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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.458 - Probate and magistrate judges shall retire, age, exception — may petition to serve beyond retirement age, when petition to be granted — elected judges to complete term.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
476.458. Probate and magistrate judges shall retire, age, exception — may petition to serve beyond retirement age, when petition to be granted — elected judges to complete term. —
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, or by any other law, magistrate judges, probate judges, and probate ex officio magistrate judges shall retire at the age of seventy years and may participate, if otherwise eligible, in the retirement plan established by sections 476.515 to 476.570, except that, the provisions of sections 476.458, 478.015, 478.021, 478.071, 478.072, 482.040, 482.090, 482.230, 482.300 to 482.365 and 483.497 shall not prevent any person holding the office of magistrate judge, probate judge or probate ex officio magistrate judge, or any person elected or appointed to the office of magistrate judge, probate judge or probate ex officio magistrate judge from holding office during the remainder of the term to which he was elected or appointed.
2. Any magistrate judge, probate judge not under the nonpartisan court plan, or probate ex officio magistrate judge who on August 13, 1976, or within six months thereafter, is seventy years of age or older, may petition the commission on retirement, removal and discipline to continue to serve until age seventy-six if he has not completed a total of twelve years of service as a judge. Except as otherwise provided by any other law, any magistrate judge, probate judge not under the nonpartisan court plan, or probate ex officio magistrate judge, who is in office on August 13, 1976, may, within six months before attaining the age of seventy years, petition the commission on retirement, removal, and discipline to be allowed to serve after he has attained that age until age seventy-six or has completed a total of twelve years of service as a judge, whichever shall occur first. If the commission finds the petitioner to be able to perform his duties and approves such service, the petitioner may continue to serve as such a judge until age seventy-six if he has not completed a total of twelve years of service as a judge at such age. No person shall be permitted to serve as such a judge beyond the age of seventy-six years regardless of whether or not he has completed a total of twelve years except for the purpose of completing the term to which he was elected or appointed, as provided in subsection 1 of this section.
3. Any magistrate, regardless of age elected in 1976 to fill an unexpired term shall be permitted to complete that term.
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(L. 1976 H.B. 1317 & 1098 § 5)
(1978) Held, statute does not violate equal protection and due process. O'Neil v. Baine (Mo.), 568 S.W.2d 761.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.460 - Special commissioner subject to temporary duty.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
476.460. Special commissioner subject to temporary duty. —
Each such special commissioner or referee shall be subject to call by the supreme court for temporary duty in any court of the state to render such duties as may be directed by the supreme court or as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.470 - Judge not eligible for retirement, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
476.470. Judge not eligible for retirement, when. —
Any judge retiring from office under the provisions of Section 27, Article V of the Constitution of Missouri, shall not be eligible for the retirement provided by sections 476.450 to 476.510 during the period of his compensation under such constitutional provisions, but upon the completion of such period he shall be and become eligible for the retirement privileges provided for in sections 476.450 to 476.510 if he be otherwise qualified as to age and length of service.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.480 - Judges convicted, impeached or removed from office ineligible — intentional killing of judge bars survivor benefits, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
476.480. Judges convicted, impeached or removed from office ineligible — intentional killing of judge bars survivor benefits, when. —
1. Sections 476.450 to 476.510 shall not apply to any person who has been convicted of a felony in any court or who has been impeached or removed from office for misconduct for acts involving moral turpitude.
2. The board of trustees of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall cease paying benefits to any beneficiary of a judge who is charged with the intentional killing of the judge without legal excuse or justification. A beneficiary who is convicted of such charge shall no longer be entitled to receive benefits. If the beneficiary is not convicted of such charge, the board shall resume payment of benefits and shall pay the beneficiary any benefits that were suspended pending resolution of such charge.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 4, A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.490 - Expenses of special commissioner.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
476.490. Expenses of special commissioner. —
In addition to the compensation herein provided, any such special commissioner or referee shall be allowed and paid out of the general revenue, his actual expenses incurred in performing such services outside the county of his residence.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.500 - Acceptance by judge — procedure.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
476.500. Acceptance by judge — procedure. —
Any person who desires to accept the provisions of sections 476.450 to 476.510 shall notify the governor in writing of such fact; and if he be qualified the governor shall certify such fact to the commissioner of administration and state auditor and to the chief justice of the supreme court.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.510 - Practice of law permitted, when, requirements, exceptions.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 12 May 1981, see footnote
476.510. Practice of law permitted, when, requirements, exceptions. —
Any person under the age of seventy-six who retires or is retired under the provisions of sections 476.450 to 476.510 may engage in the practice of law if he makes himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel for indigent persons who may be charged with a violation of any of the criminal laws of this state. Such appointments shall not exceed six cases involving prosecution for a violation of a criminal law classified as a felony in any calendar year, and any person so appointed shall not receive any compensation therefor but may be reimbursed for his actual and necessary out-of-pocket expenses from funds appropriated for the support of public defender activities. The supreme court may excuse any such person from so serving as appointed defense counsel upon a showing of physical or mental condition which would preclude such service. Any person of the age of seventy-six or over who retires or is retired under the provisions of sections 476.450 to 476.510 may engage in the practice of law without making himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel.
