretion of the court in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars to the use of the state; and he shall pay all the costs of the proceedings. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13306, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11687; 1919 § 2131; 1909 § 2694  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.200 - If clerk acquitted, reinstatement — costs.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.200. If clerk acquitted, reinstatement — costs. — If any such clerk shall be acquitted, he shall be reinstated in his office, and the state shall pay the cost. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13307, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11688; 1919 § 2132; 1909 § 2695  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.205 - Additional proceedings by indictment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.205. Additional proceedings by indictment. — In addition to the mode herein provided, any clerk may, for any misdemeanor in office, be removed and otherwise punished by indictment in the circuit court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13308)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11689; 1919 § 2133; 1909 § 2696
MO Rev Stat § 483.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.210 - Clerk's successor to receive all records of office.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   483.210. Clerk's successor to receive all records of office. — If any clerk die, resign or be removed, he or his executors or administrators shall deliver all records, books, papers, files, seals and other things belonging to his office to his successor as soon as appointed, who shall take charge of the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13309)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11690; 1919 § 2134; 1909 § 2697
MO Rev Stat § 483.225 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.225 - Office, where kept.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.225. Office, where kept. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or provisions of supreme court rules, the clerk of the supreme court shall keep his office in the supreme court building at Jefferson City and other personnel which the supreme court is authorized to appoint pursuant to section 477.005 may keep their offices in the supreme court building. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13272, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11653; 1919 § 2099; 1909 § 2664  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.235 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.235 - Liable on bond for acts of his deputies.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.235. Liable on bond for acts of his deputies. — The clerk of the supreme court shall be liable on his official bond for the acts of his deputies in the discharge of their duties as such. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13280, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11661; 1919 § 2107; 1909 § 2670  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.240 - Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities — exceptions.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   483.240. Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities — exceptions. — 1. Each circuit clerk shall have administrative control over, and be responsible for, the safekeeping of the records of the circuit court of each county or of the city of St. Louis, except for the following:  (1) Records in probate divisions;  (2) Records in cases while they are pending in divisions presided over by an associate circuit judge; provided, however, this subdivision (2) shall not apply to cases pending before associate circuit judges in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis;  (3) Records in cases while they are pending in the municipal divisions; and  (4) Records of the traffic violation bureaus.  2. Associate circuit judges and judges of the probate divisions who are authorized to appoint division clerks shall have administrative control over the division clerks they appoint and the records of their divisions. With respect to divisions which are staffed by division clerks rather than by the circuit clerk or deputy circuit clerks, the judge appointing the division clerks for that division shall designate a chief division clerk who shall be primarily responsible for the safekeeping of the records of that division. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.241 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.241 - Other clerks, duties.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.241. Other clerks, duties. — 1. Deputy circuit clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit clerk to perform those duties for which the circuit clerk has general administrative control.  2. Division clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit court to perform the recordkeeping functions of the circuit court for which the circuit clerk does not have general administrative control, except with respect to records in cases while they pend in municipal divisions or in a traffic violations bureau maintained by a municipality. Division clerks shall be under the administrative control of the judge who appoints them.  3. Municipal clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit court to perform the recordkeeping functions in the municipal divisions.  4. Municipal clerks shall perform the clerical functions in the traffic violation bureaus in those municipalities which have a municipal judge or judges. Clerical personnel of the municipality shall perform the clerical functions of the traffic violation bureaus in those municipalities which have no municipal judges. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.246 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.246 - Municipal clerks, selection, tenure, compensation — limitation on compensation.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   483.246. Municipal clerks, selection, tenure, compensation — limitation on compensation. — The selection, tenure and compensation of municipal clerks shall be as provided by the municipality involved; provided, however, that the compensation of municipal clerks shall not be predicated upon the amount of fines levied or the number of guilty pleas or adjudications of guilt in causes processed through the municipal divisions or the traffic violations bureaus which they serve. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 483.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.260 - Clerk to employ attorney (St. Louis City).

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   483.260. Clerk to employ attorney (St. Louis City). — The clerk of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis may employ an attorney or attorneys to aid and advise him in the discharge of his duties, to render independent legal advice and services and to represent him in court. The attorneys employed by the clerk shall receive in the aggregate as compensation for their services twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, payable out of the state treasury in installments as certified by the circuit clerk. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 746 § 4, A.L. 1959 S.B. 164, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.)  (1986) The small amount of pay allowed by this section indicates that it is intended as an allowance for extraordinary legal needs, not day-to-day staff attorneys. Bauer v. Bosley, 802 F.2d 1058 (8th Cir.).
MO Rev Stat § 483.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.270 - Certain abstract of judgments to be continued (St. Louis City).

