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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.445 - District No. 2 clerk, qualifications — election (Marion County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.445. District No. 2 clerk, qualifications — election (Marion County). —
There shall be a clerk of district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County, who shall possess the qualifications of other clerks of the circuit courts, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the townships of Mason and Miller in Marion County, at the same times, in the same manner and for the same time as shall be provided by law for the clerks of the circuit courts and who shall continue in office until his successor is elected and qualified. The clerk of district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County shall have all of the rights, powers and duties of circuit clerk within Mason and Miller townships in Marion County and shall be paid as a circuit clerk except to the extent specifically otherwise provided. All vacancies in his office shall be supplied in the same manner as in like cases in the office of the circuit clerk. The clerk provided by this section shall be in addition to the circuit clerk of Marion County. The circuit clerk of Marion County shall serve district number 1 of the circuit court of Marion County, and shall serve as the ex officio recorder of deeds for all of Marion County.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2423, A. 1949 S.B. 1145, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14551; 1919 § 13729; 1909 § 4278
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.450 - Residence and office hours of clerk.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.450. Residence and office hours of clerk. —
The clerk of district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County shall reside in said city of Hannibal, and shall keep his office open at all reasonable hours.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2424, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14552; 1919 § 13730; 1909 § 4279
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.480 - Probate clerk, oath — itemized fee bill.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 28 Aug 1955, 2 histories
483.480. Probate clerk, oath — itemized fee bill. —
1. Every probate clerk, when appointed, shall take the oath required of other clerks of courts of record.
2. Every clerk of probate, upon request, shall deliver to any person making payment of fees an itemized account of each charge, with date the charge was made, under appropriate headings with the number of the section of the statute authorizing the charge.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2440, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 235)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2049; 1919 § 2545; 1909 § 4059
CROSS REFERENCE:
Powers of clerk, 472.070
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.500 - Fees of the clerks of the supreme court and court of appeals — collection.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
483.500. Fees of the clerks of the supreme court and court of appeals — collection. —
1. An appellant or plaintiff in error shall pay court costs in an amount determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to proceedings when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
2. The clerk of the court in which the notice of appeal is initially filed shall collect and disburse court costs determined pursuant to this section in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, and such court costs shall be payable to the director of revenue for deposit to the general revenue fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13406, A.L. 1972 S.B. 496, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11784; 1919 § 10993; 1909 § 10697
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.505 - Account of fees — supreme court.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
483.505. Account of fees — supreme court. —
The clerk of the supreme court shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees earned in such clerk's office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13275, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11656; 1919 § 2102; 1909 § 2666
Effective 7-01-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.510 - Account of fees — court of appeals.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
483.510. Account of fees — court of appeals. —
The clerk of each of the districts of the court of appeals shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees earned in such clerk's office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13276, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11657; 1919 § 2103
Effective 7-01-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.530 - Fees, clerk's duties.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, 2 histories, see footnote
483.530. Fees, clerk's duties. —
The clerk who is responsible for collecting fees pursuant to the provisions of section 483.550 shall charge and collect the court costs in such amounts as are determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.535 - Fees for naturalization.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
483.535. Fees for naturalization. —
The clerks of courts in this state authorized by law to grant naturalization papers shall charge and collect court costs in such amounts as are determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020
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(RSMo 1939 § 13410, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11788; 1919 § 10997; 1909 § 10700
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.537 - Passports, accounting for fees charged, use of moneys collected.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
483.537. Passports, accounting for fees charged, use of moneys collected. —
The clerk of any state court who, by deputy or otherwise, takes or processes applications for passports or their renewal shall account for the fees charged for such service and for the expenditure of such fee in an annual report made to the presiding judge and the office of the state courts administrator. Such fees shall be used only for the maintenance of the courthouse or to fund operations of the circuit court.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210 merged with S.B. 420 & 344)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.580 - Fees, probate proceedings, guardianships.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
483.580. Fees, probate proceedings, guardianships. —
1. In all probate proceedings in the probate divisions of the different circuit courts in this state, there shall be charged against and collected from the estates or parties requiring the services of the probate division of the circuit court, court costs in such amounts as are determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020
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.