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(L. 1951 p. 442 § 7, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al.)
Effective 5-12-81
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.515 - Definitions — reinstatement of benefits for surviving spouse terminated by remarriage, when, procedure.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
476.515. Definitions — reinstatement of benefits for surviving spouse terminated by remarriage, when, procedure. —
1. As used in sections 476.515 to 476.565, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Beneficiary"
, a surviving spouse married to the deceased judge continuously for a period of at least two years immediately preceding the judge's death or if there is no surviving spouse eligible to receive benefits pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.565, the term
"beneficiary"
shall mean any child under age twenty-one of the deceased judge, who shall share in the benefits on an equal basis with all other beneficiaries;
(2)
"Benefit"
, a series of equal monthly payments payable during the life of a judge retiring pursuant to the provisions of sections 476.515 to 476.565 or payable to a beneficiary as provided in sections 476.515 to 476.565; all benefits paid pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.565 in excess of any contributions made to the system by a judge shall be considered to be a part of the compensation provided a judge for the judge's services;
(3)
"Commissioner of administration"
, the commissioner of administration of the state of Missouri;
(4)
"Judge"
, any person who has served or is serving as a judge or commissioner of the supreme court or of the court of appeals; or as a judge of any circuit court, probate court, magistrate court, court of common pleas or court of criminal corrections of this state; as a justice of the peace; or as commissioner or deputy commissioner of the circuit court appointed after February 29, 1972;
(5)
"Salary"
, the total compensation paid for personal services as a judge by the state or any of its political subdivisions.
2. A surviving spouse whose benefits were terminated because of remarriage prior to October 1, 1984, shall, upon written application to the board within six months after October 1, 1984, have the surviving spouse's rights as a beneficiary restored. Benefits shall resume as of October 1, 1984.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 364, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1370 merged with S.B. 491, A.L. 1988 S.B. 425, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 233)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.517 - One-time retirement plan election for certain judges.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, 2 histories, see footnote
476.517. One-time retirement plan election for certain judges. —
Any judge who is or has been a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the circuit court appointed after February 29, 1972, who has received creditable service pursuant to chapter 104 and sections 476.515 to 476.565, based on service as a commissioner or deputy commissioner shall make a one-time retirement plan election upon application to receive retirement benefits. Such judge shall elect to:
(1) Receive retirement benefits based on all of the judge's service as a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the circuit court pursuant to section 104.374 or 104.1024 or sections 476.515 to 476.565; or
(2) Receive retirement benefits pursuant to section 104.374 or 104.1024, based on the judge's service as a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the circuit court prior to August 28, 1999, and receive retirement benefits pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.565 based on the judge's service as a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the circuit court on or after August 28, 1999.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 371, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1455)
Effective 7-11-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.524 - Judge who served in Armed Forces may elect to purchase creditable prior service, limitation — amount of contribution — payment period — treatment of payments.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
476.524. Judge who served in Armed Forces may elect to purchase creditable prior service, limitation — amount of contribution — payment period — treatment of payments. —
