reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.540 - Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — oath — compensation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
56.540. Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — oath — compensation. —
1. The circuit attorney of such circuit may appoint one first assistant circuit attorney, one chief trial assistant, one warrant officer, one chief misdemeanor assistant and such additional assistant circuit attorneys as the circuit attorney deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. The appointments shall be in writing and shall be entered upon the minutes of the criminal divisions.
2. The circuit attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, grand jury reporters, and as many clerks, criminal legal investigators, reporters, and stenographers as he deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. It is the duty of the clerks, reporters and stenographers to act as clerks, reporters and stenographers for the circuit attorney, and, when so directed by him, the reporters and stenographers shall take down and transcribe, for his use, evidence before the grand jury or before any court of the circuit exercising criminal jurisdiction. Before taking down any evidence before the grand jury, the reporters and stenographers shall be sworn to secrecy and shall not divulge any testimony which they may hear except to the circuit attorney, or when lawfully required to do so in a court of record. The clerk, reporters and stenographers shall also perform other services as the circuit attorney may direct.
3. Salaries for all employees of the circuit attorney's office shall be set and determined by the circuit attorney and the St. Louis board of aldermen, subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of St. Louis.
4. All salaries shall be paid on a biweekly basis.
5. Appointments by the circuit attorney of assistant circuit attorneys, clerks, stenographers, reporters, criminal legal investigators, and all other personnel, in excess of the minimum numbers authorized by this section, shall be subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the City of St. Louis.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12909, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906A, A.L. 1949 p. 230, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1955 p. 362, A.L. 1961 p. 295, A.L. 1967 p. 133, A.L. 1969 p. 108, A.L. 1973 S.B. 235, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 700, A.L. 1981 S.B. 133, A.L. 1983 S.B. 250, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11284; 1919 § 704; 1909 § 978
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.550 - Circuit attorneys and assistants — oaths — duties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
56.550. Circuit attorneys and assistants — oaths — duties. —
Before entering upon the duties of their office, the circuit attorney and said assistants shall be severally sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Missouri, and to faithfully demean themselves in office. The duties of said assistants shall be to assist the circuit attorney generally in the conduct of his office, under his direction and subject to his control; and said circuit attorney and his assistants shall institute and prosecute all criminal actions in the circuit court. The circuit attorney and said assistant circuit attorneys, when so directed by the circuit attorney, may attend upon the grand jury.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 §§ 12909, 12912, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906B, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 11284, 11287; 1919 §§ 704, 707; 1909 §§ 978, 981
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.570 - Assistants and clerks — tenure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
56.570. Assistants and clerks — tenure. —
The assistant circuit attorneys, clerks and stenographers appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall hold office from month to month, during the pleasure of the circuit attorney, and shall be removable at any time by the circuit attorney, at his option.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12911, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906D)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11286; 1919 § 706; 1909 § 980
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.600 - Circuit attorney — salary — fees, collection, disposition.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
56.600. Circuit attorney — salary — fees, collection, disposition. —
For the performance of additional duties imposed by Section 32 of Article I of the Missouri Constitution and the additional duties imposed by the 1992 revision of section 546.630
*
, beginning on January 1, 1998, the circuit attorney shall receive an annual salary of eighty-six thousand dollars and this salary shall constitute the sole compensation for all duties required to be performed by the circuit attorney under the law. The circuit attorney's fees shall continue to be taxed as heretofore, but when collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city. All circuit attorney's fees in criminal cases not paid by the state shall be collected by the circuit clerk or responsible clerk and paid into the treasury of the city. When such fees are paid by the state, they shall be paid into the city treasury in the manner now provided by law.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12914, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906E, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1967 p. 135, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 250, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11289; 1919 § 709; 1909 § 983
*Section 546.630 was repealed in 1993 by H.B. 562 § A.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.631 - County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
56.631. County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation. —
1. The county commission or governing body of any county, except for any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewer than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, may by order of the commission or governing body appoint some suitable person to the position of county counselor. If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor shall be commissioned as other officers are commissioned. The county counselor shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission or governing body.
2. The county counselor shall be a person licensed to practice law in this state, but the county commission or governing body may determine and fix further qualifications for the position.