2. Except as provided in section 483.550, the court costs provided in this section shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the probate division of the circuit court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13404, A.L. 1945 p. 1516, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 356, A.L. 1961 p. 327, A.L. 1973 S.B. 112, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1981 S.B. 22 & 119 & 23, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11782; 1919 § 10991; 1909 § 10695
Effective 7-01-97
*Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.617 - Fees not to be charged against counties or St. Louis City, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
483.617. Fees not to be charged against counties or St. Louis City, when. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 483.530, 483.550, 483.610, 483.615, 550.030, 550.040 and 550.090 and any other provisions of law, if any criminal case be dismissed after August 13, 1978, no fees shall be chargeable against the counties or the city of St. Louis upon such dismissal.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.630 - Records transferred to circuit clerk — certificate of clerk effective, how (St. Louis City).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.630. Records transferred to circuit clerk — certificate of clerk effective, how (St. Louis City). —
On January 2, 1979, all records of the St. Louis court of criminal correction and those records in the possession of the clerk for criminal causes shall be transferred to the circuit clerk of the city of St. Louis. These records shall be kept and preserved by that clerk as a permanent part of the records of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis. The circuit clerk is authorized to issue certified copies of any of these records and his certificate of them shall have the same effect as if certified by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.640 - Records transferred to clerk (Marion County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.640. Records transferred to clerk (Marion County). —
On January 2, 1979, all records of the Hannibal court of common pleas shall be transferred to the clerk of district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County. These records shall be kept and preserved by that clerk as a permanent part of the records of district number 2 of the circuit court of Marion County. The said clerk is authorized to issue certified copies of these records and his certificate of them shall have the same effect as if certified by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.650 - Records transferred to clerk (Cape Girardeau County).

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
483.650. Records transferred to clerk (Cape Girardeau County). —
On January 2, 1979, all records of the Cape Girardeau court of common pleas shall be transferred to the circuit clerk of Cape Girardeau County. The records shall be kept and preserved by that clerk as a permanent part of the records of the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County. The said clerk is authorized to issue certified copies of these records and his certificate of them shall have the same effect as if certified by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.660 - Records of probate courts transferred.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.660. Records of probate courts transferred. —
All records belonging to a probate court on January 1, 1979, shall on January 2, 1979, become records of the circuit court; provided, however, said records shall remain under the general administrative and supervisory control of the judge of the probate division who shall be responsible for storing and safekeeping said records. The circuit clerk and the division clerk of the probate division of the circuit court are authorized to issue certified copies of such probate court records, and all courts of this state shall recognize such certified copies as if made by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.670 - Records of magistrate courts transferred.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.670. Records of magistrate courts transferred. —
All records belonging to a magistrate court on January 1, 1979, shall on January 2, 1979, become records of the circuit court. The circuit clerk and division clerks who have immediate control of such records are authorized to issue certified copies of such magistrate court records, and all courts of this state shall recognize such certified copies as if made by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records › Section 483.680 - Records of municipal courts transferred, when, how.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 483
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
483.680. Records of municipal courts transferred, when, how. —
1. All records belonging to a municipal court on January 1, 1979, shall on January 2, 1979, become records of the circuit court in which such municipality or major geographical area thereof shall be located. Physical custody of such records shall not, however, be transferred to the circuit clerk or to a division clerk of the circuit court except as hereinafter provided, but rather physical custody of such records shall be maintained by the municipality. Physical custody of such records shall be transferred to the circuit court in the following situations:
(1) When a municipality makes provision for a municipal judge of the circuit court to serve such municipality beginning on January 2, 1979, the records in cases which are pending on January 1, 1979, shall be placed in the custody of the municipal clerk serving the municipal judge;
(2) When a municipality does not make provision for a municipal judge of the circuit court to serve such municipality beginning on January 2, 1979, the records in cases which are pending on January 1, 1979, shall be placed in the custody of the circuit clerk or the division clerk serving the associate circuit judge to whom such cases are assigned;
(3) When the records of a case or cases are ordered transferred pursuant to local circuit court rule.
