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.)