Any judge as defined in section 476.515 who had performed active service in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army or Air National Guard, Coast Guard, or any reserve component thereof prior to holding office, may elect prior to retirement, to purchase all of his or her creditable prior service equivalent to such service in the Armed Forces, but not to exceed four years, if he or she is not receiving and is not eligible to receive retirement credits or benefits from any other public or private retirement plan for the service to be purchased, and an affidavit so stating shall be filed by the judge with the Missouri state employees' retirement system. However, if the judge is eligible to receive retirement credits in a United States military service retirement system, he or she shall be permitted to purchase creditable prior service equivalent to his or her service in the Armed Forces but not to exceed four years, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The purchase shall be effected by the judge's submission of the appropriate documentation verifying the judge's dates of active service and by paying to the Missouri state employees' retirement system an amount equal to what would have been contributed by the state on the judge's behalf had the judge been a judge for the period for which the judge is electing to purchase credit and had the judge's compensation during such period of membership been the same as the annual salary rate at which the judge was initially employed, with the calculations based on the assumed or actual contribution rate in effect on the date of employment with simple interest calculated from the initial date of employment of the judge to the date of election pursuant to this section. The payment shall be made over a period of not longer than two years, measured from the date of election, with simple interest on the unpaid balance. All payments for purchase of service pursuant to this section shall be set aside in a reserve fund for funding of said benefits. Payments made for such creditable prior service pursuant to this section shall be treated by the Missouri state employees' retirement system as would contributions made by the state and shall not be subject to any prohibition on member contributions or refund provisions in effect at the time of enactment of this section.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 1989 H.B. 674, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 356, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.530 - Retirement compensation, how computed.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
476.530. Retirement compensation, how computed. —
The retirement compensation shall be equal to fifty percent of the compensation which was in effect, at the time of the judge's termination of employment as a judge for the highest judicial position that the judge ever held on a full-time basis. Retirement compensation shall be paid to the retired judge monthly during the remainder of the judge's life.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 4, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356)
(1999) Retirement benefits for former circuit judge should be based on salary of circuit judges at time judge resigned, rather than when benefits became payable. Russell v. Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, 4 S.W.3d 554 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.535 - Survivor's benefits, how paid.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
476.535. Survivor's benefits, how paid. —
1. On and after August 28, 1995, if a person who is serving as a judge as defined in section 476.515, or a person had served as a judge and who has been approved for long-term disability benefits, dies, retirement compensation shall be paid in monthly installments to such person's beneficiary in the amount equal to fifty percent of the amount of the retirement compensation provided in section 476.530 regardless of the period of the person's judicial service; except that where the period of service could not have been twelve years or more because of the mandatory retirement provisions of Article V, Section 30
*
, of the Missouri Constitution, the retirement compensation provided by this subsection shall be reduced by the proportion that the number of years that he would have lacked serving twelve years had he been able to serve until mandatory retirement bears to twelve years.
2. If a person dies who has served in this state an aggregate of twelve years, continuously or otherwise, as a judge, and who, after September 28, 1971, ceased or ceases to hold office by reason of the expiration of the person's term or voluntary resignation, but who was not retired under the provisions of this section, nor withdrawn the person's contributions except as provided in section 476.585, retirement compensation shall be paid in monthly installments to the person's beneficiary in the amount equal to fifty percent of the amount of retirement compensation provided in section 476.530.
3. If a person who has retired under the provisions of sections 476.515 to 476.570
**
dies, the person's beneficiary shall receive an amount equal to fifty percent of the amount of the retirement compensation that person was receiving at the person's date of death, paid in monthly installments to the person's beneficiary.
4. This section shall not increase, decrease or eliminate any benefits which were being paid to or to which a beneficiary was entitled on or before August 12, 1974.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 5, A.L. 1974 S.B. 422, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1988 S.B. 425, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al.)
*Article V, Section 30, of the Missouri Constitution was repealed by S.J.R. 24, 1976.
