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 Chapter 476 Courts — General Provisions (with repealers and transfers)
GENERALLY
476.001   Purpose of law. (8/28/2019)
476.010   Courts of record. (8/28/2001)
476.015   Short title. (8/28/1978)
476.016   (Repealed L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision § A) (8/28/2007)
476.020   Courts to keep a seal. (8/28/1939)
476.030   Private seal used, when. (8/28/1939)
476.040   (Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § A) (1/2/1979)
476.050   Records to be kept in English language. (8/28/1997)
476.053   (Transferred 2000; now 488.027) (8/28/2000)
476.055   Statewide court automation fund created, administration, committee, members ... (8/28/2023)
476.056   Municipal court automation, duties of municipality. (8/28/1997)
476.057   Judicial personnel training fund, judicial personnel defined. (8/28/2013)
476.058   Court personnel defined — state court administration revolving fund created. (8/28/2003)
476.060   Interpreters appointed, when. (8/28/1939)
476.062   Court marshals' arrest powers — may carry firearms, when. (8/28/1997)
476.070   Power of courts to issue writs. (8/28/1939)
476.080   Court or clerk may appoint person to execute process, when. (8/28/1939)
476.083   Circuit court marshal may be appointed in certain circuits, powers and ... (8/28/2021)
476.090   Courts may enforce return of process. (8/28/1939)
476.100   No process abated by failure of court to sit. (8/28/1939)
476.110   Acts constituting contempt of court. (8/28/1939)
476.120   Punishment for contempt. (8/28/1939)
476.130   May be punished summarily, when. (8/28/1939)
476.140   Commitment for contempt to set forth particulars. (8/28/1939)
476.150   Contempt not to be used to enforce civil rights. (8/28/1939)
476.160   Parties may be indicted, when. (8/28/1939)
476.170   Sittings to be public. (8/28/1939)
476.180   Judge interested, not to sit. (8/28/1939)
476.190   (Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § A) (1/2/1979)
476.200   (Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § A) (1/2/1979)
476.210   (Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § A) (1/2/1979)
476.220   Judge may call special term for disposition of cause pending. (1/2/1979)
476.230   (Repealed L. 1989 S.B. 127) (8/28/1989)
476.240   May try civil cases at such special terms. (8/28/1939)
476.250   No court to sit on Sunday. (1/2/1979)
 - Cross References
Acknowledgments, may take, 442.150, 442.155
Bonds required for arrest warrants, probation, civil cash bonds, deemed unclaimed property, when, 447.595
Certification required for official court reporters, 485.077
Circuit clerk to have authority to appoint special process server valid only for specific case, procedure, fee may be taxed as costs, 506.140
County municipal courts, counties of the first classification, 66.010
Crime victims' compensation, 595.045
Dual jurisdiction of court in disposition of offender transferred from juvenile court, 211.073
Family courts, Chap. 487
Grievance review committee of circuit courts, 211.351
Judicial commissions under Const. Art. V § 25 (nonpartisan court plan)
Juvenile information governance commission, members, duties, meetings, annual report, 210.870
Rebinding or reindexing court records, 109.090
Regulation of conflicts of interest, financial disclosure, and lobbying, 105.450 to 105.498
Rules of court, power to make, Const. Art. V §§ 5, 15
Rules of procedure, supreme court may prescribe, Const. Art. V, § 5
Service of process by special process server valid for only one specific case, procedure, duty of circuit clerk, fee may be taxed as costs, 506.140
Temporary transfer of judicial personnel, Const. Art. V § 6
Venue, actions, where should be filed, 508.010
Words "in vacation" in statute, how construed, 1.020

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