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KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- Missouri sheriff's deputies have been waiting two years to receive raises thanks to a 2008 state law.
    
But the wait continues while the money keeps piling up.
    
The new law which ups the charge for civil court subpoenas, summons or other court orders $10 has been in effect since August of 2008.
    
That extra money goes toward the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplement Account.
    
But not a single deputy has received a raise thanks to hold ups at the state level.

“The pay is too low, too low.  These folks are out risking their lives and working by themselves in rural counties and by doing this the governor passed it and now it's just being challenged every step of the way and it's really a hardship on the deputies,” said Adair County Sheriff Robert Hardwick.

Hardwick says many deputies qualify for government subsidies because of their low salaries.

When this law was passed in 2008 the average salary for Missouri deputies was $22,000.

The case has gone to the Missouri Supreme Court.  They should hear the case later this year.    But Sheriff Hardwick says more hold ups are expected in early 2011.