{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-56.010","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.010","heading":"Prosecuting attorney — election — qualifications.","body":"At the general election to be held in this state in the year A.D. 1982, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of this state a prosecuting attorney, who shall be a person learned in the law, duly licensed to practice as an attorney at law in this state, and enrolled as such, at least twenty-one years of age, and who has been a bona fide resident of the county in which he seeks election for twelve months next preceding the date of the general election at which he is a candidate for such office and shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor is elected, commissioned and qualified.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 56 - Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=56.010","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"1b31898811f546638339be2ba45bd650fb291f0ddc655363c6a04157a5f470a7","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-55.305","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-56.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}