Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts

Section 211.011 - Purpose of law - how construed
Section 211.012 - Status as child determined by then-existing law at time of alleged offense for juvenile court jurisdiction and incarceration purposes
Section 211.013 - Repealed
Section 211.015 - Repealed
Section 211.021 - Definitions
Section 211.023 - Juvenile court commissioner, appointment, where, term, compensation
Section 211.025 - Judge may direct any case be heard by commissioner (counties of the first class and St. Louis City)
Section 211.027 - Findings of commissioner, how submitted - notice of right to file motion for rehearing, how given
Section 211.029 - Rehearing, motion filed when - judge may sustain or deny - commissioner's finding final, when
Section 211.031 - Juvenile court to have exclusive jurisdiction, when - exceptions - home schooling, attendance violations, how treated
Section 211.032 - Child abuse and neglect hearings, when held, procedure - supreme court rules to be promulgated - transfer of school records, when
Section 211.033 - Detention for violation of traffic ordinances - no civil or criminal liability created
Section 211.034 - Extension of juvenile court jurisdiction permitted, when - procedure - immunity from liability for certain persons, when - expiration date
Section 211.036 - Custody of released youth may be returned to children's division, when - factors considered by court - termination of care and supervision before 21, when - appointment of GAL, when - hearings, when held
Section 211.037 - Nonoffending parent, child returned to custody of, when
Section 211.038 - Children not to be reunited with parents or placed in a home, when - discretion to return, when
Section 211.041 - Continuing jurisdiction over child, exception, eighteen-year-old violating state or municipal laws
Section 211.051 - Jurisdiction as to custody of child not exclusive
Section 211.059 - Rights of child when taken into custody (Miranda warning) - rights of child in custody in abuse and neglect cases
Section 211.061 - Arrested child taken before juvenile court - transfer of prosecution to juvenile court - limitations on detention of juvenile - detention hearing, notice
Section 211.063 - Secure detention, limitations - probable cause hearing required, when - definitions - application of law
Section 211.068 - Copy of motion for certification as adult to be provided to prosecuting attorney - access to records - testimony of prosecutor
Section 211.069 - Citation of law
Section 211.071 - Certification of juvenile for trial as adult - procedure - mandatory hearing, certain offenses - misrepresentation of age, effect
Section 211.072 - Certification as an adult, placement in secure detention facility to continue transfer to adult jail, when, procedure - limitation on time in adult jail - requirements for pretrial-certified juveniles - per diem
Section 211.073 - Transfer to court of general jurisdiction, dual jurisdiction of both criminal and juvenile codes - suspended execution of adult sentence, revocation of juvenile disposition - petition for transfer of custody, hearing - offender age eighteen, hearing - offender age twenty-one, hearing - credit for time served
Section 211.081 - Preliminary inquiry as to institution of proceedings - approval of division necessary for placement outside state - institutional placements, findings required, duties of division, limitations on judge, financial limitations
Section 211.083 - Informal adjustments - court may allow restitution or community service - supervisors of community service immune from suit - child not an employee, when
Section 211.085 - Court may order work in restitution for child - child not an employee
Section 211.091 - Petition in juvenile court - contents - dismissal, juvenile officer to assess impact on best interest of child
Section 211.093 - Orders or judgment of juvenile court to have precedence over certain other court orders or judgments - additional powers, limitations - establishment of paternity, time period
Section 211.101 - Issuance of summons - notice - temporary custody of child - subpoenas
Section 211.111 - Summons, how served
Section 211.121 - Failure to respond to summons, contempt - warrant for custodian of child
Section 211.131 - Taking child into custody, effect - notice to parents - jurisdiction attaches, when
Section 211.132 - Parent, guardian may be made party to proceeding
Section 211.134 - Court may require participation by parent or guardian, purpose - court may order support, when
Section 211.135 - Appearance of child in court, when
Section 211.141 - Child returned to parent, when, conditions - detention on order of court - detention without order, when - assessment of child required, when - random sampling of assessments
Section 211.151 - Places of detention - photographing and fingerprinting, restrictions
Section 211.156 - Care and detention of certain children by county, contribution by state, when
Section 211.161 - Court may require physical or mental examination - costs paid by county
Section 211.171 - Hearing procedure - notification of current foster parents, preadoptive parents and relatives, when - public may be excluded, when - victim impact statement permitted, when
