Rule 34.5 – State Traffic Cases

1. Time for Filing

All applications for a continuance of state traffic cases shall be filed at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled court date.

All applications for continuance of state traffic cases filed by an attorney shall be eFiled. Each application shall contain:

b. The name of the Defendant;

c. The date and time of the setting for which the continuance is sought;

d. The specific facts justifying the continuance. If the purpose of the application is to resolve a conflict with a setting in another court, the application shall also comply with Local Rule 21.1, including that it contain the Style and Case Number of the conflicting case, as well as the time of the conflict;

Applications for continuances of state traffic cases by Self-Represented Defendants may be filed by completing the application approved by the division to which such cases are assigned.

Such application shall be filed by one of the following approved means:

a. Via fax at the following number, which is checked between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm on business days:

Criminal Records Independence 816-881-4691
b. Via email at the following email address:
Criminal Filings: criminalrecords@courts.mo.gov

Department of Criminal Records-IN
308 W. Kansas, 1st Floor
Independence, MO 64050

d. Via delivery to the following drop box (between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday):

Eastern Jackson County Courthouse, 308 West Kansas, 1st Floor, Independence, MO 64050. (Inside front glass doors)