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MO Rev Stat § 600.021 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.021 - Public defenders, appointment, terms, qualifications, restrictions — compensation of defenders and employees — offices, where established — private attorneys, services authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   600.021. Public defenders, appointment, terms, qualifications, restrictions — compensation of defenders and employees — offices, where established — private attorneys, services authorized. — 1. The commission shall employ persons to be public defenders for a term of four years. A public defender shall employ such persons to be assistant public defenders, deputy public defenders, investigators, and any other employees as are necessary to discharge the function of the office, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the employing public defender. Circuit and regional public defenders holding office on April 1, 1982, shall continue to hold such office until the expiration of their terms under the direction of the director as otherwise described in this chapter. Public defenders may be appointed to serve additional terms by the commission.  2. Public defenders, assistant public defenders, and deputy public defenders shall be attorneys, licensed to practice law in this state, and shall not otherwise engage in the practice of law except as authorized by this chapter or by commission rule. Public defenders, assistant public defenders and deputy public defenders may be employed on a full- or part-time basis.  3. The compensation of persons appointed under this section shall be fixed by the commission.  4. The commission may establish such local or regional offices as it deems necessary to properly carry out purposes of this chapter.  5. The commission may appoint, on recommendation of the director, and fix the compensation of all other personnel necessary to the operation of the state public defender system.  6. The commission may contract with private attorneys to provide defense services in such areas of the state and on such terms as it deems appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169, A.L. 1986 S.B. 451)
MO Rev Stat § 600.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.040 - Office space and utilities services, how provided — retirement system membership.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   600.040. Office space and utilities services, how provided — retirement system membership. — 1. The city or county shall provide office space and utility services, other than telephone service, for the district public defender and his or her personnel. If there is more than one county in a district, each county shall contribute, on the basis of population, its pro rata share of the costs of office space and utility services, other than telephone service. The state shall pay, within the limits of the appropriation therefor, all other expenses and costs of the state public defender system authorized under this chapter.  2. A complete budget for the state public defender system shall be provided through an annual appropriation subject to approval by the governor and the general assembly. The budget request for the state public defender system shall be approved by the commission and submitted directly to the governor and the general assembly by the director and shall not be subject to diminution or alteration by the judicial department of state government.  3. Any person who is a public defender or employee of a public defender shall be entitled to all benefits of the Missouri state employees' retirement system as defined in sections 104.310* to 104.550. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1314 § 7, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1169, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)  *Section 104.310 was repealed by H.B. 1643, et al., 1988
MO Rev Stat § 600.043 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.043 - Involuntary civil detention or commitment cases, representation by defenders prohibited.

Effective - 01 Apr 1982   600.043. Involuntary civil detention or commitment cases, representation by defenders prohibited. — The state public defender system shall not represent a person who faces a loss or deprivation of liberty pursuant to section 632.415, and nothing in sections 600.011 to 600.048 and 600.086 to 600.096 shall be construed to affect the legal representative provided to any person pursuant to section 632.415. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169)  Effective 4-01-82
MO Rev Stat § 600.044 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.044 - Legal services to be furnished by defender, dismissal from case, when, procedure.

