483.240. Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities--exceptions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

483.240. Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities--exceptions.

Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities--exceptions.

483.240. 1. Each circuit clerk shall have administrativecontrol over, and be responsible for, the safekeeping of therecords of the circuit court of each county or of the city of St.Louis, except for the following:

(1) Records in probate divisions;

(2) Records in cases while they are pending in divisionspresided over by an associate circuit judge; provided, however,this subdivision (2) shall not apply to cases pending beforeassociate circuit judges in the circuit court of the city of St.Louis;

(3) Records in cases while they are pending in the municipaldivisions; and

(4) Records of the traffic violation bureaus.

2. Associate circuit judges and judges of the probatedivisions who are authorized to appoint division clerks shallhave administrative control over the division clerks they appointand the records of their divisions. With respect to divisionswhich are staffed by division clerks rather than by the circuitclerk or deputy circuit clerks, the judge appointing the divisionclerks for that division shall designate a chief division clerkwho shall be primarily responsible for the safekeeping of therecords of that division.