3. The county commission or governing body shall fix the compensation of the county counselor.
4. The county commission or governing body may require the county counselor to devote his full time to the duties of his office.
­­--------
(L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 1982 S.B. 478, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.640 - County counselor and assistants, duties of.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
56.640. County counselor and assistants, duties of. —
1. If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor and the county counselor's assistants under the county counselor's direction shall represent the county and all departments, officers, institutions and agencies thereof, except as otherwise provided by law and shall upon request of any county department, officer, institution or agency for which legal counsel is otherwise provided by law, and upon the approval of the county commission or governing body, represent such department, officer, institution or agency. The county counselor shall commence, prosecute or defend, as the case may require, and exercise exclusive authority in all civil suits or actions in which the county or any county officer, commission, governing body, or agency is a party, in the county counselor's or its official capacity, the county counselor shall draw all contracts relating to the business of the county, the county counselor shall represent the county generally in all matters of civil law, and the county counselor shall upon request furnish written opinions to any county officer or department.
2. In all cases in which a civil fine may be imposed pursuant to section 49.272, it shall be the duty of the county counselor, rather than the county prosecuting attorney, to prosecute such violations in the associate division of the circuit court in the county where the violation occurred.
3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county counselor in any county of the first classification and the prosecuting attorney of such county may by mutual cooperation agreement prosecute or defend any civil action which the prosecuting attorney or county counselor of the county is authorized or required by law to prosecute or defend.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12991, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 210, A.L. 1951 p. 417, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 2003 S.B. 537, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11366; 1919 § 784; 1909 § 1045
CROSS REFERENCE:
County ordinance violations, amount and purpose (Boone, Buchanon, Cass, Greene, Jasper, and Jefferson counties), 49.272
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.650 - Counselor to advise county commission — employees of counselor, how paid, tenure — assistant counselor, compensation, how set.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
56.650. Counselor to advise county commission — employees of counselor, how paid, tenure — assistant counselor, compensation, how set. —
If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor shall in person, or by assistant, at the election of the county commission or governing body, attend such sittings of the county commission and give advice on all legal questions that may arise during the session of the commission or governing body as the county commission or governing body, and the county counselor shall assist the county commission or governing body in all such matters that may be referred to the county counselor. The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or governing body, employ such office personnel as are necessary in the discharge of the county counselor's official duties and such employees and assistants shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the county counselor and shall be paid monthly by the county commission or governing body out of the county treasury. The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or governing body, appoint such assistants as are necessary in the conduct of the county counselor's office, who shall receive as compensation such salary as is fixed by the county counselor and approved by the county commission or governing body.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12992, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 210, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11367; 1919 § 785; 1909 § 1046
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.660 - Special county counselors — employment — compensation — qualifications.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
56.660. Special county counselors — employment — compensation — qualifications. —
The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or the governing body of such county, employ special county counselors to represent such county in prosecuting or defending any suit by or against such county, or any official of such county acting in the county counselor's official capacity. The county counselor may pay such special county counselors a reasonable compensation, which shall be fixed by the county commission or the governing body of such county and paid out of such funds as the county commission or the governing body may direct, for their services. Special county counselors employed under this section shall have the same qualifications required for county counselors under the provisions of section 56.631.
­­--------
(L. 1978 S.B. 769, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.670 - Certain counties may contract with a private attorney to furnish nonprosecutorial legal service.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
Effective - 28 Aug 1998
56.670. Certain counties may contract with a private attorney to furnish nonprosecutorial legal service. —
1. The county commission of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government or any county of the second classification which contains part of a city with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand may, in lieu of or in addition to appointing a county counselor pursuant to section 56.631, contract with a private attorney for the provision of nonprosecutorial legal services for such county.
2. The method of payment of any attorney hired by a county commission pursuant to this section shall be governed solely by the provisions of the contract providing for such legal services.
3. Any attorney with whom a county commission contracts pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be considered an independent contractor and shall not be considered an employee or an officer of such county.
