First Adopted: April 25, 2000
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2006
Court Operating Rule (COR) 21 | Court Costs, Fees, Miscellaneous Charges and Surcharges
COR 021.02 | Distribution of Fees
(a) The fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and (18), except the $12 fee referenced therein, by clerks in all divisions of the circuit courts, other than the municipal divisions, shall be paid over within 30days of the date that the fee, cost or charge was received, as follows:
(1) 80% of such amounts collected shall be paid to the director of revenue, to be deposited to the general revenue fund;
(2) 20% of such amounts collected shall be paid into the county treasury, or in the case of the city of St. Louis, into the city treasury.
(b) The fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(19) and (20) by clerks in all divisions of the circuit courts, other than the municipal divisions, shall be paid over within 30 days of the date that the fee, cost, or charge was received to the director of revenue, to be deposited to the general revenue fund.
(c) The fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(4) by clerks shall be paid to the director of revenue to be deposited in the court automation fund pursuant to section 488.027, RSMo.
(d) The fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(21) by clerks shall be retained by the court to offset related costs.
(e) The fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(22) by clerks shall be paid into the county treasury, or in the case of the city of St. Louis, into the city treasury or to the appropriate entity.
(f) The $12 fee collected by clerks pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(a)(5) shall be paid into the municipality treasury.
(g) The appellate fees collected pursuant to Court Operating Rule 21.01(b) by clerks in all division of the circuit courts, other than the municipal divisions, shall be paid over within 30 days of the date that the fee was received. The clerk fee shall be paid to the director of revenue, to be deposited to the general revenue fund, and the basic civil legal services fund surcharge shall be paid to the director of revenue to be deposited to the basic civil legal services fund.
(Adopted April 25, 2000, effective July 1, 2000. Amended December 23, 2003, effective July 1, 2004; amended December 15, 2005, effective July 1, 2006.)