512.180. Appeals from cases tried before associate circuit judge.
Appeals from cases tried before associate circuit judge.
512.180. 1. Any person aggrieved by a judgment in a civil case triedwithout a jury before an associate circuit judge, other than an associatecircuit judge sitting in the probate division or who has been assigned tohear the case on the record under procedures applicable before circuitjudges, shall have the right of a trial de novo in all cases tried beforemunicipal court or under the provisions of chapters 482, 534, and 535,RSMo.
2. In all other contested civil cases tried with or without a jurybefore an associate circuit judge or on assignment under such proceduresapplicable before circuit judges or in any misdemeanor case or countyordinance violation case a record shall be kept, and any person aggrievedby a judgment rendered in any such case may have an appeal upon that recordto the appropriate appellate court. At the discretion of the judge, but incompliance with the rules of the supreme court, the record may be astenographic record or one made by the utilization of electronic, magnetic,or mechanical sound or video recording devices.
(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 S.B. 602, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)