First Adopted: June 01, 1971
Most Recently Effective: December 01, 1987
Rule 12 | Rules Governing The Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline
12.06 | Disqualification of Judge While Indictment or Information Pending
A judge is disqualified from acting as a judicial officer while there is pending an indictment or information charging him in any court in the United States with a crime punishable as a felony under the laws of Missouri or the United States, or a recommendation to this Court by the Commission for his removal or retirement, or after articles of impeachment have been voted by the House of Representatives. A judge so disqualified shall continue to receive his salary.
(Adopted June 1, 1971, effective January 1, 1972. Amended September 21, 1979, effective September 21, 1979; amended November 12, 1987, effective December 1, 1987.)