The St. Louis County Law Library in Missouri was established in 1941 as a public
law library
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under Missouri Statute
It is located on the sixth floor of the Courts building in the St. Louis County Courthouse at 105 South Central in
Clayton, Missouri
Clayton is a city in and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri, and borders the independent city of St. Louis. The population was 17,355 at the 2020 census. Organized in 1877, the city was named after Ralph Clayton, a citizen who donated ...
.
It operates as a public agency, independent of
St. Louis County government. It is funded from a portion of the surcharge paid by parties to
civil lawsuit
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s in the 21st Judicial Circuit of the
Missouri Circuit Courts
The Missouri Circuit Courts are the State court (United States), state trial courts of original jurisdiction and general jurisdiction of the U.S. state, state of Missouri.
Jurisdiction
The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in ...
Collection
The St. Louis County Law Library print collection is made up of many volumes including portions of the West National Reporter System, along with loose-leaf material, and a substantial portion of major treatises on a wide range of legal and ancillary disciplines.
In addition, the St. Louis County Law Library also grants free access to
Westlaw
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.
References
St. Louis County Bar Association: About PageTwenty First Judicial Circuit Court Rule 100.3St. Louis County Law Library Website
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