Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 56

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 56
in effect

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.010 Prosecuting attorney - election - qualifications.

56.010. Prosecuting attorney — election — qualifications. — At the general election to be held in this state in the year A.D. 1982, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of this state a prosecuting attorney, who shall be a person learned in the law, duly licensed to practice as an attorney at law in this state, and enrolled as such, at least twenty-one years of age, and who has been a bona fide resident of the county in which he seeks election for twelve months next preceding the date of the general election at which he is a candidate for such office and shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor is elected, commissioned and qualified. (RSMo 1939 § 12934, A.L. 1967 p. 130, A.L. 1971 S.B. 13, A.L. 1982 S.B. 478) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11309; 1919 § 729; 1909 § 1000

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.020 When term begins.

56.020. When term begins. — Prosecuting attorneys elected under the provisions of this chapter shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of January next after they shall have been elected. (RSMo 1939 § 12935) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11310; 1919 § 730; 1909 § 1001

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.060 Prosecutor's duties, generally, expenses - employed attorney, how compensated.

56.060. Prosecutor's duties, generally, expenses — employed attorney, how compensated. — 1. Each prosecuting attorney shall commence and prosecute all civil and criminal actions in the prosecuting attorney's county in which the county or state is concerned, defend all suits against the state or county, and prosecute forfeited recognizances and actions for the recovery of debts, fines, penalties and forfeitures accruing to the state or county. In all cases, civil and criminal, in which changes of venue are granted, the prosecuting attorney shall follow and prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all the causes, for which, in addition to the fees now allowed by law, the prosecuting attorney shall receive his or her actual expenses. If any misdemeanor case is taken to the court of appeals by appeal the prosecuting attorney shall represent the state in the case in the court and make out and cause to be printed, at the expense of the county, all necessary abstracts of record and briefs, and if necessary appear in the court in person, or shall employ some attorney at the prosecuting attorney's own expense to represent the state in the court, and for his or her services he or she shall receive the compensation that is proper, not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each case, and necessary traveling expenses, to be audited and paid as other claims are audited and paid by the county commission of the county. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, in any county for which a county counselor is appointed, the prosecuting attorney shall only perform those duties prescribed by subsection 1 of this section which are not performed by the county counselor under the provisions of law relating to the office of county counselor. (RSMo 1939 § 12942, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67, A.L. 1971 H.B. 779, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11316; 1919 § 736; 1909 § 1007 (1953) Prosecuting attorney is quasi-judicial officer and the right to enter a nolle prosequi in a criminal case is within his sole discretion. Such discretion cannot be controlled by the court. State ex rel. Griffin v. Smith, 363 Mo. 1235, 258 S.W.2d 590. (1954) Prosecuting attorney does not have concurrent authority with the attorney general to institute quo warranto proceedings; he is limited to cases involving issues having a local situs in his county. State ex rel. Schneider's Credit Jewelers v. Brackman (Mo.), 272 S.W.2d 289. (1959) Evidence held sufficient to show proper exercise of discretion in entering nolle prosequi in prosecution of election offenses. State ex inf. Dalton v. Moody (Mo.), 325 S.W.2d 21. (1976) Held, private prosecutors prohibited. State v. Harrington (Mo. banc), 534 S.W.2d 44. (1985) A prosecuting attorney does not have the exclusive and unrestricted discretion to enter a nolle prosequi after verdict and before judgment and sentencing. State ex rel. Norwood v. Drumm, 691 S.W.2d 238.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.066 Additional compensation (certain counties) - full-time prosecutor, St. ...

56.066. Additional compensation (certain counties) — full-time prosecutor, St. Francois County. — 1. In any county which contains facilities which are operated by the department of corrections with a total average yearly inmate population in excess of seven hundred and fifty persons but less than one thousand five hundred persons, the prosecuting attorney shall receive ten thousand dollars per annum in addition to all other compensation provided by law. In any county which contains facilities which are operated by the department of corrections with a total average yearly inmate population in excess of one thousand five hundred persons but less than three thousand persons, the prosecuting attorney shall receive twelve thousand five hundred dollars per annum in addition to all other compensation provided by law. In any county which contains facilities which are operated by the department of corrections with a total average yearly inmate population in excess of three thousand persons but less than four thousand persons, the prosecuting attorney shall receive fifteen thousand dollars per annum in addition to all other compensation provided by law. In any county which contains facilities which are operated by the department of corrections with a total average inmate population in excess of four thousand persons, the prosecuting attorney shall receive twenty thousand dollars per annum in addition to all other compensation provided by law. The compensation provided in connection with the average inmate population shall not be considered for purposes of determining any increase in compensation from January 1, 1988. The amounts provided in this subsection shall be included in the computation of the maximum allowable compensation as that term is used in section 50.333 . 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 56.360 , the prosecuting attorney of any county of the fourth classification, with a population of at least forty-eight thousand and not more than sixty thousand inhabitants, two correctional facilities and a state mental health center, shall devote full time to the prosecutor's office, and, except for the performance of official duties, shall not engage in the practice of law. (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 1998 S.B. 819, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275, A.L. 2001 H.B. 52) Effective 5-23-01

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.067 Prosecuting attorney must devote full time to office or special ...

*56.067. Prosecuting attorney must devote full time to office or special prosecutions (certain counties). — In counties of the first classification not having a charter form of government and other counties in which the prosecuting attorney is a full-time position, the prosecuting attorney, except in the performance of special prosecutions or otherwise representing the state or its political subdivisions, shall devote full time to his office, and shall not engage in the practice of law. (L. 1967 p. 130, A.L. 1998 S.B. 819, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672) *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Calzone v. Koster, et al., see 2016 annotation below. (2016) Provisions of S.B. 672 from 2014 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23; under the facts presented, those provisions cannot be severed and the bill is unconstitutional in its entirety. Calzone v. Koster, et al., Case No. 15AC-CC00247 (Cole County Cir. Ct., Feb. 9, 2016).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.070 Prosecuting attorney's duties - exception.

56.070. Prosecuting attorney's duties — exception. — 1. The prosecuting attorney shall represent generally the county in all matters of law, investigate all claims against the county, and draw all contracts relating to the business of the county. He shall give his opinion, without fee, in matters of law in which the county is interested, and in writing when demanded, to the county commission or any judge thereof, except in counties in which there is a county counselor. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government for which a county counselor is appointed, the prosecuting attorney shall only perform those duties prescribed by subsection 1 which are not performed by the county counselor under the provisions of law relating to the office of county counselor. (RSMo 1939 § 12944, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11318; 1919 § 738; 1909 § 1008 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.080 Duties - habeas corpus.

56.080. Duties — habeas corpus. — In all criminal cases where any person or persons are brought up on writs of habeas corpus before a judge of any court of record, it shall be the duty of such attorney to attend upon the hearing of such application on behalf of the state. (RSMo 1939 § 12945) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11319; 1919 § 739; 1909 § 1009

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.085 Criminal investigations, prosecutors or circuit attorneys may obtain ...

56.085. Criminal investigations, prosecutors or circuit attorneys may obtain subpoena for witnesses, records and books. — In the course of a criminal investigation, the prosecuting or circuit attorney may request the circuit or associate circuit judge to issue a subpoena to any witness who may have information for the purpose of oral examination under oath to require the production of books, papers, records, or other material of any evidentiary nature at the office of the prosecuting or circuit attorney requesting the subpoena. (L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.087 Dismissal of complaints, information, indictments, or counts by prosecuting ...

56.087. Dismissal of complaints, information, indictments, or counts by prosecuting or circuit attorneys without consent of the court — procedure. — 1. The prosecuting or circuit attorney has the power, in his or her discretion, to dismiss a complaint, information, or indictment, or any count or counts thereof, and in order to exercise that power it is not necessary for the prosecutor or circuit attorney to obtain the consent of the court. The dismissal may be made orally by the prosecuting or circuit attorney in open court, or by a written statement of the dismissal signed by the prosecuting or circuit attorney and filed with the clerk of court . 2. A dismissal filed by the prosecuting or circuit attorney prior to the time double jeopardy has attached is without prejudice. A dismissal filed by the prosecuting or circuit attorney after double jeopardy has attached is with prejudice, unless the criminal defendant has consented to having the case dismissed without prejudice. 3. A dismissal without prejudice means that the prosecutor or circuit attorney has complete discretion to refile the case, as long as it is refiled within the time specified by the applicable statute of limitations. A dismissal with prejudice means that the prosecutor or circuit attorney cannot refile the case. 4. For the purposes of this section, double jeopardy attaches in a jury trial when the jury has been impaneled and sworn. It attaches in a court-tried case when the court begins to hear evidence. (L. 2006 H.B. 1858)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.090 Must be present, when.

56.090. Must be present, when. — No judge shall allow the cases alluded to in sections 56.060 and 56.080 to be tried before him, unless the prosecuting attorney or someone properly qualified to prosecute for him is present. The judge, before trying these cases, shall give due notice to the prosecuting attorney. (RSMo 1939 § 12946, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11320; 1919 § 740; 1909 § 1010 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.095 Annual report required (second class and certain first class counties).

56.095. Annual report required (second class and certain first class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and in counties of the second class shall make an annual report in November of each year to the county commission, stating the number of misdemeanors and felonies occurring within such county, which have been prosecuted by him or his assistants the preceding year. (L. 1965 p. 150 § 7, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.110 If interested in case, court to appoint substitute.

56.110. If interested in case, court to appoint substitute. — If the prosecuting attorney and assistant prosecuting attorney be interested or shall have been employed as counsel in any case where such employment is inconsistent with the duties of his or her office, or shall be related to the defendant in any criminal prosecution, either by blood or by marriage, the court having criminal jurisdiction may appoint some other attorney to prosecute or defend the cause. Such special prosecutor shall not otherwise represent a party other than the state of Missouri in any criminal case or proceeding in that circuit for the duration of that appointment and shall be considered an appointed prosecutor for purposes of section 56.360 . (RSMo 1939 § 12948, A.L. 2014 S.B. 621) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11322; 1919 § 742; 1909 § 1012 (1976) An unchallenged verified application to disqualify a prosecuting attorney is merely a prima facie showing and does not require the court to appoint another prosecutor. State v. Burton (A.), 544 S.W.2d 60.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.120 When sick, court to appoint substitute.

56.120. When sick, court to appoint substitute. — If he be sick or absent, such court shall appoint some person to discharge the duties of the office until the proper officer resumes the discharge of his duties. (RSMo 1939 § 12949) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11323; 1919 § 743; 1909 § 1013

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.130 Power of appointee.

