Section 479.261

Title XXXII COURTS

Chapter 479

Effective - 01 Jul 1997, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  479.261.  Additional surcharges authorized for municipal and associate circuit courts for cities and towns having shelters for victims of domestic violence, amount, exceptions — highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in crime index. — 1. In addition to all other court costs for county or municipal ordinance violations, any county or any city having a shelter for victims of domestic violence established pursuant to sections 455.200 to 455.230, RSMo, or any municipality within a county which has such shelter, or any county or municipality whose residents are victims of domestic violence and are admitted to such shelters may, by order or ordinance to be effective prior to January 1, 1997, provide for an additional surcharge in an amount not to exceed one dollar per case for each criminal case including county or municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal division judge or associate circuit judge.  No surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.  Such surcharges collected by municipal clerks in municipalities electing or required to have violations of municipal ordinances tried before a municipal judge pursuant to section 479.020, or to employ judicial personnel pursuant to section 479.060, shall be disbursed to the city at least monthly, and such surcharges collected by circuit court clerks shall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020^*, RSMo.  Such fees shall be payable to the city or county wherein such fees originated.  The county or city shall use such moneys only for the purpose of providing operating expenses for shelters for battered persons as defined in sections 455.200 to 455.230, RSMo.

  2. The state highway patrol shall include in its voluntary system of reporting for compilation in the "Missouri Crime Index" all reported incidents of domestic violence, whether or not an arrest is made. All incidents shall be reported on forms provided by the highway patrol and in a manner prescribed by the patrol. For purposes of this subsection only, "domestic violence" shall be defined as any dispute arising between spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, individuals who are presently residing together or have resided together in the past and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time.

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(L. 1991 H.B. 566, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1471 and S.B. 457, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)

Effective 7-1-97

*Original rolls contain “section 514.015” which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.