Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc
April 4, 2023
Effective July 1, 2023
In re:
Correction of subdivision 2.02(e), entitled "Manner of Redacting," of subdivision 2.02,
entitled "General Policy," of Court Operating Rule 2, entitled "Public Access to Records of the Judicial
Department," effective July 1, 2023.
ORDER
1. By orders of June 28, 2022, and January 31, 2023, this Court adopted a new
subdivision 2.02(e) of Court Operating Rule 2 to be effective July 1, 2023. The Court hereby corrects those
orders so that, as corrected, effective July 1, 2023, subdivision 2.02(e) shall read as follows:
COURT OPERATING RULE 2.02 GENERAL POLICY
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(e) Manner of Redacting. On and after the Expanded Remote Access Implementation Date:
(1) All redactions shall be done in a manner that makes it
clear that information has been redacted. If necessary to reference the redacted information in a redacted
document, filers shall use generic descriptors.
(2) When a filer redacts information from a document offered
for filing in any court, the filer also must contemporaneously file a confidential redacted information filing
sheet that either:
(A) has the unredacted version of the document attached
thereto; or
(B) sets out the information redacted from the document with
an explanation as to where the information was redacted from in the document or the generic descriptors used in
the document to reference the redacted information.
(3) All filers, except for judges and judicial court staff,
shall affirmatively certify compliance with the redaction requirements in Rules 19.10, 55.025, and 84.015 when a
document is filed. This certification shall be accomplished through an automated process implemented in the
electronic filing system for its authorized users or, for filers who are not authorized users of the electronic
filing system, by a paper form attached to the document or on the document itself.
(4) When a motion is filed alleging a document filed with
the court contains insufficiently redacted confidential information, the clerk shall raise the document′s
security level to a confidential setting. The court shall dispose of the motion within 30 days. If the court
determines the document is sufficiently redacted, the clerk shall reset the document’s security level to allow
for proper public access.
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2. It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The
Missouri Bar.
3. It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.
4. The state courts administrator shall provide copies of this order to every
presiding circuit court judge and circuit clerk and such other persons as the administrator deems appropriate.
Day – to – Day
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PAUL C. WILSON
Chief Justice