Missouri Constitution
Article V - Judicial Department
Section 26 Retirement—assignment as senior judge or commis sioner.

Universal Citation: MO Const art V § 26
1. All judges other than municipal judges shall retire at the age of seventy years, except as provided in the schedule to this article, under a retirement plan provided by law.

  1. All judges may retire at an earlier age authorized by law and may participate in a retirement plan provided by law.

  2. Any retired judge, associate circuit judge or commissioner, with his consent, may be assigned by the supreme court as a senior judge to any court in this state or as a special commissioner. When serving as a senior judge he shall have the same powers as an active judge.

(Adopted August 3, 1976)

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