­­--------
(L. 1998 H.B. 1586)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.750 - Office of prosecution services created — purpose — services.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
56.750. Office of prosecution services created — purpose — services. —
The "Missouri Office of Prosecution Services" is hereby established as an autonomous entity in the Missouri attorney general's office. It shall be the purpose of the Missouri office of prosecution services to assist the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state in their efforts against criminal activity in the state. Such assistance may include:
(1) The obtaining, preparing, supplementing, and disseminating of indexes to and digests of the decisions of the supreme court and the court of appeals of Missouri and other courts, and the statutes, and other legal authorities relating to criminal matters, and civil matters concerning the duties of prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney;
(2) The preparation and distribution of model complaints, informations, indictments, instructions, search warrants, interrogation advices, and other common and appropriate documents employed in the administration of criminal justice;
(3) The preparation and distribution of a basic prosecutor's manual and other educational materials;
(4) The promotion of and assistance in the training of prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney on a statewide basis;
(5) The provision of legal research assistance to prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney;
(6) The development, support and maintenance of automated case management and criminal history reporting systems approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council as the standard utilized by prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney; and
(7) The provision of other assistance to prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney that is necessary for the successful implementation of sections 56.750 to 56.775 or that hereinafter may be authorized by law.
­­--------
(L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 1, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.755 - Executive director — staff — duties — office site.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
56.755. Executive director — staff — duties — office site. —
There shall be an executive director of the office of prosecution services with a staff, within the limits of appropriations for the purpose, to carry out the purpose of this office. The prosecutors coordinators training council may establish an independent office site or provide an office for the executive director and staff in another appropriate office site. The executive director and staff will be employed solely for the purpose of providing training for the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney and their assistants, and for the other legitimate services necessary to provide the prosecutorial services set forth in section 56.750.
­­--------
(L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 2, A.L. 1984 S.B. 601, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.770 - Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other officials.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1981
56.770. Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other officials. —
Anything in sections 56.750 to 56.775 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Missouri office of prosecution services may not exercise any power, supervisory or otherwise, undertake any duty or perform any function presently or hereafter assigned by law to the governor of this state, the attorney general, the chief justice of the supreme court, the Missouri general assembly, or any prosecuting attorney, circuit attorney, or county counselor in this state.
­­--------
(L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.775 - Severability of provisions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1981
56.775. Severability of provisions. —
The provisions of sections 56.750 to 56.775 are severable. If any part of sections 56.750 to 56.775 is declared invalid or unconstitutional, it is the intent of the legislature that the remaining portions of sections 56.750 to 56.775 shall remain and be in full force and effect.
­­--------
(L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.800 - Retirement fund authorized, administration of.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
56.800. Retirement fund authorized, administration of. —
There is hereby authorized a "Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of a board of trustees described in section 56.809. The board of trustees shall be responsible for the administration of such prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. If insufficient funds are generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840, the board shall proportion the benefits according to the funds available. The prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund shall be a body corporate and may sue and be sued, transact business, invest funds, and hold cash, securities, and other property.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.785, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.805 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
56.805. Definitions. —
As used in sections 56.800 to 56.840, the following words and terms mean:
(1)
"Annuity"
, annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for, in, or authorized by, the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840;
(2)
"Average final compensation"
, the average compensation of an employee for the two consecutive years prior to retirement when the employee's compensation was greatest;
(3)
"Board of trustees"
or
"board"
, the board of trustees established by the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840;
(4)
"Compensation"
, all salary and other compensation payable by a county to an employee for personal services rendered as an employee, including any salary reduction amounts under a cafeteria plan that satisfies 26 U.S.C. Section 125 or an eligible deferred compensation plan that satisfies 26 U.S.C. Section 457 but not including reimbursement for any expenses, any consideration for agreeing to terminate employment, or any other nonrecurring or unusual payment that is not part of regular remuneration;
(5)
"County"
, the City of St. Louis and each county in the state;
(6)
"Creditable service"
, the sum of both membership service and creditable prior service;
(7)
"Effective date of the establishment of the system"
, August 28, 1989;
(8)
"Employee"
, an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is employed by a county or a city not within a county;
(9)
"Membership service"
, service as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney after becoming a member that is creditable in determining the amount of the member's benefits under this system;
(10)
"Prior service"
, service of a member rendered prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system
*
which is creditable under section 56.823;
(11)
"Retirement system"
or
"system"
, the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system authorized by the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.780, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)
*See subdivision (7) for effective date.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.811 - Members, eligibility.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
56.811. Members, eligibility. —
On and after the effective date of the establishment of the system, as an incident to his employment or continued employment, each person employed as an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney shall become a member of the system. Such membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.800)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.814 - Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
56.814. Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity. —
1. Any person who became a member prior to January 1, 2019, who has attained the age of sixty-two years and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may retire with a normal annuity as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840.
