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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.430 - Mileage — maximum amount — computed how — statement to be filed, contents (third and fourth class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
57.430. Mileage — maximum amount — computed how — statement to be filed, contents (third and fourth class counties). —
1. In addition to the salary provided in sections 57.390
*
and 57.400
*
, the county commission shall allow the sheriffs and their deputies, payable at the end of each month out of the county treasury, actual and necessary expenses for each mile traveled in serving warrants or any other criminal process at the rate prescribed in this subsection, and actual expenses for each mile traveled, at the rate prescribed in this subsection, in the performance of their official duties in connection with the investigation of persons accused of or convicted of a criminal offense. When mileage is allowed, it shall be computed from the place where court is usually held, and when court is usually held at one or more places, such mileage shall be computed from the place from which the sheriff or deputy sheriff travels in performing any service. When two or more persons who are summoned, subpoenaed, or served with any process, writ, or notice, in the same action, live in the same general direction, mileage shall be allowed only for summoning, subpoenaing or serving of the most remote. The rate for mileage reimbursement pursuant to this section shall be equal to the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile.
2. At the end of each month, the sheriff and each deputy shall file with the county commission an accurate and itemized statement, in writing, showing in detail the miles traveled by such officer, the date of each trip, the nature of the business engaged in during each trip, and the places to and from which he has traveled. Such statement shall be signed by the officer making claim for reimbursement, verified by his affidavit, and filed by him with the county commission. Whenever claim for reimbursement is made by a deputy, his statement shall also be approved in writing by the sheriff. The county commission shall examine every claim filed for reimbursement, and if found correct, the county shall pay to the officer entitled thereto, the amount found due as mileage.
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(L. 1945 p. 1547 § 5, L. 1945 p. 1562 § 5, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1951 p. 382, A.L. 1961 p. 299, A.L. 1965 p. 169, A.L. 1974 S.B. 378, A.L. 1979 S.B. 316, A.L. 1982 H.B. 907 & 1497, A.L. 1984 S.B. 419, A.L. 1991 S.B. 250, A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268)
*Sections 57.390 and 57.400 were repealed by S.B. 65, et al., 1987.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Higher mileage allowance to be paid by county, when, 50.333
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.440 - Travel expense to be paid monthly.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1959
57.440. Travel expense to be paid monthly. —
Claims for reimbursement for travel shall be submitted to the county commission monthly and paid at the end of the month by warrant drawn on the county treasury by the county commission.
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(L. 1945 p. 1547 § 7, L. 1945 p. 1562 § 7, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1957 p. 322, A.L. 1959 S.B. 68)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.445 - Living quarters (second, third and fourth class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
57.445. Living quarters (second, third and fourth class counties). —
In all counties of the second, third and fourth classes, the county commission may provide living quarters for the sheriff, in addition to the compensation authorized by law.
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(L. 1955 p. 352)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.450 - Laws applicable — enforcement of general criminal laws, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
57.450. Laws applicable — enforcement of general criminal laws, when. —
All general laws relating and applicable to the sheriffs of the several counties of this state shall apply to the same officer in the City of St. Louis, except that the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall not enforce the general criminal laws of the state of Missouri unless such enforcement shall be incidental to the duties customarily performed by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis. The sheriff and sworn deputies of the office of sheriff of the City of St. Louis may be eligible for training and licensure by the peace officer standards and training commission under chapter 590, and such office shall be considered a law enforcement agency with the sheriff and sworn deputies considered law enforcement officers. All acts and parts of acts providing for any legal process to be directed to any sheriff of any county shall be so construed as to mean the sheriff of the City of St. Louis as if such officer were specifically named in such act.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15671, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716 merged with S.B. 781, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with S.B. 652)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14723
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.452 - St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 25 May 1989, see footnote
57.452. St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements. —
The provisions of section 590.180 shall not apply to any elected or appointed sheriff of a
*
city not within a county.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 196 § 57.447)
Effective 5-25-89
*Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.460 - Bond, by whom approved.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
57.460. Bond, by whom approved. —
The official bond of said sheriff shall be in such sum as is prescribed by law, and shall be approved by the presiding judge of the St. Louis circuit court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15666, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14718
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.470 - Process of courts in St. Louis City directed to sheriff of St. Louis City for service — exception.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
57.470. Process of courts in St. Louis City directed to sheriff of St. Louis City for service — exception. —
All process of the circuit court in said City of St. Louis, except the municipal divisions thereof, shall be directed to and executed by the sheriff of said city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15667, A. 1949 H.B. 2015, A.L. 1976 S.B. 658, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14719
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.475 - To investigate certain deputies for circuit court.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
57.475. To investigate certain deputies for circuit court. —
Whenever the appointment of deputies and assistants is required by law to be approved by the circuit or associate circuit judges of the City of St. Louis, and an investigation or examination of the applicants is caused to be made by such judges, the sheriff of the city of St. Louis shall conduct the examination or investigation.
