Civil Process Community Justice Building 1305 Locust 2nd Floor Kansas City, MO 64106 Phone: 816-881-3696 Fax: 816-881-3642 Independence Courthouse Annex 308 West Kansas 1st Floor Independence, MO 64050 Phone: 816-881-4569 Fax: 816-881-3642 Director Forrest Bertsch Phone: 816-881-3696 Fax: 816-881-3642 E-mail: fbertsch@courts.mo.gov Assistant Director Karen Rieckhoff Phone: 816-881-3936 Fax: 816-881-3642 E-mail: krieckho@courts.mo.gov Clerical Supervisor Betty Pelton Phone: 816-881-3696 Fax: 816-881-3642 E-mail: bpelton@courts.mo.gov Delinquent Land Tax Clerk Linda Mendoza Phone: 816-881-3095 Fax: 816-881-3642 E-mail: lmendoza@courts.mo.gov	Home Departments Site Search Site Map