2. Any person who becomes a member on or after January 1, 2019, who has attained the age of sixty-five and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may retire with a normal annuity.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.805, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.818 - Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
56.818. Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits. —
1. Each member who retires on or after August 28, 1989, shall receive each year an increase in the amount of benefits received by the member during the preceding year equal to the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner hereinafter provided not to exceed two percent in any year. The total increase in the amount of benefits received pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed fifty percent of the initial benefit which the member received upon retirement.
2. For the purposes of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board in May of each year, based upon the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year over the consumer price index for the calendar year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board in calculating any benefit increases that become payable under this section for the twelve-month period beginning with the June first immediately following such determination.
3. An annual increase shall be payable monthly beginning on a date specified by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member from waiving his right to receive the annual increase provided pursuant to this section. The waiver shall be final as to the annual increase waived.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.815, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.820 - Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
56.820. Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service. —
For the purpose of calculating benefits of a member, years of service as an employee and twelfths of a year are to be used.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.823 - Prior service, credit, limitation, amount.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
56.823. Prior service, credit, limitation, amount. —
1. Any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who becomes a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system
*
shall be given full credit for prior service as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in this state and seventy-five percent credit for prior service as an assistant prosecuting or assistant circuit attorney in this state for such time as the individual expended sixty percent of the individual's time or more fulfilling prosecutorial duties.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is serving as such on August 28, 1993, who also served as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system
*
shall be allowed creditable prior service for the service that was performed prior to the establishment of the system
*
.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who was not a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system
*
but who is serving as such on August 28, 1996, and who also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system
*
and who expended at least sixty percent of the time as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney fulfilling prosecutorial duties shall be allowed creditable prior service for seventy-five percent of such service as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney that was performed prior to the establishment of the system
*
.
4. All such prior service shall be established to the satisfaction of the board.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.825, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al.)
*August 28, 1989, is the effective date of the establishment of the system as defined in section 56.805.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.824 - Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 01 Jul 2000, see footnote
56.824. Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who was a member of the system on August 28, 1989, who had served more than eight years as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may elect to retire at age sixty-two at a reduced retirement benefit in a sum equal to the proportion of the retirement benefit provided in section 56.816 that the person's period of service bears to twelve years.
­­--------
(L. 2000 H.B. 1808)
Effective 7-01-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.825 - Retirement of member, application to board — payments to begin, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
56.825. Retirement of member, application to board — payments to begin, when. —
Any member may retire at any time after the end of the month during which the member becomes eligible to retire under the provisions of section 56.814 and upon the member's submission of a written application to the board setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing of the application, the member desires to be retired. The payment of the annuity, subject to the provisions of section 56.840, shall begin as of the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the date specified by the member.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.830)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.827 - Duration of benefits, exception — election to reduce benefits, spousal benefits allowed, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
56.827. Duration of benefits, exception — election to reduce benefits, spousal benefits allowed, when. —
1. The normal annuity of a member shall be paid to a member during his lifetime. Upon his death no further payments shall be made.
2. In lieu of the normal annuity otherwise payable to a member, the member may elect in the member's application for retirement to receive his choice of the following options:
Option 1.
The actuarial equivalent of the member's normal annuity in reduced monthly payments for life during retirement with the provision that upon the member's death, fifty percent of the reduced normal annuity shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the member's spouse; or
Option 2.
Some other option approved by the board which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the annuity to which the member is entitled under this system.
