517.011. Applicability of chapter.
Applicability of chapter.
517.011. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall apply tothe practice and procedure in civil cases originally filed beforeassociate circuit judges in hearing and determining the followingcases or classes of cases:
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all civil actionsand proceedings for the recovery of money, whether such action befounded upon contract or tort, or upon a bond or undertakinggiven in pursuance of law in any civil action or proceeding, orfor a penalty or forfeiture given by any statute of this state,when the sum demanded, exclusive of interest and costs, does notexceed twenty-five thousand dollars;
(2) All actions against any railroad company in this state,to recover damages for killing or injuring horses, mules, cattleor other animals within their respective counties, without regardto the value of such animals, or the amount claimed for killingor injuring the same;
(3) All cases arising under chapter 213, 272, 302, 303,388, 429, 430, 444, 482, 521, 533, 534, 535, or 577, RSMo;
(4) In counties of less than seventy thousand inhabitants,when a circuit judge is absent from the county, cases that acircuit judge can hear in chambers except where otherwiseprovided by law.
2. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to thepractice and procedure before associate circuit judges in hearingand determining cases, except as provided in subsection 1 of thissection.
(L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1986 S.B. 741, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1660, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 88 merged with S.B. 180)