Where there is no sheriff or other ministerial officer qualified to act, or where they are interested or prejudiced, the court, or clerk thereof in vacation, may appoint one or more persons to execute its process and perform any other duty of such officer, who shall be entitled to such fees for their services in each cause as are allowed by law to sheriffs in like cases.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.080
Court or clerk may appoint person to execute process, when
Known as the Judicial Privacy Act
The act spans §§ 476–476 (112 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 2009); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1845; 1919 § 2342; 1909 § 3864
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.