Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.241: Other clerks, duties.

1. Deputy circuit clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit clerk to perform those duties for which the circuit clerk has general administrative control.

2. Division clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit court to perform the recordkeeping functions of the circuit court for which the circuit clerk does not have general administrative control, except with respect to records in cases while they pend in municipal divisions or in a traffic violations bureau maintained by a municipality. Division clerks shall be under the administrative control of the judge who appoints them.

3. Municipal clerks shall constitute the clerical staff of the circuit court to perform the recordkeeping functions in the municipal divisions.

4. Municipal clerks shall perform the clerical functions in the traffic violation bureaus in those municipalities which have a municipal judge or judges. Clerical personnel of the municipality shall perform the clerical functions of the traffic violation bureaus in those municipalities which have no municipal judges.