**Section 476.570 was repealed by H.B. 1634, 1978.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.537 - Judge leaving no surviving spouse or surviving spouse dies — dependents to receive benefits.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011
476.537. Judge leaving no surviving spouse or surviving spouse dies — dependents to receive benefits. —
In the event that any judge leaving no surviving spouse or any surviving spouse receiving benefits under section 476.535 as a beneficiary dies leaving dependents who are unable to care for or support themselves because of any intellectual disability or developmental disability, disease or disability, or any physical disability, the benefits that would be received by a surviving spouse on the judge's death if there were a surviving spouse or the benefits received by such surviving spouse, as the case may be, shall be paid to such surviving dependent for the remainder of such dependent's life. If the judge or such surviving spouse leaves more than one dependent who would be eligible for benefits under this section, then each eligible dependent shall receive a pro rata share of the amount that would be paid to a surviving spouse under section 476.535.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1989 H.B. 610, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.540 - Refund of contributions, when — reentry into system, how.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
476.540. Refund of contributions, when — reentry into system, how. —
Any person ceasing to hold office as a judge as defined in section 476.520, for any reason other than death or retirement, may make written application to the commissioner of administration for a refund of his contributions under sections 476.515 to 476.570. On receipt of the written application, the commissioner of administration shall pay the refund in one lump sum which shall equal the total amount of such contributions under sections 476.515 to 476.570. Any person receiving such refund except as provided in section 476.585 thereby waives all rights to retirement compensation under sections 476.515 to 476.570. If such person again becomes a judge of any court covered by sections 476.515 to 476.570, he may restore all amounts previously received as a refund, together with interest as determined by the trustees of the Missouri state retirement system that the contributions would have earned if they had not been previously withdrawn, except that he shall not be required to restore any amounts received pursuant to section 476.585. Upon the restoration, and not otherwise, the prior service as a judge shall be counted toward the twelve years of service necessary to qualify for full retirement compensation.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 6, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.545 - Early retirement, reduced benefit, how computed.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
476.545. Early retirement, reduced benefit, how computed. —
1. Any judge subject to sections 476.515 to 476.565 who is at least sixty-two years old and who has served less than twelve years and is otherwise qualified under sections 476.515 to 476.565 may retire at age sixty-two, or thereafter, at a reduced retirement compensation in a sum equal to the proportion of the retirement compensation provided in section 476.530 that his period of judicial service bears to twelve years.
2. Any judge subject to sections 476.515 to 476.565 who is at least sixty years old and who has served less than fifteen years and is otherwise qualified under sections 476.515 to 476.565 may retire at age sixty, or thereafter, at a reduced retirement compensation in a sum equal to the proportion of the retirement compensation provided in section 476.530 that his period of judicial service bears to fifteen years.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 7, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1496, A.L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1242 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.550 - Not eligible for benefits while retired under other plan.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
476.550. Not eligible for benefits while retired under other plan. —
Any person retiring from office under the provisions of Section 27 of Article V of the Constitution of Missouri shall not be eligible for retirement compensation under sections 476.515 to 476.570 during the period of his compensation under such constitutional provisions, but upon the completion of such period he shall become eligible for retirement compensation under sections 476.515 to 476.570 if he be otherwise qualified as to age and length of service.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.555 - Lump sum payments, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
476.555. Lump sum payments, when. —
Upon the death of any judge, who has made contributions pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.570
*
, not leaving a surviving spouse or minor children, the commissioner of administration shall pay a death benefit in a single payment to the decedent's estate. The death benefits shall be the total amount of all contributions made by the deceased judge pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.570
*
less any contributions previously refunded pursuant to section 476.540, and not restored, and less any benefit received pursuant to section 476.530 or 476.545.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 9, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356)
*Section 476.570 was repealed by H.B. 1634, 1978.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.560 - Disqualification by improper behavior.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
476.560. Disqualification by improper behavior. —
Except as provided in section 476.540, the benefits under sections 476.515 to 476.570 shall not apply to any judge who has been convicted of a felony in any court or who has been removed from office by impeachment or for misconduct or disbarred from the practice of law.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.565 - Retiree may practice law, when, requirements, exceptions.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 12 May 1981, see footnote
476.565. Retiree may practice law, when, requirements, exceptions. —
Any person under the age of seventy-six who receives retirement compensation under the provisions of sections 476.515 to 476.570 may engage in the practice of law or do law business at any time after his retirement if he makes himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel for indigent persons who may be charged with a violation of any of the criminal laws of this state. Such appointments shall not exceed six cases involving prosecution for a violation of a criminal law classified as a felony in any calendar year, and any person so appointed shall not receive any compensation therefor but may be reimbursed for his actual and necessary out-of-pocket expenses from funds appropriated for the support of public defender activities. The supreme court may excuse any such person from so serving as appointed defense counsel upon a showing of physical or mental condition which would preclude such service. Any person of the age of seventy-six or over who retires or is retired under the provisions of sections 476.515 to 476.570 may engage in the practice of law without making himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 132 § 11, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al.)
Effective 5-12-81
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.575 - Definitions.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
476.575. Definitions. —
As used in sections 476.575, 476.580, 476.585, 476.590, and 476.595 of this act
*
, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Board"
, the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees' retirement system;
(2)
"Judge"
, a judge of the supreme court, judge of the court of
**
appeals, circuit court, the St. Louis court of criminal corrections, court of common pleas, associate division of the circuit court, probate division of the circuit court, and commissioner of the supreme court, and all retired judges and commissioners of such courts.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 513 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 94)
*"This act" contained sections 476.575 and 476.590 only.