2. If physical custody of such records which belonged to a municipal court on January 1, 1979, is not transferred or ordered to be transferred as provided in subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of this section by January 1, 1982, such records shall cease to be records of the circuit court, shall be considered thereafter as records of the particular municipality, and may or may not be disposed of as determined by the municipality.
3. If physical custody of such records is transferred as provided in subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of this section, the clerk having custody of such records is authorized to issue certified copies of such municipal court records as well as copies of later municipal ordinance violation cases in his possession, and all courts of this state shall recognize such certified copies as if made by a clerk of the original court.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.020 - Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 24 Jun 1997, see footnote
484.020. Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty. —
1. No person shall engage in the practice of law or do law business, as defined in section 484.010, or both, unless he shall have been duly licensed therefor and while his license therefor is in full force and effect, nor shall any association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, except a professional corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 356, a limited liability company organized and registered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 347, or
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a limited liability partnership organized or registered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 358, engage in the practice of the law or do law business as defined in section 484.010, or both.
2. Any person, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation who shall violate the foregoing prohibition of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution and shall be subject to be sued for treble the amount which shall have been paid him or it for any service rendered in violation hereof by the person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation paying the same within two years from the date the same shall have been paid and if within said time such person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation shall neglect and fail to sue for or recover such treble amount, then the state of Missouri shall have the right to and shall sue for such treble amount and recover the same and upon the recovery thereof such treble amount shall be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.
3. It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri or the prosecuting attorney of any county or city in which service of process may be had upon the person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation liable hereunder, to institute all suits necessary for the recovery by the state of Missouri of such amounts in the name and on behalf of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13314, A.L. 1982 S.B. 680 Revision, A.L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11693; 1919 § 667
Effective 6-24-97 (H.B. 655); 5-20-97 (S.B. 170)
*Word "on" appears in original rolls.
(1987) This section does not prevent a foreign insurance corporation from sending in-house counsel to defend its insureds, where such counsel is admitted to the Missouri Bar. In re. Allstate Ins. Co., 722 S.W.2d 947 (Mo. banc).
(2008) Provision awarding treble damages for unauthorized practice of law or law business does not violate due process. Carpenter v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 250 S.W.3d 697 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.025 - Residential loans, imposition of fee to complete documentation not deemed engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
484.025. Residential loans, imposition of fee to complete documentation not deemed engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. —
No bank or lending institution that makes residential loans and imposes a fee of less than two hundred dollars for completing residential loan documentation for loans made by that institution shall be deemed to be engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.040 - Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1982
484.040. Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court. —
The power to admit and license persons to practice as attorneys and counselors in the courts of record of this state, or in any of them, is hereby vested exclusively in the supreme court and shall be regulated by rules of that court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13316, A.L. 1982 S.B. 680 Revision)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11695; 1919 § 669; 1909 § 939
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.053 - Supreme court to furnish director with list of persons currently licensed to practice law in Missouri — tax delinquency, effect of.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 01 Jul 2003, see footnote
484.053. Supreme court to furnish director with list of persons currently licensed to practice law in Missouri — tax delinquency, effect of. —
The director of revenue is hereby authorized, pursuant to a cooperative agreement with the supreme court, to develop procedures which shall permit the clerk of the supreme court to furnish the director, at least once each year, with a list of persons currently licensed to practice law in this state. If any such person is delinquent on any state taxes or has failed to file state income tax returns in the last three years and such person has not paid in protest or commenced a reasonably founded dispute with such liability, the director shall notify the clerk of the supreme court that such person has such delinquency or failure to file.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 600)
Effective 7-01-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.130 - Compensation of attorney governed by agreement — lien upon client's cause of action.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.130. Compensation of attorney governed by agreement — lien upon client's cause of action. —
The compensation of an attorney or counselor for his services is governed by agreement, express or implied, which is not restrained by law. From the commencement of an action or the service of an answer containing a counterclaim, the attorney who appears for a party has a lien upon his client's cause of action or counterclaim, which attaches to a verdict, report, decision or judgment in his client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come; and cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13337)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11716; 1919 § 690; 1909 § 964
(1956) Attorney is not restricted to any particular remedy to enforce his lien. Where defendant and plaintiff settled personal injury case without consulting plaintiff's attorney and with full knowledge that suit was pending in Missouri, attorneys were entitled to recover fees from defendant notwithstanding settlement was reduced to judgment in Tennessee. Satterfield v. Southern Ry. Co. (A.), 287 S.W.2d 395.
