COR 17.20 to 17.27 | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: February 22, 2000

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.20

Ninety percent of the cases in each case type covered by the standards shall be disposed in the time frame shown below in column B.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2009

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.21

Ninety-five percent of the cases in each case type covered by the standards shall be disposed in the time frame shown below in column C. This standard is set at less than 100 percent because it is recognized that litigation with complex substantive and procedural issues or litigation involving extraordinary circumstances may require additional time.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended December 18, 2008, effective January 1, 2009.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: February 22, 2000

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.22

In order to successfully meet the two standards, each court shall set an initial local goal for case processing. The local goal shall require not less than 50 percent of the case in each case type be disposed in the time frame shown below in column A.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2009

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.23

Case Type A B C D
Local Goal
at least 50%
Disposed in
Standard
90%
Disposed in
Standard
95%
Disposed in
 Excluded Time
Circuit Civil   12 months  24 months  30 months  See COR 17.26, 17.27
 Domestic Relations    4 months  10 months  14 months  See COR 17.26
 Associate Civil    4 months  6 months  12 months  See COR 17.26, 17.27
 Circuit Felony  4 months  10 months  14 months  See COR 17.24, 17.25, 17.26
 Associate Criminal  3 months  6 months  8 months  See COR 17.24, 17.25, 17.26 

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended December 18, 2008, effective January 1, 2009.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: February 22, 2000

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.24

Periods of time during which a warrant is outstanding shall be excluded when calculating the age of an associate criminal or circuit felony case.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2021

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.25

If a county is in a district where the court has granted relief to the public defender office due to caseload issues, the presiding judge for that court may enter a waiver of compliance with criminal time standards (only associate criminal, only circuit felony or for both classes of cases). If the presiding judge enters a waiver, a copy will be submitted to the state courts administrator, so that all cases disposed during the period of limited availability will be omitted for the purposes of sections 17.40 and 17.45, and a copy will be submitted to the state public defender director.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended December 18, 2008, effective January 1, 2009; amended May 4, 2021, effective July 1, 2021.)

First Adopted: November 24, 1992

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2021

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.26

(a) Periods of time during which a defendant is in a court-supervised treatment court, from admission through exit, or is being evaluated or hospitalized pursuant to section 552.020, RSMo, shall be excluded from the age of the case that precipitated entry into the treatment court or resulted in the evaluation or hospitalization.

(b) Periods of time during which a defendant is in a deferred prosecution program under section 557.014, RSMo, shall be excluded when calculating the age of an associate criminal or circuit felony case.

(Adopted November 24, 1992, effective November 24, 1992. Approved for publication August 21, 1995. Amended July 26, 1996, effective January 1, 1997; amended February 22, 2000, effective February 22, 2000; amended December 18, 2008, effective January 1, 2009; amended May 4, 2021, effective July 1, 2021.)

First Adopted: December 18, 2008

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2009

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.27

The period of time between entry of an order for a bankruptcy stay through the lifting of the stay shall be excluded when calculating the age of the relevant case.

(Adopted December 18, 2008, effective January 1, 2009.)

First Adopted: June 28, 2022

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2022

Court Operating Rule (COR) 17 | Case Processing Time Standards | Filing to Disposition Time Standards

COR 17.28

Periods of time during which a case is automatically stayed, pursuant to section 510.120, RSMo, because a member of the general assembly is an attorney, party, or necessary witness in the court proceeding shall be excluded when calculating the age of the relevant case.

(Adopted June 28, 2022, effective July 1, 2022.)