Supreme Court Rules

First Adopted: February 01, 1972

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2024

Rule 10 | Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Nonpartisan Judicial Commissions and Judicial Performance Review

10.02 | Membership of Commissions

For purposes of filling judicial vacancies in this Court or the court of appeals, there shall be a commission known as "The Appellate Judicial Commission," which shall consist of a Supreme Court judge selected by the members of this Court; one member of The Missouri Bar from each court of appeals district, elected by the members of The Missouri Bar residing in each such district; and one citizen, not a member of The Missouri Bar, from 
each court of appeals district, appointed by the governor.

For purposes of filling judicial vacancies in any other court of record subject to the provisions of article V, sections 25(a)-(g) of the Missouri Constitution, there shall be a commission known as "The ______ Circuit Judicial Commission" for each judicial circuit subject to the provisions of sections 25(a)-(g) that shall consist of the chief judge of the court of appeals district within which the judicial circuit, or the major portion of the population of such circuit, is situated; two members of The Missouri Bar residing in the judicial circuit of each such circuit judicial commission, elected by the members of The Missouri Bar residing in each such judicial circuit; and two citizens, not members of The Missouri Bar, who are residents of each such judicial circuit, appointed by the governor.

No member of any commission referred to above, other than a judge, shall hold any public office, and no member of any such commission shall hold any official position in a political party.


(Adopted February 1, 1972, effective September 1, 1972. Amended September 30, 1985, effective July 1, 1986; amended May 23, 2023, effective January 1, 2024.)
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