3. The election may be made only in the application for retirement and such application shall be filed prior to the date on which the retirement of the member is to be effective unless otherwise provided. If, after the reduced normal annuity begins under option 1, the spouse predeceases the retired member, the reduced normal annuity continues to the retired member during the member's lifetime; but, when a member dies any time after August 28, 1989, who is eligible for retirement prior to retiring and receiving retirement benefits, the surviving spouse of such member of the retirement system coming under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 shall, upon application, be appointed and employed as a special consultant by the retirement system for the remainder of the spouse's life, and upon request shall give oral or written opinions on the benefits of the retirement system, and shall be entitled to receive benefits under option 1, and shall be eligible for all other benefits that other spouses are entitled to receive.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.835)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.830 - Death benefits, amount — surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
56.830. Death benefits, amount — surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when. —
1. A death benefit of ten thousand dollars shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of every active member upon the member's death or to the member's estate if there is no designated beneficiary.
2. If a member dies before retirement, after becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if such surviving spouse has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivorship benefits pursuant to option 1 as set forth in section 56.827 as if the member had retired on the date of the member's death.
3. If a member with twelve or more years of service dies before becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if such surviving spouse has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivor benefits pursuant to option 1 as set forth in section 56.827 as if the member retired on the date of the member's death.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.840, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors › Section 56.833 - Deferred benefits allowed, when — forfeiture of creditable service, when, restoration of service, how — illness or injury, counts as service.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
56.833. Deferred benefits allowed, when — forfeiture of creditable service, when, restoration of service, how — illness or injury, counts as service. —
1. Upon termination of employment, any person who became a member prior to January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840. Upon termination of employment, any person who became a member on or after January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age sixty with twelve or more years of creditable service as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840. Any member with less than twelve years of creditable service shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's termination of employment.
2. A former member who has forfeited creditable service may have the creditable service restored by again becoming an employee within ten years of the date of the termination of employment, by completing four years of continuous membership service, and by contributing an amount to the fund equal to any lump sum payment received under subsections 11 and 12 of section 56.807. Notwithstanding any other provision of section 104.800 to the contrary, a former member shall not be entitled to transfer creditable service into this retirement system unless the member previously vested in this system.
3. Absences for sickness or injury of less than twelve months shall be counted as membership service.
­­--------
(L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.850, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.010 - Election — qualifications — certificate of election — sheriff to hold valid peace officer license, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories
57.010. Election — qualifications — certificate of election — sheriff to hold valid peace officer license, when. —
1. At the general election to be held in 1948, and at each general election held every four years thereafter, the voters in every county in this state shall elect some suitable person sheriff. No person shall be eligible for the office of sheriff who has been convicted of a felony. Such person shall be a resident taxpayer and elector of said county, shall have resided in said county for more than one whole year next before filing for said office and shall be a person capable of efficient law enforcement. When any person shall be elected sheriff, such person shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of such person's office as chief law enforcement officer of that county on the first day of January next succeeding said election.
2. No person shall be eligible for the office of sheriff who does not hold a valid peace officer license pursuant to chapter 590. Any person filing for the office of sheriff shall have a valid peace officer license at the time of filing for office. This subsection shall not apply to the sheriff of any county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population over nine hundred thousand or of any city not within a county.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13125, A.L. 1945 p. 1728, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2009 H.B. 667 merged with S.B. 47, A.L. 2013 S.B. 42 merged with S.B. 75)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11505; 1919 § 11629; 1909 § 11200
(1955) Sheriff held county officer within meaning of section 18, Article VI of Constitution so that county charter could transfer his policing and law enforcement functions to county police department. State on inf. Dalton ex rel. Shepley v. Gamble, 365 Mo. 215, 280 S.W.2d 656.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.015 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
57.015. Definitions. —
For purposes of section 57.275, the following words and terms shall have the following meaning:
(1)
"Deputy sheriff"
or
"officer"
, any deputy sheriff who is employed full time by a law enforcement agency, authorized by this chapter and certified pursuant to chapter 590. This term shall not include an officer serving in probationary status or one year, whichever is longer, upon initial employment. This term shall not include any deputy sheriff with the rank of lieutenant and above, or any chief deputies, under sheriffs and the command staff as defined by the sheriff's department policy and procedure manual;
(2)
"Hearing"
, a closed meeting conducted by a hearing board appointed by the sheriff for the purpose of receiving evidence in order to determine the facts regarding the dismissal of a deputy sheriff. Witnesses to the event that triggered the dismissal may attend the hearing for the limited purpose of providing testimony; the attorney for the deputy dismissed may attend the hearing, but only to serve as an observer; the sheriff and his or her attorney may attend the hearing, but only to serve as an observer;
(3)
"Hearing board"
, the individuals appointed by the sheriff for the purpose of receiving evidence in order to determine the facts regarding the dismissal of a deputy sheriff;
*
(4)
"Law enforcement agency"
, any county sheriff's office of this state that employs county law enforcement deputies authorized by this chapter and certified by chapter 590.
