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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.157 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.157
473.157 Bond of personal representative — conditions of bond.
Status: in_force

473.157. Bond of personal representative — conditions of bond. — 1. Except as provided in section 473.160 , every personal representative, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute and file a bond, approved by the judge or the clerk, procured at the expense of the estate, with sufficient security, in an amount fixed by the judge or clerk for the protection of interested parties.

2. The condition of the bond shall be as follows:

"The condition of the bond is that if ______ personal representative of the estate of ______, deceased, shall faithfully administer said estate, account for, pay and deliver all money and property of said estate and perform all other things touching said administration required by law, or the order or decree of any court having jurisdiction, then the above bond to be void; otherwise to remain in full force."

(RSMo 1939 §§ 18, 19, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 74, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 18, 19; 1919 §§ 17, 19; 1909 §§ 25, 26 Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 494.485 — MO Code / Chapter 494 / Section 494.485
494.485 Alternate jurors.
Status: in_force

494.485. Alternate jurors. — If in any case to be tried before a jury it appears to the court to be appropriate, the court may direct that a number of jurors in addition to the regular jury be called and impaneled to sit as alternate jurors. Alternate jurors, in the order in which they are called, shall replace jurors who, prior to the time the jury retires to consider its verdict, become or are found to be unable or disqualified to perform their duties. Alternate jurors shall be selected in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be subject to the same examination and challenges, shall take the same oath and shall have the same functions, powers, facilities and privileges as the principal jurors. Alternate jurors who do not replace principal jurors shall be discharged after the jury retires to consider its verdict. Each side is entitled to one peremptory challenge in addition to those otherwise allowed by law for each two alternate jurors to be impaneled. The additional peremptory challenge may be used against an alternate juror only, and the other peremptory challenges allowed by law shall not be used against the alternates.

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 494.460 — MO Code / Chapter 494 / Section 494.460
494.460 Employers prohibited from disciplining employees because of jury duty, ...
Status: in_force

494.460. Employers prohibited from disciplining employees because of jury duty, action for damages, attorney fees — employees not required to use leave for jury duty — automatic postponement of jury duty, when. — 1. An employer shall not terminate, discipline, threaten or take adverse actions against an employee on account of that employee's receipt of or response to a jury summons.

2. An employee discharged in violation of this section may bring civil action against his or her employer within ninety days of discharge for recovery of lost wages and other damages caused by the violation and for an order directing reinstatement of the employee. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be entitled to receive a reasonable attorney's fee.

3. An employee may not be required or requested to use annual, vacation, personal, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process, or time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual, vacation, personal, or sick leave to employees under the provisions of this statute who otherwise are not entitled to such benefits under company policies.

4. A court shall automatically postpone and reschedule the service of a summoned juror of an employer with five or fewer full-time employees, or their equivalent, if another employee of that employer has been previously summoned to appear during the same period. Such postponement will not effect an individual's right to one automatic postponement pursuant to section 494.432 .

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.312 — MO Code / Chapter 56 / Section 56.312
56.312 Fee for collection of delinquent taxes and fees — deposit — purpose — ...
Status: in_force

56.312. Fee for collection of delinquent taxes and fees — deposit — purpose — unexpended balance to remain in fund. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 50.525 to 50.745 , the one-half of the tax collection fee which is designated for the use of the prosecuting or circuit attorney as provided in section 136.150 shall be deposited by the county treasurer into a separate interest-bearing fund to be expended at the direction of the prosecuting attorney as provided in this section. These funds shall not be budgeted by the governing body of the county or the City of St. Louis, and shall be expended only upon warrants executed by the circuit or prosecuting attorney, directing the treasurer to issue checks thereon.

2. The moneys deposited in the fund may be used by the prosecuting or circuit attorney for office supplies, postage, books, training, office equipment, capital outlay, expenses of trial and witness preparation, additional employees for the staff of the prosecuting or circuit attorney, salary supplements for existing employees on the staff of the prosecuting or circuit attorney.