**Words "court of" do not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.580 - Retirement benefits, who administers, how paid.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
476.580. Retirement benefits, who administers, how paid. —
On September 1, 1976, the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall administer the retirement benefits of all judges provided for in this chapter and, unless otherwise provided by law, effective July 1, 1998, the commissioner of administration, the state treasurer and the executive director of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall perform the same duties in regard to the retirement system established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter that are prescribed for such officers in sections 104.436 and 104.438, in regard to the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Funds so certified and transferred for the retirement system established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a separate account of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and shall be disbursed only for the purposes of the retirement system established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Until July 1, 1998, retirement benefits provided for in this chapter shall be paid monthly out of the general revenue of the state of Missouri. The system shall calculate the annuity provided to a judge, as defined in section 476.515, based on the law in effect at the time the judge's employment was terminated.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 513 § 2, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.585 - No payroll deductions, when — accumulated contributions refunded, when, to whom.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
476.585. No payroll deductions, when — accumulated contributions refunded, when, to whom. —
1. No payroll deduction shall be made from the compensation of any judge for retirement benefits after September 1, 1976.
2. Any judge holding office on September 1, 1976, who thereafter retires, shall be paid by the commissioner of administration the total amount of contributions paid by him under the provisions of section 476.525, not previously refunded, together with the interest as computed by the board of trustees of the Missouri state retirement system and this amount shall be in addition to any retirement benefits to which he is entitled. Any judge who fails to become eligible for retirement because of lack of service may at any time after leaving office request and receive his accumulated contributions and interest.
3. When a judge who is in office dies on or after September 1, 1976, the commissioner of administration shall pay to such beneficiary as the judge may have designated in writing, or to his estate if no beneficiary be designated, an amount equal to the total amount of contributions paid by him under the provisions of section 476.525, not previously refunded, together with interest as provided in subsection 2 of this section.
4. When a judge, as defined in section 476.515, requests in writing, the board shall pay to that judge within ninety days from general revenue all accumulated contributions made through September 1, 1976, and not previously refunded, plus credited interest to the date the payment is made by the board. Such refund of contributions and interest shall not in any way change any benefits or rights to which the judge may be entitled.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 513 § 3, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al., A.L. 1982 S.B. 497)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.590 - Life insurance benefits to be provided judges, retired judges and dependents.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
476.590. Life insurance benefits to be provided judges, retired judges and dependents. —
The board shall provide or contract for life insurance benefits under the provisions of section 104.515 for judges who, for the purpose of that section, shall be considered members of the Missouri state employees' retirement system with the amount of life insurance benefits based on the creditable service of the judges as provided in section 104.515.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 513 § 4, A.L. 1977 S.B. 94, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.595 - Election to become a special commissioner, when, how — compensation — refund of certain contributions, how.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
476.595. Election to become a special commissioner, when, how — compensation — refund of certain contributions, how. —
1. If the person so elects, any person receiving benefits pursuant to section 476.530 shall be made, constituted and appointed a special commissioner or referee for and during the remainder of the person's life, as provided and in the manner set forth in section 476.500. When so appointed the special commissioner or referee shall receive the same compensation as provided by law for special commissioners or referees made, constituted or appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 476.450.
2. If the person so elects, any person receiving benefits pursuant to section 476.545 shall also be made, constituted and appointed a special commissioner or referee for and during the remainder of the person's life as provided and in the manner set forth in section 476.500. When so appointed, the special commissioner or referee shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided in section 476.490, and shall receive a reduced annual compensation in a sum equal to the proportion of the compensation provided in section 476.450 that the person's period of service bears to twelve years.
3. Any person electing to become a special commissioner or referee pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 476.460, 476.480, 476.490, 476.510, subdivision (1) of section 476.515, sections 476.537 and 476.590. On the effective date of the person's election, the person shall cease to be subject to any other provision of sections 476.515 to 476.590.
4. Upon the effective date of this election to become a special commissioner or referee, the special commissioner or referee may make written application to the commissioner of administration for a refund of the person's contributions pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.570
*
. On receipt of the written application the commissioner of administration shall pay the refund in one lump sum which shall equal the total amount of such contributions pursuant to sections 476.515 to 476.570
*
.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 513 § 5, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1997 H.B. 356)
*Section 476.570 was repealed by H.B. 1634, 1978.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.675 - Commissioner of juvenile division of circuit court may elect to transfer membership service to creditable service as a judge, procedure.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
476.675. Commissioner of juvenile division of circuit court may elect to transfer membership service to creditable service as a judge, procedure. —
Any person who is a commissioner of the juvenile division of the circuit court, appointed pursuant to section 211.023 on October 1, 1989, may elect to transfer membership service earned under the provisions of the Missouri state employees' retirement system as a commissioner of the juvenile division of the circuit court to creditable service as a judge as defined in section 476.515, if such person makes written application to the board of trustees of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and to the state courts administrator to transfer such service prior to December 31, 1989, provided application is made prior to the person receiving retirement benefits for such service. In no event shall a person receive credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system or plan.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 674)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.680 - Votes, how counted and canvassed — governor to proclaim results (Clay County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
476.680. Votes, how counted and canvassed — governor to proclaim results (Clay County). —
1. The votes on the question shall be counted, canvassed and returned by the regular boards of judges, clerks and officers as votes for candidates are counted, canvassed and returned, and the abstract made by the officials in general charge of elections in each such county shall be returned to the secretary of state on separate abstract sheets, in the manner provided for abstract of votes for state and county officers.
2. The secretary of state, in the presence of the governor, sixty days after the election, shall proceed to canvass the votes on the question; and the governor shall forthwith issue his proclamation, giving the whole number of votes cast in each such judicial circuit for and against the question, and if the question is approved by a majority of those voting thereon, declaring the nonpartisan selection of the circuit and associate circuit judges to be in full force and effect in each such judicial circuit as provided for in Article V, Section 29 of the Constitution of 1945.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 622 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.681 - Retired senior judges or commissioners, application, qualifications, appointment, term.

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Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
476.681. Retired senior judges or commissioners, application, qualifications, appointment, term. —
1. Any retired judge or retired commissioner receiving retirement benefits under any of the applicable provisions of this chapter, who is willing to serve as a senior judge or senior commissioner, respectively, may make application for such service with the clerk of the supreme court on forms provided by the clerk. The application shall contain information relating to the prior legal and judicial experience of the applicant, the applicant's physical and mental health, and the times of the applicant's availability. The clerk may request physical or mental examinations of any applicant and may request that the applicant furnish or authorize the furnishing of any relevant medical or other health records. An application shall be submitted to the supreme court for approval or disapproval and shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of approval.
2. Upon written request of the chief judge of any district of the court of appeals or the presiding judge of any circuit, the supreme court may appoint a senior judge or senior commissioner from the file of approved applications maintained by the clerk of the supreme court. Appointments to serve shall be based on caseload and need, as determined by the supreme court in its discretion, taking into consideration reports filed pursuant to section 476.412, recommendations made by the judicial resources commission created herein and such other matters that the court deems relevant. The appointment may be made for a specific case or cases or for a specified period of time not to exceed one year. The appointment may be extended for additional periods of time not to exceed one year each if the appointed senior judge or senior commissioner maintains an annual updated and approved application for appointment. Persons serving as a senior judge or senior commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall receive compensation as provided in section 476.682.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 439 § 2, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.683 - Judge failing to retire on seventieth birthday, a waiver of salary and retirement benefits.

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Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
476.683. Judge failing to retire on seventieth birthday, a waiver of salary and retirement benefits. —
Except as provided in Subsection 24 of Section 27 of Article V of the Missouri Constitution, any judge who becomes eligible after August 13, 1988, for annual compensation, salary or retirement compensation pursuant to sections 476.450 to 476.595, but fails to retire on or before his seventieth birthday shall automatically waive all such annual compensation, salary and retirement compensation.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 425 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.684 - Judges with certain service may tack prior service credit in MOSERS to judicial system by purchase, limitation.