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(L. 1957 p. 330 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.490 - To make itemized statement of fees.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.490. To make itemized statement of fees. —
All fees earned by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, during any calendar month, shall be paid into the treasury of the city of St. Louis on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month. He shall keep a complete itemized account of all such fees, and of all expenses incurred by him in the discharge of the duties of his office. He shall file with the comptroller of said city on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, in such form as the comptroller may direct, itemized statements of all said fees, commissions and emoluments collected by him, and also an itemized statement of all taxed and unpaid fees due and payable to the sheriff at the close of each of the above mentioned quarterly periods, together with an itemized statement of all expenses incurred by him. All of his books of record and of accounts shall be open to inspection by the comptroller at all reasonable times, and they shall be examined and audited by the comptroller at least once a month.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15672)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14724
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.500 - Bondsmen liable, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.500. Bondsmen liable, when. —
The City of St. Louis may sue for and recover any and all sums of money payable into the treasury thereof by the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, for the payment of which said sums, the said sheriff and the sureties on his official bond shall also be liable.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15678)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14730
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.510 - Office and supplies furnished.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.510. Office and supplies furnished. —
The City of St. Louis, through its comptroller, shall provide suitable offices and furnishings for the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, and through its supply commissioner shall purchase all necessary supplies for said sheriff. All such supplies shall be furnished upon requisition of the sheriff of the city of St. Louis, which shall be approved by the comptroller.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15676)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14728
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.520 - Expense paid out of city treasury.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.520. Expense paid out of city treasury. —
All the necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff of the city of St. Louis in the conduct of the duties of his office, shall, upon his requisition, approved by the comptroller, be paid out of the treasury of the City of St. Louis.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15677)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14729
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.530 - May appoint deputies and fix compensation, limits.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
57.530. May appoint deputies and fix compensation, limits. —
The sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall, with the approval of a majority of the circuit judges of the circuit court of said city, appoint as many deputies and assistants as may be necessary to perform the duties of his office, and fix the compensation for their services, which compensation, however, shall not in any case exceed the annual rate of compensation fixed by the board of aldermen of the City of St. Louis therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15673, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14725
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.540 - Attorney — compensation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
57.540. Attorney — compensation. —
The sheriff of the City of St. Louis may employ an attorney at law to aid and advise him in the discharge of his duties and to represent him in court, which said attorney shall be known as "sheriff's attorney", and who shall receive as compensation for his services as such sheriff's attorney a sum of not less than three thousand dollars and not more than fifteen thousand dollars per annum, payable in semimonthly installments out of the same funds and revenue as the sheriff of such city is paid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15674, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716)
Prior revision: 1929 § 14718
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.550 - Salary for sheriff and deputies.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
57.550. Salary for sheriff and deputies. —
Beginning January 1, 1998, the sheriff of the city of St. Louis shall receive for his or her services the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars per annum, and beginning January 1, 1999, the sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall receive for the sheriff's services the sum of seventy-two thousand six hundred dollars per annum. Beginning January 1, 2000, the compensation of the sheriff of the city of St. Louis may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of the City of St. Louis as approved by the board of aldermen of such city. Said sum and the compensation of his or her deputies and assistants shall be paid out of the treasury of the City of St. Louis in equal semimonthly installments. For additional duties hereunder imposed, the sheriff shall mail all petit jury summons.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15675, A.L. 1963 p. 114, A.L. 1972 S.B. 569, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 748)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.570 - Highway patrol authorized — rules.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
57.570. Highway patrol authorized — rules. —
The sheriff in all counties of class one now or hereafter having more than five hundred thousand inhabitants and not having a charter form of government, with the approval of the county commission, may create a force consisting of a superintendent and other officers, sergeants, patrolmen and radio personnel to be known as the county highway patrol. The sheriff shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline, make all administrative rules and regulations and fix the hours of duty for members of the patrol.
