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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.627 - Dispositional hearing for juvenile, witness fee and mileage allowance.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.627. Dispositional hearing for juvenile, witness fee and mileage allowance. —
In a dispositional hearing for a juvenile pursuant to section 211.459, the court may require any and all investigating division personnel connected with the particular case to testify without privilege and subject to the rules of cross-examination. Such witnesses shall receive as compensation the witness fee and mileage provided in civil cases.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.633 - Friend of court in child support matters, compensation (City of St. Louis and St. Louis County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.633. Friend of court in child support matters, compensation (City of St. Louis and St. Louis County). —
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" in child support matters, pursuant to section 478.422. As compensation for his or her services the friend of the court shall, pursuant to section 478.422, be allowed a fee in each case of not to exceed fifty dollars which shall be taxed as costs.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.635 - Surcharge collected, deposit into domestic relations resolution fund.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.635. Surcharge collected, deposit into domestic relations resolution fund. —
In addition to any other court costs required to institute an action in the circuit division of the circuit court, a surcharge of three dollars shall be paid pursuant to section 452.552 by the person filing such action. The surcharge shall be collected and disbursed in a manner provided by sections 488.012 to 488.020 by the court clerk at the time the petition is filed and shall be payable to the director of revenue for deposit in the domestic relations resolution fund established in section 452.554.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.636 - Two-dollar surcharge to be collected on domestic relations cases — deposit into Missouri CASA fund.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
488.636. Two-dollar surcharge to be collected on domestic relations cases — deposit into Missouri CASA fund. —
In addition to all other court costs for domestic relations cases, the circuit clerk shall collect an additional surcharge in the amount of two dollars per case for each domestic relations petition filed before a circuit judge or associate circuit judge. Such surcharges collected by circuit court clerks shall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. Such fees shall be payable to the state treasurer, to be deposited into the Missouri CASA fund.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 107)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.1005 - Fee to accompany request for notice of final or partial distribution.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
488.1005. Fee to accompany request for notice of final or partial distribution. —
A fee in an amount determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020
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shall accompany each duly acknowledged request for notice of any partial or final distribution or both filed pursuant to section 473.618 with the clerk of the probate division of the circuit court having jurisdiction.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 869 § A-3)
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.1010 - Fee required for will deposit.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
488.1010. Fee required for will deposit. —
A will may be deposited by the person making it, or by some person for him, with the probate division of any circuit court, to be safely kept until delivered or disposed of as hereinafter provided. The clerk of the court, on being paid a fee in an amount determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020
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, shall receive and keep, and give a certificate of deposit for, a will deposited with the court pursuant to section 474.510.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 869 § A-4)
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2206 - Circuit No. 37, additional surcharge for a county or municipal judicial facility.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
488.2206. Circuit No. 37, additional surcharge for a county or municipal judicial facility. —
1. In addition to all court fees and costs prescribed by law, a surcharge of up to ten dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court within the thirty-first judicial circuit in all criminal cases including violations of any county or municipal ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, including an infraction, except that no such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality. For violations of the general criminal laws of the state or county ordinances, no such surcharge shall be collected unless it is authorized, by order, ordinance, or resolution by the county government where the violation occurred. For violations of municipal ordinances, no such surcharge shall be collected unless it is authorized by order, ordinance, or resolution by the municipal government where the violation occurred. Such surcharges shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of each respective court responsible for collecting court costs in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, and shall be payable to the treasurer of the political subdivision authorizing such surcharge.
2. Each county or municipality shall use all funds received pursuant to this section only to pay for the costs associated with the land assemblage and purchase, construction, maintenance, and operation of any county or municipal judicial facility including, but not limited to, debt service, utilities, maintenance, and building security. The county or municipality shall maintain records identifying such operating costs, and any moneys not needed for the operating costs of the county or municipal judicial facility shall be transmitted quarterly to the general revenue fund of the county or municipality respectively.
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(L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with H.B. 1238 merged with S.B. 621)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2210 - Additional court cost imposed, municipal ordinance violations — waiver, when — collection (St. Louis City).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
488.2210. Additional court cost imposed, municipal ordinance violations — waiver, when — collection (St. Louis City). —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any city not within a county may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to twenty dollars per each case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.
