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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 479.010 | Violation of municipal ordinances, jurisdiction |
Violations of municipal ordinances shall be heard and determined only before divisions of the circuit court as hereinafter provided in this chapter. “Heard and determined”, for purposes of this chapter, shall mean any process under which the court in question retains the final authority to make factual determinations pertaining to allegations of a municipal ordinance violation, including, but not limited to, the use of a system of administrative adjudication as provided in section 479.011, preliminary to a determination by appeal to the court in question.
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Municipal courts | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 478.07 | Jurisdiction of circuit courts |
The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction over all cases and matters, civil and criminal. Such courts may issue and determine original remedial writs.4 |
Circuit Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. §541.015 | Jurisdiction of associate circuit judges |
Associate circuit judges may hear and determine originally, with circuit judges, coextensive with their respective counties, all cases of misdemeanor and infractions as otherwise provided by law. |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 541.02 | Jurisdiction of circuit courts |
Except as otherwise provided by law, the circuit courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions. Except as otherwise provided by law, circuit judges may hear and determine originally all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions and may hear and determine upon a trial de novo cases of misdemeanor and infractions.
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Circuit Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |