Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

In re:
(1) Repeal of subdivision 4.24, entitled "Confidential Records," of Court Operating Rule 4, entitled "Uniform Record Keeping System," and in lieu thereof adoption of a new subdivision 4.24, entitled "Confidential Records."

1. It is ordered that effective January 1, 2017, subdivision 4.24 of Court Operating Rule 4 be and the same is hereby repealed and a new subdivision 4.24 adopted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

1) Confidential records shall be maintained so as to be inaccessible to the general public. Such records may be sealed. The following, including court docket sheets and indexes for these matters, are confidential:

a) Case records that are closed to the public by chapter 610, RSMo;

b) Mental health records under section 630.140, RSMo;

c) Records pertaining to sexually violent predators, required to be sealed under section 632.513, RSMo;

d) Juvenile court records under section 211.321, RSMo, and Supreme Court Rules 122.02 and 122.03;

e) Adoption records under section 453.120, RSMo;

f) All papers and records, other than the interlocutory or final judgment, in paternity cases under section 210.846, RSMo;

g) Records of any grand jury proceedings under chapter 540, RSMo;

h) True bills issued by a grand jury before the defendant is arrested under section 545.080, RSMo;

i) No true bills, which are to be sealed;

j) Criminal psychiatric evaluations under section 552.020.13, RSMo;

k) Pre-sentence investigations and probation and parole reports under Supreme Court Rule 29.07;

l) Drug court records under section 478.005, RSMo;

m) Motion, court order, and test results for sexually transmitted diseases, which are required to be sealed within the court file under section 545.940, RSMo;

n) Juror questionnaires. Questionnaires for individuals comprising criminal jury panels shall be sealed at the conclusion of the trial under Supreme Court Rule 27.09;

o) Information that identifies a person as an applicant or recipient of IV-D services under section 454.440 and section 208.120, RSMo;

p) Search warrant applications until the warrant is returned or expires;

q) Filing information sheets, referenced in COR 4.07;

r) Victims of sexual offenses under section 566.226, RSMo; and

s) Any other record sealed or closed by statute, Supreme Court Rule or order of a court of record for good cause shown.

2) The court shall consider all requests to inspect confidential records and may approve such requests if authorized by statute or Supreme Court rule. A docket entry of the decision of the court shall be made.

2. The state courts administrator shall provide copies of this order to every presiding circuit court judge and circuit clerk and such other persons as the administrator deems appropriate.

3. It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

4. It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.

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PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE
Chief Justice