2. The judge may waive the assessment of the cost in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the cost.
3. Such cost shall be collected by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 267 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2215 - Additional $5 court cost imposed, municipal ordinance violations — waiver, when — collection (St. Louis City).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
488.2215. Additional $5 court cost imposed, municipal ordinance violations — waiver, when — collection (St. Louis City). —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations any city not within a county may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to five dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.
2. The judge may waive the assessment of the cost in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs.
3. Such cost shall be collected by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs only for the restoration, maintenance and upkeep of the municipal courthouses. The costs collected may be pledged to directly or indirectly secure bonds for the cost of restoration, maintenance and upkeep of the courthouses.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 267 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2220 - Violation of ordinances, municipal court cases, additional court costs, certain cities (Kansas City and Springfield).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
488.2220. Violation of ordinances, municipal court cases, additional court costs, certain cities (Kansas City and Springfield). —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county and any home rule city with more than one hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred but fewer than one hundred fifty-one thousand six hundred inhabitants may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to five dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.
2. The judge may waive the assessment of the cost in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs.
3. Such cost shall be calculated by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs only for the procurement, installation, maintenance, consulting services, and upkeep of a court information and records management system.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 599, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2230 - Municipal ordinance violations, additional court costs (Kansas City).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
488.2230. Municipal ordinance violations, additional court costs (Kansas City). —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to seven dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case, except that no such additional cost shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court.
2. The judge may waive the assessment of the cost in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs.
3. Such cost shall be calculated by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs exclusively to fund special mental health and treatment courts, including indigent defense and ancillary services associated with such specialized courts.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 100, A.L. 2018 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)
Effective 12-18-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2235 - Kansas City, additional surcharge for municipal courthouses.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
488.2235. Kansas City, additional surcharge for municipal courthouses. —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to five dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.
2. The judge may waive the assessment of the cost in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs.
3. Such cost shall be collected by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs only for the restoration, maintenance and upkeep of the municipal courthouse. The costs collected may be pledged to directly or indirectly secure bonds for the cost of restoration, maintenance and upkeep of the courthouse.
4. The provisions of this section shall expire August 28, 2026.
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(L. 2014 H.B. 1238, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)
Expires 8-28-26
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2245 - City of Florissant, additional surcharge for a municipal courthouse.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
488.2245. City of Florissant, additional surcharge for a municipal courthouse. —
1. In addition to all other court costs for municipal ordinance violations, any home rule city with more than fifty-two thousand but fewer than sixty-four thousand inhabitants and located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may provide for additional court costs in an amount up to ten dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.
2. Such cost shall be collected by the clerk and disbursed to the city at least monthly. The city shall use such additional costs only for the land assemblage and purchase, construction, maintenance, and upkeep of a municipal courthouse. The costs collected may be pledged to directly or indirectly secure bonds for the cost of land assemblage and purchase, construction, maintenance, and upkeep of the courthouse.
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(L. 2014 H.B. 1231)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2250 - Fees for appeal transcript of testimony — judge may order transcript, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories
488.2250. Fees for appeal transcript of testimony — judge may order transcript, when. —
1. For all appeal transcripts of testimony given, the court reporter shall receive the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per legal page for the preparation of a paper and an electronic version of the transcript.
2. In criminal cases where an appeal is taken by the defendant and it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is unable to pay the costs of the transcript for the purpose of perfecting the appeal, the court reporter shall receive a fee of two dollars and sixty cents per legal page for the preparation of a paper and an electronic version of the transcript.
3. Any judge, in his or her discretion, may order a transcript of all or any part of the evidence or oral proceedings and the court reporter shall receive the sum of two dollars and sixty cents per legal page for the preparation of a paper and an electronic version of the transcript.
4. For purposes of this section, a legal page, other than the first page and the final page of the transcript, shall be twenty-five lines, approximately eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size, with the left-hand margin of approximately one and one-half inches, and with the right-hand margin of approximately one-half inch.
5. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the payment of court reporter's fees provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section shall be made by the state upon a voucher approved by the court. The cost to prepare all other transcripts of testimony or proceedings shall be borne by the party requesting their preparation and production, who shall reimburse the court reporter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13344, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1965 p. 652, A.L. 1971 H.B. 361, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2007 S.B. 163, A.L. 2013 H.B. 374 & 434 merged with S.B. 100, A.L. 2018 S.B. 871)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11722; 1919 § 12671
Transferred 2000; formerly 485.100
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2253 - Fees, amount, payment.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.2253. Fees, amount, payment. —
In every contested case, or case in which the evidence is to be preserved, except for the collection of delinquent or back taxes, before any circuit judge when an official court reporter is appointed, the clerk of said court shall tax up the sum of fifteen dollars, to be collected as other costs, and paid by said clerk to the director of revenue of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13346, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11724; 1919 § 12673; 1909 § 11234
Transferred 2000; formerly 485.120
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.2275 - Additional surcharge authorized for criminal cases (Greene, Cass, and Jefferson counties), violations of county and city ordinances, exceptions — use of revenue.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
488.2275. Additional surcharge authorized for criminal cases (Greene, Cass, and Jefferson counties), violations of county and city ordinances, exceptions — use of revenue. —
1. In addition to all other court costs prescribed by law, a surcharge of ten dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state located within a county of the first classification with a population of at least two hundred thousand inhabitants which does not adjoin any other county of the first classification, and in any county of the first classification having a population of at least eighty-two thousand inhabitants, but less than eighty-two thousand one hundred inhabitants, and in any county of the first classification with more than one hundred ninety-eight thousand but less than one hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred inhabitants, in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of the state, including infractions, except that no such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law in any court when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. For violations of the general criminal laws of the state or county ordinances, no such surcharge shall be collected unless it is authorized by the county government where the violation occurred. For violations of municipal ordinances, no such surcharge shall be collected unless it is authorized by the municipal government where the violation occurred. Such surcharges shall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020 and shall be payable to the treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.
2. Each county shall use all funds received under this section only to pay for the costs associated with the operation of the county judicial facility including, but not limited to, utilities, maintenance and building security. The county shall maintain records identifying such operating costs, and any moneys not needed for the operating costs of the county judicial facility shall be transmitted quarterly to the general revenue fund of the county.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 700 § 2, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
Transferred 2000; formerly 483.591
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.4014 - Court costs in certain civil and criminal cases, exceptions — collection and deposit procedure — distribution — county entitled to judgment, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories
488.4014. Court costs in certain civil and criminal cases, exceptions — collection and deposit procedure — distribution — county entitled to judgment, when. —
1. A fee of ten dollars shall be assessed in all cases in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty of a nonfelony violation of any provision of chapters 252, 301, 302, 304, 306, 307 and 390, and any infraction otherwise provided by law, a fee of twenty-five dollars shall be assessed in all misdemeanor cases otherwise provided by law in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, and a fee of seventy-five dollars shall be assessed in all felony cases in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, in criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, except that no such fees shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020 and payable to the county treasurer who shall deposit those funds in the county treasury.
2. Counties shall be entitled to a judgment in the amount of twenty-five percent of all sums collected, pursuant to this section, on recognizances given to the state in criminal cases, which are or may become forfeited, if not more than five hundred dollars, and fifteen percent of all sums over five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the amount collected.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 466, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1188)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5017 - Surcharge in criminal and infraction cases, exceptions.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.5017. Surcharge in criminal and infraction cases, exceptions. —
A surcharge of one dollar
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, as provided for in section 56.765, shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, including an infraction; except that no such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
*Revisor's Note: The one dollar surcharge in section 56.765 was increased to five dollars in H.B. 547, 2019.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5025 - Judgments paid on time-payment basis, additional assessment for.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 01 Jul 2003, see footnote
488.5025. Judgments paid on time-payment basis, additional assessment for. —
1. In addition to any other assessment authorized by law, a court may assess a fee of twenty-five dollars on each person who pays a court-ordered judgment, penalty, fine, sanction, or court costs on a time-payment basis, including restitution and juvenile monetary assessments. A time-payment basis shall be any judgment, penalty, fine, sanction, or court cost not paid, in full, within thirty days of the date the court imposed the judgment, penalty fine, sanction, or court cost. Imposition of the time-payment fee shall be in addition to any other enforcement provisions authorized by law.