Effective - 01 Apr 1982   600.044. Legal services to be furnished by defender, dismissal from case, when, procedure. — A defender who undertakes to represent an eligible person shall continue to do so at every stage of the case or proceeding, including the filing of a motion for new trial and the processing, briefing, and argument of an appeal, until the defender is relieved of his duties by the director or is permitted by a court to withdraw. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169)  Effective 4-01-82
MO Rev Stat § 600.048 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.048 - Right to counsel, notice posted, where, contents — request for counsel, procedure — privacy rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   600.048. Right to counsel, notice posted, where, contents — request for counsel, procedure — privacy rights. — 1. It shall be the duty of every person in charge of a jail, police station, constable's or sheriff's office, or detention facility provided by any county to post in a conspicuous place a notice stating in effect:  (1) That every person held in custody under a charge or suspicion of a crime is entitled to have a lawyer;  (2) That if any such person is held in custody in connection with any of the cases or proceedings set out in section 600.042, and wants a lawyer to represent him or her and is unable, without substantial financial hardship to self or his or her dependents, to obtain a lawyer, the state will provide a lawyer to represent him or her upon request; and  (3) That if the state provides such a lawyer, the client may be liable to the state for the cost of the services and expenses of the lawyer who handles the case if he or she is or will be able to pay all or any part of such costs.  ­­The notice shall also contain a listing of the cases and proceedings for which defender services are available under section 600.042, and the telephone number of a person or answering service to call to request that a person designated by the state public defender system visit and interview him or her, and provide further information.  2. A person who is charged or detained in any case listed in section 600.042 or who appears in court without counsel at any stage of a case, or any other person on behalf of such person, may request that legal representation be furnished to him or her by the state. The court or any person representing the state public defender system to whom such request is made shall first provide a copy of the notice referred to in subsection 1 of this section or call the posted notice to the charged or detained person's attention and permit him or her to read it or have it explained to him or her. If such person renews a request for state public defender system services, he or she shall be required to complete and sign an affidavit in accordance with section 600.086 and shall be orally informed of the punishment for intentionally falsifying such affidavit.  3. It shall be the duty of every person in charge of a jail, police station, constable's or sheriff's office, or detention facility to make a room or place available therein where any person held in custody under a charge or suspicion of a crime will be able to talk privately with his or her lawyer, lawyer's representative, or any authorized person responding to a request for an interview concerning his or her right to counsel. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)
MO Rev Stat § 600.051 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.051 - Waiver of counsel, when permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   600.051. Waiver of counsel, when permitted. — 1. Any judge of a court of competent jurisdiction may permit a waiver of counsel to be filed in any criminal case wherein a defendant may receive a jail sentence or confinement if the court first determines that defendant has made a knowledgeable and intelligent waiver of the right to assistance of counsel and the waiver is signed before and witnessed by the judge or clerk of the court, providing further that the waiver contains at least the following information which the defendant has read or which has been read to the defendant before the signing thereof:  (1) That the defendant has been charged with the offense of ______ (nature of charge must be inserted before signing);  (2) That the defendant has a right to a trial on the charge and further that the defendant has a right to a trial by a jury;  (3) That the maximum possible sentence on the charge is ______ imprisonment in jail and a fine in the amount of ______ dollars or by both imprisonment and fine. That the minimum possible sentence is ______ imprisonment in jail or by a fine in the amount of ______ dollars or by both such confinement and fine;  (4) That the defendant is aware that any recommendations by a prosecuting attorney or other prosecuting official are not binding on the judge and that any such recommendations may or may not be accepted by judge;  (5) That if defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty of the charge, the judge is most likely to impose a sentence of confinement;  (6) That, if indigent, and unable to employ an attorney, the defendant has a right to request the judge to appoint counsel to assist the defendant in his defense against the charge.  2. Such a waiver and procedure shall be required if the judge imposes an order of probation, parole or suspension of sentence whereby subsequently the defendant may be ordered confined thereunder. Whenever a judge has permitted the filing of a waiver and a plea of guilty or a finding of guilty on the charge is entered and before the imposition of a sentence of confinement (including probation, parole or suspended sentence), the judge shall determine:  (1) That if a plea of guilty has been entered, there is a factual basis for such a plea and, upon inquiry of defendant, that defendant is in fact guilty of the charge;  (2) That the defendant does not know of the existence of any witness or of any fact, circumstances or evidence which was not presented to the court, which would exonerate defendant of the charge;  (3) That upon inquiry of the prosecuting attorney there are no witnesses or evidence which would cast a reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt or defenses available to defendant not disclosed to the court. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1095 § 600.046)
MO Rev Stat § 600.062 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.062 - Acceptance of cases, no authority to limit based on caseload standards.

