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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.400 - General term — business, how distributed and expedited.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
478.400. General term — business, how distributed and expedited. —
Said court may classify, arrange, distribute and assign the business thereof, and the causes instituted therein, among the several judges thereof, in such manner and at such time as the majority of such judges may from time to time prescribe by rules or orders; and each of said judges shall, at special term, attend to such business as may, under such rules or orders, be assigned to him. And said court in general term, may, by general rules, further provide for the hearing of certain motions, demurrers and applications for relief, or extraordinary remedies, by the presiding judge, or any other judge of said court, and for the assignment for trial, the reassignment and transfer of causes from one division to another of said court by the sole action of either the presiding judge, or other judge of said court, designated for such purpose by said general term.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2117; 1919 § 2620; 1909 § 4153
2023 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).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1969 p. 556 §§ 1 to 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 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.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268 § 1 merged with S.B. 352 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.434 - Fines, penalties and forfeitures, to be paid into city treasury, reports.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
*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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
*Formerly 479.300.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.435 - Register to furnish names of collectors to court.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
*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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
*Formerly 479.310.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.437 - Circuit No. 21, number of judges.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 08 Jul 2014, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.450 - To make rules for numbering, assignment and transfer of cases.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 01 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 522 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.463 - Circuit No. 16, number of judges, divisions — where divisions to sit.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.464 - Associate circuit divisions numbered — divisions to sit, where — (Jackson County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 08 Jul 2014, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 869 § 478.321, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)
Effective 7-08-14
2023 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).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 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).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.467 - Court may make rules for distribution of cases.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.469 - Appeals from municipal judges, where heard.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1142 & 894)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.475 - Sales of real estate at courthouse door.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.483 - Jurisdiction as to mechanic's liens.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.513 - Circuit No. 31, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 08 Jul 2014, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.527 - Circuit No. 29, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1901 p. 120 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.528 - Family court commissioner position.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• 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.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.530 - Court may make rules for distribution, transfer of cases.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
*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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
*Formerly 478.537.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.550 - Circuit No. 23, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — family court commissioner and treatment court commissioner to become associate circuit judge positions, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
478.550. Circuit No. 23, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — family court commissioner and treatment court commissioner to become associate circuit judge positions, when. —
1. There shall be four circuit judges in the twenty-third judicial circuit consisting of the county of Jefferson. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three and four. Beginning on January 1, 2007, there shall be six circuit judges in the twenty-third judicial district and these judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three, four, five, and six. The division eleven associate circuit judge position and the division twelve associate circuit judge shall become circuit judge positions beginning January 1, 2007. The division eleven associate circuit judge shall be numbered as division five and the division twelve associate circuit judge shall be numbered as division six.
2. The circuit judge in division three shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judges in divisions one and four shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1984. The circuit judges in divisions five and six shall be elected for a six-year term in 2006.
3. Beginning January 1, 2007, the family court commissioner position in the twenty-third judicial district appointed under section 487.020 shall become an associate circuit judge position in all respects and shall be designated as division eleven. This position may retain the duties and responsibilities with regard to the family court. The associate circuit judge in division eleven shall be elected in 2006 for a full four-year term. This associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320.
4. Beginning January 1, 2007, the treatment court commissioner position in the twenty-third judicial district appointed under section 478.003 shall become an associate circuit judge position in all respects and shall be designated as division twelve. This position may retain the duties and responsibilities with regard to the treatment court. The associate circuit judge in division twelve shall be elected in 2006 for a full four-year term. This associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320.
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(L. 1965 p. 645 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1122, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1581, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344, A.L. 2018 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)
Effective 12-18-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.570 - Circuit No. 17, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
478.570. Circuit No. 17, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the seventeenth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Cass and Johnson. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982.
3. Beginning on January 1, 2006
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, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge position in Cass County than is provided under section 478.320.
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(L. 1967 p. 652 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 420 & 344)
*Year "2007" appears in original rolls of S.B. 420 & 344, 2005.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.577 - Circuit No. 46, number of judges — election, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 18 Feb 2016, see footnote
478.577. Circuit No. 46, number of judges — election, when. —
Beginning January 1, 2017, there shall be one circuit judge in the forty-sixth judicial circuit who shall be elected in 2016 for a two-year term and thereafter in 2018 for a full six-year term.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 585)
Effective 2-18-16
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.610 - Circuit No. 13, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — additional associate circuit judge for Boone County, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories
478.610. Circuit No. 13, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — additional associate circuit judge for Boone County, when. —
1. There shall be three circuit judges in the thirteenth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Boone and Callaway. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two and three. Beginning on January 1, 2007, there shall be four circuit judges in the thirteenth judicial circuit and these judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three, and four.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judges in divisions one and three shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division four shall be elected in 2006 for a two-year term and thereafter in 2008 for a full six-year term.
3. Beginning August 28, 2001, there shall be one more additional associate circuit judge position in Boone County than is provided pursuant to section 478.320.