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(L. 1955 p. 372 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.580 - Patrol to police highways and protect county employees.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
57.580. Patrol to police highways and protect county employees. —
The county highway patrol shall police the highways constructed and maintained by the county and enforce all laws designed to protect and safeguard such highways. The patrol shall protect employees of the county when engaged in maintenance and construction work and shall notify the county highway department of any dangerous condition existing on county highways.
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(L. 1955 p. 372 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.590 - Offices, clerical assistance, equipment, supplies, provided by county — cooperation with police.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
57.590. Offices, clerical assistance, equipment, supplies, provided by county — cooperation with police. —
The county commission shall provide suitable offices for the sheriff to use for highway patrol purposes which shall be open at all times and be in charge of the sheriff. The sheriff, with the approval of the county commission, shall employ the clerical force, radio operators, and other subordinates, and shall provide the office equipment, stationery, postage, supplies, telegraph and telephone facilities as he shall deem necessary. The county highway patrol radio network shall be under the control of and at the service of the sheriff for the regular and emergency bulletins and service the sheriff may require from time to time and shall cooperate with other law enforcement agencies.
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(L. 1955 p. 372 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.600 - Salaries and expenses paid from county aid road fund.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
57.600. Salaries and expenses paid from county aid road fund. —
All salaries and expenses of members of the patrol and all expenditures for vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and salaries of subordinates and clerical force and all other expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the patrol in the protection of roads and bridges maintained and constructed from the county road and bridge funds, in the regulation of traffic on highways maintained and constructed by the county shall be paid monthly by the county treasurer out of county road and bridge funds at the end of each month by warrant drawn by the county commission upon the county treasury.
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(L. 1955 p. 372 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.949 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
57.949. Definitions. —
As used in sections 57.949 to 57.997, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words and terms shall mean:
(1)
"Annuity"
, annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for, in, or authorized by, the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997;
(2)
"Average final compensation"
, the average of a member's compensation for his three highest paid years;
(3)
"Board of directors"
or
"board"
, the board of directors established by the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997;
(4)
"Compensation"
, all salary and other compensation payable by a county to an employee for personal services rendered as an employee, but not including travel and mileage reimbursement, uniform allowance, or housing allowance;
(5)
"County"
, each county in the state, except the City of St. Louis and those counties of the first class having a charter form of government;
(6)
"Creditable service"
, the sum of both membership service and creditable prior service;
(7)
"Effective date of the establishment of the system"
, the date the governor declares the system established pursuant to section 57.958;
(8)
"Employee"
, an elective or appointive county sheriff who is employed by a county;
(9)
"Member"
, any active sheriff of the system, any former sheriff receiving retirement benefits from the system, any former sheriff that is vested in the system but is not receiving benefits, any sheriff on disability leave, and for the purposes of section 57.968 only, any surviving spouse who receives a benefit from the system;
(10)
"Membership service"
, service as a sheriff of a county after becoming a member that is creditable in determining the amount of the member's benefits under this system;
(11)
"Prior service"
, service of a member rendered prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system which is creditable under section 57.973;
(12)
"Retirement system"
or
"system"
, the sheriffs' retirement system authorized by the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.900, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1997 S.B. 255)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.952 - Sheriffs' retirement fund — management — source — effect of insufficient funds on benefits — county payroll deduction.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
57.952. Sheriffs' retirement fund — management — source — effect of insufficient funds on benefits — county payroll deduction. —
1. There is hereby authorized a "Sheriffs' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of a board of directors described in section 57.958. The board of directors shall be responsible for the administration and the investment of the funds of such sheriffs' retirement fund. The general assembly and the governing body of a county may appropriate funds for deposit in the sheriffs' retirement fund. If insufficient funds are generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997, the board shall proportion the benefits according to the funds available.
2. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants, and bequests from public or private sources to the sheriffs' retirement fund.
3. Each county shall make the payroll deductions for member contributions mandated under section 57.961, and the county shall transmit such moneys to the board for deposit into the sheriffs' retirement fund.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.905, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.955 - Sources of fund — remittances — disbursements.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
57.955. Sources of fund — remittances — disbursements. —
1. There shall be assessed and collected a surcharge of three dollars in all civil actions filed in the courts of this state and in all criminal cases including violation of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including infractions, but no such surcharge shall be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court. For purposes of this section, the term
"county ordinance"
shall not include any ordinance of the city of St. Louis. The clerk responsible for collecting court costs in civil and criminal cases, shall collect and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020
*
. Such funds shall be payable to the sheriffs' retirement fund. Moneys credited to the sheriffs' retirement fund shall be used only for the purposes provided for in sections 57.949 to 57.997 and for no other purpose.
2. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants and bequests from public or private sources to the sheriffs' retirement fund.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.960, A.L. 1984 S.B. 704, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
(2021) Section providing for surcharge of three dollars on court costs payable to sheriffs’ retirement fund was not reasonably related to expense of the administration of justice and thus violated constitutional provision requiring that justice be administered without sale, denial, or delay. Fowler v. Missouri Sheriffs’ Retirement System, 623 S.W.3d 578 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.962 - Sheriffs' retirement system, election to be subject to system by counties and St. Louis City, surcharge imposed.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
57.962. Sheriffs' retirement system, election to be subject to system by counties and St. Louis City, surcharge imposed. —
Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county or city not within a county who has elected or elects in the future to come under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall, after August 28, 2002, or on the date that such election is approved by the board of directors of the retirement system, whichever later occurs, be subject to the provisions of section 57.955.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 1001)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.964 - Retirement with normal annuity.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.964. Retirement with normal annuity. —
1. Any member who has attained the age of fifty-five years and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as sheriff of a county may retire with a normal annuity.
2. Any member who has attained the age of sixty-two years and who has at least eight years of creditable service as sheriff of a county may retire with a normal annuity.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.920)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.967 - Normal annuity, calculation, minimum amount — medical insurance premiums for retired members — surviving spouse of member dying before retirement, benefits.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
57.967. Normal annuity, calculation, minimum amount — medical insurance premiums for retired members — surviving spouse of member dying before retirement, benefits. —
1. The normal annuity of a retired member shall equal two percent of the final average compensation of the retired member multiplied by the number of years of creditable service of the retired member, except that the normal annuity shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the retired member's average final compensation. Such annuity shall be not less than one thousand dollars per month.
2. The board, at its last meeting of each calendar year, shall determine the monthly amount for medical insurance premiums to be paid to each retired member during the next following calendar year. The monthly amount shall not exceed four hundred fifty dollars. The monthly payments are at the discretion of the board on the advice of the actuary. The anticipated sum of all such payments during the year plus the annual normal cost plus the annual amount to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in no more than thirty years shall not exceed the anticipated moneys credited to the system pursuant to sections 57.952 and 57.955. The money amount granted here shall not be continued to any survivor.
3. If a member with eight or more years of service dies before becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if he or she has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivor benefits under option 1 as set forth in section 57.979 as if the member had retired on the date of the member's death. The member's monthly benefit shall be calculated as the member's accrued benefit at his or her death reduced by one-fourth of one percent per month for an early commencement from the member's normal retirement date: age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service or age sixty-two with eight years of creditable service, to the member's date of death. Such benefit shall be payable on the first day of the month following the member's death and shall be payable during the surviving spouse's lifetime.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.925, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1991 S.B. 298, A.L. 1997 S.B. 255, A.L. 1999 H.B. 662 merged with S.B. 213, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.968 - Annual increase in benefits — how calculated.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
57.968. Annual increase in benefits — how calculated. —
1. Each member who retires on or after August 13, 1986, shall receive each year an increase in the amount of benefits received by the member during the preceding year equal to the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner provided in this section. The annual increase in the amount of benefits received pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed five percent.
2. For the purposes of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board in February of each year, based upon the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year over the consumer price index for the calendar year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board in calculating any benefit increases that become payable pursuant to this section for the twelve-month period beginning with the March first immediately following such determination.
3. An annual increase shall be payable monthly beginning on a date specified by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member from waiving the member's right to receive the annual increase provided pursuant to this section. The waiver shall be final as to the annual increase waived.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1999 H.B. 662 merged with S.B. 213)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.970 - Years of service, calculation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.970. Years of service, calculation. —
For the purpose of calculating benefits of a member, years of service as an employee and twelfths of a year are to be used.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.930)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.973 - Credit for prior service.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
57.973. Credit for prior service. —
1. Any county sheriff who becomes a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system shall be given credit for prior service as sheriff of a county.
2. Any county sheriff holding office on January 1, 1990, who served as sheriff of any county prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system, but who was not serving as sheriff of any county on the effective date of the establishment of the system, shall, upon application, be given credit for prior service as sheriff of a county.
3. Any member who is serving as a county sheriff on August 28, 1989, and who has served with the Missouri state highway patrol and who has not received creditable service for the purpose of retirement for such service shall receive credit in the sheriff's retirement system for such service.
4. All such prior service must be established to the satisfaction of the board.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.935, A.L. 1987 S.B. 180, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.976 - Retirement, procedure — annuity begins, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.976. Retirement, procedure — annuity begins, when. —
Any member may retire at any time after the end of the month during which the member becomes eligible to retire under the provisions of section 57.964 and upon the member's submission of a written application to the board setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing of the application, the member desires to be retired. The payment of the annuity, subject to the provisions of section 57.994, shall begin as of the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the date specified by the member.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.940)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.979 - Options that may be elected in lieu of normal annuity — surviving spouse to become special consultant, when, benefits.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
57.979. Options that may be elected in lieu of normal annuity — surviving spouse to become special consultant, when, benefits. —
1. The normal annuity of a member shall be paid to a member during his lifetime. Upon his death no further payments will be made.
2. In lieu of the normal annuity otherwise payable to a member, the member may elect in the member's application for retirement to receive his choice of the following options:
Option 1.
The actuarial equivalent of the member's normal annuity in reduced monthly payments for life during retirement with the provision that upon the member's death, fifty percent of the reduced normal annuity shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the member's spouse; or
Option 2.
Some other option approved by the board which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the annuity to which the member is entitled under this system.
3. The election may be made only in the application for retirement and such application must be filed prior to the date on which the retirement of the member is to be effective unless otherwise provided. If, after the reduced normal annuity begins under option 1, the spouse predeceases the retired member, the reduced normal annuity continues to the retired member during the member's lifetime; but, when a member dies any time after December 21, 1983, who is eligible for retirement prior to retiring and receiving retirement benefits, the surviving spouse of such member of the retirement system coming under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall, upon application, be appointed and employed as a special consultant by the retirement system for the remainder of the spouse's life, and upon request shall give oral or written opinions on the benefits of the retirement system, and shall be entitled to receive benefits under option 1, and shall be eligible for all other benefits that other spouses are entitled to receive.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.945, A.L. 1986 S.B. 561)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.980 - Death benefits.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
57.980. Death benefits. —
1. A death benefit of ten thousand dollars shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of every active member upon his death or to his estate if there is no designated beneficiary, or in lieu thereof, a benefit of twenty thousand dollars shall be so paid if the member is killed in the performance of his duty.
2. If a member dies during the performance of his duty, in addition to the death benefit specified in subsection 1 of this section, his surviving spouse shall be entitled to survivorship benefits of fifty percent of the accrued benefit, payable for a period of five years.
3. If a member dies other than during the performance of his duty and before retirement, after becoming eligible for retirement, his surviving spouse, if she has been married to the member for at least two years prior to his death, shall be entitled to survivorship benefits under option one as set forth in section 57.979 as if the member had retired on the date of his death.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 584)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.985 - Deferred normal annuity — forfeiture of rights in fund — creditable service restored, when — absence counted as membership service, when — ineligible for benefits while in public employment.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
57.985. Deferred normal annuity — forfeiture of rights in fund — creditable service restored, when — absence counted as membership service, when — ineligible for benefits while in public employment. —
1. Upon termination of employment, any member with eight or more years of creditable service shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service, and payable at age sixty-two with less than twelve years of creditable service. Any member with less than eight years of creditable service shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's termination of employment.
2. A former member who has forfeited creditable service may have the creditable service restored by again becoming an employee and completing four years of continuous membership service.
3. Absences for sickness or injury of less than twelve months shall be counted as membership service.
4. No person shall be eligible to receive any benefits under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 except section 57.980 while serving as sheriff in the state of Missouri.
5. Any present or future members of the retirement system upon their application for membership for benefits under the current law who retired prior to August 13, 1986, are hereby appointed and employed as special consultants by the retirement system for the remainder of the member's life, and shall be available to give opinions, written or orally, as the board from time to time might request, and for such services shall be eligible for all the benefits that the present or future retirees are entitled to receive.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.955, A.L. 1986 S.B. 584)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.988 - Exemptions from taxes of state and political subdivisions, legal process and claims — rights unassignable, vested.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.988. Exemptions from taxes of state and political subdivisions, legal process and claims — rights unassignable, vested. —
1. Any annuity, benefits, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to, any person under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997, are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other process or claim whatsoever, and shall be unassignable.
2. No alteration, amendment, or repeal of the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall affect the then existing rights of members and beneficiaries, but shall be effective only as to rights which would otherwise accrue hereunder as a result of services rendered by an employee after such alteration, amendment, or repeal.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.965)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.991 - Effect of benefits on eligibility for benefits in other systems.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 2 histories
57.991. Effect of benefits on eligibility for benefits in other systems. —
1. For members of the system prior to December 31, 2023, the benefits provided for by sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement benefits under the local government employees' retirement system, sections 70.600 to 70.755, or any other local government retirement or pension system, or in any way have the effect of reducing retirement benefits in such systems, or reducing compensation or mileage reimbursement of employees, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.