(1956) Defendant's attorneys in partition action were not entitled to fee out of client's share under § 528.530 nor under § 484.130, because they did nothing to produce funds for their client. Munday v. Thielecke (Mo.), 290 S.W.2d 88.
(1967) A statutory attorney's lien is cumulative, rather than exclusive of existing rights or remedies. Downs v. Hodge (A.), 413 S.W.2d 519.
(1972) There is no authority for an attorney's lien on an undistributed share of an estate. Carter v. Stendeback (A.), 482 S.W.2d 534.
(1987) Attorney's lien attaches to an award arising out of a divorce proceeding and such a lien arose where attorney did services for client to set aside dissolution settlement as unconscionable before being fired by client and even though attorney had entered into unlawful contingency fee contract with ex-client. Roberds v. Sweitser, 733 S.W.2d 444 (Mo. banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.140 - Attorney may contract for percentage of proceeds of claim — notice of lien to be given to defendant.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.140. Attorney may contract for percentage of proceeds of claim — notice of lien to be given to defendant. —
In all suits in equity and in all actions or proposed actions at law, whether arising ex contractu or ex delicto, it shall be lawful for an attorney at law either before suit or action is brought, or after suit or action is brought, to contract with his client for legal services rendered or to be rendered him for a certain portion or percentage of the proceeds of any settlement of his client's claim or cause of action, either before the institution of suit or action, or at any stage after the institution of suit or action, and upon notice in writing by the attorney who has made such agreement with his client, served upon the defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, that he has such an agreement with his client, stating therein the interest he has in such claim or cause of action, then said agreement shall operate from the date of the service of said notice as a lien upon the claim or cause of action, and upon the proceeds of any settlement thereof for such attorney's portion or percentage thereof, which the client may have against the defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, and cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties either before suit or action is brought, or before or after judgment therein, and any defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, who shall, after notice served as herein provided, in any manner, settle any claim, suit, cause of action, or action at law with such attorney's client, before or after litigation instituted thereon, without first procuring the written consent of such attorney, shall be liable to such attorney for such attorney's lien as aforesaid upon the proceeds of such settlement, as per the contract existing as herein provided between such attorney and his client.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13338)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11717; 1919 § 691; 1909 § 965
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.150. Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty. —
1. It shall be unlawful for any licensed attorney in the state of Missouri to divide any fees or compensation received by him in the practice of law or in doing law business with any person not a licensed attorney or any firm not wholly composed of licensed attorneys, or any association or corporation, and any person, firm, association or corporation violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, which fine shall be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.
2. Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate the foregoing prohibition of this section shall be subject to be sued for treble the amount of any and all sums of money paid in violation hereof by the person, persons, association or corporation paying the fees or compensation which shall have been so divided and if such person, persons, association or corporation shall not sue for or recover the same within two years from the date of such division of fees or compensation, the state of Missouri shall have the right to and shall sue for and recover said treble amount, which shall upon recovery be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.
