Section 476.270

Title XXXII COURTS

Chapter 476

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote   

  476.270.  Expenditures of court to be paid out of county treasury — exceptions. — All expenditures accruing in the circuit courts, except salaries and clerk hire which is payable by the state, except all expenditures accruing in the municipal divisions of the circuit court, and except as otherwise provided by law, shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in which the court is held in the same manner as other demands.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2102, A.L. 1945 p. 812, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1940; 1919 § 2438; 1909 § 3958

Effective 1-02-79

(1984) A judgment against a circuit court in a Title VII action was considered an "expenditure accruing in the circuit courts" within the meaning of this section, and the county was therefore required to pay the judgment. Goodwin v. Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Mo. (8th Cir.), 741 F.2d 1087.