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(L. 1969 p. 557 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.620 - Records of former Sturgeon court of common pleas, transfer and keeping of.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
478.620. Records of former Sturgeon court of common pleas, transfer and keeping of. —
All records, filings, materials, and papers of every kind and nature belonging to the former court of common pleas of Sturgeon, Boone county, Missouri, shall be transferred to the circuit court of the thirteenth judicial circuit located in Columbia, Missouri. The circuit clerk of Boone County shall receive, keep, and preserve all those records, filings, materials, and papers along with the records of his circuit court, and these records shall become a permanent part of the records of the circuit court at Columbia. The circuit clerk is further authorized to issue certified copies of any of the records of the common pleas court of Sturgeon, Missouri, in the same manner as he issues certified copies of the circuit court, and all courts of this state shall recognize such certified copies as if made by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1969 p. 558 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.625 - Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
478.625. Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. Beginning on January 1, 2003, there shall be three circuit judges in the nineteenth judicial circuit consisting of the county of Cole.
2. One circuit judge shall be first elected in 1982. The second circuit judge shall be first elected in 1984. The third circuit judge shall be first elected in 2002.
3. Effective January 1, 2021, in compliance with section 478.320, there shall be two associate circuit judges in Cole County. The second associate circuit judge shall be first elected in 2020.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 219 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 871)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.630 - Circuit No. 20, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
478.630. Circuit No. 20, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the twentieth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Franklin, Gasconade and Osage. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 964 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.690 - Circuit No. 24, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
478.690. Circuit No. 24, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-fourth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Madison, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judges in divisions one and two shall be elected in 1982.
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(L. 1976 H.B. 1581 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1991 S.B. 165)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.700 - Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
478.700. Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Texas. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 69, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.705 - Circuit No. 26, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
478.705. Circuit No. 26, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be three circuit judges in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Camden, Laclede, Miller, Moniteau and Morgan. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, and three.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982. The governor shall appoint a judge for division three and notwithstanding the provisions of section 105.030, that judge shall serve until January 1, 2021. A judge for division three shall be elected in 2020.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1091, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2016 S.B. 578)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.710 - Circuit No. 32, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
478.710. Circuit No. 32, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-second judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Perry, Bollinger and Cape Girardeau. These judges shall sit in two divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1984.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 72 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1991 S.B. 165)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.711 - Circuit court, where may be held — probate division, where offices may be maintained.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011
478.711. Circuit court, where may be held — probate division, where offices may be maintained. —
1. Within Cape Girardeau County the circuit court may hold court in the courthouses at Jackson and at Cape Girardeau, and while holding court at Jackson may be known as the "Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County at Jackson" and while holding court at Cape Girardeau may be known as the "Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County at Cape Girardeau". All matters which are handled by circuit judges or associate circuit judges of the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County may be handled at either of the locations.
2. The probate division of the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County may maintain an office at the courthouse in Jackson and an office at the courthouse in Cape Girardeau.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2011 H.B. 340)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.715 - Circuit No. 42, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
478.715. Circuit No. 42, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the forty-second judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Crawford, Dent, Iron, Reynolds and Wayne. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1984.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 72 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.716 - Treatment court commissioner position.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
478.716. Treatment court commissioner position. —
Beginning January 1, 2007, there is hereby created a state-funded treatment court commissioner position in the forty-second judicial circuit.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 4, A.L. 2018 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)
Effective 12-18-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.730 - Circuit No. 44, judge appointed, elected when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
Effective - 01 Jan 1982, see footnote
478.730. Circuit No. 44, judge appointed, elected when. —
There shall be one circuit judge in the forty-fourth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Douglas, Ozark, and Wright. The first judge to sit in this circuit shall be appointed by the governor on January 1, 1982, and shall serve until his successor is duly elected in 1982 and takes office on the first Monday in January of 1983.
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(L. 1981 S.B. 24)
Effective 1-01-82
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.740 - Circuit No. 38, number of judges — number of divisions — election dates.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
Effective - 08 Jul 2014, see footnote
478.740. Circuit No. 38, number of judges — number of divisions — election dates. —
1. There shall be two circuit judges in the thirty-eighth judicial circuit. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 2016, and such judicial position shall not be considered vacant or filled until January 1, 2017. The judge in division one shall be elected in 2018.
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(L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621)
Effective 7-08-14
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 478 - Circuit Courts › Section 478.750 - Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 478
Effective - 01 Jan 1982, see footnote
478.750. Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election. —
1. As of January 1, 1983, there shall be two circuit judges in the forty-third judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Clinton, Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, and DeKalb. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. A circuit judge shall be elected for each division in 1982. Candidates for the office of circuit judge shall file by division.
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(L. 1981 S.B. 24)
Effective 1-01-82
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts › Section 479.010 - Violation of municipal ordinances, jurisdiction.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 479
Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
479.010. Violation of municipal ordinances, jurisdiction. —
Violations of municipal ordinances shall be heard and determined only before divisions of the circuit court as hereinafter provided in this chapter.
