Rule 17.06 - 17.08 - When Applicable17.06 The standards shall apply to civil and criminal cases filed in the circuit and associate divisions of the circuit court. 17.07 These standards do not apply to juvenile, probate or mental health proceedings or to proceedings of the municipal divisions of the circuit court. They also do not apply to less serious general traffic offenses, less serious watercraft offenses, county ordinance violations, or conservation violations. 17.08 Nothing in this Court Operating Rule 17 precludes circuit courts from adopting more stringent case processing time standards or from adopting time standards for cases excluded from this Court Operating Rule 17 by Court Operating Rule 17.07. Mo. Sup. Ct. Op. R 17.06 - 17.08
Adopted July 26, 1996, effective 1/1/1997.