Every clerk may appoint such number of deputies or assistants as may be authorized to be appointed under procedures provided by law who shall be at least seventeen years of age and have all other qualifications of their principals and take the like oath, and may in the name of their principals perform the duties of clerk; but all clerks and their sureties shall be responsible for the conduct of their deputies or assistants.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.080
Deputies, their duties
Effective: 02 Jan 1979, see footnote; (RSMo 1939 § 13299, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11680; 1919 § 2124; 1909 § 2687
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.