44th Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court (Douglas and Ozark Counties)

Douglas and Ozark counties are in the 44th Judicial Circuit (Douglas, Ozark, Wright), and the Office of State Courts Administrator's veterans treatment court map (January 2024) shades both as running a Veterans Treatment Court Program, so this entry carries Ozark too; the circuit publishes no rules or contact, so ask a defence lawyer or the Circuit Clerk in Ava or Gainesville.

Also called: veterans treatment court, VTC, treatment court, 44th Judicial Circuit, 478.001, Circuit Clerk, Ozark County, 417-683-4713, Ava, Vanzant, Squires, Drury, Goodhope, Arno, Rome, Smallett, Girdner, Gainesville, Jackie Smith, 417-679-4232.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Ozark County, MOCounty
Douglas County, MOCounty

What is published. The Office of State Courts Administrator's map of veterans treatment courts, updated January 2024 and read through the Internet Archive's capture because courts.mo.gov refuses automated fetches, shades Douglas and Ozark counties in the 44th Judicial Circuit as running a "Veterans Treatment Court Program"; Wright County, the circuit's third, is not shaded. In the map's words: "Veterans Treatment Court focuses on addressing the substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, or mental health disorders of defendants charged with a criminal offense who are military veterans or current military personnel." Missouri treatment courts sit under Revised Statutes 478.001; see the Missouri entry. This entry rests on that archived map: no page or order of the circuit's own naming the veterans docket could be read, and the VA's southwest Missouri Veterans Justice Outreach page (updated July 1, 2026) lists the region's veterans treatment courts as Jasper, Greene, Lawrence and Stone and does not name Douglas or Ozark, so ask whether the docket is still running. What is not. The county has no website, and nothing read names the court's judge, coordinator, schedule or eligibility. A veteran facing charges in Douglas County should ask a defence lawyer to raise it early, or ask the Douglas County Circuit Clerk, P.O. Box 249, 203 SE 2nd Avenue, Ava (417-683-4713). Ozark County. The same map shades Ozark in the 44th Circuit (the January 2024 copy rendered from the Internet Archive and checked again for this widening). It rests on that map alone: no page or order of the circuit's own naming the veterans docket could be read, and Ozark County has no county website (the site the Missouri Association of Counties links, ozarkcounty.net, is the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce's), so it posts no minutes or budget that could show one. An Ozark County veteran facing charges should ask a defence lawyer to raise the veterans docket early, or ask the Ozark County Circuit Clerk and ex officio Recorder, Jackie Smith, P.O. Box 36, Gainesville (417-679-4232).

Thresholds

Thresholds for 44th Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court (Douglas and Ozark Counties)
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	For a veteran or service member with a pending case in the circuit who is screened and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-30.

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