56.130. Power of appointee. — The person appointed shall possess the same power as the proper officer would if he was present and shall receive a reasonable fee for each case prosecuted to be fixed by the court and to be taxed and paid as other costs in criminal cases. (RSMo 1939 § 12950, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11324; 1919 § 744; 1909 § 1014

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.140 Subject to fine, when.

56.140. Subject to fine, when. — If any prosecuting attorney shall fail to attend any term of the court having criminal jurisdiction in his county, held in pursuance of law, he shall be fined twenty-five dollars by the court, unless he show good cause to the contrary at the next succeeding term thereof. (RSMo 1939 § 12951) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11325; 1919 § 745; 1909 § 1015

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.151 Assistants, investigators, clerical help, how paid, tenure - assistant ...

56.151. Assistants, investigators, clerical help, how paid, tenure — assistant prosecutors, qualifications of (certain first class counties). — 1. The prosecuting attorney of all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government may appoint such assistant prosecuting attorneys, and may employ such investigators and stenographic and clerical help as he deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of his office, and may set their compensation within the limits of the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. The compensation for the assistant prosecuting attorneys, investigators and stenographic and clerical help shall be paid in equal installments out of the county treasury in the same manner as other county employees are paid. 2. The assistant prosecuting attorneys shall be subject to the same fines and penalties for neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office as the prosecuting attorney. 3. All assistant prosecuting attorneys, investigators, and stenographic and clerical help shall hold office at the pleasure of the prosecuting attorney. (L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275) Effective 5-06-99

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.180 Assistants - duties (first class counties).

56.180. Assistants — duties (first class counties). — In all counties of class one in this state, the assistant prosecuting attorneys shall discharge such duties as may be required of them in criminal and civil causes and in courts having jurisdiction of same on behalf of the state or county; shall attend the grand jury of the county if required so to do by the prosecuting attorney; assist and advise said body; examine witnesses and preserve their testimony. The assistant prosecuting attorneys shall be and are hereby empowered to sign in their own name informations in criminal causes in all courts having jurisdiction in criminal causes. (RSMo 1939 § 12960, A.L. 1945 p. 579) Prior revision: 1929 § 11334

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.190 Stenographers - duties (first class counties).

56.190. Stenographers — duties (first class counties). — In all counties of class one, the stenographers in the office of the prosecuting attorney shall, when so directed by the prosecuting attorney of such county, take down and transcribe for the use of the prosecuting attorney testimony and evidence before the grand jury of said county and before any court of said county exercising criminal jurisdiction or before the coroner of said county at any inquest held on any homicide or felony inquiry, and shall perform such other duties in the office of the prosecuting attorney as may be necessary. Before taking down any evidence before the grand jury such stenographers shall be sworn to keep secret any fact disclosed in said grand jury room, and shall not divulge any testimony which he or she may have heard there, except to the prosecuting attorney or when lawfully required to do so by a court of record having jurisdiction in said matter. (RSMo 1939 § 12979, A.L. 1945 p. 579 § 12961) Prior revision: 1929 § 11353

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.200 Assistants - qualifications, salaries (second class counties).

56.200. Assistants — qualifications, salaries (second class counties). — The prosecuting attorney, in counties of the second class, shall be entitled to: (1) Not more than four assistants when the assessed valuation of the county is less than two hundred fifty million dollars; (2) Not more than eight assistants when the assessed valuation of the county is two hundred fifty million dollars or more. The assistants shall be appointed by the prosecuting attorney. They shall possess the same qualifications and be subject to the same fines and penalties for neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office as the prosecuting attorney. They shall be paid a salary in an amount as shall be fixed by the prosecuting attorney and approved by the commissioners of the county commission. The appointment, approval, and agreement as to the salary of each assistant shall be in writing, and filed by the prosecuting attorney with the county commission. (L. 1945 p. 572 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 220, A.L. 1972 S.B. 557)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.210 Assistants commissioned (second class counties).

56.210. Assistants commissioned (second class counties). — When the prosecuting attorney, of any county of the second class, shall file with the county commission, the approval of the circuit judges of the county of the appointment of an assistant prosecuting attorney, as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the county commission to commission such assistant as other officers are commissioned by such commission. (L. 1945 p. 572 § 4)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.220 Assistants - term of office - vacancy, how filled (second class counties).

56.220. Assistants — term of office — vacancy, how filled (second class counties). — Such assistant prosecuting attorneys shall be commissioned for and hold their offices for the remainder of the term of the prosecuting attorney by whom they have been appointed, and in case of a vacancy by removal, death or resignation, the same shall be filled by appointment as herein provided. (L. 1945 p. 572 § 5)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.230 Stenographic and clerical help (second class counties).

56.230. Stenographic and clerical help (second class counties). — The prosecuting attorney, in counties of the second class, may employ such stenographic and clerical help, with the approval of the county commission, as may be necessary to the efficient operation of his office. The salary of any stenographer or clerk, so employed, shall be fixed by the prosecuting attorney, with the approval of the county commission. (L. 1945 p. 572 § 6)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.240 Assistant prosecuting attorneys - qualifications - oath - duties - ...

56.240. Assistant prosecuting attorneys — qualifications — oath — duties — compensation (third class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the third class may appoint assistant prosecuting attorneys who shall be licensed attorneys in the state of Missouri and be subject to all the liabilities and penalties for failure or neglect to discharge the duty to which prosecuting attorneys are liable. The appointment of an assistant prosecuting attorney shall be made in writing and filed by the prosecuting attorney, and such assistant prosecuting attorney shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation of office required of prosecuting attorneys, which appointment and oath or affirmation of office shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. An assistant prosecuting attorney shall discharge the duties of the prosecuting attorney when the prosecuting attorney is sick or absent from the county, or when the prosecuting attorney is engaged in the discharge of the duties of his office so that he cannot attend. In counties of the third class an assistant prosecuting attorney shall assist the prosecuting attorney in any case when requested to do so by the prosecuting attorney, but the former shall be disqualified from defending in any criminal case. The compensation of an assistant prosecuting attorney in third class counties may be paid out of the county treasury an annual salary in an amount approved by the county commission. (L. 1945 p. 1535 § 4, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 489, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1961 p. 292, A.L. 1969 p. 108, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1381, A.L. 1990 S.B. 834, A.L. 1993 H.B. 562, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.245 Stenographic and clerical help, compensation (third and fourth class counties).

56.245. Stenographic and clerical help, compensation (third and fourth class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the third and fourth class may employ such stenographic and clerical help as may be necessary for the efficient operation of his office. The salary of any stenographer or clerk so employed shall be fixed by the prosecuting attorney with the approval of the county commission to be paid by the county. (L. 1961 p. 293 § 1, A.L. 1967 p. 132, A.L. 1979 H.B. 255)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.250 Special counsel - compensation - qualifications (second, third, and fourth ...

56.250. Special counsel — compensation — qualifications (second, third, and fourth class counties). — The governing body of each second, third, and fourth class county * in this state may, in its discretion, employ special counsel or an attorney to represent such county or counties in prosecuting or defending any suit or suits by or against such county or counties, and may pay to such special counsel or attorney reasonable compensation for his services, such compensation to be fixed by the governing body of such county and paid out of such funds as the governing body may direct. Such counsel or attorney shall be a duly licensed attorney and at least twenty-five years of age. (RSMo 1939 § 12980, A.L. 1945 p. 571, A.L. 1983 S.B. 372) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11354; 1919 § 773; 1909 § 1038 *Word "counties" appears in original rolls. (1957) Where judges of county court retained counsel to defend them against contempt proceedings in circuit court arising out of their refusal to direct certain payments from county treasury, compensation of such counsel was not an obligation of the county. County of St. Francois v. Brookshire (Mo.), 302 S.W.2d 1.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.265 Compensation of prosecuting attorneys - training program, attendance ...

56.265. Compensation of prosecuting attorneys — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation — reporting, certificate of compliance — definition, prosecuting attorney to include circuit attorney (noncharter counties). — 1. The county prosecuting attorney in any county, other than in a chartered county, shall receive an annual salary computed using the following schedule, when applicable. The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as shown for the year immediately preceding the year for which the computation is done. (1) For a full-time prosecutor the prosecutor shall receive compensation equal to the compensation of an associate circuit judge; (2) For a part-time prosecutor: 2. Two thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the prosecuting attorney's office when approved by a professional association of the county prosecuting attorneys of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the professional association. The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each prosecuting attorney who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified prosecuting attorneys to the treasurer of each county or city not within a county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the prosecuting attorney in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose. 3. Each calendar year, five thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has collected the data described in subsection 2 of section 56.750 in a manner approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council and makes the data described in subsection 2 of section 56.750 readily accessible to the Missouri office of prosecution services. The Missouri office of prosecution services shall provide a certificate of compliance to each prosecuting attorney who complies with this subsection and shall send a list of any certified prosecuting attorney to the respective treasurer of each county or city not within a county. 4. For each calendar year, three thousand dollars of the salary shall be payable to any prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting attorney has provided discovery to criminal defense attorneys who have entered an appearance on behalf of a defendant in a manner approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council. The Missouri office of prosecution services shall provide a certificate of compliance to each prosecuting attorney who complies with this subsection and shall send a list of any certified prosecuting attorney to the respective treasurer of each county or city not within a county. 5. As used in this section, the term "prosecuting attorney" includes the circuit attorney of any city not within a county. 6. The prosecuting attorney of any county which becomes a county of the first classification during a four-year term of office or a county which passed the proposition authorized by subsection 1 of section 56.363 shall not be required to devote full time to such office pursuant to section 56.067 until the beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next term of office or until the proposition otherwise becomes effective. 7. The provisions of section 56.066 shall not apply to full-time prosecutors who are compensated pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section. (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al. § 3, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1998 S.B. 819, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.291 To prepare written brief for attorney general in appealed criminal cases ...

56.291. To prepare written brief for attorney general in appealed criminal cases (third and certain fourth class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the third and fourth class, in addition to his other duties provided by law, shall submit to the attorney general of the state of Missouri, a written brief summarizing the facts and law of the lower court proceedings had in all criminal cases appealed to the supreme court from the county of his jurisdiction. The provisions of this section shall not apply to counties of the fourth class having an assessed valuation of less than ten million dollars, unless approved by the county commission. (L. 1965 p. 165 § 1, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.293 To defend elected county officials in certain suits (second, third and ...

