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Saint Francois County is within the 24th Judicial Circuit. The people of Saint Francois County are served by a Circuit Court and eight Municipal Courts.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has jurisdiction in Saint Francois County. Appeals from the Eastern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
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
Missouri is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Missouri, click here.
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.[1][2][3]
Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.[4]
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.[1]