2. Ten dollars of the time-payment fee collected pursuant to this section shall be payable to the clerk of the court of the county from which such fee was collected, or to such person as is designated by local circuit court rule as treasurer of said fund, and said fund shall be applied and expended under the direction and order of the court en banc of any such county to be utilized by the court to improve, maintain, and enhance the ability to collect and manage moneys assessed or received by the courts, to improve case processing, enhance court security, preservation of the record, or to improve the administration of justice. Eight dollars of the time-payment fee shall be deposited in the statewide court automation fund pursuant to section 476.055. Seven dollars of the time-payment fee shall be paid to the director of revenue, to be deposited to the general revenue fund.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 600)
Effective 7-01-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5026 - Two dollar surcharge for all criminal cases, funds to be deposited in inmate prisoner detainee security fund — use of moneys.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 4 histories
488.5026. Two dollar surcharge for all criminal cases, funds to be deposited in inmate prisoner detainee security fund — use of moneys. —
1. Upon approval of the governing body of a city, county, or a city not within a county, a surcharge of two dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in any city, county, or city not within a county adopting such a surcharge, in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of the state, including an infraction and violation of a municipal ordinance; except that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality. A surcharge of two dollars shall be assessed as costs in a juvenile court proceeding in which a child is found by the court to come within the applicable provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020, and shall be payable to the treasurer of the governmental unit authorizing such surcharge.
3. The treasurer shall deposit funds generated by the surcharge into the "Inmate Prisoner Detainee Security Fund". Funds deposited shall be utilized to acquire and develop biometric verification systems and information sharing to ensure that inmates, prisoners, or detainees in a holding cell facility or other detention facility or area which hold persons detained only for a shorter period of time after arrest or after being formally charged can be properly identified upon booking and tracked within the local law enforcement administration system, criminal justice administration system, or the local jail system. The funds deposited in the inmate prisoner detainee security fund shall be used only to supplement the sheriff's funding received from other county, state, or federal funds. The county commission shall not reduce any sheriff's budget as a result of any funds received within the inmate prisoner detainee security fund. Upon the installation of the information sharing or biometric verification system, funds in the inmate prisoner detainee security fund may also be used for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the information sharing or biometric verification system, and also to pay for any expenses related to detention, custody, and housing and other expenses for inmates, prisoners, and detainees.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1179, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1647 merged with S.B. 628, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1936)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5030 - Contracting for collection of delinquent court-ordered payments authorized — fees added to amount due.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
488.5030. Contracting for collection of delinquent court-ordered payments authorized — fees added to amount due. —
To collect on past-due court-ordered penalties, fines, restitution, sanctions, court costs, including restitution and juvenile monetary assessments, or judgments to the state of Missouri or one of its political subdivisions, any division of the circuit court may contract with public agencies or with private entities operating under a contract with a state agency or the office of state courts administrator. Any fees or costs associated with such collection efforts shall be added to the amount due, but such fees and costs shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount collected.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 600, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5050 - Surcharges on all criminal cases, amount — deposit in general revenue fund or DNA profiling analysis fund, when — expiration date.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 5 histories
488.5050. Surcharges on all criminal cases, amount — deposit in general revenue fund or DNA profiling analysis fund, when — expiration date. —
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1. In addition to any other surcharges authorized by statute, the clerk of each court of this state shall collect the surcharges provided for in subsection 2 of this section.
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2. A surcharge of thirty dollars shall be assessed as costs in each circuit court proceeding filed within this state in all criminal cases in which the defendant is found guilty of a felony, except when the defendant is found guilty of a class B felony, class A felony, or an unclassified felony, under chapter 579, in which case, the surcharge shall be sixty dollars. A surcharge of fifteen dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed within this state in all other criminal cases, except for traffic violation cases in which the defendant is found guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020, and shall be payable to the state treasurer.
4. The state treasurer shall deposit such moneys or other gifts, grants, or moneys received on a monthly basis into the "DNA Profiling Analysis Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department of public safety. The moneys deposited into the DNA profiling analysis fund shall be used only by the highway patrol crime lab to fulfill the purposes of the DNA profiling system pursuant to section 650.052. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
5. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall expire on August 28, 2029.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1000 § 488.5400, A.L. 2005 S.B. 423, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1023, A.L. 2012 S.B. 789, A.L. 2019 H.B. 694)
*Subsections 1 and 2 expire 8-28-29
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5332 - Surcharge in criminal cases, when, exceptions — payment to independent living center fund.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
488.5332. Surcharge in criminal cases, when, exceptions — payment to independent living center fund. —
In all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, there shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of one dollar. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the court as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. Moneys collected from this surcharge shall be payable to the independent living center fund created in section 178.653.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 167 § 2 merged with S.B. 180 § 7, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Transferred 2000; formerly 561.035
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5334 - Reimbursement of costs of arrest, when — limitations.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.5334. Reimbursement of costs of arrest, when — limitations. —
Upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilty for an offense of violating the provisions of section 577.010 or 577.012 or violations of county or municipal ordinances involving alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses, the court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the convicted person to reimburse the state or local law enforcement agency which made the arrest for the costs associated with such arrest. Such costs shall include the reasonable cost of making the arrest, including the cost of any chemical test made under chapter 577, to determine the alcohol or drug content of the person's blood, and the costs of processing, charging, booking and holding such person in custody. The state and each local law enforcement agency may establish a schedule of such costs; however, the court may order the costs reduced if it determines that the costs are excessive.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 125 & 341, A.L. 1993 S.B. 167 merged with S.B. 180, A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
Transferred 2000; formerly 577.048
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5339 - Surcharge for crime victims' compensation fund, exceptions — surcharge in juvenile court proceedings where child allegedly violates state law or municipal ordinance — disbursement.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
488.5339. Surcharge for crime victims' compensation fund, exceptions — surcharge in juvenile court proceedings where child allegedly violates state law or municipal ordinance — disbursement. —
1. There is created in section 595.045 the crime victims' compensation fund. A surcharge of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed pursuant to section 595.045 as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of the state, including an infraction and violation of a municipal ordinance; except that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. A surcharge of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed pursuant to section 595.045 as costs in a juvenile court proceeding in which a child is found by the court to come within the applicable provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 467)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5342 - Appointment of substitute prosecutor, when — fees.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.5342. Appointment of substitute prosecutor, when — fees. —
When a prosecutor is unable to appear in court as provided in sections 56.110 and 56.120, the person appointed shall possess the same power as the proper officer would if he or she was present and shall receive a reasonable fee pursuant to the provisions of section 56.130 for each case prosecuted to be fixed by the court and to be taxed and paid as other costs in criminal cases.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5345 - Cost of necessary clothing for prisoner, how paid.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2010
488.5345. Cost of necessary clothing for prisoner, how paid. —
In case of any prisoner confined in any jail in this state on a charge of felony being in want of needful and necessary clothing, it shall be the duty of the jailer to procure the same, and to present his or her account therefor to the court having criminal jurisdiction for the county; and on such court being satisfied of the correctness of such account, shall certify the same for payment as other costs in criminal cases, to the state.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5356 - Change of venue, costs allowed when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.5356. Change of venue, costs allowed when. —
The costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the change of venue pursuant to section 545.620 shall be adjusted and allowed by the court wherein the cause is tried, and shall be taxed as other costs in such cause.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5358 - Treatment court operations, surcharge for, exceptions (Jackson County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 18 Dec 2018, 2 histories, see footnote
488.5358. Treatment court operations, surcharge for, exceptions (Jackson County). —
The court administrator of the sixteenth judicial circuit shall, pursuant to section 478.466, 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. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2018 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)
Effective 12-18-18
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.5375 - Additional cost, certain felony sexual offenses with electronic devices seized.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
488.5375. Additional cost, certain felony sexual offenses with electronic devices seized. —
Upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt for a felony sexual offense in which computers, computer equipment, computer devices, cellular telephones, or other electronic devices were seized, the court may, in addition to imposition of any penalties provided by law, order the defendant to reimburse the state or local law enforcement agency for the costs incurred by such agency in the examination of any computer, computer equipment, computer devices, cellular telephones, or other electronic devices seized. Such costs shall include the reasonable costs of performing examinations of the seized electronic devices. Each law enforcement agency may establish a schedule of such costs; except that, the court may order the costs reduced if the court determines that the costs are excessive.