56.293. To defend elected county officials in certain suits (second, third and fourth class counties). — In addition to all other duties imposed upon the prosecuting attorney in counties of the second, third and fourth classes, if any elected county official be sued in connection with the performance of this office, under the provisions of Section 1983, Title 42, United States Code, the prosecuting attorney shall, if requested to do so by such elected county official, act as defense counsel or co-counsel for such elected official. (L. 1979 H.B. 255 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.300 Prosecuting attorneys - duties, coroners' inquests (third and fourth class ...

56.300. Prosecuting attorneys — duties, coroners' inquests (third and fourth class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the third and fourth class shall attend inquests by coroners in cases of death occurring by violence, and which may result in a charge of felony. The prosecuting attorney shall make an investigation concerning the death and cause to be brought before the coroner any witnesses he desires. He shall be permitted by the coroner to assist in the interrogation of witnesses for the full development of the circumstances leading up to and resulting in the death, and for his information concerning any possible criminal charge that may grow out of the death. (L. 1949 p. 231 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 325)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.305 Judicial paroles - duties (third and fourth class counties).

56.305. Judicial paroles — duties (third and fourth class counties). — The prosecuting attorney in counties of the third and fourth classes shall attend all hearings and applications for judicial paroles and investigate all applications for judicial paroles, make a complete investigation of all the facts and circumstances surrounding the applicant, his home life, family and business, make a report of his findings thereon to the circuit judge and make such recommendation as he deems necessary and advisable to the circuit judge. (L. 1953 p. 380 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 325)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.312 Fee for collection of delinquent taxes and fees - deposit - purpose - ...

56.312. Fee for collection of delinquent taxes and fees — deposit — purpose — unexpended balance to remain in fund. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 50.525 to 50.745 , the one-half of the tax collection fee which is designated for the use of the prosecuting or circuit attorney as provided in section 136.150 shall be deposited by the county treasurer into a separate interest-bearing fund to be expended at the direction of the prosecuting attorney as provided in this section. These funds shall not be budgeted by the governing body of the county or the City of St. Louis, and shall be expended only upon warrants executed by the circuit or prosecuting attorney, directing the treasurer to issue checks thereon. 2. The moneys deposited in the fund may be used by the prosecuting or circuit attorney for office supplies, postage, books, training, office equipment, capital outlay, expenses of trial and witness preparation, additional employees for the staff of the prosecuting or circuit attorney, salary supplements for existing employees on the staff of the prosecuting or circuit attorney. 3. No prior approval of the expenditures from this fund shall be required by the governing body of the county or the city of St. Louis, nor shall any prior audit or encumbrance of the fund be required before any expenditure is made by the prosecuting or circuit attorney from this fund. This fund may be audited by the state auditor's office or the appropriate auditing agency. 4. If the moneys collected and deposited into this fund are not totally expended annually, then the unexpended balance shall remain in said fund and the balance shall be kept in said fund to accumulate from year to year. (L. 1986 S.B. 665)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.320 Fees paid to county treasury (first class counties).

56.320. Fees paid to county treasury (first class counties). — In all counties of class one the salary of the prosecuting attorney is in lieu of all fees for criminal cases, but the fees of the prosecuting attorney shall continue to be taxed as heretofore, and, when collected, shall be turned into the treasury of the county. All fees of the prosecuting attorney in criminal cases not paid by the state shall be collected by the clerk of the circuit court of the county and by him paid into the treasury of the county. When the fees are paid by the state, they shall be paid into the county treasury in the manner now provided by law. (RSMo 1939 § 13469, A.L. 1945 p. 1566, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11837; 1919 § 11045

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.330 Fees set aside as contingent fund (first class counties).

56.330. Fees set aside as contingent fund (first class counties). — The treasurer of each county of class one shall set aside the prosecuting attorney's fees to be used as a contingent fund for the prosecuting attorney for the payment of the incidental expenses in bringing parties and witnesses from other states or countries and in properly preparing cases for trial, attending trial on changes of venue, attending at the taking of depositions, in printing briefs, and appearing before the appellate courts of the state, and generally the expenses he is put to in the proper and vigorous prosecution of the duties of his office. The fund shall be paid out as needed to the prosecuting attorney by the county treasurer, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in any year, upon warrant of the prosecuting attorney approved and signed by a judge of the circuit court of said county. At the end of each year the county treasurer shall pay into the general revenue fund of the county any balance in his hands from fees, so collected, exceeding the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. (RSMo 1939 § 13470, A.L. 1957 p. 344, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 870) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11838; 1919 § 11046

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.340 Fees - records - collection (second, third and fourth class counties).

56.340. Fees — records — collection (second, third and fourth class counties). — The prosecuting attorney, in counties of the second, third and fourth classes, shall charge upon behalf of the county every fee that accrues in his office and receive the same, and at the end of each month, pay over to the county treasury all moneys collected by him as fees, taking two receipts therefor, one of which he will immediately file with the clerk of the county commission, and shall at the same time make out an itemized and accurate list of all fees in his office which have been collected by him, and one of all fees due his office which have not been paid, giving the name of the person or persons paying or owing the same, and turn the same over to the county commission, stating that he has been unable, after the exercise of diligence, to collect the part unpaid, said report to be verified by affidavit, and it shall be the duty of the county commission to cause the fees unpaid to be collected by law, and to cause the same when collected to be turned over to the county treasury. (L. 1945 p. 1535 § 3, L. 1945 p. 1536 § 3, A. 1949 H.B. 2014)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.350 Acceptance of fee for signing pardon application deemed bribery - penalty.

56.350. Acceptance of fee for signing pardon application deemed bribery — penalty. — Any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, or any assistant prosecuting attorney or any assistant circuit attorney, or anyone who has held either one of said offices, who shall accept of any fee, gratuity, present or reward for signing the petition or application for a pardon of any person that was convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor during his term of office, or who shall accept of any fee, gratuity, present or reward for using his influence towards the pardon of any such person, shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years. (RSMo 1939 § 12983) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11357; 1919 § 776; 1909 § 1041

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.360 Employment in criminal cases prohibited - civil practice authorized.

56.360. Employment in criminal cases prohibited — civil practice authorized. — It shall be unlawful for any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, or any assistant prosecuting attorney or any assistant circuit attorney, during the term of office for which he shall have been elected or appointed, to accept employment by any party other than the state of Missouri in any criminal case or proceeding; provided, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the officers specified in this section from engaging in the civil practice of law. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor. (RSMo 1939 § 12927, A.L. 1959 H.B. 376) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11302; 1919 § 722; 1909 § 993

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.363 Full-time prosecutor, ballot - effective date - continuing education ...

56.363. Full-time prosecutor, ballot — effective date — continuing education requirement, duty to provide to peace officers — may qualify for retirement benefits, when — election in Cedar County. — 1. The county commission of any county may on its own motion and shall upon the petition of ten percent of the total number of people who voted in the previous general election in the county submit to the voters at a general or special election the proposition of making the county prosecutor a full-time position. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper published within the county, or if no newspaper is published within the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, for three weeks consecutively, the last insertion of which shall be at least ten days and not more than thirty days before the day of the election, and by posting printed notices thereof at three of the most public places in each township in the county. The proposition shall be put before the voters substantially in the following form: If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of making the county prosecutor a full-time position, it shall become effective upon the date that the prosecutor who is elected at the next election subsequent to the passage of such proposal is sworn into office. The position shall then qualify for the retirement benefits available to a full-time prosecutor of a county of the first classification. Any county that elects to make the position of prosecuting attorney full time shall pay into the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund at the same contribution amount as paid by counties of the first classification. 2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section notwithstanding, in any county where the proposition of making the county prosecutor a full-time position was submitted to the voters at a general election in 1998 and where a majority of the voters voting on the proposition voted in favor of making the county prosecutor a full-time position, the proposition shall become effective on May 1, 1999. Any prosecuting attorney whose position becomes full time on May 1, 1999, under the provisions of this subsection shall have the additional duty of providing not less than three hours of continuing education to peace officers in the county served by the prosecuting attorney in each year of the term beginning January 1, 1999. 3. In counties that, prior to August 28, 2001, have elected pursuant to this section to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position, the county commission may at any time elect to have that position also qualify for the retirement benefit available for a full-time prosecutor of a county of the first classification. Such election shall be made by a majority vote of the county commission and once made shall be irrevocable, unless the voters of the county elect to change the position of prosecuting attorney back to a part-time position under subsection 4 of this section. When such an election is made, the results shall be transmitted to the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund, and the election shall be effective on the first day of January following such election. Such election shall also obligate the county to pay into the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' system retirement fund the same retirement contributions for full-time prosecutors as are paid by counties of the first classification. 4. In any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twelve thousand but fewer than fourteen thousand inhabitants and with a city of the fourth classification with more than one thousand seven hundred but fewer than one thousand nine hundred inhabitants as the county seat that has elected to make the county prosecutor a full-time position under this section after August 28, 2014, the county commission may on its own motion and shall upon the petition of ten percent of the total number of people who voted in the previous general election in the county submit to the voters at a general or special election the proposition of changing the full-time prosecutor position to a part-time position. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper published within the county, or if no newspaper is published within the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, for three weeks consecutively, the last insertion of which shall be at least ten days and not more than thirty days before the day of the election, and by posting printed notices thereof at three of the most public places in each township in the county. The proposition shall be put before the voters substantially in the following form: If a majority of the voters vote in favor of making the county prosecutor a part-time position, it shall become effective upon the date that the prosecutor who is elected at the next election subsequent to the passage of such proposal is sworn into office. 5. In any county that has elected to make the full-time position of county prosecutor a part-time position under subsection 4 of this section, the county's retirement contribution to the retirement system and the retirement benefit earned by the member shall prospectively be that of a part-time prosecutor as established in this chapter. Any retirement contribution made and retirement benefit earned prior to the effective date of the voter-approved proposition under subsection 4 of this section shall be maintained by the retirement system and used to calculate the retirement benefit for such prior full-time position service. Under no circumstances shall a member in a part-time prosecutor position earn full-time position retirement benefit service accruals for time periods after the effective date of the proposition changing the county prosecutor back to a part-time position. (L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2080, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892) (2008) No equal protection violation exists due to rational basis for disparity in compensation for prosecutors in counties of the third classification who became full-time before August 28, 2001, and those who became full-time after such date. PACARS vs. Pemiscot County, 256 S.W.3d 98 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.380 Not to accept fee or reward, except salary, courts of criminal jurisdiction ...

