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Chapter 56

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 56

Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors

56.010Prosecuting attorney — election — qualifications 56.020When term begins 56.060Prosecutor's duties, generally, expenses — employed attorney, how compensated 56.066Additional compensation (certain counties) — full-time prosecutor, St. Francois County 56.067Prosecuting attorney must devote full time to office or special prosecutions (certain counties)56.070Prosecuting attorney's duties — exception 56.080Duties — habeas corpus 56.085Criminal investigations, prosecutors or circuit attorneys may obtain subpoena for witnesses, records and books 56.087Dismissal of complaints, information, indictments, or counts by prosecuting or circuit attorneys without consent of the court — procedure 56.090Must be present, when 56.095Annual report required (second class and certain first class counties)56.110If interested in case, court to appoint substitute 56.120When sick, court to appoint substitute 56.130Power of appointee 56.140Subject to fine, when 56.151Assistants, investigators, clerical help, how paid, tenure — assistant prosecutors, qualifications of (certain first class counties)56.180Assistants — duties (first class counties)56.190Stenographers — duties (first class counties)56.200Assistants — qualifications, salaries (second class counties)56.210Assistants commissioned (second class counties)56.220Assistants — term of office — vacancy, how filled (second class counties)56.230Stenographic and clerical help (second class counties)56.240Assistant prosecuting attorneys — qualifications — oath — duties — compensation (third class counties)56.245Stenographic and clerical help, compensation (third and fourth class counties)56.250Special counsel — compensation — qualifications (second, third, and fourth class counties)56.265Compensation of prosecuting attorneys — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation — reporting, certificate of compliance — definition, prosecuting attorney to include circuit attorney (noncharter counties)56.291To prepare written brief for attorney general in appealed criminal cases (third and certain fourth class counties)56.293To defend elected county officials in certain suits (second, third and fourth class counties)56.300Prosecuting attorneys — duties, coroners' inquests (third and fourth class counties)56.305Judicial paroles — duties (third and fourth class counties)56.312Fee for collection of delinquent taxes and fees — deposit — purpose — unexpended balance to remain in fund 56.320Fees paid to county treasury (first class counties)56.330Fees set aside as contingent fund (first class counties)56.340Fees — records — collection (second, third and fourth class counties)56.350Acceptance of fee for signing pardon application deemed bribery — penalty 56.360Employment in criminal cases prohibited — civil practice authorized 56.363Full-time prosecutor, ballot — effective date — continuing education requirement, duty to provide to peace officers — may qualify for retirement benefits, when — election in Cedar County 56.380Not to accept fee or reward, except salary, courts of criminal jurisdiction (cities of 700,000 or more) — penalty 56.410May be suspended upon indictment — governor to appoint successor 56.420Restoration to office 56.430Circuit attorney — election — qualifications (St. Louis City)56.445Circuit attorney and assistants to devote full time to office — special assistants may engage in civil practice (St. Louis City)56.450Circuit attorney — duties (St. Louis City)56.453Circuit attorney, additional duties, how established 56.455Circuit attorney to report on felons (St. Louis City)56.460Circuit attorney of St. Louis City, duty on felony and misdemeanor complaints — office hours 56.470Arrests for felony or misdemeanor to be reported to circuit attorney, when — penalty for failure (St. Louis City)56.510Circuit attorney, duties, coroners' inquests 56.530Circuit attorney, contingent fund 56.540Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — oath — compensation 56.550Circuit attorneys and assistants — oaths — duties 56.570Assistants and clerks — tenure 56.600Circuit attorney — salary — fees, collection, disposition 56.631County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation 56.640County counselor and assistants, duties of 56.650Counselor to advise county commission — employees of counselor, how paid, tenure — assistant counselor, compensation, how set 56.660Special county counselors — employment — compensation — qualifications 56.670Certain counties may contract with a private attorney to furnish nonprosecutorial legal service 56.700Assistants for prosecuting attorneys, number, appointment, compensation 56.750Office of prosecution services created — purpose — services 56.755Executive director — staff — duties — office site 56.760Prosecutors coordinators training council created — officers, qualifications, terms, meetings, expenses — executive director, appointment, compensation, powers, removal from office 56.765Funding — surcharge to be collected in criminal and infraction cases, exceptions — registration fees — funds created — audit — use of fund 56.770Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other officials 56.775Severability of provisions 56.800Retirement fund authorized, administration of 56.805Definitions 56.807Local payments, amounts — prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund created — surcharges — donations may be accepted — member contribution to fund, amount 56.809Board established, trustees, terms, selection of — actuaries, advisors, counsel — audits — tables, rates, records — hearings, appeal — surety bonds — rules — powers of trustees — delegation of authority to advisors — records 56.811Members, eligibility 56.814Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity 56.816Normal annuity, computation of — reserve account established, purpose 56.818Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits 56.820Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service 56.823Prior service, credit, limitation, amount 56.824Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two 56.825Retirement of member, application to board — payments to begin, when 56.827Duration of benefits, exception — election to reduce benefits, spousal benefits allowed, when 56.830Death benefits, amount — surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when 56.833Deferred benefits allowed, when — forfeiture of creditable service, when, restoration of service, how — illness or injury, counts as service 56.840Benefits to retired employees, initial payments, when — creditable service, how accrued, certain counties — benefits as part-time prosecutor, when