Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 517 - Procedure Before Certain Associate Circuit Judges
Section 517.081 - Case certified to presiding judge of circuit, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988
517.081. Case certified to presiding judge of circuit, when. — A case shall be certified for assignment by the presiding judge of the circuit or in accordance with local rules when:
(1) A party files a petition, a counterclaim, cross claim or third-party petition that independently exceeds the jurisdiction of cases triable under this chapter; or
(2) Consolidation of cases appears proper, and such consolidation would result in a claim exceeding the jurisdictional limit of the division.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1988 H.B. 1660)