Missouri Approved Instructions: Civil and Criminal

The Supreme Court periodically enacts and modifies Missouri Approved Instructions, both civil and criminal, by entering orders. The orders are made public as they are entered and, thereafter, are posted on this website. Accordingly, you can view the most recent orders updating the instructions here, by choosing from the orders listed in reverse chronological order.

Criminal Instructions and Charges

These resources are available as a member benefit of The Missouri Bar. Orders updating these instructions and charges are available here:

• Adoptions, Additions, and Revisions to MACH-CR 2d and MAI-CR 4th dated 08-15-23 and effective 01-01-24
• Adoptions and Revisions to MAI-CR 4th dated 11-22-22 and effective 07-01-23 
• Addition, Revisions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR 2d and MAI-CR 4th dated 06-30-21 and effective 01-01-22 
• Revision to MAI-CR 4th dated 04-06-21 and effective 05-01-21    
• Revisions to MAI-CR 4th dated 06-30-20 and effective 01-01-20   
• Revisions to MACH-CR 2d dated 10-07-19 and effective 10-08-19
  
• Revisions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR 2d and MAI-CR 4th dated 10-15-2018 and effective 01-01-2019
  
• Additions and Revisions to MACH-CR 2d and MAI-CR 4th dated 12-28-17 and effective 07-01-18
  
• Adoption of MACH-CR 2d effective 01-01-17 and MAI-CR 4th effective 07-01-17
  
• Additions to MAI-CR 3d dated 12-16-15 and effective 01-01-16
• Revisions, additions and withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 10-05-15 and effective 01-01-16
• Additions to MAI-CR 3d dated 04-02-15 and effective 01-01-16
• Revisions, Additions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 05-27-14 and effective 09-01-14
• Revisions and Withdrawals to MAI-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 02-01-13 and effective 07-01-13
• Revisions, Additions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 12-19-11 and effective 07-01-12
• Revisions, Additions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 06-30-10 and effective 01-01-11
• Revisions and Additions to MAI-CR 3d dated 10-01-08 and effective 01-01-09
• Revisions and Additions to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 05-20-08 and effective 09-01-08
• Revisions to MACH-CR dated 06-26-07 and effective 01-01-08
• Revisions and Additions to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 09-25-06 and effective 01-01-07
• Revisions and Additions to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 11-22-06 and effective 03-01-06
• Revisions Additions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 09-08-04 and effective 01-01-05
• Revisions, Additions and Withdrawals to MACH-CR and MAI-CR 3d dated 10-07-03 and effective 01-01-04

Civil Instructions

The Court does not prepare or publish a compilation of its Missouri Approved Instructions for civil cases. Nevertheless, such compilations are available from various commercial and other entities. Many legal libraries, including the Court's library, have such compilations in their collections. You may wish to inquire at your local legal library. You may also call the Supreme Court Library at (573) 751-2636 to obtain a copy of particular civil instructions; however, library personnel cannot interpret the rules or do legal research. Orders updating these instructions are available here:

•  Revised MAI-Civil Instructions dated 11-05-24 and effective 07-01-25 
• New and Revised Committee Comments, Historical Notes, and Comments to the MAI-Civil Instructions dated 06-28-22 and effective 01-01-23   
• New and Revised MAI-Civil Instructions, Notes on Use, Notices, and Comments dated 11-23-21 and effective 07-01-22    
• Revised MAI-Civil Instructions, Notes on Use, and Comments dated 03-02-21 and effective 07-01-21   
• MAI-Civil Jury Instructions, Notes on Use and Committee Comments dated 06-09-20 and effective 01-01-21  
• New MAI-Civil Instructions, Notes on Use, and Committee Comments dated 10-30-19 and effective 01-01-20
  
• New and Revised MAI-Civil Instructions, Notes on Use, Comments and Historical Notes dated 05-21-2018 and effective 01-01-19
  
• New and Revised MAI-Civil Instructions and Committee Comments dated 11-07-17 and effective 07-01-18
  
• Revision to MAI-Civil Notes on Use dated 04-13-17 and effective 07-01-17
  
• New and Revised MAI-Civil Instructions, Notes on Use and Committee Comments dated 12-23-16 and effective 07-01-17
  
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 04-15-16 and effective 01-01-17
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-17-15 and effective 07-01-16
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 07-13-15 and effective 01-01-16
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 07-14-14 and effective 01-01-15
• Order dated 04-29-14 re MAI-Civil 2.00(B) effective 01-01-15
• Revisions ordered 08-16-13 to MAI-Civil effective 01-01-14
• Revisions ordered 05-23-13 to MAI-Civil effective 01-01-14
• Order dated 04-02-12 re Jury Instructions, Notes on Use and Committee Comments effective 01-01-13
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 12-15-11 and effective 07-01-12
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-02-10 and effective 07-01-11
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-23-09 and effective 07-01-10
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-23-09 and effective 07-01-10
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-28-07 and effective 07-01-08
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 05-01-07 and effective 01-01-08
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 10-31-06 and effective 01-01-07
• Order dated 04-08-02 re Forms of MAI Jury Instructions, Notes on Use and Committee Comments
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 11-26-2001 and effective 01-01-02
• Revisions to MAI-Civil dated 09-21-2001 and effective 01-01-02
• Revisions and Additions to MAI-Civil dated 08-28-2001 and effective 01-01-02