3. No prior approval of the expenditures from this fund shall be required by the governing body of the county or the city of St. Louis, nor shall any prior audit or encumbrance of the fund be required before any expenditure is made by the prosecuting or circuit attorney from this fund. This fund may be audited by the state auditor's office or the appropriate auditing agency.

4. If the moneys collected and deposited into this fund are not totally expended annually, then the unexpended balance shall remain in said fund and the balance shall be kept in said fund to accumulate from year to year.

(L. 1986 S.B. 665)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.090 — MO Code / Chapter 573 / Section 573.090
573.090 Video cassettes, morbid violence, to be kept in separate area — sale or ...
Status: in_force

573.090. Video cassettes, morbid violence, to be kept in separate area — sale or rental to persons under seventeen prohibited, penalties. — 1. Video cassettes or other video reproduction devices, or the jackets, cases or coverings of such video reproduction devices shall be displayed or maintained in a separate area if the same are pornographic for minors as defined in section 573.010 , or if:

(1) Taken as a whole and applying contemporary community standards, the average person would find that it has a tendency to cater or appeal to morbid interest in violence for persons less than seventeen years of age; and

(2) It depicts violence in a way which is patently offensive to the average person applying contemporary adult community standards with respect to what is suitable for persons less than seventeen years of age; and

(3) Taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for persons less than seventeen years of age.

2. Any video cassettes or other video reproduction devices meeting the description in subsection 1 of this section shall not be rented or sold to a person less than seventeen years of age.

3. Violation of the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 of this section shall be punishable as an infraction, unless such violation constitutes furnishing pornographic materials to minors as defined in section 573.040 , in which case it shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor or class E felony as prescribed in section 573.040 , or unless such violation constitutes promoting obscenity in the second degree as defined in section 573.030 , in which case it shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor or class E felony as prescribed in section 573.030 .

(L. 1989 H.B. 225 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (1992) Where statute attempted to regulate expression was not drafted with precision and clarity and did not contain definitions of prohibited conduct so that people of common intelligence might guess at the meaning of the statute, statute is unconstitutionally vague. Video Software Dealers Assn. v. Webster, 773 F.Supp. 1275 (W.D. Mo.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.1320 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.1320
86.1320 System established — continuation of system after population increase, when ...
Status: in_force

86.1320. System established — continuation of system after population increase, when — name of system. — In all cities that now have or may hereafter attain a population of more than three hundred thousand and less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census, there are hereby created and established retirement or pension systems for the purpose of providing retirement allowances for civilian employees of police departments of such cities. Any city which has established a civilian employees' retirement system under the provisions of sections 86.600 to 86.790 or sections 86.1310 to 86.1640 may elect to continue its civilian employees' retirement system under the provisions of sections 86.1310 to 86.1640 even though the city may cease to have the population described in this section, and any city so electing to continue its established civilian employees' retirement system shall be excused from creating or maintaining any other civilian employees' retirement system under any other provisions of the Missouri statutes. Each system shall be under the management of a retirement board to be known as the "Civilian Employees' Retirement System of the Police Department of (name of city)," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, and all of its cash and other property held. The retirement systems so created shall begin operation on October 13, 1965, on which date contributions of employees shall be payable to the pension fund.

(L. 2005 H.B. 323)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.400 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.400
40.400 False claims against United States or state — forgery or counterfeiting ...
Status: in_force

40.400. False claims against United States or state — forgery or counterfeiting signatures — property or money, failure to deliver with intent to defraud — court-martial. — Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(1) Who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent:

(a) Makes any claim against the United States, this state, or any officer thereof; or

(b) Presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the United States, this state or any officer thereof;

(2) Who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States, this state, or any officer thereof:

(a) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;

(b) Makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false; or

(c) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited; or

(3) Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money, or other property of the United States or this state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; or

(4) Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States or this state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces, makes or delivers to any person such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States or this state.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 117)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.421 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.421
227.421 Stan Musial Memorial Bridge designated for the new bridge on Interstate 70 ...
Status: in_force

227.421. Stan Musial Memorial Bridge designated for the new bridge on Interstate 70 crossing the Mississippi River between downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois. — The Missouri portion of the new bridge on Interstate 70 crossing the Mississippi River between downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois shall be designated the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating the Missouri portion of such bridge, with the costs for such designation to be paid by private donation .

