First Adopted: May 10, 1983
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2018
Court Operating Rule (COR) 8 | Records Retention and Destruction
COR 008.01 | Uniform Retention, Transfer and Destruction System
(a) This Court Operating Rule (COR) 8 shall apply to all records not transferred, destroyed, or offered for transfer prior to January 1, 2010.
(b) There shall be a uniform system for the retention, transfer and destruction of records of the courts in the State of Missouri. The system shall apply regardless of the format of the records.
(c) All records that have met their retention schedules may be transferred or destroyed in accordance with this COR 8.
(d) The retention periods listed within this COR are minimum periods of retention.
(e) Confidential records for any division of the circuit court, including the municipal division, shall not be transferred to the Missouri State Archives, or to county, city, or regional archival associations, museum associations or similar organizations for preservation and availability for genealogical or other study.
(Adopted May 10, 1983, effective May 10, 1983. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended April 30, 1985, effective April 24, 1985; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended August 1, 2003, effective January 1, 2004; amended December 23, 2003, effective January 1, 2004; amended May 3, 2005, effective July 1, 2005; amended October 10, 2009, effective January 1, 2010; amended May 11, 2018, effective July 1, 2018.)