Mo. Sup. Ct. Op. R 4.24

As amended through November 19, 2024

Rule 4.24 - Confidential Records

1) Confidential records shall be maintained so as to be inaccessible to the general public. These records may include sealed or expunged records. The following, including court docket sheets and indexes for these matters, are confidential:

a) Case records that are closed to the public by chapter 610, RSMo;

b) Mental health records under section 630.140, RSMo;

c) Records pertaining to sexually violent predators, required to be sealed under section 632.513, RSMo;

d) Juvenile court records under section 211.321, RSMo, and Supreme Court Rules 122.02 and 122.03;

e) Adoption records under section 453.120 RSMo;

f) All papers and records, other than the interlocutory or final judgment, in paternity cases under section 210.846, RSMo;

g) Records of any grand jury proceedings under chapter 540 RSMo;

h) True bills issued by a grand jury before the defendant is arrested under section 545.080, RSMo;

i) No true bills, which are to be sealed;

j) Criminal psychiatric evaluations under section 552.020.13, RSMo;

m) Motion, court order, and test results for sexually transmitted diseases, which are required to be sealed within the court file under section 545.940, RSMo;

n) Juror questionnaires. Questionnaires for individuals comprising criminal jury panels shall be sealed at the conclusion of the trial under Supreme Court Rule 27.09;

o) Information that identifies a person as an applicant or recipient of IV-D services under section 454.440 and section 208.120, RSMo;

p) Search warrant applications until the warrant is returned or expires;

q) Filing information sheets, referenced in COR 4.07;

r) Victims of sexual offenses under section 566.266, RSMo; and

s) Any other record sealed, expunged, or closed by statute, Supreme Court Rule or order of a court of record for good cause shown.

2) The court shall consider all requests to inspect confidential records and may approve such requests if authorized by statute or Supreme Court Rule. A docket entry of the decision of the court shall be made.

Mo. Sup. Ct. Op. R 4.24

Approved for publication Aug. 21, 1995. Amended December 23, 2003, effective 1/1/2004; Amended Apr. 14, 2016, eff. 7/1/2016; Amended October 11, 2016, effective 1/1/2017; Amended June 29, 2018, effective 7/1/2018.