{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-476.056","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.056","heading":"Municipal court automation, duties of municipality.","body":"1. Any city, county, village or other municipality may provide for automation of its municipal court pursuant to subsection 3 of section 476.055, in the manner provided in this section. In order to make such provisions, such municipality must:\n(1) Adopt an ordinance imposing the surcharge in the amount allowed, and payable in the manner provided, by section 476.053*, and sections 488.010 to 488.020;\n(2) Enter into an agreement with the state courts administrator for automation of the municipality's court. Such agreement may provide for continuation of the surcharge for a minimum period of time, payable to the fund established by section 476.055, or a special fund established in the state treasury for such purpose upon expiration of section 476.055, for payment of a guaranteed minimum annual amount in the event that payment of such surcharges shall not offset the cost of the automation of the municipality's court; and such other terms as may be agreed on between the municipality and the state courts administrator.\n2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 476.053*, the payment of any surcharge provided by this section may continue for a period in excess of that allowed by section 476.053* for payment of surcharges in the circuit courts. The provisions of section 33.080 shall not apply to any special fund established pursuant to this section.","path":["Title XXXII - COURTS","Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=476.056","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"3796b15052ec766b0d96363e3bf2b4d29f85faacacd2db801ffd71082c1896dc","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-476.055","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-476.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}