Effective - 02 Jul 2013   600.062. Acceptance of cases, no authority to limit based on caseload standards. — Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 600.017 and 600.042 to the contrary, neither the director nor the commission shall have the authority to limit the availability of a district office or any division director, district defender, deputy district defender, or assistant public defender to accept cases based on a determination that the office has exceeded a caseload standard. The director, commission, any division director, district defender, deputy district defender, or assistant public defender may not refuse to provide representation required under this chapter without prior approval from a court of competent jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 2013 H.B. 215)  Effective 7-02-13
MO Rev Stat § 600.064 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.064 - Private counsel, appointment of, requirements — expenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   600.064. Private counsel, appointment of, requirements — expenses. — 1. Before a circuit court judge appoints private counsel to represent an indigent defendant, the judge shall:  (1) Investigate the defendant's financial status to verify that the defendant does not have the means to obtain counsel;  (2) Provide each appointed lawyer, upon request, with an evidentiary hearing as to the propriety of the appointment, taking into consideration the lawyer's right to earn a livelihood and be free from involuntary servitude. If the judge determines after the hearing that the appointment will cause any undue hardship to the lawyer, the judge shall appoint another lawyer; and  (3) Determine whether the private counsel to be appointed possesses the necessary experience, education, and expertise in criminal defense to provide effective assistance of counsel.  2. No judge shall require a lawyer to advance personal funds in any amount for the payment of litigation expenses to prepare a proper defense for an indigent defendant.  3. If an employee of the general assembly is appointed to represent an indigent defendant during the time period beginning January first and ending June first of each year, or whenever the general assembly is in a veto session or special session or is holding out-of-session committee hearings, the judge who made the appointment shall postpone the trial and all other proceedings of any kind or nature to a date that does not fall within such time period or appoint a different lawyer who is not an employee of the general assembly to represent the defendant.  4. Private counsel appointed to represent an indigent defendant may seek payment of litigation expenses from the public defender system. Such litigation expenses shall not include counsel fees and shall be limited to those expenses approved in advance by the director as reasonably necessary for the proper defense of the defendant. ­­-------- (L. 2013 H.B. 215)
MO Rev Stat § 600.089 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.089 - Parolees to pay for representation, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   600.089. Parolees to pay for representation, when. — If the public defender commission has obtained a judgment against an offender in the custody of the department of corrections, and the offender is later paroled and becomes financially able to pay all or some part of such judgment, he shall be required, as a condition of his continued parole, to pay over to the public defender commission such amounts as he can reasonably pay, either by a single payment or by installments of reasonable amounts, in accordance with the schedule of charges for public defender services prepared pursuant to section 600.090. ­­-------- (L. 1986 S.B. 451 § 1, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)
MO Rev Stat § 600.091 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.091 - Confidentiality of defender's files, exceptions.

Effective - 01 Apr 1982   600.091. Confidentiality of defender's files, exceptions. — The files maintained by the state public defender office which relate to the handling of any case shall be considered confidential and shall not be open to inspection by any person unless authorized by law, court order, the commission, or the director. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit access by the state auditor to those records of the state public defender system needed by the state auditor to carry out the duties of his office. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169)  Effective 4-01-82
MO Rev Stat § 600.093 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.093 - Probation, payment for services may be condition.

Effective - 01 Apr 1982   600.093. Probation, payment for services may be condition. — The court may require a defendant to repay all or a part of the value of the legal services rendered by the state public defender system as a condition of probation. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169)  Effective 4-01-82
MO Rev Stat § 600.096 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.096 - Reports, documents, statements, transcripts to be furnished to defender without fee.