56.380. Not to accept fee or reward, except salary, courts of criminal jurisdiction (cities of 700,000 or more) — penalty. — It is unlawful for the circuit attorneys or the assistant circuit attorneys of the courts of this state having jurisdiction of criminals within cities in this state having a population of seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more to contract for, directly or indirectly, or to accept, receive or take any fee, reward, promise or undertaking, or gift or valuable thing of any kind whatsoever, except the salary of his or her office prescribed by law, for aiding, advising, promoting or procuring any indictment, true bill or legal process of any kind whatsoever against any person or party, or for aiding, promoting, counseling or procuring the detection, discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of any person upon any charge whatsoever, or for aiding, advising or counseling of or concerning, or for procuring, promoting or effecting the discovery or recovery, by any means whatever, of any valuable thing which is secreted or detained from the possession of the owner or lawful custodian thereof. Any officer who is convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment by the state department of corrections for not more than seven years and in addition shall forfeit his or her office. (RSMo 1939 § 12929, A.L. 1965 p. 166, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11304; 1919 § 724; 1909 § 995

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.410 May be suspended upon indictment - governor to appoint successor.

56.410. May be suspended upon indictment — governor to appoint successor. — Any officer who is indicted for the violation of section 56.380 , in the discretion of the court of which he is an officer, or of the judge thereof, by an order of record in the records of the court, may be suspended from the office to which he was elected or appointed and qualified, until the indictment is disposed of in favor of the officer, or until the officer is acquitted thereon by the verdict of a jury. The court making the order of suspension shall transmit forthwith, by mail, to the governor of the state of Missouri, a copy of the order, certified under the seal of the court by the clerk thereof. Immediately upon the receipt of the certified copy of the order of suspension, the governor shall appoint and commission a successor to the suspended officer. The successor shall possess the qualifications for the office prescribed by law, and, during the period of suspension, shall perform the duties and receive the salary prescribed for the office by law. He shall conduct the prosecution of the indictment upon which the suspension of his predecessor was made. (RSMo 1939 § 12932, A.L. 1965 p. 166) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11307; 1919 § 727; 1909 § 998

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.420 Restoration to office.

56.420. Restoration to office. — If the suspended officer is acquitted he shall be restored to the office from which he was suspended, by an order of record of the court by which the suspension was made, and the commission and authority of the successor of the suspended officer shall thereupon cease and determine. (RSMo 1939 § 12933, A.L. 1965 p. 166) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11308; 1919 § 728; 1909 § 999

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.430 Circuit attorney - election - qualifications (St. Louis City).

56.430. Circuit attorney — election — qualifications (St. Louis City). — At the general election to be held in this state in the year 1948, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected in the city of St. Louis one circuit attorney, who shall reside in said city, and shall possess the same qualifications and be subject to the same duties that are prescribed by this chapter for prosecuting attorneys throughout the state. (RSMo 1939 § 12906, A.L. 1945 p. 581, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11281; 1919 § 701; 1909 § 975

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.445 Circuit attorney and assistants to devote full time to office - special ...

56.445. Circuit attorney and assistants to devote full time to office — special assistants may engage in civil practice (St. Louis City). — It shall be the duty of the circuit attorney of the City of St. Louis and of his assistants and associates to devote their entire time and energy to the discharge of their official duties; but the circuit attorney may in his discretion designate as many as seven of his assistants as provided for in section 56.540 as special assistant circuit attorneys and those special assistant circuit attorneys may be allowed to engage in the civil practice of law. (L. 1959 H.B. 376, A.L. 1967 p. 133, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.450 Circuit attorney - duties (St. Louis City).

56.450. Circuit attorney — duties (St. Louis City). — The circuit attorney of the City of St. Louis shall manage and conduct all criminal cases, business and proceedings of which the circuit court of the city of St. Louis shall have jurisdiction. He shall appear for the state in all misdemeanor cases appealed from the circuit court of the City of St. Louis to the court of appeals. (RSMo 1939 § 2231, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2129; 1919 § 2632; 1909 § 4165 Effective 1-02-79 (1955) Prosecutor has the sole authority and discretion to elect to reduce the offense charged before trial. State ex rel. Dowd v. Nangle (Mo.), 276 S.W.2d 135.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.453 Circuit attorney, additional duties, how established.

56.453. Circuit attorney, additional duties, how established. — If the St. Louis board of aldermen enacts an ordinance in accordance with the applicable provisions of the St. Louis City charter, the circuit attorney for the City of St. Louis may perform the following duties in addition to all other duties imposed by law: (1) Act as defense counsel or co-counsel for any elected county official of the city of St. Louis if that official is sued in connection with the performance of his office, under the provisions of Section 1983, Title 42, United States Code; (2) Represent the sheriff of the City of St. Louis or the St. Louis metropolitan police department in writs of replevin filed for the return of property that is or has been used as evidence in any state criminal or traffic case; (3) Represent petitioners in civil contempt proceedings when it is alleged that a respondent has violated a court order under chapter 455 ; (4) Upon his own motion or on a motion of the court or on a motion of the public defender, initiate proceedings under section 600.100 to determine the present ability of any defendant to pay all or a portion of the costs of his representation. (L. 1981 S.B. 133, A.L. 1984 S.B. 601, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.455 Circuit attorney to report on felons (St. Louis City).

56.455. Circuit attorney to report on felons (St. Louis City). — In addition to his or her other duties, the circuit attorney of the City of St. Louis shall make a detailed report of all information in his or her possession pertaining to each person committed to the state penitentiary by the circuit court of the City of St. Louis to the director of the state department of corrections and to the state parole board. The report shall include such information as may be requested by such director or board and shall include a summary of such evidence as to the prior convictions of the convict, his or her mental condition, education and other personal background information which is available to the circuit attorney as well as the date of the crime for which the convict was sentenced, whether he or she was tried or pleaded guilty, and such facts as are available as to the aggravating or mitigating circumstances of the crime. The circuit attorney may include in the report his or her recommendation as to whether the convict should be kept in a maximum security institution. The report shall be transmitted within twenty days after the date of the conviction or at such other time as is prescribed by the director of the department of corrections or parole board. (L. 1955 p. 361 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.460 Circuit attorney of St. Louis City, duty on felony and misdemeanor ...

56.460. Circuit attorney of St. Louis City, duty on felony and misdemeanor complaints — office hours. — It shall be the duty of the circuit attorney of the City of St. Louis, in person or by assistants, to hear complaints in felony and misdemeanor cases and to file information in such cases with the clerk of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis and to prosecute the same in said court; and it shall be the duty of the circuit attorney, or such assistants as he may designate, to attend at his office on each day of the week, except Sunday and national and state holidays, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of preparing all complaints, affidavits and informations in such cases required by law to be lodged in said court. (RSMo 1939 § 2307, A. 1949 H.B. 2014, A.L. 1976 S.B. 658, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revision: 1929 § 14699 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.470 Arrests for felony or misdemeanor to be reported to circuit attorney, when ...

56.470. Arrests for felony or misdemeanor to be reported to circuit attorney, when — penalty for failure (St. Louis City). — 1. It shall be the duty of the chief of police of the City of St. Louis, within twenty hours after the arrest by the police of any person for felony or misdemeanor under the laws of this state, to report to the circuit attorney the name of the person so arrested and the name of the prosecuting witness and of any other material witnesses known to the police, and said circuit attorney or his assistants shall thereupon proceed to institute such prosecution as is required by law if, in the judgment of such circuit attorney, the evidence presented to him is sufficient to justify a prosecution. 2. Any willful failure on the part of the chief of police, or other officer whose duty it shall be to act in the premises, to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and the offending party may be indicted and, upon conviction, punished by fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, any law of this state or any ordinance of the City of St. Louis to the contrary notwithstanding. (RSMo 1939 § 2308, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revision: 1929 § 14700 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.510 Circuit attorney, duties, coroners' inquests.

56.510. Circuit attorney, duties, coroners' inquests. — The circuit attorney of cities that have five hundred thousand inhabitants or more is required to attend inquests held by coroners in cases of death occurring by violence, and which may result in a charge of felony. The circuit attorney shall make an investigation concerning the death and cause to be brought before the coroner any witnesses he desires, and shall be permitted by the coroner to assist in the interrogation of witnesses for the full development of the circumstances leading up to and resulting in the death, and for his information concerning any possible criminal charge that may grow out of the same. For these services there shall be taxed as costs a fee in favor of the circuit attorney of ten dollars for each inquest, to be paid as other costs by the respective cities. Each coroner shall promptly notify the circuit attorney of his city of the time and place of inquisition concerning any death of the aforesaid characteristics. (RSMo 1939 § 12984, A.L. 1959 S.B. 67) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11358; 1919 § 777

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.530 Circuit attorney, contingent fund.

56.530. Circuit attorney, contingent fund. — The treasurer of said city shall set aside the circuit attorney's fees so turned into the treasury of said city to be used as a contingent fund for the circuit attorney for the payment of the incidental expenses in bringing parties and witnesses from other states or countries and in properly preparing causes for trial, attending trial on changes of venue, attending at the taking of depositions, in printing briefs, and appearing before the appellate courts of the state, and generally such expenses as he may be put to in the proper and vigorous prosecution of the duties of his office. Such fund shall be paid out as needed to the circuit attorney by the said city treasurer out of said funds in the treasury of said city not exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars in any year upon warrant of the circuit attorney. At the end of each year said treasurer shall pay into the general revenue fund of such city any balance that may be in his hands from fees so collected exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars. (RSMo 1939 § 12915, A.L. 1957 p. 340, A.L. 1961 p. 294, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11290; 1919 § 710; 1909 § 984 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.540 Circuit attorney - assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties - ...

56.540. Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — oath — compensation. — 1. The circuit attorney of such circuit may appoint one first assistant circuit attorney, one chief trial assistant, one warrant officer, one chief misdemeanor assistant and such additional assistant circuit attorneys as the circuit attorney deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. The appointments shall be in writing and shall be entered upon the minutes of the criminal divisions. 2. The circuit attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, grand jury reporters, and as many clerks, criminal legal investigators, reporters, and stenographers as he deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. It is the duty of the clerks, reporters and stenographers to act as clerks, reporters and stenographers for the circuit attorney, and, when so directed by him, the reporters and stenographers shall take down and transcribe, for his use, evidence before the grand jury or before any court of the circuit exercising criminal jurisdiction. Before taking down any evidence before the grand jury, the reporters and stenographers shall be sworn to secrecy and shall not divulge any testimony which they may hear except to the circuit attorney, or when lawfully required to do so in a court of record. The clerk, reporters and stenographers shall also perform other services as the circuit attorney may direct. 3. Salaries for all employees of the circuit attorney's office shall be set and determined by the circuit attorney and the St. Louis board of aldermen, subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of St. Louis. 4. All salaries shall be paid on a biweekly basis. 5. Appointments by the circuit attorney of assistant circuit attorneys, clerks, stenographers, reporters, criminal legal investigators, and all other personnel, in excess of the minimum numbers authorized by this section, shall be subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the City of St. Louis. (RSMo 1939 § 12909, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906A, A.L. 1949 p. 230, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1955 p. 362, A.L. 1961 p. 295, A.L. 1967 p. 133, A.L. 1969 p. 108, A.L. 1973 S.B. 235, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 700, A.L. 1981 S.B. 133, A.L. 1983 S.B. 250, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11284; 1919 § 704; 1909 § 978

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.550 Circuit attorneys and assistants - oaths - duties.

