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Missouri Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.

• Missouri Circuit Courts
  Missouri circuit courts are courts of original civil jurisdiction. Within the circuit court, there are various divisions, such as associate circuit, small claims, family and probate.
  
  
• Missouri Juvenile and Family Courts
  Juvenile and family courts hear domestic relations matters, including dissolutions, child custody, visitation, child support and adoptions.
  
  
• Missouri Court Services
  Direct weblinks to services including ADA accommodations, court interpreter services, ethics and discipline, boards and commissions and more.
  
  
• Missouri Supreme Court
  Mandatory jurisdiction in civil and original proceeding cases. Discretionary jurisdiction in civil, administrative agency, juvenile and original proceeding cases. Search filing information, opinions, orders and rules.
  
  
• Missouri Court of Appeals
  Mandatory jurisdiction in civil, administrative agency, juvenile, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. Search courts by district.
  
  
• Missouri Bankruptcy Courts
  Link to free forms, use electronic filing systems and other judicial tools available to the public. Search Bankruptcy filings and view cases from the courthouses and jurisdictions.
  
  
• Missouri Judgments and Liens
  UCC searches by an individual or attorneys. Link to information for defaults, recovery, default, cases and files that can show civil judgments.

Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.

• Missouri Municipal Courts
  The municipal division of the circuit court has original jurisdiction to hear and determine municipal ordinance violations. Direct link to reports about the municipal court divisions.
  
  
• Missouri Circuit Courts
  Missouri circuit courts are courts of original criminal jurisdiction. Within the circuit court, there are various divisions, such as associate circuit, municipal, criminal and juvenile.
  
  
• Missouri Mental Health Courts
  Mental health courts are a therapeutically oriented judicial approach focused on the mentally ill and disabled in the criminal justice population.
  
  
• Missouri Juvenile and Family Courts
  Juvenile and family courts hear matters related to delinquency, status, child abuse and neglect, and termination of parental rights.
  
  
• Missouri Teen Courts
  Teen Court is seen as an effective intervention where enforcement of misdemeanor charges are sometimes given low priority because of heavy caseloads in the traditional system and the need to focus on more serious offenders.
  
  
• Missouri Supreme Court
  Mandatory jurisdiction in capital criminal and criminal cases. Discretionary jurisdiction in noncapital criminal and capital criminal cases. Direct weblinks to docketed cases, minutes of the court and decision dates.
  
  
• Missouri Court of Appeals
  Mandatory jurisdiction in noncapital criminal and capital criminal cases. Direct weblinks to the Eastern, Southern and Western Districts.
  
  
• Missouri Drug Courts
  Drug Courts are treatment-based alternatives to prison, youth services facilities and detention centers, jails, and standard probation models.
  

Missouri circuit court clerks listed by county. Request records and transcripts of cases including civil, civil appeals, small claims, domestic relations, juvenile, criminal, traffic and other violations.

Adair
Andrew
Atchison
Audrain
Barry
Barton
Bates
Benton
Bollinger
Boone
Buchanan
Butler
Caldwell
Callaway
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Carroll
Carter
Cass
Cedar
Chariton
Christian
Clark 
Clay
Clinton
Cole
Cooper
Crawford
Dade
Dallas
Daviess
DeKalb
Dent
Douglas
Dunklin
Franklin
Gasconade
Gentry
Greene
Grundy
Harrison
Henry
Hickory
Holt
Howard
Howell
Iron
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Laclede
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lewis
Lincoln
Linn
Livingston
Macon
Madison
Maries
Marion
McDonald
Mercer
Miller
Mississippi
Moniteau
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
New Madrid
Newton
Nodaway
Oregon
Osage
Ozark
Pemiscot
Perry
Pettis
Phelps
Pike
Platte
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Ralls
Randolph
Ray
Reynolds
Ripley
Saline
Schuyler 
Scott
Scotland
Shannon
Shelby
St. Charles
St. Clair
St. Francois
St. Louis City
St. Louis County
Ste. Genevieve
Stoddard
Stone
Sullivan
Taney
Texas
Vernon
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Worth
Wright