Section 478.700

There are multiple enactments of 478.700

Title XXXII COURTS

Chapter 478

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, 2 histories, see footnote   

  478.700.  Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. — 1.  There shall be three circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit.  These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, and three.  These judgeships shall include the circuit judgeship created in fiscal year 2026 under section 478.330.

  2.  The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980.  The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982.  The circuit judge appointed by the governor in 2025 for division three shall serve until January 1, 2029.  A circuit judge for division three shall be elected in 2028 for a four-year term and in 2032 for a full six-year term and every six years thereafter.

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(L. 1973 H.B. 69, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2026 S.B. 835 & 1111)

Revisor's note:  Pursuant to section 478.330, in 2025 a new circuit judge position was authorized in the 25th judicial circuit and funded in H.B. 12, 2025.