The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction over all cases and matters, civil and criminal. Such courts may issue and determine original remedial writs.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.070
Jurisdiction of circuit courts
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Employees of Department of Public Health Welfare Missouri v. Department of Public Health & Welfare Missouri (1973)
Most recently applied in Emerald Pointe, LLC v. Taney County Missouri (August 2023)
Effective: 02 Jan 1979, see footnote; (RSMo 1939 § 2100, A. 1949 S.B. 1140, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.