3. It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri or the prosecuting attorney of any county or city in which service of process may be had upon the person, firm, association or corporation liable therefor, to institute all suits necessary for the recovery of said sums of money by the state of Missouri.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13315)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11694; 1919 § 668
CROSS REFERENCE:
Profits of attorney through certain contracts with newspapers prohibited, penalty, 493.130, 493.140
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.160. Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when. —
If an attorney or counselor at law shall commence an action and fail to prosecute the same, or if any action so commenced shall be dismissed for want of his attention, or if he shall bring the wrong action and it be necessary to enter a nonsuit, or if it shall be made to appear to the court that the action was erroneously brought, dismissed, or nonsuit entered in consequence, the court may, in its discretion, enter up judgment against any such attorney or counselor at law for the full amount of the costs thereby incurred, and all damages in consequence thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1434)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1270; 1919 § 1722; 1909 § 2291
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.170. Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend. —
Where two or more licensed attorneys at law of this state are associated together as copartners in the practice as attorneys or counselors at law, and one of such attorneys shall be the prosecuting or assistant prosecuting attorney, or circuit or assistant circuit attorney, it shall be unlawful for such other partner or partners to appear and defend in any of the courts of this state any person charged with a misdemeanor or felony, when by law it shall be the duty of such prosecuting or circuit attorney to appear and prosecute, and this section shall apply even though such partnership may exist only for the transaction of civil business.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12981)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11355; 1919 § 774; 1909 § 1039
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.190. Powers to suspend or remove. —
Any attorney or counselor at law may be removed or suspended from practice in the courts of this state for any of the following reasons:
(1) If he be convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude;
(2) If he unlawfully retain his client's money or if he is guilty of any malpractice, fraud, deceit or misdemeanor whatsoever in his professional capacity;
(3) If he shall have been removed, suspended or disbarred from the practice of law in any other state or jurisdiction and shall fail to disclose such fact in his application for license to practice law in this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13328)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11707; 1919 § 681; 1909 § 951
(1974) All power to suspend or remove attorneys is vested in the supreme court. Harkins v. Eldredge (CA Mo.), 505 F.2d 802.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1973
484.200. Charges, where exhibited. —
Charges against an offending attorney shall be in writing and verified, and may be preferred by any member of the bar in good standing, or by any judge of a court of record required by law to be a person learned in the law. The charges may be exhibited and proceedings had thereon in the supreme court, in any of the districts of the court of appeals, or in the circuit court of the county, in which the actions or practices complained of shall have been committed or the accused resides.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13329, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11708; 1919 § 682; 1909 § 952
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.210. Day for hearing — citation, where served. —
The court in which such charges shall be exhibited shall fix a day for the hearing, allowing a reasonable time, and the clerk shall issue a citation accordingly, with a copy of the charges annexed, which may be served upon the accused wherever found.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13330)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11709; 1919 § 683; 1909 § 953
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.220. Citation and charges, how served. —
The copy of the charges and citation may be served upon the accused by any officer authorized by law to serve writs issued by such court and in any county of this state, and if the accused be not found in this state then reasonable notice shall be given him by publication in such manner as the court may direct, unless served as provided in section 484.210, supra.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13331)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11710; 1919 § 684; 1909 § 954
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.230. Proceedings on failure to appear. —
If the party served with such citation shall fail to appear according to the command thereof, obedience may be enforced by attachment or the court may proceed ex parte.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13332)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11711; 1919 § 685; 1909 § 955
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.240. Removal or suspension without trial. —
If the charge allege a conviction for any criminal offense involving moral turpitude, the court shall, on production of the record of such conviction, remove the attorney so convicted or suspend such attorney from practice for a limited time, according to the nature of the offense, as the court may deem just, and without further trial. If the attorney be acquitted or discharged upon his trial, or if he be charged under subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of section 484.190, and appears at the time fixed by court and denies the charges preferred against him, or having been notified as required by section 484.210 or 484.220, fails to appear, the court shall forthwith hear the evidence offered in support of said charge and the evidence offered by the accused, and shall determine the matter without delay. And if the court finds that the charge has been sustained, or if the accused shall admit that he is guilty, the court shall remove him from practice or shall suspend him for a limited period, according to the nature of the offense and as the court may deem just and proper.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13333)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11712; 1919 § 686; 1909 § 956