"Heard and determined"
, for purposes of this chapter, shall mean any process under which the court in question retains the final authority to make factual determinations pertaining to allegations of a municipal ordinance violation, including, but not limited to, the use of a system of administrative adjudication as provided in section 479.011, preliminary to a determination by appeal to the court in question.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2007 H.B. 795 merged with S.B. 22)
(1990) Mayor's commission on human rights and community relations has no jurisdiction to hear and determine an allegation of a violation of a city ordinance by reason of Mo. const. art. V., sec. 23, therefore commission's order is null, void, of no effect, and for naught. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. v. Mayor's Commission on Human Rights of the City of Springfield, 791 S.W.2d 382 (Mo. banc).
(2010) City of Springfield's administrative proceeding to challenge ticket issued by automated traffic control system for running a red light is void under section. City of Springfield v. Belt, 307 S.W.3d 649 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts › Section 479.030 - Municipalities, notification of circuit clerk — judges in office, terms.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 479
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
479.030. Municipalities, notification of circuit clerk — judges in office, terms. —
1. Every municipality with a population of less than four hundred thousand which makes provision for a municipal judge or judges shall notify in writing the circuit clerk of the county in which the municipality or major geographical portion thereof is located before the municipal judge or judges hear and determine any cases; provided, however, that until March 1, 1979, municipal judges may hear and determine cases prior to such notification.
2. Judges of municipal courts in office on January 1, 1979, may serve out the terms which they are then serving as municipal judges of the circuit court if the municipality makes provision for the office of a municipal judge even though such judge may not meet the requirements of subsections 3, 7 and 8 of section 479.020.
3. Each judge of a municipal court in a city with a population of over four hundred thousand who is in office on January 1, 1979, and who is a full-time judge, shall become a municipal judge for that city without action being required on the part of the city, shall serve out the term for which he was selected, and subject to the provisions of chapter 479, shall be eligible for retention in office at the end of such term under the provisions of any plan of merit retention for municipal court judges in effect on January 1, 1979, which shall be deemed to be continued in effect without action on the part of the city.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts › Section 479.050 - Municipalities may establish traffic violation bureau, procedure, costs.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 479
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
479.050. Municipalities may establish traffic violation bureau, procedure, costs. —
The municipal judge or judges, or, in those municipalities where the violations of municipal ordinances are heard and determined by an associate circuit judge, or judges, the associate circuit judge, or judges, may establish a traffic violations bureau in any municipality, and shall establish such a bureau when a request therefor is made by the governing body of the municipality. The traffic violations bureau shall operate under the supervision of the circuit court and those judges regularly hearing and determining municipal ordinance violation cases of the particular municipality and shall be operated in accordance with the rules of the supreme court and the rules of the circuit court. All expenses incident to the operation of the traffic violations bureau, including salaries of clerical personnel, shall be paid by the municipality. The municipality shall provide suitable quarters for the traffic violations bureau; and all fines and costs shall be paid into the municipal treasury; provided, however, that when a municipality's ordinance violation cases are heard and determined by an associate circuit judge, or judges, provision may be made by circuit court rule for a traffic violation bureau to be operated by the staff available to the associate circuit judge and in such case fines and costs shall be paid over and distributed as provided in subsection 2 of section 479.080.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts › Section 479.060 - Clerks, courtroom, other employees — municipalities to provide for, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 479
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
479.060. Clerks, courtroom, other employees — municipalities to provide for, when. —
1. Where municipal violations are to be tried before a municipal judge or judges, the governing body of the municipality shall provide by ordinance for a clerk or clerks and such other nonjudicial personnel as may be required for the proper functioning of the municipal division or divisions and shall provide a suitable courtroom in which to hold court. The salaries of the judges, clerks and other nonjudicial personnel and other expenses incidental to the operation of the municipal divisions shall be paid by the municipality.
2. Where the violations of municipal ordinances are heard and determined by an associate circuit judge and, at the request of the municipality, the associate circuit judge sits at the municipality rather than in the courtroom provided by the county, the municipality shall provide a suitable courtroom in which to hold court.
3. Where the violations of municipal ordinances are heard and determined by an associate circuit judge and, at the request of the municipality, a clerk or clerks or other nonjudicial personnel are located in the municipality rather than at the courthouse provided by the county, the salaries of such personnel and other expenses incidental to the operation of their offices shall be paid by the municipality.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 479 - Municipal Courts and Traffic Courts › Section 479.070 - Duties and powers of municipal judge.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 479
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories, see footnote
479.070. Duties and powers of municipal judge. —
The municipal judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He shall keep a docket in which he shall enter every case commenced before him and the proceeding therein and he shall keep such other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records of the circuit court. The municipal judge shall deliver said docket and records and all books and papers pertaining to his office to his successor in office or to the presiding judge of the circuit. The municipal judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him, and may fine or imprison for contempt committed before such judge while holding court, in the same manner and to the same extent as a circuit judge.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79