Opinion No. 74-76 (1976)

Mr. J. Neil Nielsen, Commissioner Office of Administration Room 125, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, Missouri 65101

Dear Mr. Nielsen:

This letter is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the proper taxation of jury fees in criminal cases. This question was addressed by an Attorney General's opinion which issued under Thomas Eagleton's signature in 1963 (Opinion No. 5, 1963). In that opinion, this office ruled that a county

". . . is not authorized to tax as part of the costs in a criminal case the compensation payable under Sections 494.100, 494.110 and 494.120 to the…