56.550. Circuit attorneys and assistants — oaths — duties. — Before entering upon the duties of their office, the circuit attorney and said assistants shall be severally sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Missouri, and to faithfully demean themselves in office. The duties of said assistants shall be to assist the circuit attorney generally in the conduct of his office, under his direction and subject to his control; and said circuit attorney and his assistants shall institute and prosecute all criminal actions in the circuit court. The circuit attorney and said assistant circuit attorneys, when so directed by the circuit attorney, may attend upon the grand jury. (RSMo 1939 §§ 12909, 12912, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906B, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 11284, 11287; 1919 §§ 704, 707; 1909 §§ 978, 981 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.570 Assistants and clerks - tenure.

56.570. Assistants and clerks — tenure. — The assistant circuit attorneys, clerks and stenographers appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall hold office from month to month, during the pleasure of the circuit attorney, and shall be removable at any time by the circuit attorney, at his option. (RSMo 1939 § 12911, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906D) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11286; 1919 § 706; 1909 § 980

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.600 Circuit attorney - salary - fees, collection, disposition.

56.600. Circuit attorney — salary — fees, collection, disposition. — For the performance of additional duties imposed by Section 32 of Article I of the Missouri Constitution and the additional duties imposed by the 1992 revision of section 546.630 * , beginning on January 1, 1998, the circuit attorney shall receive an annual salary of eighty-six thousand dollars and this salary shall constitute the sole compensation for all duties required to be performed by the circuit attorney under the law. The circuit attorney's fees shall continue to be taxed as heretofore, but when collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city. All circuit attorney's fees in criminal cases not paid by the state shall be collected by the circuit clerk or responsible clerk and paid into the treasury of the city. When such fees are paid by the state, they shall be paid into the city treasury in the manner now provided by law. (RSMo 1939 § 12914, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906E, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1967 p. 135, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 250, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11289; 1919 § 709; 1909 § 983 *Section 546.630 was repealed in 1993 by H.B. 562 § A.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.631 County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation.

56.631. County counselor, how appointed, tenure, qualifications, compensation. — 1. The county commission or governing body of any county, except for any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewer than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, may by order of the commission or governing body appoint some suitable person to the position of county counselor. If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor shall be commissioned as other officers are commissioned. The county counselor shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission or governing body. 2. The county counselor shall be a person licensed to practice law in this state, but the county commission or governing body may determine and fix further qualifications for the position. 3. The county commission or governing body shall fix the compensation of the county counselor. 4. The county commission or governing body may require the county counselor to devote his full time to the duties of his office. (L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 1982 S.B. 478, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.640 County counselor and assistants, duties of.

56.640. County counselor and assistants, duties of. — 1. If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor and the county counselor's assistants under the county counselor's direction shall represent the county and all departments, officers, institutions and agencies thereof, except as otherwise provided by law and shall upon request of any county department, officer, institution or agency for which legal counsel is otherwise provided by law, and upon the approval of the county commission or governing body, represent such department, officer, institution or agency. The county counselor shall commence, prosecute or defend, as the case may require, and exercise exclusive authority in all civil suits or actions in which the county or any county officer, commission, governing body, or agency is a party, in the county counselor's or its official capacity, the county counselor shall draw all contracts relating to the business of the county, the county counselor shall represent the county generally in all matters of civil law, and the county counselor shall upon request furnish written opinions to any county officer or department. 2. In all cases in which a civil fine may be imposed pursuant to section 49.272 , it shall be the duty of the county counselor, rather than the county prosecuting attorney, to prosecute such violations in the associate division of the circuit court in the county where the violation occurred. 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county counselor in any county of the first classification and the prosecuting attorney of such county may by mutual cooperation agreement prosecute or defend any civil action which the prosecuting attorney or county counselor of the county is authorized or required by law to prosecute or defend. (RSMo 1939 § 12991, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 210, A.L. 1951 p. 417, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 2003 S.B. 537, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11366; 1919 § 784; 1909 § 1045 CROSS REFERENCE: County ordinance violations, amount and purpose (Boone, Buchanon, Cass, Greene, Jasper, and Jefferson counties), 49.272

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.650 Counselor to advise county commission - employees of counselor, how paid, ...

56.650. Counselor to advise county commission — employees of counselor, how paid, tenure — assistant counselor, compensation, how set. — If a county counselor is appointed, the county counselor shall in person, or by assistant, at the election of the county commission or governing body, attend such sittings of the county commission and give advice on all legal questions that may arise during the session of the commission or governing body as the county commission or governing body, and the county counselor shall assist the county commission or governing body in all such matters that may be referred to the county counselor. The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or governing body, employ such office personnel as are necessary in the discharge of the county counselor's official duties and such employees and assistants shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the county counselor and shall be paid monthly by the county commission or governing body out of the county treasury. The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or governing body, appoint such assistants as are necessary in the conduct of the county counselor's office, who shall receive as compensation such salary as is fixed by the county counselor and approved by the county commission or governing body. (RSMo 1939 § 12992, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 210, A.L. 1973 H.B. 670, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11367; 1919 § 785; 1909 § 1046

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.660 Special county counselors - employment - compensation - qualifications.

56.660. Special county counselors — employment — compensation — qualifications. — The county counselor may, with the approval of the county commission or the governing body of such county, employ special county counselors to represent such county in prosecuting or defending any suit by or against such county, or any official of such county acting in the county counselor's official capacity. The county counselor may pay such special county counselors a reasonable compensation, which shall be fixed by the county commission or the governing body of such county and paid out of such funds as the county commission or the governing body may direct, for their services. Special county counselors employed under this section shall have the same qualifications required for county counselors under the provisions of section 56.631 . (L. 1978 S.B. 769, A.L. 2005 S.B. 210)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.670 Certain counties may contract with a private attorney to furnish ...

56.670. Certain counties may contract with a private attorney to furnish nonprosecutorial legal service. — 1. The county commission of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government or any county of the second classification which contains part of a city with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand may, in lieu of or in addition to appointing a county counselor pursuant to section 56.631 , contract with a private attorney for the provision of nonprosecutorial legal services for such county. 2. The method of payment of any attorney hired by a county commission pursuant to this section shall be governed solely by the provisions of the contract providing for such legal services. 3. Any attorney with whom a county commission contracts pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be considered an independent contractor and shall not be considered an employee or an officer of such county. (L. 1998 H.B. 1586)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.700 Assistants for prosecuting attorneys, number, appointment, compensation.

56.700. Assistants for prosecuting attorneys, number, appointment, compensation. — 1. The prosecuting attorney in each county of the second, third or fourth class which contains a mental health facility able to serve at least eighty persons on an overnight, inpatient basis at any one time, and which is operated by the state department of mental health, division of psychiatric services, may employ an assistant prosecuting attorney to assist in carrying out the duties of the office of prosecuting attorney relating to mental health and mental health facilities. The assistant prosecuting attorney authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to any other assistant prosecuting attorney authorized by law. The assistant prosecuting attorney employed under this subsection shall receive an annual compensation of fifteen thousand dollars payable out of the state treasury from funds appropriated for that purpose. 2. The county counselor or circuit attorney in each county of the first class with a charter form of government containing part of a city with a population of over four hundred fifty thousand and in each city not within a county may employ an assistant county counselor or circuit attorney to assist in carrying out the duties of the office of the county counselor or circuit attorney relating to mental health and mental health facilities. The assistant authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to any other assistants authorized by law. The assistant county counselor or circuit attorney employed under this subsection shall receive an annual compensation of fifteen thousand dollars payable out of the state treasury from funds appropriated for that purpose. 3. The prosecuting attorney in each county of the second, third or fourth class which contains a mental health facility able to serve at least eighty persons on an overnight, inpatient basis at any one time, and which is operated by the state department of mental health, division of psychiatric services, may employ additional investigative and clerical personnel to assist in carrying out the duties of the office of prosecuting attorney relating to mental health and mental health facilities. The investigative and clerical personnel authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to any other personnel authorized by law. The compensation for such additional investigative and clerical personnel, not to exceed a total of fifteen thousand dollars annually for each eligible county, shall be paid out of the state treasury from funds appropriated for that purpose. 4. The county counselor or circuit attorney in each county of the first class with a charter form of government containing part of a city with a population of over four hundred fifty thousand and in each city not within a county may employ additional investigative and clerical personnel to assist in carrying out the duties of the office of the county counselor or circuit attorney relating to mental health and mental health facilities. The investigative and clerical personnel authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to any other personnel authorized by law. The compensation for such additional investigative and clerical personnel, not to exceed a total of fifteen thousand dollars annually for each eligible county or city not within a county, shall be paid out of the state treasury from funds appropriated for that purpose. (L. 1979 H.B. 255 § 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 30)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.750 Office of prosecution services created - purpose - services.