(1972) Willfully and knowingly failing to make a federal income tax return is an offense involving moral turpitude within meaning of this section (rule). In re. MacLeod (Mo.), 479 S.W.2d 443.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1973
484.250. Trial by court or commissioner. —
All trials of charges preferred against attorneys shall be by the court, and in all cases of conviction the court shall pronounce judgment of removal or suspension according to the nature of the facts found; except that, if the charge be filed in the supreme court, or in one of the districts of the court of appeals, the court may appoint a special judge to hear the evidence and make report thereof to the court. In all cases the court may tax or abate the cost of the proceedings as it may deem just.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13334, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11713; 1919 § 687; 1909 §§ 960, 961
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.260. Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment. —
In all cases of a trial of charges in the circuit court, the defendant may except to any ruling or decision of the court, and may prosecute an appeal or writ of error to the supreme court, in all respects as in actions at law. And it is hereby made the duty of the supreme court to hear said appeal at the next term of said court unless continued for cause.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13335)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11714; 1919 § 688; 1909 § 962
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.270. Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured. —
Every final judgment or order of removal or suspension, made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter by any court so authorized, shall operate, while it continues in force, as a removal or suspension from practice in all the courts of this state; provided, that any attorney or counselor at law removed from practice or suspended for a longer term than one year, on application to the supreme court or in the court in which the judgment of removal or suspension was first rendered, may be reinstated as such attorney or counselor at law, in the discretion of the court, at any time after one year from the date of such judgment of removal or suspension.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13336)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11715; 1919 § 689; 1909 § 963
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law › Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 484
Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
484.350. Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when. —
Recognizing that Missouri children have a right to adequate and effective representation in child welfare cases, the September 17, 1996, Missouri supreme court standards for representation by guardians ad litem shall be updated and adopted statewide and each circuit shall devise a plan for implementation which takes into account the individual needs of their circuit as well as the negative impact that excessive caseloads have upon effectiveness of counsel. These plans shall be approved by the supreme court en banc and fully implemented by July 1, 2011.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1570 § 484.302, A.L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 237)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.010 - Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff — set salaries — source of funds for salaries.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories, see footnote
485.010. Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff — set salaries — source of funds for salaries. —
1. The presiding judge of each circuit may appoint a secretary or other staff personnel to aid the presiding judge in the administration of the judicial business of the circuit. Such secretary and other staff personnel appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge. The personnel authorized by this section are in addition to staff support from the circuit clerks, deputy circuit clerks, division clerks, municipal clerks, and any other staff personnel which may otherwise be provided by law.
2. The salary and number of secretarial or other staff personnel shall be established by the presiding judge of the circuit within funds made available for that purpose. Personnel authorized by this section shall be paid from state funds or federal grant moneys which are available for that purpose and not from county funds.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
(1981) This section does not relieve local governments performing county functions from the responsibility of funding the office of Court Administrator. State ex rel. the Judges for the 22nd Judicial Circuit v. City of St. Louis (Mo. App.), 619 S.W.2d 330.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.040 - Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters — qualifications.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
485.040. Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters — qualifications. —
1. For the purpose of preserving the record in all cases for the information of the court, jury and parties, and for expediting the public business, each circuit judge shall appoint an official court reporter who shall be a certified court reporter as provided by Rule 14 of the supreme court. Such court reporter shall be a sworn officer of the court, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of the judge appointing him, and on the death, resignation, or retirement of that judge, the reporter shall retain his office until the judge's successor is elected, or appointed.
