Terms Used In Missouri Laws 246.030

  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

The county and circuit clerks, except as limited in section 246.020 and otherwise specified in statutes governing the organization and administration of drainage and levee districts, shall receive (in addition to the fees and deputy hire allowed by law) for filing each paper relating to a drainage or levee district, five cents; for issuing each subpoena, summons or notice, and for approving and filing each bond, twenty-five cents; for recording or copying each one hundred words and numbers, eight cents, any number consisting of more than three figures to be considered as two numbers. The fees of the sheriffs and witnesses shall be the same as allowed in section 246.020.