Effective - 01 Apr 1982   600.096. Reports, documents, statements, transcripts to be furnished to defender without fee. — An office of the state, or any department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof, including a prosecutor's office and a police department, shall furnish copies, upon request, of any reports, documents, statements or transcripts prepared by the state, or any department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof concerning a person represented by the state public defender system to the defender representing such person without charge. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1169)  Effective 4-01-82
MO Rev Stat § 600.101 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 600 - Public Defenders|Section 600.101 - Provision of office space for public defender, disputes.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   600.101. Provision of office space for public defender, disputes. — Any dispute between any county or city not within a county and the state public defender regarding office space and utility service provided or to be provided pursuant to section 600.040 may be submitted to the judicial finance commission established pursuant to section 477.600. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2016 S.B. 735)
MO Rev Stat § 610.011 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIX - Conduct of Public Business|Chapter 610 - Governmental Bodies and Records|Section 610.011 - Liberal construction of law to be public policy.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   610.011. Liberal construction of law to be public policy. — 1. It is the public policy of this state that meetings, records, votes, actions, and deliberations of public governmental bodies be open to the public unless otherwise provided by law. Sections 610.010 to 610.200 shall be liberally construed and their exceptions strictly construed to promote this public policy.  2. Except as otherwise provided by law, all public meetings of public governmental bodies shall be open to the public as set forth in section 610.020, all public records of public governmental bodies shall be open to the public for inspection and copying as set forth in sections 610.023 to 610.026, and all public votes of public governmental bodies shall be recorded as set forth in section 610.015. ­­-------- (L. 1987 S.B. 2, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1020, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 610.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIX - Conduct of Public Business|Chapter 610 - Governmental Bodies and Records|Section 610.015 - Votes, how taken.

Effective - 11 Oct 2013   *610.015. Votes, how taken. — Except as provided in section 610.021, rules authorized pursuant to Article III of the Missouri Constitution and as otherwise provided by law, all votes shall be recorded, and if a roll call is taken, as to attribute each "yea" and "nay" vote, or abstinence if not voting, to the name of the individual member of the public governmental body. Any votes taken during a closed meeting shall be taken by roll call. All public meetings shall be open to the public and public votes and public records shall be open to the public for inspection and duplication. All votes taken by roll call in meetings of a public governmental body consisting of members who are all elected, except for the Missouri general assembly and any committee established by a public governmental body, shall be cast by members of the public governmental body who are physically present and in attendance at the meeting or who are participating via videoconferencing. When it is necessary to take votes by roll call in a meeting of the public governmental body, due to an emergency of the public body, with a quorum of the members of the public body physically present and in attendance and less than a quorum of the members of the public governmental body participating via telephone, facsimile, internet, or any other voice or electronic means, the nature of the emergency of the public body justifying that departure from the normal requirements shall be stated in the minutes. Where such emergency exists, the votes taken shall be regarded as if all members were physically present and in attendance at the meeting. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 1 § 2, A.L. 1987 S.B. 2, A.L. 1993 H.B. 170, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1020, et al., A.L. 2013 S.B. 170)  *Effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. S.B. 170 was vetoed July 2, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 610.023 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIX - Conduct of Public Business|Chapter 610 - Governmental Bodies and Records|Section 610.023 - Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   610.023. Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure. — 1. Each public governmental body is to appoint a custodian who is to be responsible for the maintenance of that body's records. The identity and location of a public governmental body's custodian is to be made available upon request.  2. Each public governmental body shall make available for inspection and copying by the public of that body's public records. No person shall remove original public records from the office of a public governmental body or its custodian without written permission of the designated custodian. No public governmental body shall, after August 28, 1998, grant to any person or entity, whether by contract, license or otherwise, the exclusive right to access and disseminate any public record unless the granting of such right is necessary to facilitate coordination with, or uniformity among, industry regulators having similar authority.  3. Each request for access to a public record shall be acted upon as soon as possible, but in no event later than the end of the third business day following the date the request is received by the custodian of records of a public governmental body. If records are requested in a certain format, the public body shall provide the records in the requested format, if such format is available. If access to the public record is not granted immediately, the custodian shall give a detailed explanation of the cause for further delay and the place and earliest time and date that the record will be available for inspection. This period for document production may exceed three days for reasonable cause.  4. If a request for access is denied, the custodian shall provide, upon request, a written statement of the grounds for such denial. Such statement shall cite the specific provision of law under which access is denied and shall be furnished to the requester no later than the end of the third business day following the date that the request for the statement is received. ­­-------- (L. 1987 S.B. 2, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1020, et al.)