479.030. Municipalities, notification of circuit clerk--judges in office, terms.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

479.030. Municipalities, notification of circuit clerk--judges in office, terms.

Municipalities, notification of circuit clerk--judges in office,terms.

479.030. 1. Every municipality with a population of lessthan four hundred thousand which makes provision for a municipaljudge or judges shall notify in writing the circuit clerk of thecounty in which the municipality or major geographical portionthereof is located before the municipal judge or judges hear anddetermine any cases; provided, however, that until March 1, 1979,municipal judges may hear and determine cases prior to suchnotification.

2. Judges of municipal courts in office on January 1, 1979,may serve out the terms which they are then serving as municipaljudges of the circuit court if the municipality makes provisionfor the office of a municipal judge even though such judge maynot meet the requirements of subsections 3, 7 and 8 of section479.020.

3. Each judge of a municipal court in a city with apopulation of over four hundred thousand who is in office onJanuary 1, 1979, and who is a full-time judge, shall become amunicipal judge for that city without action being required onthe part of the city, shall serve out the term for which he wasselected, and subject to the provisions of chapter 479, shall beeligible for retention in office at the end of such term underthe provisions of any plan of merit retention for municipal courtjudges in effect on January 1, 1979, which shall be deemed to becontinued in effect without action on the part of the city.