SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1209
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAY.
5791S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 488.426, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to court
filing surcharges.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 488.426, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 488.426, 2
to read as follows:3
488.426. 1. The judges of the circuit court, en banc, 1
in any circuit in this state may require any party filing a 2
civil case in the circuit court, at the time of filing the 3
suit, to deposit with the clerk of the court a surcharge in 4
addition to all other deposits required by law or court 5
rule. Sections 488.426 to 488.432 shall not apply to 6
proceedings when costs are waived or are to be paid by the 7
county or state or any city. 8
2. The surcharge in effect on August 28, 2001, shall 9
remain in effect until changed by the circuit court. The 10
circuit court in any circuit, except the circuit court in 11
Jackson County or the circuit court in any circ uit that 12
reimburses the state for the salaries of family court 13
commissioners under and pursuant to section 487.020, may 14
change the fee to any amount not to exceed fifteen dollars. 15
The circuit court in Jackson County , the circuit court in 16
the city of St. Louis, or the circuit court in any circuit 17
that reimburses the state for the salaries of family court 18 SB 1209 2
commissioners under and pursuant to section 487.020 may 19
change the fee to any amount not to exceed twenty dollars. 20
A change in the fee shall beco me effective and remain in 21
effect until further changed. 22
3. Sections 488.426 to 488.432 shall not apply to 23
proceedings when costs are waived or are paid by the county 24
or state or any city. 25
4. In addition to any fee authorized by subsection 1 26
of this section, any county of the first classification with 27
more than one hundred one thousand but fewer than one 28
hundred fifteen thousand inhabitants may impose an 29
additional fee of ten dollars excluding cases concerning 30
adoption and those in small claims court. The provisions of 31
this subsection shall expire on December 31, 2019. 32