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(L. 2012 S.B. 628)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 488 - Court Costs › Section 488.6697 - Recording of order of consolidation — fee.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 488
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
488.6697. Recording of order of consolidation — fee. —
Each recorder and each clerk shall receive, for filing an order of consolidation of a fire protection district as provided in section 321.470, a fee of one dollar, to be charged as costs in the proceeding.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.010 - Printed statute books, evidence.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.010. Printed statute books, evidence. —
The printed statute books of this state, printed under its authority, shall be evidence of the private acts therein contained.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1812)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1648; 1919 § 5335; 1909 § 6280
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.020 - Printed statutes of other states to be received in evidence.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.020. Printed statutes of other states to be received in evidence. —
Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdiction, and to have been printed and published by the authority of any such state, territory or foreign jurisdiction or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of such statutes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1817, A.L. 1949 p. 275)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1653; 1919 § 5340; 1909 § 6285
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.030 - Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.030. Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when. —
Copies of any act, law, resolution or constitution, contained in any printed statute book of a sister state or territory, shall be received in any of the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the act, law, resolution or constitution contained therein; provided, the secretary of state of such state or territory, or the secretary of state of this state, shall certify that the same is a correct copy, under his hand and seal of office, and shall set out in his certificate, in full, the title page of such printed books.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1814)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1650; 1919 § 5337; 1909 § 6282
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.040 - Books containing acts of Congress.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.040. Books containing acts of Congress. —
The printed books containing the acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be published by authority of congress, or by authority of the United States, shall be evidence of the laws, public or private, general, local or special, therein contained.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1815)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1651; 1919 § 5338; 1909 § 6283
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.050 - Printed federal acts received in evidence, when.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.050. Printed federal acts received in evidence, when. —
Copies of any act, law or resolution contained in any such book, now or hereafter deposited in the office of the secretary of state, certified under the hand and official seal of said secretary, shall be received in evidence.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1652; 1919 § 5339; 1909 § 6284
(1956) Where defendant in criminal case on cross-examination first denied and then admitted conviction of crime but stated he remembered very little about it and his attorney's questions tended to elicit answers that he had not been convicted, the record of his conviction was admissible. State v. Barnholtz (Mo.), 287 S.W.2d 808.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.060 - Printed reports of other states, evidence.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.060. Printed reports of other states, evidence. —
The printed books of cases adjudged in the courts of a sister state may be admitted as evidence of the unwritten or common law of such state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1865)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1701; 1919 § 5388; 1909 § 6332
(1966) Trial judge has duty in each case to determine whether a child under ten is competent before permitting the child to testify. State v. Tandy (Mo.), 401 S.W.2d 409.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.070 - Short title.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.070. Short title. —
Sections 490.070 to 490.120 may be cited as "The Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act".
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(L. 1949 p. 318 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.080 - Judicial notice to be taken.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.080. Judicial notice to be taken. —
Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory and other jurisdiction of the United States.
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(L. 1949 p. 318 § 2)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Foreign law, judicial notice taken, when pleaded, RSMo 509.220
(1951) Courts take judicial notice of the statutes and judicial decisions of sister states. Hughes Prov. Co. v. LaMear Poultry & Egg Co. (A.), 242 S.W.2d 285.
(1956) Where automobile and street car collision occurred in Kansas and law of Kansas was pleaded, such law governed the substantive rights of the parties. Wilson v. K. C. Pub. Serv. Co. (Mo.), 291 S.W.2d 110.
(1957) Air traffic rules of federal Civil Aeronautics Board held properly considered in determining negligence but violation thereof is not negligence as matter of law. Court indicated judicial notice might be taken of such rules and that trial court had discretion to permit reading same in evidence. Hough v. Rapidair Inc. (Mo.), 298 S.W.2d 378.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.090 - Court may inform itself of laws.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.090. Court may inform itself of laws. —
The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information.
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(L. 1949 p. 318 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.100 - Determination of laws.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.100. Determination of laws. —
The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable.
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(L. 1949 p. 318 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements › Chapter 490 - Evidence › Section 490.110 - Presentation of laws to trial court.

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 490
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
490.110. Presentation of laws to trial court. —
Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise.
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(L. 1949 p. 318 § 5)
(1966) Allegation in petition that cause of action arose in Illinois constituted sufficient "reasonable notice" of intent to rely on foreign law. Valleroy v. Southern Railway Co. (Mo.), 403 S.W.2d 553.