Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 485

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 485
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.010 Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff - set salaries - ...

485.010. Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff — set salaries — source of funds for salaries. — 1. The presiding judge of each circuit may appoint a secretary or other staff personnel to aid the presiding judge in the administration of the judicial business of the circuit. Such secretary and other staff personnel appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge. The personnel authorized by this section are in addition to staff support from the circuit clerks, deputy circuit clerks, division clerks, municipal clerks, and any other staff personnel which may otherwise be provided by law. 2. The salary and number of secretarial or other staff personnel shall be established by the presiding judge of the circuit within funds made available for that purpose. Personnel authorized by this section shall be paid from state funds or federal grant moneys which are available for that purpose and not from county funds. (L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79 (1981) This section does not relieve local governments performing county functions from the responsibility of funding the office of Court Administrator. State ex rel. the Judges for the 22nd Judicial Circuit v. City of St. Louis (Mo. App.), 619 S.W.2d 330.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.040 Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters - qualifications.

485.040. Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters — qualifications. — 1. For the purpose of preserving the record in all cases for the information of the court, jury and parties, and for expediting the public business, each circuit judge shall appoint an official court reporter who shall be a certified court reporter as provided by Rule 14 of the supreme court. Such court reporter shall be a sworn officer of the court, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of the judge appointing him, and on the death, resignation, or retirement of that judge, the reporter shall retain his office until the judge's successor is elected, or appointed. 2. In lieu of a full-time court reporter, a circuit judge who serves as the judge of the probate division may utilize the services of a court reporter on a part-time basis or may preserve the record in the manner provided in section 478.072 . (RSMo 1939 § 13339, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11718; 1919 § 12668; 1909 § 11231 Effective 1-02-79

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.050 Duties.

485.050. Duties. — It shall be the duty of the official court reporter so appointed to attend the sessions of the court, under the direction of the judge thereof; to take full stenographic notes of the oral evidence offered in every cause tried in said court, together with all objections to the admissibility of testimony, the rulings of the court thereon, and all exceptions taken to such rulings; to preserve all official notes taken in said court for future use or reference, and to furnish to any person or persons a transcript of all or any part of said evidence or oral proceedings upon the payment to him of the fee herein provided. (RSMo 1939 § 13340) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11719; 1919 § 12669; 1909 § 11232

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.060 Compensation of reporters.

485.060. Compensation of reporters. — 1. Each court reporter for a circuit judge shall receive an annual salary of twenty-six thousand nine hundred dollars beginning January 1, 1985, until December 31, 1985, and beginning January 1, 1986, an annual salary of thirty thousand dollars. 2. Such annual salary shall be modified by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405 . 3. Beginning January 1, 2022, the annual salary, as modified under section 476.405 , shall be adjusted upon meeting the minimum number of cumulative years of service as a court reporter with a circuit court of this state by the following schedule: (1) For each court reporter with zero to five years of service: the annual salary shall be increased only by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405 ; (2) For each court reporter with six to ten years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of five and one-quarter percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (1) of this subsection; (3) For each court reporter with eleven to fifteen years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and one-quarter percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (2) of this subsection; (4) For each court reporter with sixteen to twenty years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and one-half percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (3) of this subsection; or (5) For each court reporter with twenty-one or more years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by the whole sum of eight and three-quarters percent in addition to the increase provided by subdivision (4) of this subsection. 4. Salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments on the certification of the judge of the court or division in whose court the reporter is employed. If paid by the state, the salaries of such court reporters shall be paid in semimonthly or monthly installments, as designated by the commissioner of administration. (RSMo 1939 § 13341, A.L. 1945 p. 741, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1969 p. 568, A.L. 1975 H.B. 170, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271, A.L. 2023 S.B. 103) Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 476.405 , in Appendix D.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.065 Source of funds for reporter's salary.

485.065. Source of funds for reporter's salary. — The entire salary of each court reporter and the expense of part-time court reporters for circuit judges serving as judges of the probate division as provided in subsection 2 of section 485.040 shall be paid out of the state treasury. (L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1965 p. 652, A.L. 1969 p. 568, A.L. 1975 H.B. 170, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581) Effective 1-01-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.075 Appointment of temporary court reporter, when - compensation - duration.

485.075. Appointment of temporary court reporter, when — compensation — duration. — In the absence of the official reporter of any circuit judge because of illness or physical incapacity to perform his duties, the judge may appoint a temporary reporter, who shall perform the same duties and receive the same compensation as provided for the regular reporter for the time served by the appointee as temporary reporter, to be paid upon certification of the judge making such appointment. No temporary appointment shall continue through more than thirty court days in any calendar year unless so ordered by the supreme court of this state. (L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al.)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.077 Certification of official court reporters required.

485.077. Certification of official court reporters required. — 1. No judge of any court in this state shall appoint an official court reporter who is not a court reporter certified by the board of certified court reporter examiners, as provided in supreme court rule 14. In the absence of an official court reporter due to illness, physical incapacity, death, dismissal or resignation, a judge may appoint a temporary court reporter, but such temporary court reporter shall not serve more than six months without obtaining a certificate pursuant to the provisions of supreme court rule 14. 2. No testimony taken in this state by deposition shall be given in any court in this state, and no record on appeal from an administrative agency of this state shall include testimony taken in this state by deposition, unless the deposition is prepared and certified by a certified court reporter, except as provided in supreme court rule 57.03(c). 3. Deposition testimony taken outside the state shall be deemed to be in conformity with this section if the testimony was prepared and certified by a court reporter authorized to prepare and certify deposition testimony in the jurisdiction in which the testimony was taken. 4. This section shall not apply to depositions taken in this state in connection with cases not pending in a Missouri state court or administrative agency at the time the deposition was taken. (L. 2001 S.B. 267 § 476.365, A.L. 2007 S.B. 163, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.090 Reimbursement for expenses while attending court - how paid.

485.090. Reimbursement for expenses while attending court — how paid. — Every official court reporter of a circuit court of a judicial circuit comprised of two or more counties, in addition to his salary, shall be reimbursed for all sums of money actually expended by him in necessary hotel and traveling expenses while engaged in attending any regular, special or adjourned term of court at any place in the judicial circuit in which he is appointed, other than the county of his residence, or while engaged in going to and from any such place for the purpose of attending terms of court. All of such actual expenses shall be paid out of the state treasury. (RSMo 1939 § 13347, A.L. 1951 p. 436, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11725; 1919 § 12674; 1909 § 11255 Effective 1-01-85
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