There is hereby established the office of Court Clerk for the
City of Harrisonville Municipal Division of the Cass County Circuit
Court.
The Court Clerk shall be appointed by the City Administrator
to serve for an unspecified term.
The Court Clerk shall attend all sessions of the Harrisonville
Municipal Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court and may be required
to be present at the Harrisonville City Hall to perform the duties
of the office at such additional times as the City may specify. Compensation
for the Court Clerk shall be established by ordinance from time to
time.
A.
The
Court Clerk's duties shall include the following:
1.
To prepare and maintain the Municipal Court docket;
2.
To log and file all tickets, information, complaints, summonses,
bonds, bond receipts and reports;
3.
To prepare all warrants, REGIS sheets, summonses, bonds, bond forfeitures
and notices pertaining to same;
4.
To receipt and account for all bonds, fines, costs or other monies
paid to the Municipal Court;
5.
To deposit monies collected in Court into the municipal division
bank account.
[Ord. No. 3609, 11-7-2022]
6.
To maintain and respond to all correspondence directed to the Municipal
Court;
7.
To prepare and forward to the Director of Revenue all records of
moving violations as required by law;
8.
To report to City Treasurer each month on the amount of Crime Victims'
Compensation (CVC) Fund and any other funds collected for distribution
to parties or entities other than the City in association with Court
proceedings;
9.
To serve as the Violations Clerk for the Harrisonville Municipal
Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court and receive entries of
appearance, waivers of appearance, pleas of guilty, and payments of
fines and costs in accord with the laws of the State of Missouri and
the rules of the Circuit Court for Cass County; and
10.
To perform such other duties as may be directed by the Judge of the
Municipal Division.
