Effective - 28 Aug 1995
483.083. Circuit clerks, compensation. — 1. Each circuit clerk shall annually receive as compensation the following amounts as base salary:
(1) In counties of the first classification, thirty-six thousand one hundred forty-five dollars; except those counties where court is held in two cities, in which instance an additional four thousand dollars shall be added to the base salary;
(2) In all counties of the second or fourth classification, thirty-one thousand nine hundred seventy-eight dollars; except those counties where court is held in two cities, thirty-five thousand five hundred forty-nine dollars;
(3) In the counties of the third classification, twenty-seven thousand two hundred eighteen dollars except those counties where court is held in two cities; thirty thousand three hundred eight dollars; except Marion County circuit clerks, district one and district two in Hannibal, thirty-one thousand three hundred eighty-three dollars;
(4) In the city of St. Louis, sixty-seven thousand three hundred sixty dollars;
(5) The compensation of circuit clerks provided by this subsection shall annually be increased by an amount equivalent to the annual salary adjustment approved pursuant to section 476.405 for employees of the judicial department.
2. Such circuit clerks shall receive in addition to any salary provided by this section any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 476.405.
3. In the event the judge orders child support payments in Marion County to be made through the clerk, the clerk shall annually, on or before February first of each year, charge ten dollars per year to each such person so obligated to make child support payments, which fee shall be paid to the state.
4. Payment of the compensation provided in this section shall be payable in equal monthly installments, except that the salary of the circuit clerk of the city of St. Louis shall be paid in semimonthly installments and except that all such compensation paid by the state shall be paid in installments as provided in section 33.100. The compensation of all circuit clerks shall be paid by the state and they shall be considered state employees for all purposes except the manner of their selection, appointment or removal from office; except that, the circuit clerk of the city of St. Louis, the circuit clerk of St. Louis County and the court administrator of Jackson County shall continue to be paid by the city and those counties and shall not become state employees, but the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County shall each be paid an amount which is equivalent to a circuit clerk's salary as provided in subsection 3 of section 483.015.
5. The compensation provided in this section shall be in lieu of all fees, and all fees collected shall be paid over to the state or to the counties and the city of St. Louis as otherwise provided by law.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1983 S.B. 250, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 315, A.L. 1993 H.B. 571, A.L. 1995 H.B. 274 & 268)
Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 476.405, in Appendix D.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 483 - Clerks of Courts of Record and Court Records
Section 483.010 - Qualifications of a clerk.
Section 483.020 - Vacancy, how filled.
Section 483.050 - If surety of clerk is insufficient, new bond required.
Section 483.055 - Office supplies — duties relating to.
Section 483.060 - Allowances, how paid.
Section 483.065 - Office and records, where kept.
Section 483.070 - May remove records, when.
Section 483.075 - Duties of clerk — when county clerk replaces circuit clerk, exception.
Section 483.080 - Deputies, their duties.
Section 483.082 - Court records, how kept.
Section 483.083 - Circuit clerks, compensation.
Section 483.086 - Clerk to serve as secretary to court en banc (St. Louis City).
Section 483.088 - Circuit clerks to report to state auditor annually all fees collected.
Section 483.130 - Courts to direct filing of papers.
Section 483.135 - Clerk to bunch, label, and index papers.
Section 483.140 - Judge to superintend keeping of records.
Section 483.140 - Judge to superintend keeping of records.
Section 483.145 - Court to reconstruct records, when.
Section 483.150 - Clerks to keep account of fines.
Section 483.160 - Clerks of courts to deliver reports to successors.
Section 483.165 - Nonfeasance or misfeasance, misdemeanor.
Section 483.175 - Duty of attorney general or prosecuting attorney — notice.
Section 483.180 - Notice and copy of charges to be delivered — witnesses summoned.
Section 483.190 - Trial by the court or a jury.
Section 483.195 - Clerk found guilty, removed and fined.
Section 483.200 - If clerk acquitted, reinstatement — costs.
Section 483.205 - Additional proceedings by indictment.
Section 483.210 - Clerk's successor to receive all records of office.
Section 483.225 - Office, where kept.
Section 483.235 - Liable on bond for acts of his deputies.
Section 483.240 - Circuit clerks, duties and responsibilities — exceptions.
Section 483.241 - Other clerks, duties.
Section 483.246 - Municipal clerks, selection, tenure, compensation — limitation on compensation.
Section 483.260 - Clerk to employ attorney (St. Louis City).
Section 483.270 - Certain abstract of judgments to be continued (St. Louis City).
Section 483.312 - Security required for deposit of funds in circuit court registry.
Section 483.355 - Circuit clerk of Lewis County — duties.
Section 483.360 - Clerk to file judgments at Lewis County seat.
Section 483.390 - Papers may be recorded in office of clerk of circuit court — fee charged.
Section 483.420 - Circuit clerk, office (Cape Girardeau County).
Section 483.445 - District No. 2 clerk, qualifications — election (Marion County).
Section 483.450 - Residence and office hours of clerk.
Section 483.480 - Probate clerk, oath — itemized fee bill.
Section 483.500 - Fees of the clerks of the supreme court and court of appeals — collection.
Section 483.505 - Account of fees — supreme court.
Section 483.510 - Account of fees — court of appeals.
Section 483.530 - Fees, clerk's duties.
Section 483.535 - Fees for naturalization.
Section 483.537 - Passports, accounting for fees charged, use of moneys collected.
Section 483.550 - Clerks to charge, collect court costs, when.
Section 483.580 - Fees, probate proceedings, guardianships.
Section 483.617 - Fees not to be charged against counties or St. Louis City, when.
Section 483.640 - Records transferred to clerk (Marion County).
Section 483.650 - Records transferred to clerk (Cape Girardeau County).
Section 483.660 - Records of probate courts transferred.
Section 483.670 - Records of magistrate courts transferred.
Section 483.680 - Records of municipal courts transferred, when, how.