EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 18
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAY.
0114S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, 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Section A. Section 488.426, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1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 o r 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 circu it court. The 10
circuit court in any circuit, except the circuit court in 11
Jackson County, the circuit court in the city of St. Louis, 12
or the circuit court in any circuit that reimburses the 13
state for the salaries of family court commissioners under 14
and pursuant to section 487.020, may change the fee to any 15
amount not to exceed fifteen dollars. The circuit court in 16
Jackson County, the circuit court in the city of St. Louis, 17
or the circuit court in any circuit that reimburses the 18 SB 18 2
state for the salari es of family court commissioners under 19
and pursuant to section 487.020 may change the fee to any 20
amount not to exceed twenty dollars. A change in the fee 21
shall become effective and remain in effect until further 22
changed. 23
3. Sections 488.426 to 4 88.432 shall not apply to 24
proceedings when costs are waived or are paid by the county 25
or state or any city. 26
[4. In addition to any fee authorized by subsection 1 27
of this section, any county of the first classification with 28
more than one hundred o ne thousand but fewer than one 29
hundred fifteen thousand inhabitants may impose an 30
additional fee of ten dollars excluding cases concerning 31
adoption and those in small claims court. The provisions of 32
this subsection shall expire on December 31, 2019. ] 33