Section 211.177 - Grandparent's right to intervene in action, restrictions, termination
Section 211.180 - Family preservation screenings, conducted when, results
Section 211.181 - Order for disposition or treatment of child - suspension of order and probation granted, when - community organizations, immunity from liability, when - length of commitment may be set forth - assessments, deposits, use
Section 211.183 - Order to include determination of efforts of division - definition of reasonable efforts by division - modification of the permanency plan, when - reasonable efforts not required, when - permanency hearing, when
Section 211.185 - Court may order parents and child to make restitution, when, amount - restitution hearing required, when, procedure - community service - execution of judgment
Section 211.188 - Court may order work for restitution - not an employee
Section 211.201 - Commitment of children to department of mental health, duration - jurisdiction by court and department - extension of commitment, procedure
Section 211.202 - Mentally disordered children, evaluation - disposition - review by court
Section 211.203 - Developmentally disabled children, evaluation - disposition - review by court
Section 211.206 - Duties of department of mental health - discharge by department - notice - jurisdiction of court
Section 211.207 - Youth services division may request evaluation - procedure after evaluation - transfer of custody
Section 211.211 - Right to counsel or guardian ad litem - counsel appointed, when - waiver, exceptions for certain proceedings
Section 211.221 - Religion considered in placing child
Section 211.231 - Indeterminate commitments, exception - exchange of information by court and institution or agency
Section 211.241 - Court orders to parents for support of children, procedure - county to support, when
Section 211.251 - Modification of court orders
Section 211.261 - Appeals
Section 211.271 - Court orders not to affect civil rights - not evidence, exception
Section 211.281 - Costs how adjudged, collected
Section 211.291 - Juvenile courtroom in counties of first and second class - any judge of circuit may hold court, when
Section 211.301 - Juvenile court held in chambers or other room in counties of third and fourth class - transfer of judges
Section 211.311 - Clerk of circuit court to act for juvenile court
Section 211.319 - Juvenile court records and proceedings, abuse and neglect cases, procedure
Section 211.321 - Juvenile court records, confidentiality, exceptions - records of peace officers, exceptions, release of certain information to victim
Section 211.322 - Reports on delinquency and prevention by court on request by division of youth services
Section 211.326 - State courts administrator - valuation of services, development of standards, processes, guidelines relating to juvenile court - consideration of racial disparity
Section 211.327 - Data to be provided to state courts administrator - orientation training, continuing education
Section 211.331 - Detention facilities, superintendent, appointment, compensation - acquisition of land (counties of first and second classification)
Section 211.332 - Detention facilities not required to be provided by certain second class counties - law applicable for facilities which are maintained in those counties
Section 211.341 - Detention facilities, how provided - government (third and fourth class counties)
Section 211.343 - Detention facilities, standards and rules for operation
Section 211.351 - Juvenile officers, appointment - costs paid, how - grievance review committee of circuit, appointment, members
Section 211.355 - Missouri state juvenile justice advisory board, members, report
Section 211.361 - Qualifications of juvenile officer, how determined - effect on persons now in office
Section 211.381 - Compensation of juvenile court personnel - expenses - salary adjustments
Section 211.382 - Professionals retained by juvenile court, when
Section 211.393 - Definitions - compensation of juvenile officers, apportionment - state to reimburse salaries, when - multicounty circuit provisions - local juvenile court budget, amount maintained, when - exclusion from benefits, when
Section 211.394 - Juvenile court personnel compensation not limited by state contribution - increases, procedure - certain constitutional provision not applicable (Hancock Amendment)
Section 211.401 - Duties of juvenile officers - may make arrests - cooperation
Section 211.411 - Law enforcement officials to assist and cooperate with juvenile officers
Section 211.421 - Endangering the welfare of a child or interfering with orders of court
Section 211.425 - Registration of juvenile sex offenders, when - agencies required to register juveniles, when - registration form, contents - registry maintained - confidentiality of registry - penalty for failure to register - termination of requirement, when
Section 211.431 - Violation of law, class A misdemeanor
Section 211.435 - Juvenile justice preservation fund - surcharge on traffic violations - expenditures from fund, when
Section 211.438 - [Repealed]
Section 211.439 - [Repealed]
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (§§ 211.442 — 211.490)
REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION DISTRICTS (§ 211.500)