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Oregon County is within the 37th Judicial Circuit. The people of Oregon County are served by a Circuit Court and three Municipal Courts.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri has jurisdiction in Oregon County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Judges[edit]

Oregon County, Missouri

Circuit Court[edit]

Missouri 37th Judicial Circuit Court

Associate judges[edit]

Carter: Michael Ligons^[1]

Howell: Don M. Henry and Truman Wiles^[2]

Oregon: Harvey S. Allen^[3]

Shannon: Sandra West^[4]

Elections[edit]

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.

Election rules[edit]

Partisan election[edit]

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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.^[8]

Retention election[edit]

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.^[5]

External links[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

Missouri courts

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

[1] Your Missouri Courts, "Carter County"

[2] Your Missouri Courts, "Howell County"

[3] Your Missouri Courts, "Oregon County"

[4] Your Missouri Courts, "Shannon County"

[meet-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Your Missouri Courts, "Meet your Missouri judges," accessed April 26, 2014

[moga-6] Missouri General Assembly, "Section 115.121," August 28, 2013

[7] Show-Me Courts, "Types of elections in Missouri," accessed April 26, 2014

[8] Greene County, "County clerk: Candidates & ballot issues," accessed May 15, 2014

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Oregon County, Missouri (Judicial)