2. In lieu of a full-time court reporter, a circuit judge who serves as the judge of the probate division may utilize the services of a court reporter on a part-time basis or may preserve the record in the manner provided in section 478.072.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13339, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11718; 1919 § 12668; 1909 § 11231
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.050 - Duties.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
485.050. Duties. —
It shall be the duty of the official court reporter so appointed to attend the sessions of the court, under the direction of the judge thereof; to take full stenographic notes of the oral evidence offered in every cause tried in said court, together with all objections to the admissibility of testimony, the rulings of the court thereon, and all exceptions taken to such rulings; to preserve all official notes taken in said court for future use or reference, and to furnish to any person or persons a transcript of all or any part of said evidence or oral proceedings upon the payment to him of the fee herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13340)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11719; 1919 § 12669; 1909 § 11232
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.055 - Reporters may be transferred, when — power and rights.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
485.055. Reporters may be transferred, when — power and rights. —
1. Whenever the supreme court makes an order temporarily transferring a circuit judge to a circuit court other than the court to which he was appointed or elected, or whenever any such judge is temporarily transferred or assigned in a manner other than by order of the supreme court, the supreme court, upon written notice from such transferred judge, shall, if the regular reporter is for any reason unavailable and the transfer is deemed necessary, order the temporary transfer of the official court reporter of the court of such transferred judge to accompany the judge and perform all the duties of the official court reporter of the court to which the judge is transferred in the matters heard or considered by the transferred judge while so transferred, and the official court reporter shall perform the same duties, make the same charges for his services, and be subject to the same laws and rules while acting as such transferred reporter as though he were the
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regularly appointed official reporter of the court to which he was temporarily appointed.
2. Upon the request made to the supreme court by a circuit judge whose official reporter is absent by reason of illness or physical incapacity, for the transfer of a reporter, the supreme court may, with the consent of the judge appointing him, or without such consent if said judge is absent or incapacitated, order the temporary transfer of another official reporter to said circuit court, and the official reporter shall perform the same duties, make the same charges for his services, and be subject to the same laws and rules while acting as such transferred reporter as though he were the regularly appointed official reporter of the court to which he was temporarily appointed.
3. In all judicial circuits having more than one circuit judge, in the absence or incapacity of one of the judges, the presiding judge may order the court reporter of said absent or incapacitated judge to act as court reporter of another division of said court when he shall deem such action necessary.
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(L. 1951 p. 423 § 1, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
*Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.060 - Compensation of reporters.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 3 histories
485.060. Compensation of reporters. —
1. Each court reporter for a circuit judge shall receive an annual salary of twenty-six thousand nine hundred dollars beginning January 1, 1985, until December 31, 1985, and beginning January 1, 1986, an annual salary of thirty thousand dollars.
2. Such annual salary shall be modified by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405.
3. Beginning January 1, 2022, the annual salary, as modified under section 476.405, shall be adjusted upon meeting the minimum number of cumulative years of service as a court reporter with a circuit court of this state by the following schedule:
(1) For each court reporter with zero to five years of service: the annual salary shall be increased only by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405;
(2) For each court reporter with six to ten years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of five and one-quarter percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (1) of this subsection;
(3) For each court reporter with eleven to fifteen years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and one-quarter percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (2) of this subsection;
(4) For each court reporter with sixteen to twenty years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and one-half percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (3) of this subsection; or
(5) For each court reporter with twenty-one or more years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and three-quarters percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (4) of this subsection.
4. Salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments on the certification of the judge of the court or division in whose court the reporter is employed. If paid by the state, the salaries of such court reporters shall be paid in semimonthly or monthly installments, as designated by the commissioner of administration.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13341, A.L. 1945 p. 741, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1969 p. 568, A.L. 1975 H.B. 170, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271, A.L. 2023 S.B. 103)
Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 476.405, in Appendix D.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXII - Courts › Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers › Section 485.065 - Source of funds for reporter's salary.

Title XXXII COURTS
Chapter 485
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
485.065. Source of funds for reporter's salary. —
The entire salary of each court reporter and the expense of part-time court reporters for circuit judges serving as judges of the probate division as provided in subsection 2 of section 485.040 shall be paid out of the state treasury.
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(L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1965 p. 652, A.L. 1969 p. 568, A.L. 1975 H.B. 170, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581)
Effective 1-01-85