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Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
476.684. Judges with certain service may tack prior service credit in MOSERS to judicial system by purchase, limitation. —
Any person having at least four years of service as a judge, as defined in section 476.515, and who had at least ten years of prior service as a state employee prior to September 1, 1959, may reinstate such service to receive prior service credit therefor if the person shall pay into the fund an amount equal to any refund of contributions which the person may have received, with simple interest thereon, to the date application is made for such prior service credit. The person shall then become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Thereafter not more than fifty percent of such credit may be transferred to and be counted as service as a judge for the purpose of calculating retirement benefits for judicial service if retirement benefits as a judge have not yet begun.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 674 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.686 - Magistrate judges not now serving in St. Louis City may become special consultant, when — compensation to be creditable service in judicial retirement system.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
476.686. Magistrate judges not now serving in St. Louis City may become special consultant, when — compensation to be creditable service in judicial retirement system. —
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person who has reached the age of sixty-five years and has served, but is not serving on August 28, 1992, as a magistrate judge in a city not within a county and has not received creditable service in the judges' retirement system for such service, shall be made, constituted, appointed, and employed by the judges' retirement system as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging and other state matters for the remainder of the person's life. As compensation for such employment, the person shall receive creditable service in the judges' retirement system for the time that person served as a magistrate judge and be entitled to any benefits provided by sections 476.450 to 476.683 that are applicable.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 674 § 476.681, A.L. 1992 S.B. 499, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.687 - Previous state employment, additional credited service.

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Chapter 476
• Effective - 01 Jul 2000, see footnote
476.687. Previous state employment, additional credited service. —
Any judge as defined in section 476.515 who is actively serving pursuant to this chapter or chapter 56 and has served for at least ten years shall receive additional credited service for previous public employment with the state covered by another retirement plan as defined in section 105.691, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Such member has a vested right to receive a retirement benefit from the other retirement plan at the time of application pursuant to this section and is not a retiree under the other retirement plan;
(2) The other retirement plan transfers to the system an amount equal to the employee's account balance under a defined contribution plan or the amount equal to the employee's pension obligation under a defined benefit plan at the time of transfer to the extent that obligation is funded as of the plan's most recent actuarial valuation, not to exceed one hundred percent, as determined by the other retirement plan's actuary using the same assumption used in performing the last regular actuarial valuation of the transferring plan, except that in no event shall the transferred amount be less than the employee's accumulated contributions on deposit with the transferring plan;
(3) No such credited service remains credited in such other retirement plan;
(4) The member applies for the additional credited service in a manner and form established by the appropriate board.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1808)
Effective 7-01-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.688 - Compensation to be treated as other benefits.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
476.688. Compensation to be treated as other benefits. —
Except as provided in section 104.312, the compensation provided for in sections 476.455 to 476.688, and any benefits consolidated with the compensation, shall be treated like any other state retirement benefits payable by the Missouri state employees' retirement system and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration or any other process or claim whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except with regard to the collection of child support or maintenance.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al., A.L. 1998 S.B. 910)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.750 - Definitions.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
476.750. Definitions. —
As used in sections 476.750 to 476.766, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Auxiliary aids and services"
, the device or service that the deaf person feels would best serve him or her which includes, but is not limited to, qualified interpreters, notetakers, transcription services, written materials, assistive listening devices, assistive listening systems, closed caption decoders, open and closed captioning, videotext displays or other effective method of making aurally delivered materials available to individuals with hearing loss as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, P.L. 101-336, as amended;
(2)
"Deaf person"
, any person who, because of a hearing loss, is not able to discriminate speech when spoken in a normal conversational tone regardless of the use of amplification devices;
(3)
"Designated responsible authority"
, the presiding officer, chairman, hearing officer, judge, clerk or similar official in any court, board, commission, department, agency or legislative body or the designated Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator who is responsible for providing auxiliary aids and services;
(4)
"Primary consideration"
, when an auxiliary aid or service is required, the designated responsible authority shall when possible provide an opportunity for the qualified individual with a disability to designate the auxiliary aid or service of his or her choice. The designated responsible authority may honor the choice of the qualified individual with a disability, unless the designated responsible authority provides an equally effective auxiliary aid or service, or that use of the means chosen would result in a fundamental alteration in the service, program or activity or in undue financial or administrative burdens;
(5)
"Qualified interpreter"
, an interpreter certified and licensed by the Missouri interpreter certification system or deemed competent by the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing, who is able to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 88 § 4, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1783)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions › Section 476.756 - Determination of qualification of interpreter.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 476
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
476.756. Determination of qualification of interpreter. —
No qualified interpreter shall be appointed or auxiliary aids and services provided, pursuant to section 476.753, unless the designated responsible authority and the deaf person make a preliminary determination that the qualified interpreter or auxiliary aids and services are able to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially the statement of the deaf person and interpret the proceedings effectively, accurately and impartially to the deaf person.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 88 § 6)