Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.650 (2026)

Change of venue and disqualification of judges in multiple-judge circuits

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  545.650.  Change of venue and disqualification of judges in multiple-judge circuits. — In all circuits composed of a single county having more than one judge, no change of venue shall be allowed by said circuit court to the circuit court of any other county in this state for the cause that the judge sitting for the trial of said suit is prejudiced, nor for the cause that the opposite party has undue influence over the judge, but if any such legal objection is made to the judge assigned to try any case, then such case shall be transferred to another division of said circuit court presided over by a different judge.  Only one such application shall be made by the same party in the same case, and shall be made as to only one of the judges of said court.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2232, A. 1949 H.B. 2142)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2130; 1919 § 2633; 1909 § 4166

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–1998 · leading case: State v. Cella, 976 S.W.2d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998).
State v. Cella, 976 S.W.2d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 8× “07 and Section 545.650, which was denied by the trial judge who noted that defendant had already filed and received the one change of judge he was entitled to under Rule 32.”
State v. Hornbuckle, 746 S.W.2d 580 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 5× “07 and § 545.650, R.S.Mo. Judge Ryan denied this motion and noted that “according to Judge Kitchin’s order of September 26, 1986, defendant has already filed and had sustained the one Motion for Change of Judge he is entitled to under Rule 32.”
State v. Foster, 854 S.W.2d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Appellant relies on §§ 545.650 and 545.660 as being supportive of his argument.”
State ex rel. McNary v. Jones, 472 S.W.2d 637 (Mo. Ct. App. 1971). “11 states: “Aver-ments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is not filed and is not required shall be taken as denied or avoided.”
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