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10-K - FORM 10-K - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995e10vk.htm
EX-24 - EX-24 - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995exv24.htm
EX-21 - EX-21 - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995exv21.htm
EX-32 - EX-32 - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995exv32.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995exv31w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/c55995exv31w1.htm
Exhibit 23
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
The Board of Directors
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements No. 33-28294, No. 33-82692, No. 33-8075, No. 33-78344, No. 33-61499, No. 33-61501 and No. 333-14651, each on Form S-8, No. 333-140221 on Form S-3ASR, and No. 333-140475 on Form S-4 of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. of our reports dated February 26, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
 
KPMG LLP
 
Kansas City, Missouri
February 26, 2010