§ 12-4. General duties of municipal judge.

(a)

The municipal judge shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the laws of the state, or any ordinance of the city.

(b)

The municipal judge shall be conservator of the peace, and shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine all ordinance violations. No change of venue shall be taken from him or granted by him in any case before him for the violation of any provision of any city ordinances. He shall keep a docket in which he shall enter every case commenced before him, and the proceedings therein; and he shall deliver such docket, and all books and papers pertaining to his office, to his successor in office.

(c)

The municipal judge shall have power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him within the scope of his authority, and may fine and imprison for contempt offered to him while holding court, in the same manner and to the same extent as the circuit court.

(d)

It shall be the duty of the municipal judge to make out and issue all processes of the court and sign the same as municipal judge and within the first three (3) days of every month he shall make out a list of all cases heard and tried before him during the preceding month, giving in each case the name of the defendant, the fine imposed, if any, the names of the defendants committed and cases appealed. He shall also report and include in such list the amount of fines collected, the amount of fines remitted by him, the fines collected by commitment and fines outstanding.

(Ord. No. 163, Art. 1, §§ 35—38, 2-1-77)

State law reference

Municipal judges generally, RSMo. §§ 479.020, 479.070.