Shelby County, Missouri (Judicial)
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Shelby County is within the 41st Judicial Circuit. The people of Shelby County are served by a Circuit Court and two Municipal Courts.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has jurisdiction in Shelby County. Appeals from the Eastern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
Judges
Circuit Court
Missouri 41st Judicial Circuit Court
Associate judges
- Macon: Philip Prewitt[2]
- Shelby: Mike Greenwell[3]
Elections
- See also: Missouri judicial elections
Missouri is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Missouri, click here.
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Missouri judicial elections, 2014
- Missouri judicial elections, 2012
- Missouri judicial elections, 2010
Election rules
Partisan election
Trial judges who were elected in partisan elections may seek re-election at the end of their terms. They must run as a Republican, Democrat, or an independent. Partisan elections decide the majority of Missouri's judges. Judges first run in a party primary in August, with the winner of each primary moving on to the general election.[4][5][6]
Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.[7]
Retention election
Judges on the supreme court and appellate courts are subject to the nonpartisan court plan and run for retention. Trial judges in five counties also run for retention in accordance with this plan. Those counties are St. Louis, Jackson, Clay, Platte and Greene.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 41st Circuit
- ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Macon County
- ↑ Your Missouri Courts, Shelby County
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Your Missouri Courts, "Meet your Missouri judges," accessed April 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri General Assembly, "Section 115.121," August 28, 2013
- ↑ Show-Me Courts, "Types of elections in Missouri," accessed April 26, 2014
- ↑ Greene County, "County clerk: Candidates & ballot issues," accessed May 15, 2014
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri