Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 478 – Circuit Courts | Midpage478.001Treatment court divisions, definitions, establishment, purpose — referrals to certified treatment programs required, exception — completion of treatment program, effect — adult treatment court — DWI court — family treatment court — juvenile treatment court — veterans treatment court — mental health treatment court478.003Administration — commissioners, appointment, term, removal, powers, duties, qualifications, compensation — orders of commissioners, confirmation or rejection by judges, effect — assignment of judges outside circuit, when478.004Meetings prior to treatment court sessions — criminal cases, defendant ordered to treatment court division for treatment, when — accepting participants from outside circuit — opioid treatment478.005Conditions and criteria for referral — statements by participant not to be used as evidence, when — records, access to staff, closed, when478.007Alternative disposition of cases, court may be established — private probation services, when478.009Treatment courts coordinating commission established, members, meetings — duties — fund created478.010Election of circuit judges478.011Number of judicial circuits478.012Circuit court defined478.013Salaries of circuit judges — practice of or doing law business prohibited478.014Judge of the circuit court, defined478.017Travel allowance for circuit judges478.018Associate judges, circuit court, compensation478.019Judge of probate division, ex officio circuit or associate circuit judge, when, salary, how payable478.020Expenses of judge when serving outside regular circuit478.023Salary and expenses, how paid478.035Circuit courts — counties and City of St. Louis to provide quarters478.038Circuit number nine, election to maintain quarters for circuit court, form of question478.063Juvenile divisions designated478.070Jurisdiction of circuit courts478.072Preserving record, case assigned to associate circuit judge, how, approval required — supreme court to prescribe procedures and forms478.073Circuit realignment plan authorized — judicial conference duties — effective date — minimum number of circuits — publication by the revisor478.1000Criminal nonsupport courts authorized — referral of cases — allocation of resources — fund created, use of moneys478.191Authority for establishment of circuits, repealed, effective when478.205Circuit court, continual session — when term required, time commencing478.206Writs and other processes returned to first term, when, effect478.220Circuit and associate circuit judges, jurisdiction, restrictions478.230Municipal judges, jurisdiction — cases subject to transfer478.240Presiding judge, term, selection procedures — chief justice of supreme court may remove presiding judge, designate acting judge — authority to assign cases, exception — judge hears case not properly assigned, effect478.245Circuit courts may adopt local court rules — procedure — restrictions — role of associate circuit judges478.248Availability of a judge for bail purposes, when, local court rules to ensure478.250Procedure for filing cases, docketing, assignment, hearing478.255Disqualification of judge, reassignment procedure — applicability to probate judges478.260Probate division of circuit court established, jurisdiction478.265Commissioner of the probate division of circuit court, appointment, qualifications, powers, duties, compensation (counties over 400,000)478.266Probate division, commissioner authorized, certain counties, compensation, commissioner's orders, rejection or confirmation — deputy commissioner, certain counties and cities, appointment, term — powers and duties478.267Probate division of circuit court, commissioner authorized, compensation, term — commissioner's orders, rejection or confirmation of (St. Louis County)478.268Probate division commissioner authorized, thirty-first judicial circuit, term, compensation — commissioner's orders, rejection or confirmation478.270Judge or clerk not to prepare wills or settlements — letters revoked, when478.320Associate circuit judges, authorized number — population determination — election — restrictions on practice of law or paid public appointment — residency requirement478.330Additional circuit judges authorized, when478.370Divisions of Circuit No. 5, number — when judges elected478.376Circuit No. 6, number of judges478.385Circuit No. 7, number of judges478.387Circuit No. 22, number of judges478.400General term — business, how distributed and expedited478.422Friend of court in child support matters, appointment, compensation (St. Louis County and St. Louis City)478.428Presiding judge and circuit clerk St. Louis City to meet with mayor and budget director to discuss court's estimate of expenditures for year — estimate to be filed when478.434Fines, penalties and forfeitures, to be paid into city treasury, reports478.435Register to furnish names of collectors to court478.437Circuit No. 21, number of judges478.461Division into eastern and western portions — jurisdiction — venue — actions against county, where filed — transfer of cases, when — cases commenced prior to division, effect — rules authorized478.462Circuit No. 16, filing in improper division of circuit, venue — transfer of cases, when478.463Circuit No. 16, number of judges, divisions — where divisions to sit478.464Associate circuit divisions numbered — divisions to sit, where — (Jackson County)478.465Transfer of cases by local court rule, circuit court and probate division (Circuit No. 16)478.466Treatment court commissioner, appointment, qualifications, compensation, powers and duties — surcharge (Jackson County)478.467Court may make rules for distribution of cases478.469Appeals from municipal judges, where heard478.473Letters where granted (Jackson County)478.475Sales of real estate at courthouse door478.483Jurisdiction as to mechanic's liens478.513Circuit No. 31, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.527Circuit No. 29, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.528Family court commissioner position478.530Court may make rules for distribution, transfer of cases478.550Circuit No. 23, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — family court commissioner and treatment court commissioner to become associate circuit judge positions, when478.570Circuit No. 17, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.577Circuit No. 46, number of judges — election, when478.600Circuit No. 11, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — treatment court commissioner to become associate circuit judge position478.610Circuit No. 13, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected — additional associate circuit judge for Boone County, when478.620Records of former Sturgeon court of common pleas, transfer and keeping of478.625Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.630Circuit No. 20, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.690Circuit No. 24, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.700Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.705Circuit No. 26, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.710Circuit No. 32, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.711Circuit court, where may be held — probate division, where offices may be maintained478.715Circuit No. 42, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected478.716Treatment court commissioner position478.720Districts of Marion County circuit court — where court held — jurisdiction transfers478.730Circuit No. 44, judge appointed, elected when478.740Circuit No. 38, number of judges — number of divisions — election dates478.750Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election