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   483.270. Certain abstract of judgments to be continued (St. Louis City). — The clerk of said circuit court shall keep in his office the abstract of judgments kept by the clerk of the St. Louis land court prior to January 1, 1866 in pursuance of "the act to establish a land court in St. Louis county, and for other purposes", approved December 12, 1855 (RSMo 1855 p. 1592), and shall enter therein all judgments rendered by said circuit court, and shall perform all other duties in relation to said abstract which shall have theretofore been performed by or incumbent upon the clerk of said land court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2227, A. 1949 S.B. 1145)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2125; 1919 § 2628; 1909 § 4161
MO Rev Stat § 483.312 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.312 - Security required for deposit of funds in circuit court registry.

Effective - 01 Jul 1997   483.312. Security required for deposit of funds in circuit court registry. — 1. Whenever any funds subject to section 483.310 placed in the registry of the circuit court in any county, and in cities now having or which hereafter have six hundred thousand inhabitants or more, are deposited in a banking institution, the funds in excess of the amount, if any, of federal deposit insurance carried by said banking institution under the law as it now exists or as it may be hereafter amended, shall be secured by the depositary by the deposit of securities of the character prescribed by section 30.270 for the security of funds deposited by the state treasurer under the provisions of section 30.240.  2. The securities shall have a constant value equal to the excess of the deposit over the federal deposit insurance, if any, and at the option of the depositary banking institution, be delivered to the clerk, or be deposited with such disinterested banking institution or safe depositary as trustee as may be satisfactory to both parties to the depositary agreement.  3. The rights and duties of the several parties to the depositary contract shall be the same as those of the state and the depositary banking institution respectively under section 30.270. If a depositary banking institution deposits the bonds or securities with a trustee as above provided, and the clerk gives notice in writing to the trustee that there has been a breach of the depositary contract and makes demand in writing on the trustee for the securities, or any part thereof, then the trustee shall forthwith surrender to the clerk a sufficient amount of the securities as may fully protect the depositor from loss and the trustee shall thereby be discharged of all further responsibility in respect to the securities so surrendered. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 362 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 28, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)  Effective 7-01-97
MO Rev Stat § 483.355 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.355 - Circuit clerk of Lewis County — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   483.355. Circuit clerk of Lewis County — duties. — The circuit clerk of Lewis County shall attend the circuit court at Canton in person, or by deputy, and perform such duties in respect to said court as is or may be required of the clerks of the circuit courts of this state, for which he shall receive the same fees as are now or may be provided by law for similar services in like courts of record. He shall procure and keep a seal to be used as the seal of said court. He shall keep an office in said town of Canton to be provided by the board of trustees of said town, and shall put the same in charge of a deputy, for whose acts he shall be responsible, and who shall have the same care and management of all books and papers pertaining to said court, and exercise the powers and perform all the duties of his office in the absence of his principal. ­­-------- (L. 1897 p. 60 § 6, A. 1949 S.B. 1145)
MO Rev Stat § 483.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.360 - Clerk to file judgments at Lewis County seat.

Effective - 28 Aug 1897   483.360. Clerk to file judgments at Lewis County seat. — It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk, on or before the adjournment of any term of said court, to make and certify under the seal of said court an abstract of any judgment or decree rendered therein, and all liens and notices of same filed therein (within twenty-four hours after the filing of such liens and notices) and file and record the same in a book to be kept for that purpose in his office at the county seat of said county, for which he shall receive a fee of one dollar, to be taxed as costs in the case; said abstract shall contain the names of all the parties, plaintiffs and defendants, the amount of such judgment or nature of such decree, against whom and in favor of whom rendered, and the date thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1897 p. 60 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 483.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.390 - Papers may be recorded in office of clerk of circuit court — fee charged.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   483.390. Papers may be recorded in office of clerk of circuit court — fee charged. — 1. In all civil actions any party interested therein may, upon payment of the fees, have any or all of the following papers recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which such action is brought: Petitions, summons, affidavit for publication of notice to nonresident or unknown defendants, sheriff's, or other officer's, return of service to summons, proof of publication of notices to nonresident or unknown defendants, answers, motions, notices of sale of property involved and proof of its publication, return of sale by any sheriff, commissioner, or other officer, in case of sale of real estate, affidavit of commissioner, notice to parties by commissioner in partition, and any other paper or pleading tending to show the service on the defendants for their appearance in such case.  2. The clerk of the circuit court shall charge the sum of ten cents per one hundred words for the recording of papers as provided in this section, which sum shall be paid into the county treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13296, A.L. 1945 p. 662)  Prior revision: 1929 § 11677
MO Rev Stat § 483.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records|Section 483.420 - Circuit clerk, office (Cape Girardeau County).

Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories   483.420. Circuit clerk, office (Cape Girardeau County). — The circuit clerk of Cape Girardeau County may maintain and staff offices at the courthouses in Jackson and Cape Girardeau. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2011 H.B. 340)