2. Any new members employed under this section, on or after January 1, 2024, shall be subject to the following provisions:
(1) A member of another state or local retirement or pension system who begins employment in a position covered by the sheriffs' retirement system shall become a member of the sheriffs' retirement system upon employment. Any membership in any other state or local retirement or pension system shall cease, except that the member shall be entitled to benefits accrued through December 31, 2023, or the commencement of membership in the sheriffs' retirement system, whichever is later; and
(2) Subject to the limitations under sections 57.949 to 57.997, the board shall have the authority to formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of these provisions.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.970, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75 merged with S.B. 186)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.994 - First payment of benefits under system available, when — vesting of rights.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.994. First payment of benefits under system available, when — vesting of rights. —
Annuity payments to retired employees under the provisions of sections 57.949 to 57.997 shall be available beginning January first next succeeding the expiration of two calendar years from the effective date of the establishment of the system to eligible retired employees, and employees with at least eight years of creditable service shall have vested rights and upon reaching the required age shall be entitled to retirement benefits.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.975)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.997 - Former sheriff may be employed as special advisor and purchase annuity.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
57.997. Former sheriff may be employed as special advisor and purchase annuity. —
1. Any person sixty-five years of age or older who was employed as a county sheriff prior to September 28, 1983, and who is not a member of the system, upon application to the board, presentation of proof of service as a county sheriff satisfactory to the board, and payment into the sheriffs' retirement fund of the amount hereafter provided in this section shall be appointed and employed by the board as a special advisor on law enforcement for life whose duties shall be to give opinions, orally or in writing, on law enforcement and related matters to the board, the county sheriff's office where the person last served as county sheriff, or to any department of state government with duties relating to law enforcement upon the request of such board, county sheriff's office or department of state government. The person shall pay into the sheriffs' retirement fund an amount actuarially determined to be sufficient to fund an annual annuity for himself for life of one thousand two hundred dollars or a lesser amount if he so desires. As compensation for serving as a special advisor on law enforcement he shall receive one hundred dollars per month or less, depending on the amount paid into the sheriffs' retirement fund, to be paid out of the sheriffs' retirement fund in the same manner and at the same time as retirement benefits are paid.
2. Should a special advisor die before receiving compensation paid pursuant to this section totaling an amount equal to the amount paid into the sheriffs' retirement fund pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid in and the total of all compensation amounts paid to him pursuant to this section prior to his death, with interest, shall be paid out of the sheriffs' retirement fund to any beneficiary designated by him. If no designation of beneficiary is made, the amount shall be paid to his estate.
3. No person can be both a member of the system and a special advisor on law enforcement.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.980)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.010 - Office of coroner (certain counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
58.010. Office of coroner (certain counties). —
In each county of the state, except in counties of the second class which prior to January 1, 1975, have a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand and less than two hundred thousand, and counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and any other county which adopts the provisions of sections 58.700 through 58.765, there shall be an office of coroner.
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(L. 1945 p. 1404 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.020 - Coroner, election — term of office (certain counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
58.020. Coroner, election — term of office (certain counties). —
At the general election in the year 1948, and every four years thereafter, the qualified electors of the county at large in each county in this state in which a coroner is to be elected shall elect a coroner who shall be commissioned by the governor, and who shall hold his office for a term of four years and until his successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified. Each coroner shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of January next after his election.
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(L. 1945 p. 1404 § 2, A. 1949 H.B. 2016, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.030 - Qualifications.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
58.030. Qualifications. —
No person shall be elected or appointed to the office of coroner unless he be a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, and shall have resided within the state one whole year, and within the county for which he is elected, six months next preceding the election.
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(L. 1945 p. 1404 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests › Section 58.040 - Vacancy filled by governor.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 58
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
58.040. Vacancy filled by governor. —
When any vacancy shall occur in the office of coroner by death, resignation, removal, refusal to act, or in any other manner, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill such vacancy by appointing some eligible person to such office. The person so appointed shall take the oath, give bond and otherwise qualify for the office as required of coroners regularly elected, and shall discharge the duties of such office for the remainder of the term for which he is appointed.
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(L. 1945 p. 1404 § 4)