56.750. Office of prosecution services created — purpose — services. — 1. The "Missouri Office of Prosecution Services" is hereby established as an autonomous entity in the Missouri attorney general's office. It shall be the purpose of the Missouri office of prosecution services to assist the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state in their efforts against criminal activity in the state. Such assistance may include: (1) The obtaining, preparing, supplementing, and disseminating of indexes to and digests of the decisions of the supreme court and the court of appeals of Missouri and other courts, and the statutes, and other legal authorities relating to criminal matters, and civil matters concerning the duties of prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney; (2) The preparation and distribution of model complaints, informations, indictments, instructions, search warrants, interrogation advices, and other common and appropriate documents employed in the administration of criminal justice; (3) The preparation and distribution of a basic prosecutor's manual and other educational materials; (4) The promotion of and assistance in the training of prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney on a statewide basis; (5) The provision of legal research assistance to prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney; (6) The development, support and maintenance of automated case management and criminal history reporting systems approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council as the standard utilized by prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney; (7) The development and approval of the form and uniform manner utilizing the automated case management system in which all referrals required by section 43.503 will be submitted by any law enforcement agency to offices of a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney; and (8) The provision of other assistance to prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney that is necessary for the successful implementation of sections 56.750 to 56.775 , including members of the Missouri office of prosecution services serving as special prosecuting attorneys and special assistant prosecuting attorneys, or that hereinafter may be authorized by law. 2. Beginning March 31, 2028, and by March thirty-first of each year thereafter, the Missouri office of prosecution services shall compile a statewide report summarizing from the automated case management system, approved by the prosecutors coordinators training council as provided in subdivision (6) of subsection 1 of this section for all offices of prosecuting or circuit attorneys, for the previous calendar year the following information: (1) The total number of felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions received by all offices of prosecuting and circuit attorneys, including: (a) The number of all referrals received from law enforcement; (b) The number of all cases filed; (c) The number of all cases refused; (d) The number of all cases disposed; and (e) The number of all cases under review on December thirty-first of the calendar year being reported; (2) Any information specific to felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions received by all offices of prosecuting and circuit attorneys, including: (a) The number of referrals received wherein the most serious charge was a felony; (b) The number of referrals received wherein the most serious charge was a misdemeanor; (c) The number of referrals received wherein the most serious charge was an infraction; (d) The number of referrals with all charges refused where in the most serious charge referred was a felony; (e) The number of referrals with all charges refused wherein the most serious charge referred was a misdemeanor; (f) The number of referrals with all charges refused wherein the most serious charge referred was an infraction; (g) The number of cases filed where in the most serious charge was a felony; (h) The number of cases filed wherein the most serious charge was a misdemeanor; (i) The number of cases filed wherein the most serious charge was an infraction; (j) The number of cases disposed wherein the most serious charge was a felony; (k) The number of cases disposed wherein the most serious charge was a misdemeanor; and (l) The number of cases disposed wherein the most serious charge was an infraction; (3) All felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions received by all offices of prosecuting and circuit attorneys by specific statute number and charge code, including: (a) All charges received in referrals by statute number and charge code; (b) All charges filed by statute number and charge code; (c) All charges refused by statute number and charge code; (d) All charges disposed by statute number and charge code; and (e) All charges under review on December thirty-first of the calendar year being reported by statute number and charge code; and (4) Each case in which an informant, as such term is defined by section 491.065 , has been endorsed by the state to testify against a defendant's interest including: (a) The substance of the testimony; and (b) Any benefit that has been requested by or has been offered to the informant as defined in section 491.065 , and any benefit that may be provided at a future date in connection with such testimony. 3. Any information provided under subdivisions (1) to (4) of subsection 2 of this section shall be compiled for each individual office of a prosecuting or circuit attorney. The summary reports shall be considered a public record. The individual data and information compiled by and received from each office of a prosecuting or circuit attorney is confidential and shall be a closed record and not subject to release under section 610.100 . 4. Any information provided under subdivision (4) of subsection 2 of this section is accessible by the prosecuting or circuit attorney or by any attorney who has entered an appearance on behalf of a party to the case in which the informant is an endorsed witness. (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 1, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.755 Executive director - staff - duties - office site.

56.755. Executive director — staff — duties — office site. — There shall be an executive director of the office of prosecution services with a staff, within the limits of appropriations for the purpose, to carry out the purpose of this office. The prosecutors coordinators training council may establish an independent office site or provide an office for the executive director and staff in another appropriate office site. The executive director and staff will be employed solely for the purpose of providing training for the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorney and their assistants, and for the other legitimate services necessary to provide the prosecutorial services set forth in section 56.750 . (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 2, A.L. 1984 S.B. 601, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.760 Prosecutors coordinators training council created - officers, ...

56.760. Prosecutors coordinators training council created — officers, qualifications, terms, meetings, expenses — executive director, appointment, compensation, powers, removal from office. — The "Prosecutors Coordinators Training Council" is created to be composed of the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and immediate past president of the Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys Association, duly elected and serving terms pursuant to the bylaws of the association, and of the attorney general or his designee. The president of the Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys Association shall be the chairman and the vice president of the Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys Association shall be the vice chairman of the council. The terms of the members of the council shall be concurrent with their terms as officers of the Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys Association. The term on the council of the attorney general shall be concurrent with the elective term as attorney general of the state. A member of the council shall vacate his position on the council upon termination of his official position as a prosecuting attorney or as attorney general. The council shall establish its own procedures and requirements with respect to quorum, place and conduct of its meetings and other matters. The council shall meet at least four times each year and shall hold meetings when called by the chairman, or, in the absence of the chairman, by the vice chairman, or upon the request of the attorney general, or upon the written request of three members of the council. The members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to their actual expenses incurred in attending meetings and in the performance of their duties. The prosecutors coordinators training council shall appoint the executive director of the Missouri office of prosecution services, fix the conditions of his employment and tenure in office, in accordance with the laws of the state of Missouri, and shall be responsible for the efficient discharge of his duties. The attorney general, in addition to participating in the appointment of the executive director and other duties and matters which come before the council, shall have the power, unilaterally, to terminate with cause the employment of the executive director. The attorney general shall also have the power to unilaterally veto the appointment of the executive director. The prosecutors coordinators training council shall fix the salary of the executive director within the total sum of funds available from all sources including, but not limited to, moneys from the Missouri office of prosecution services fund, federal grants, dues, contributions, and gifts. The executive director, with the advice and consent of the prosecutors coordinators training council, shall employ the persons needed to carry out the duties of the office and shall fix their compensation within the total sum of money available from all sources including, but not limited to, moneys from the Missouri office of the prosecution services fund, federal grants, when and if available, dues of the association members, contributions and gifts, and shall fix their conditions of employment and tenure in office, and shall be responsible for the efficient discharge of their duties. (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 3, A.L. 1984 S.B. 601)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.765 Funding - surcharge to be collected in criminal and infraction cases, ...

56.765. Funding — surcharge to be collected in criminal and infraction cases, exceptions — registration fees — funds created — audit — use of fund. — 1. A surcharge of five dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, including an infraction; except that no such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. 2. One-half of all moneys collected under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be payable to the state of Missouri and remitted to the director of revenue who shall deposit the amount collected pursuant to this section to the credit of the "Missouri Office of Prosecution Services Fund" which is hereby created in the state treasury. The moneys credited to the Missouri office of prosecution services fund from each county shall be used only for the purposes set forth in sections 56.750 , 56.755 , and 56.760 . The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund, and shall make disbursements, as allowed by lawful appropriations. All earnings resulting from the investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the Missouri office of prosecution services fund. The Missouri office of prosecution services may collect a registration fee to pay for expenses included in sponsoring training conferences. The revenues and expenditures of the Missouri office of prosecution services shall be subject to an annual audit to be performed by the Missouri state auditor. The Missouri office of prosecution services shall also be subject to any other audit authorized and directed by the state auditor. 3. One-half of all moneys collected under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be payable to the county treasurer of each county from which such funds were generated. The county treasurer shall deposit all of such funds into the county treasury in a separate fund to be used solely for the purpose of additional training for circuit and prosecuting attorneys and their staffs. If the funds collected and deposited by the county are not totally expended annually for the purposes set forth in this subsection, then the unexpended moneys shall remain in said fund and the balance shall be kept in said fund to accumulate from year to year, or at the request of the circuit or prosecuting attorney, with the approval of the county commission or the appropriate governing body of the county or the City of St. Louis, and may be used to pay for expert witness fees, travel expenses incurred by victim/witnesses in case preparation and trial, for expenses incurred for changes of venue, for expenses incurred for special prosecutors, and for other lawful expenses incurred by the circuit or prosecuting attorney in operation of that office. 4. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "Missouri Office of Prosecution Services Revolving Fund". Any moneys received by or on behalf of the Missouri office of prosecution services from registration fees, federal and state grants or any other source established in section 56.760 in connection with the purposes set forth in sections 56.750 , 56.755 , and 56.760 shall be deposited into the fund. 5. The moneys in the Missouri office of prosecution services revolving fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall administer the fund and shall disburse moneys from the fund to the Missouri office of prosecution services pursuant to appropriations for the purposes set forth in sections 56.750 , 56.755 and 56.760 . 6. Any unexpended balances remaining in the Missouri office of prosecution services fund and the Missouri office of prosecution services revolving fund at each biennium shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to general revenue. (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 4, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 1999 S.B. 275, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2019 H.B. 547)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.770 Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other ...

56.770. Office of prosecution services not to usurp powers and duties of other officials. — Anything in sections 56.750 to 56.775 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Missouri office of prosecution services may not exercise any power, supervisory or otherwise, undertake any duty or perform any function presently or hereafter assigned by law to the governor of this state, the attorney general, the chief justice of the supreme court, the Missouri general assembly, or any prosecuting attorney, circuit attorney, or county counselor in this state. (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 5)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.775 Severability of provisions.

56.775. Severability of provisions. — The provisions of sections 56.750 to 56.775 are severable. If any part of sections 56.750 to 56.775 is declared invalid or unconstitutional, it is the intent of the legislature that the remaining portions of sections 56.750 to 56.775 shall remain and be in full force and effect. (L. 1981 S.B. 32 § 6)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.800 Retirement fund authorized, administration of.

56.800. Retirement fund authorized, administration of. — There is hereby authorized a "Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement Fund" which shall be under the management of a board of trustees described in section 56.809 . The board of trustees shall be responsible for the administration of such prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. If insufficient funds are generated to provide the benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 , the board shall proportion the benefits according to the funds available. The prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund shall be a body corporate and may sue and be sued, transact business, invest funds, and hold cash, securities, and other property. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.785, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.805 Definitions.

56.805. Definitions. — As used in sections 56.800 to 56.840 , the following words and terms mean: (1) "Annuity" , annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for, in, or authorized by, the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 ; (2) "Average final compensation" , the average compensation of an employee for the two consecutive years prior to retirement when the employee's compensation was greatest; (3) "Board of trustees" or "board" , the board of trustees established by the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 ; (4) "Compensation" , all salary and other compensation payable by a county to an employee for personal services rendered as an employee, including any salary reduction amounts under a cafeteria plan that satisfies 26 U.S.C. Section 125 or an eligible deferred compensation plan that satisfies 26 U.S.C. Section 457 but not including reimbursement for any expenses, any consideration for agreeing to terminate employment, or any other nonrecurring or unusual payment that is not part of regular remuneration; (5) "County" , the City of St. Louis and each county in the state; (6) "Creditable service" , the sum of both membership service and creditable prior service; (7) "Effective date of the establishment of the system" , August 28, 1989; (8) "Employee" , an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is employed by a county or a city not within a county; (9) "Membership service" , service as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney after becoming a member that is creditable in determining the amount of the member's benefits under this system; (10) "Prior service" , service of a member rendered prior to the effective date of the establishment of the system * which is creditable under section 56.823 ; (11) "Retirement system" or "system" , the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system authorized by the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 . (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.780 , A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892) *See subdivision (7) for effective date.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.807 Local payments, amounts - prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' ...

56.807. Local payments, amounts — prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund created — surcharges — donations may be accepted — member contribution to fund, amount. — 1. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing monthly thereafter until August 27, 2003, the funds for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys provided for in subsection 2 of this section shall be paid from county or city funds. 2. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing monthly thereafter until August 27, 2003, each county treasurer shall pay to the system the following amounts to be drawn from the general revenues of the county: (1) For counties of the third and fourth classification except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, three hundred seventy-five dollars; (2) For counties of the second classification, five hundred forty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents; (3) For counties of the first classification, and, except as otherwise provided under section 56.363 , counties which pursuant to section 56.363 elect to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position after August 28, 2001, or whose county commission has elected a full-time retirement benefit pursuant to subsection 3 of section 56.363 , and the City of St. Louis, one thousand two hundred ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents. 3. Beginning August 28, 1989, and continuing until August 27, 2003, the county treasurer shall at least monthly transmit the sums specified in subsection 2 of this section to the Missouri office of prosecution services for deposit to the credit of the "Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement System Fund", which is hereby created. All moneys held by the state treasurer on behalf of the system shall be paid to the system within ninety days after August 28, 1993. Moneys in the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund shall be used only for the purposes provided in sections 56.800 to 56.840 and for no other purpose. 4. Beginning August 28, 2003, the funds for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys provided for in this section shall be paid from county or city funds and the surcharge established in this section and collected as provided by this section and sections 488.010 to 488.020 . 5. (1) Beginning August 28, 2003, each county treasurer shall pay to the system the following amounts to be drawn from the general revenues of the county: (a) For counties of the third and fourth classification except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, one hundred eighty-seven dollars; (b) For counties of the second classification, two hundred seventy-one dollars; (c) For counties of the first classification, counties which pursuant to section 56.363 elect to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position after August 28, 2001, or whose county commission has elected a full-time retirement benefit pursuant to subsection 3 of section 56.363 , and the City of St. Louis, six hundred forty-six dollars. (2) Beginning August 28, 2015, the county contribution set forth in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be adjusted in accordance with the following schedule based upon the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system's annual actuarial valuation report. If the system's funding ratio is: (a) One hundred twenty percent or more, no monthly sum shall be transmitted; (b) More than one hundred ten percent but less than one hundred twenty percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be reduced fifty percent; (c) At least ninety percent and up to and including one hundred ten percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall remain the same; (d) At least eighty percent and less than ninety percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be increased fifty percent; and (e) Less than eighty percent, the monthly sum transmitted shall be increased one hundred percent. 6. Beginning August 28, 2003, the county treasurer shall at least monthly transmit the sums specified in subsection 5 of this section to the Missouri office of prosecution services for deposit to the credit of the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund. Moneys in the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund shall be used only for the purposes provided in sections 56.800 to 56.840 , and for no other purpose. 7. Beginning August 28, 2003, the following surcharge for prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys shall be collected and paid as follows: (1) There shall be assessed and collected a surcharge of four dollars in all criminal cases filed in the courts of this state including violation of any county ordinance, any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including infractions, and against any person who has pled guilty for any violation and paid a fine through a fine collection center, but no such surcharge shall be assessed when the costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality or when a criminal proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court. For purposes of this section, the term "county ordinance" shall include any ordinance of the City of St. Louis; (2) The clerk responsible for collecting court costs in criminal cases shall collect and disburse such amounts as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.026 . Such funds shall be payable to the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. Moneys credited to the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund shall be used only for the purposes provided for in sections 56.800 to 56.840 and for no other purpose. 8. The board may accept gifts, donations, grants and bequests from private or public sources to the Missouri prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement system fund. 9. No state moneys shall be used to fund section 56.700 and sections 56.800 to 56.840 unless provided for by law. 10. Beginning January 1, 2019, all members, who upon vesting and retiring are eligible to receive a normal annuity equal to fifty percent of the final average compensation, shall, as a condition of participation, contribute two percent of their gross salary to the fund. Beginning on January 1, 2020, each such member shall contribute four percent of the member's gross salary to the fund. Each county treasurer shall deduct the appropriate amount from the gross salary of the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney and, at least monthly, shall transmit the sum to the prosecuting attorney and circuit attorney retirement system for deposit in the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys' retirement fund. 11. Upon separation from the system, a nonvested member shall receive a lump sum payment equal to the total contribution of the member without interest or other increases in value. 12. Upon retirement and in the sole discretion of the board on the advice of the actuary, a member shall receive a lump sum payment equal to the total contribution of the member without interest or other increases in value, but such lump sum shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the final average compensation of the member. This amount shall be in addition to any retirement benefits to which the member is entitled. 13. Upon the death of a nonvested member or the death of a vested member prior to retirement, the lump sum payment in subsection 11 or 12 of this section shall be made to the designated beneficiary of the member or, if no beneficiary has been designated, to the member's estate. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.790 , A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 290, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2080, A.L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 672, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.809 Board established, trustees, terms, selection of - actuaries, advisors, ...

56.809. Board established, trustees, terms, selection of — actuaries, advisors, counsel — audits — tables, rates, records — hearings, appeal — surety bonds — rules — powers of trustees — delegation of authority to advisors — records. — 1. The general administration and the responsibility for the proper operation of the fund are vested in a board of trustees of five persons. Trustees shall be elected by a secret ballot vote of the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys of this state. Trustees shall be chosen for terms of four years from the first day of January next following their election except that the members of the first board shall be appointed by the governor by and with the consent of the senate after notification in writing, respectively, by the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys of eighty percent of the counties in the state, including a city not within a county, that the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney has elected to come under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 . It shall be the responsibility of the initial board to establish procedures for the conduct of future elections of trustees and such procedures shall be approved by a majority vote by secret ballot of the prosecuting attorneys and circuit attorneys in this state. The board shall have all powers and duties that are necessary and proper to enable it, its officers, employees and agents to fully and effectively carry out all the purposes of sections 56.800 to 56.840 . 2. The board of trustees shall elect one of their number as chairman and one of their number as vice chairman and may employ an administrator who shall serve as executive secretary to the board. The Missouri office of prosecution services, sections 56.750 to 56.775 , may, in the discretion of the board of trustees, act as administrative employees to carry out all of the purposes of sections 56.800 to 56.840 . In addition, the board of trustees may appoint such other employees as may be required. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each quarter. Other meetings may be called as necessary by the chairman or by any three members of the board. Notice of such meetings shall be given in accordance with chapter 610 . 3. The board of trustees shall appoint an actuary or firm of actuaries as technical advisor to the board of trustees. 4. The board of trustees shall retain investment advisors to be investment advisors to the board. 5. The board of trustees may retain legal counsel to advise the board and represent the system in legal proceedings. 6. The board shall arrange for annual audits of the records and accounts of the system by a certified public accountant or by a firm of certified public accountants. 7. The board of trustees shall serve without compensation for their services as such; except that each trustee shall be paid from the system's funds for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties authorized by the board. 8. The board of trustees shall be authorized to appropriate funds from the system for administrative costs in the operation of the system. 9. The board of trustees shall, from time to time, after receiving the advice of its actuary, adopt such mortality and other tables of experience, and a rate or rates of regular interest, as shall be necessary for the actuarial requirements of the system, and shall require its executive secretary to keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for actuarial investigations of the experience of the system, and such data as shall be necessary for the annual actuarial valuations of the system. 10. The board of trustees shall, after reasonable notice to all interested parties, hear and decide questions arising from the administration of sections 56.800 to 56.840 ; except that within thirty days after a decision or order, any member, retirant, beneficiary or political subdivision adversely affected by that determination or order may make an appeal under the provisions of chapter 536 . 11. The board of trustees shall arrange for adequate surety bonds covering the executive secretary and any other custodian of funds or investments of the board. When approved by the board, such bonds shall be deposited in the office of the Missouri secretary of state. 12. Subject to the limitations of sections 56.800 to 56.840 , the board of trustees shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own proceedings and for the administration of the retirement system. 13. The board of trustees shall be the trustees of the funds of the system. Subject to the provisions of any applicable federal or state laws, the board of trustees shall have full power to invest and reinvest the moneys of the system, and to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer or dispose of any of the securities and investments in which such moneys shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of such investments and such moneys. 14. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the board of trustees may delegate to its duly appointed investment advisors authority to act in place of the board of trustees in the investment and reinvestment of all or part of the moneys of the system, and may also delegate to such advisors the authority to act in place of the board of trustees in the holding, purchasing, selling, assigning, transferring or disposing of any or all of the securities and investments in which such moneys shall have been invested, as well as the proceeds of such investments and such moneys. Such investment counselor shall be registered as an investment advisor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In exercising or delegating its investment powers and authority, members of the board of trustees shall exercise ordinary business care and prudence under the facts and circumstances prevailing at the time of the action or decision. In so doing, the board of trustees shall consider the long-term and short-term needs of the system in carrying out its purposes, the system's present and anticipated financial requirements, the expected total return on the system's investment, the general economic conditions, income, growth, long-term net appreciation, and probable safety of funds. No member of the board of trustees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted with respect to the exercise of or delegation of these powers and authority if such member shall have discharged the duties of his or her position in good faith and with that degree of diligence, care and skill which prudent men and women would ordinarily exercise under similar circumstances in a like position. 15. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. It shall annually prepare a report showing the financial condition of the system. The report shall contain, but not be limited to, an auditor's opinion, financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, an actuary's certification along with actuarial assumptions and financial solvency tests. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.795, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 2013 H.B. 116)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.811 Members, eligibility.

56.811. Members, eligibility. — On and after the effective date of the establishment of the system, as an incident to his employment or continued employment, each person employed as an elected or appointed prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney shall become a member of the system. Such membership shall continue as long as the person continues to be an employee, or receives or is eligible to receive benefits under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 . (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.800)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.814 Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity.

