Rule 69 - Municipal Divisions
Rule 69.4 - Revised - Effective Date 9/13/19 - Disqualification of Judge
1. A municipal judge that is disqualified under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 37.53 shall inform the presiding judge of the disqualification within 10 days of the disqualification.
2. Upon notice of the disqualification, the presiding judge shall transfer the case to another municipal judge—who will then have authority to hear and determine the case.
3. In a municipality that has appointed a provisional judge to hear and determine cases in those when the sitting municipal judge is unable to hear and determine a case, the provisional judge shall be immediately assigned to hear and determine the case from which the sitting municipal judge has been disqualified. The municipal judge is excused from informing the Presiding Judge of his or her disqualification when the appointed provisional judge is assigned to a case upon disqualification of the sitting judge.
ADOPTED 12/21/90
REVISED 7/19/19
EFFECTIVE 9/13/19