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Section/Rule:
6.07

Subject:
Rule 6 - Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary - Fees to Practice Law
Publication / Adopted Date:
May 14, 1999

Topic:
Disposition Fees
Revised / Effective Date:
September 1, 2024

6.07. Disposition Fees

(a) The portion of the enrollment fee constituting the bar fee and all pro hac vice fees shall be deposited promptly by the clerk of this Court as ex officio treasurer of The Missouri Bar in an account in the name of "The Missouri Bar". The pro hac vice fees shall be allocated annually by the board of governors of The Missouri Bar to support legal services, the legal profession, or the justice system of Missouri.

(b) The annual fees collected from lawyers who are inactive, all penalties collected, and that portion of the enrollment fee constituting the advisory committee fee shall be deposited promptly by the clerk of this Court ex officio treasurer of the advisory committee fund in an account in the name of "The Advisory Committee Fund".

(c) By agreement between the chief disciplinary counsel and the board of governors of The Missouri Bar, with the approval of this Court, funds may be transferred from the advisory committee fund to the account of The Missouri Bar, or vice versa.

(d) The clerk of this Court shall cause all low income legal services fees to be deposited in the basic civil legal services fund created by section 477.650, RSMo. (e) To facilitate the collection and disposition of enrollment and inactive status fees collected, the clerk, with the authorization of this Court, may establish a bar fee processing account. Funds deposited in this account shall be paid over to The Missouri Bar account, the advisory committee account, and the basic civil legal services fund as soon as practicable.

(Former Rule 6.04. Adopted effective November 1, 1976. Amended June 9, 1988; amended May 14, 1999, effective January 1, 2000; amended September 21, 1999, effective January 1, 2000; amended November 26, 2002, effective December 1, 2002; amended October 25, 2011, effective January 1, 2012; amended effective November 8, 2013; amended August 30, 2024, effective September 1, 2024.)