56.814. Retirement age, creditable service required for normal annuity. — 1. Any person who became a member prior to January 1, 2019, who has attained the age of sixty-two years and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may retire with a normal annuity as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840 . 2. Any person who becomes a member on or after January 1, 2019, who has attained the age of sixty-five and who has twelve years or more of creditable service as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may retire with a normal annuity. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.805 , A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.816 Normal annuity, computation of - reserve account established, purpose.

*56.816. Normal annuity, computation of — reserve account established, purpose. — 1. The normal annuity of a retired member who served as prosecuting attorney of a county of the third or fourth class shall, except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, be equal to: (1) Any member who has served twelve or more years as a prosecuting attorney and who meets the conditions of retirement at or after the member's normal retirement age shall be entitled to a normal annuity in a monthly amount equal to one hundred five dollars multiplied by the number of two-year periods and partial two-year periods served as a prosecuting attorney; (2) Any member who has served twenty or more years as a prosecuting attorney and who meets the conditions of retirement at or after the member's normal retirement age shall be entitled to a normal annuity in a monthly amount equal to one hundred thirty dollars multiplied by the number of two-year periods and partial two-year periods as a prosecuting attorney. 2. The normal annuity of a retired member who served as prosecuting attorney of a first or second class county or as circuit attorney of a city not within a county shall be equal to fifty percent of the final average compensation. 3. Except as otherwise provided under section 56.363 , the normal annuity of a retired member who served as a prosecuting attorney of a county which after August 28, 2001, elected to make the position of prosecuting attorney full time pursuant to section 56.363 shall be equal to fifty percent of the final average compensation. 4. The actuarial present value of a retired member's benefits shall be placed in a reserve account designated as a "Retired Lives Reserve". The value of the retired lives reserve shall be increased by the actuarial present value of retiring members' benefits, and by the interest earning of the total fund on a pro rata basis and it shall be decreased by payments to retired members and their survivors. Each year the actuary shall compare the actuarial present value of retired members' benefits with the retired lives reserve. If the value of the retired lives reserve plus one year's interest at the assumed rate of interest exceeds the actuarial present value of retired lives, then distribution of this excess may be made equally to all retired members, or their eligible survivors. The distribution may be in a single sum or in monthly payments at the discretion of the board on the advice of the actuary. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.810, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672) *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Calzone v. Koster, et al., see 2016 annotation below. (2016) Provisions of S.B. 672 from 2014 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23; under the facts presented, those provisions cannot be severed and the bill is unconstitutional in its entirety. Calzone v. Koster, et al., Case No. 15AC-CC00247 (Cole County Cir. Ct., Feb. 9, 2016).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.818 Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits.

56.818. Benefits, annual cost-of-living increase, limits. — 1. Each member who retires on or after August 28, 1989, shall receive each year an increase in the amount of benefits received by the member during the preceding year equal to the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner hereinafter provided not to exceed two percent in any year. The total increase in the amount of benefits received pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed fifty percent of the initial benefit which the member received upon retirement. 2. For the purposes of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board in May of each year, based upon the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year over the consumer price index for the calendar year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board in calculating any benefit increases that become payable under this section for the twelve-month period beginning with the June first immediately following such determination. 3. An annual increase shall be payable monthly beginning on a date specified by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member from waiving his right to receive the annual increase provided pursuant to this section. The waiver shall be final as to the annual increase waived. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.815, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.820 Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service.

56.820. Partial years to be used in computation of creditable service. — For the purpose of calculating benefits of a member, years of service as an employee and twelfths of a year are to be used. (L. 1989 S.B. 30)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.823 Prior service, credit, limitation, amount.

56.823. Prior service, credit, limitation, amount. — 1. Any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who becomes a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system * shall be given full credit for prior service as prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in this state and seventy-five percent credit for prior service as an assistant prosecuting or assistant circuit attorney in this state for such time as the individual expended sixty percent of the individual's time or more fulfilling prosecutorial duties. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who is serving as such on August 28, 1993, who also served as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system * shall be allowed creditable prior service for the service that was performed prior to the establishment of the system * . 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who was not a member of the system on the effective date of the establishment of the system * but who is serving as such on August 28, 1996, and who also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney prior to the establishment of the system * and who expended at least sixty percent of the time as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney fulfilling prosecutorial duties shall be allowed creditable prior service for seventy-five percent of such service as an assistant prosecuting attorney or as an assistant circuit attorney that was performed prior to the establishment of the system * . 4. All such prior service shall be established to the satisfaction of the board. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.825, A.L. 1993 S.B. 169, A.L. 1995 H.B. 416, et al.) *August 28, 1989, is the effective date of the establishment of the system as defined in section 56.805.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.824 Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two.

56.824. Certain members may elect reduced benefit at age sixty-two. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who was a member of the system on August 28, 1989, who had served more than eight years as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may elect to retire at age sixty-two at a reduced retirement benefit in a sum equal to the proportion of the retirement benefit provided in section 56.816 that the person's period of service bears to twelve years. (L. 2000 H.B. 1808) Effective 7-01-00

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.825 Retirement of member, application to board - payments to begin, when.

56.825. Retirement of member, application to board — payments to begin, when. — Any member may retire at any time after the end of the month during which the member becomes eligible to retire under the provisions of section 56.814 and upon the member's submission of a written application to the board setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing of the application, the member desires to be retired. The payment of the annuity, subject to the provisions of section 56.840 , shall begin as of the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the date specified by the member. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.830)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.827 Duration of benefits, exception - election to reduce benefits, spousal ...

56.827. Duration of benefits, exception — election to reduce benefits, spousal benefits allowed, when. — 1. The normal annuity of a member shall be paid to a member during his lifetime. Upon his death no further payments shall be made. 2. In lieu of the normal annuity otherwise payable to a member, the member may elect in the member's application for retirement to receive his choice of the following options: Option 1. The actuarial equivalent of the member's normal annuity in reduced monthly payments for life during retirement with the provision that upon the member's death, fifty percent of the reduced normal annuity shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to the member's spouse; or Option 2. Some other option approved by the board which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the annuity to which the member is entitled under this system. 3. The election may be made only in the application for retirement and such application shall be filed prior to the date on which the retirement of the member is to be effective unless otherwise provided. If, after the reduced normal annuity begins under option 1, the spouse predeceases the retired member, the reduced normal annuity continues to the retired member during the member's lifetime; but, when a member dies any time after August 28, 1989, who is eligible for retirement prior to retiring and receiving retirement benefits, the surviving spouse of such member of the retirement system coming under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 shall, upon application, be appointed and employed as a special consultant by the retirement system for the remainder of the spouse's life, and upon request shall give oral or written opinions on the benefits of the retirement system, and shall be entitled to receive benefits under option 1, and shall be eligible for all other benefits that other spouses are entitled to receive. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.835)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.830 Death benefits, amount - surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when.

56.830. Death benefits, amount — surviving spouse entitled to benefits, when. — 1. A death benefit of ten thousand dollars shall be paid to the designated beneficiary of every active member upon the member's death or to the member's estate if there is no designated beneficiary. 2. If a member dies before retirement, after becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if such surviving spouse has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivorship benefits pursuant to option 1 as set forth in section 56.827 as if the member had retired on the date of the member's death. 3. If a member with twelve or more years of service dies before becoming eligible for retirement, the member's surviving spouse, if such surviving spouse has been married to the member for at least two years prior to the member's death, shall be entitled to survivor benefits pursuant to option 1 as set forth in section 56.827 as if the member retired on the date of the member's death. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.840, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.833 Deferred benefits allowed, when - forfeiture of creditable service, when, ...

56.833. Deferred benefits allowed, when — forfeiture of creditable service, when, restoration of service, how — illness or injury, counts as service. — 1. Upon termination of employment, any person who became a member prior to January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age fifty-five with twelve or more years of creditable service as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840 . Upon termination of employment, any person who became a member on or after January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to a deferred normal annuity, payable at age sixty with twelve or more years of creditable service as determined in subsection 3 of section 56.840 . Any member with less than twelve years of creditable service shall forfeit all rights in the fund, including the member's accrued creditable service as of the date of the member's termination of employment. 2. A former member who has forfeited creditable service may have the creditable service restored by again becoming an employee within ten years of the date of the termination of employment, by completing four years of continuous membership service, and by contributing an amount to the fund equal to any lump sum payment received under subsections 11 and 12 of section 56.807 . Notwithstanding any other provision of section 104.800 to the contrary, a former member shall not be entitled to transfer creditable service into this retirement system unless the member previously vested in this system. 3. Absences for sickness or injury of less than twelve months shall be counted as membership service. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.850 , A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.840 Benefits to retired employees, initial payments, when - creditable service, ...

56.840. Benefits to retired employees, initial payments, when — creditable service, how accrued, certain counties — benefits as part-time prosecutor, when. — 1. Annuity payments to retired employees under the provisions of sections 56.800 to 56.840 shall be available beginning January first next succeeding the expiration of two calendar years from the effective date of the establishment of the system to eligible retired employees, and employees with at least twelve years of creditable service shall have vested rights and upon reaching the required age shall be entitled to retirement benefits. 2. All members serving as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney in a county of the first classification, a county with a charter form of government, or a city not within a county shall receive one year of creditable service for each year served. 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, members serving as a prosecuting attorney in counties that elected to make the position of prosecuting attorney a full-time position shall receive one year of creditable vesting service for each year served as a part-time or full-time prosecuting attorney. Such members shall receive one year of creditable benefit service for each year served as a full-time prosecuting attorney and six-tenths of a year of creditable benefit service for each year served as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Upon retirement, any member who has less than twelve years of creditable benefit service shall receive a reduced full-time benefit in a sum equal to the portion that the member's creditable benefit years bear to twelve vesting years. 4. Members restoring creditable service under subsection 2 of section 56.833 shall receive one year of creditable service for each restored year served as a full-time prosecuting attorney and six-tenths of a year of creditable service for each restored year served as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Unless otherwise permitted by law, no member shall receive credit for any partial year of employment. 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any member who vested in the system as a part-time prosecuting attorney and who ceased being a member for more than six months before returning as a full-time prosecuting attorney shall be entitled only to retirement benefits as a part-time prosecuting attorney. Any creditable service earned by such an employee upon returning to the system as a full-time prosecuting attorney shall begin a new vesting period subject to the provision of the system in effect at the time of the member's return. No member shall receive benefits while employed as a prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney. (L. 1989 S.B. 30 § 56.865 , A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 892)
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