When an application for a trial de novo is timely filed, the associate circuit judge or the clerk who has custody of the case papers shall forthwith transmit the case papers in the cause or a transcript thereof to the clerk receiving cases originally filed for hearing and determination before a circuit judge, and the cause shall thereupon be assigned for a trial de novo before a circuit or associate circuit judge in accordance with assignment procedures prescribed by local circuit court rule or as directed by the presiding judge of the circuit.
§ 512.250, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 2736, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 136, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634
Effective 1/2/1979