Rule 82 | Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Judges of This Court and the Court of Appeals – Designation of Court of Appeals and Districts Thereof – Duties and Other Matters Relating to the State Courts Administrator and Other Court Personnel

First Adopted: June 01, 1971

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2013

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82.01 | Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Presiding Judges – Supreme Court

(a) Judges of this Court shall elect from their number a chief justice to preside over the Court en banc who shall serve for a term of two years and shall be the administrative officer of the Court.

(b) A presiding judge of each division of this Court shall be elected by the judges thereof, shall serve a term of two years, and shall be the administrative officer of the division.


(Adopted June 1, 1971, effective January 1, 1972. Amended December 27, 2012, effective July 1, 2013.)

First Adopted: June 01, 1971

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2013

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82.02 | Court of Appeals and Districts – Terms and Duties of Chief Judges of the Court of Appeals

(a) The court of appeals established by Article V of the Constitution of Missouri shall be officially known and designated as the Missouri Court of Appeals, and the three districts thereof shall be respectively denominated as the Eastern, Western, and Southern districts.

(b) The judges of each district of the court of appeals shall elect from their number a chief judge, who shall be the administrative officer of the district.


(Adopted June 1, 1971, effective January 1, 1972. Amended June 5, 1980, effective January 1, 1981; amended December 27, 2012, effective July 1, 2013.)

First Adopted: June 01, 1971

Most Recently Effective: July 01, 1998

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82.03 | State Courts Administrator

(a) Duties. Under the authority and supervision of this Court, the state courts administrator shall have the following duties:

(1) Promulgate and administer the administrative methods and systems adopted by this Court for use in the office of the clerks of the various state and municipal courts. 

(2) Make recommendations from time to time concerning the administrative methods and systems used in the office of the clerks of the various state and municipal courts. 

(3) Assemble information concerning the current state of dockets, determine where assistance is needed and recommend assignment of judges. 

(4) Collect and publish reports of business transacted by the courts, the state of dockets and court facilities. 

(5) Prepare and submit budget estimates of the state appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the judicial system. 

(6) Administer the payment of state monies appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the judicial system. 

(7) Develop and administer programs of judicial education. 

(8) Process requests for transfer of judges. 

(9) Perform duties required under administrative rule of the Court.

(b) Prohibition Against Practice of Law. The state courts administrator and employees of the office shall not engage in the practice of law or do any law business.

(c) Prohibition Against Political Activity. The state courts administrator and employees of the office shall not directly or indirectly make any contributions to or hold any office in a political party or organization or take part in any political campaign, nor shall any employee be hired or discharged on a political or party basis.

(d) Oath. Before assuming the duties of the office, the state courts administrator shall take and subscribe to an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Missouri, and faithfully to demean himself or herself while in the office, and that the person will not disclose or reveal any fact or information obtained relating to any case, matter, opinion or proceeding pending in court before the same has been made public by this Court.


(Adopted June 1, 1971, effective January 1, 1972. Amended April 20, 1981, effective January 1, 1982; amended September 28, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended December 19, 1997, effective July 1, 1998.)

First Adopted: June 01, 1971

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2002

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82.04 | Compliance with Requests of State Courts Administrator for Information

The judges and clerks of all courts and all other officers shall comply with the requests made by the state court administrator for information, statistical data and reports bearing on the state of the dockets and business transacted by the courts and other matters pertinent to the efficient operation of the judicial system and to carrying out the provisions of Article V of the Constitution.


(Adopted June 1, 1971, effective January 1, 1972. Amended June 25, 2001, effective January 1, 2002.)

First Adopted: December 17, 1991

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2025

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82.05 | Restrictions on Legal Personnel After Employment by a Court

A person who has been employed as a lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant by this Court or the court of appeals shall not perform any legal work in any case that was pending before the court during the tenure of the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant with the court. If such lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant is employed by or associated with a law firm that is employed to represent a party in a case that was pending in the court at the time the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant was employed with the court, the law firm and the former lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant shall comply with Rule 4-1.11(a).

Comment

See also Rules 4-1.11 and 4-1.12 of Supreme Court Rule 4.


(Adopted December 17, 1991, effective July 1, 1992. Amended September 22, 1992, effective July 1, 1993; amended June 4, 2024, effective January 1, 2025.)