­­--------
(L. 1998 S.B. 659, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 merged with S.B. 745)
*Word "and" appears here in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.020 - Bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
57.020. Bond. —
Every sheriff shall, within fifteen days after he or she is sworn into office, give bond to the state in a sum not less than five thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the presiding judge of the circuit court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties; which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13127, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11507; 1919 § 11631; 1909 § 11202
CROSS REFERENCES:
Bond required for officers of class one counties, 107.060
Official bonds of county officers, 107.010 to 107.110
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.030 - Reelected, new bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
57.030. Reelected, new bond. —
Should any sheriff be reelected, he shall give a new bond and security within fifteen days from the date that he or she is sworn into office; and should he or she fail to do so, his or her former sureties shall not be held liable for any business done by him after the fifteen days expire.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13126, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11506; 1919 § 11630; 1909 § 11201
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.040 - Failure to give bond, effect.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.040. Failure to give bond, effect. —
If any sheriff fail to give such bond within the time prescribed, the office shall be deemed vacant.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13128)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11508; 1919 § 11632; 1909 § 11203
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.050 - Approval of bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.050. Approval of bond. —
Such bond may be taken by the clerk of the circuit court, in vacation; and, if so taken, shall be approved or disapproved by the circuit court at the next term.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13129)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11509; 1919 § 11633; 1909 § 11204
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.060 - Bond valid until disapproved.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.060. Bond valid until disapproved. —
Such bond shall be valid until disapproved; nor shall its obligations be impaired by the disapproval of the circuit court.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13130)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11510; 1919 § 11634; 1909 § 11205
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.070 - Certificate, bond and oath to be recorded.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
57.070. Certificate, bond and oath to be recorded. —
Every sheriff shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, cause his certificate of election or appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, and his official bond, with the approval endorsed thereon, to be recorded, at his own expense, in the office of the recorder of the county.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13131)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11511; 1919 § 11635; 1909 § 11206
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.080 - Vacancy in office, how filled — private person may execute process, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
57.080. Vacancy in office, how filled — private person may execute process, when. —
Whenever from any cause the office of sheriff becomes vacant, the same shall be filled by the county commission; if such vacancy happens more than nine months prior to the time of holding a general election, such county commission shall immediately order a special election to fill the same, and the person by it appointed shall hold said office until the person chosen at such election shall be duly qualified; otherwise the person appointed by such county commission shall hold office until the person chosen at such general election shall be duly qualified; but while such vacancy continues, any writ or process directed to the said sheriff and in such sheriff's hands at the time such vacancy occurs, remaining unexecuted, and any writ or process issued after such vacancy, may be served by any person selected by the plaintiff, the plaintiff's agent or attorney, at the risk of such plaintiff; and the clerk of any court out of which such writ or process shall issue shall endorse on such writ or process the authority to such person to execute and return the same, and shall state on such endorsement that the authority thus given is "at the request and risk of the plaintiff", and the person so named in said writ or process may proceed to execute and return said process, as sheriffs are by the law required to do. Such election shall be held on or before the tenth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. Upon the occurrence of such vacancy, it shall be the duty of the presiding commissioner of the county commission, if such commission be not then in session, to call a special term thereof, and cause said election to be held.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 13143, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 S.B. 275, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 2005 S.B. 176, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1516 Revision merged with H.B. 1965)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11523; 1919 § 11647; 1909 § 11217
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 57 - Sheriffs › Section 57.090 - To attend courts — when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 57
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
57.090. To attend courts — when. —
The several sheriffs shall attend each division of the circuit court presided over by a circuit or associate circuit judge held in their counties, when so directed by the court; and it shall be the duty of the officer attending any court to furnish stationery, fuel, and other things necessary for the use of the court whenever ordered by the court.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 2034, A.L. 1945 p. 805, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1870; 1919 § 2365; 1909 § 3887
Effective 1-02-79