(L. 2013 H.B. 303 & 304)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.705 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.705
196.705 Fat or oil other than milk fat prohibited.
Status: in_force

196.705. Fat or oil other than milk fat prohibited. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, by himself or itself, his or its agent or servant, or as the servant or as agent of another to manufacture, sell or exchange, or have in possession with the intent to sell or exchange, any milk, cream, emulsified cream, skim milk, buttermilk, condensed or evaporated milk, powdered milk, condensed skim milk, or any of the fluid derivatives thereof, or any of them, to which has been added any fat or oil other than milk fat, either under the name of said product or articles or the derivatives thereof, or under any fictitious or trade name whatsoever.

(RSMo 1939 § 14061) Prior revision: 1929 § 12408
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.210 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.210
144.210 Burden of proving questionable sale on seller — exemption certificates — ...
Status: in_force

144.210. Burden of proving questionable sale on seller — exemption certificates — additional assessment — notice. — 1. The burden of proving that a sale of tangible personal property, services, substances or things was not a sale at retail shall be upon the person who made the sale, except that with respect to sales, services, or transactions provided for in section 144.070 . The seller shall obtain and maintain exemption certificates signed by the purchaser or his agent as evidence for any exempt sales claimed; provided, however, that before any administrative tribunal of this state, a seller may prove that sale is exempt from tax under this chapter in accordance with proof admissible under the applicable rules of evidence; except that when a purchaser has purchased tangible personal property or services sales tax free under a claim of exemption which is found to be improper, the director of revenue may collect the proper amount of tax, interest, additions to tax and penalty from the purchaser directly. Any tax, interest, additions to tax or penalty collected by the director from the purchaser shall be credited against the amount otherwise due from the seller on the purchases or sales where the exemption was claimed.

2. If the director of revenue is not satisfied with the return and payment of the tax made by any person, he is hereby authorized and empowered to make an additional assessment of tax due from such person, based upon the facts contained in the return or upon any information within his possession or that shall come into his possession.

3. The director of revenue shall give to the person written notice of such additional or revised assessment by certified or registered mail to the person at his or its last known address.

(RSMo 1939 § 11420, A.L. 1941 p. 698, A.L. 1943 p. 1012, A.L. 1945 p. 1865, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 431, A.L. 1951 p. 854, A.L. 1961 p. 630, A.L. 1978 S.B. 661, A.L. 1990 H.B. 960, A.L. 1991 H.B. 219) Effective 5-29-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.390 — MO Code / Chapter 510 / Section 510.390
510.390 Death or other disability of judge — power of substitute.
Status: in_force

510.390. Death or other disability of judge — power of substitute. — If by reason of his going out of office, death, sickness, or other disability, a judge before whom an action has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court under this code after a verdict is returned or findings of fact are filed, then any other judge sitting in or assigned to the court in which the action was tried may perform those duties; but if such other judge is satisfied that he cannot perform those duties because he did not preside at the trial or for any other reason, he may in his discretion grant a new trial.

(L. 1943 p. 353 § 121)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.882 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.882
287.882 Automatic stay of proceedings, when, duration.
Status: in_force

287.882. Automatic stay of proceedings, when, duration. — All proceedings in which an insolvent employer is a party, or is obligated to defend a party, in any court or before any quasi-judicial body or administrative board in this state shall be stayed for up to three months, or for such additional period from the date of an order of liquidation against the member employer with a finding of insolvency, entered by a court of competent jurisdiction or from the date the board of directors of the guaranty corporation determines that the member employer has fully expended all surety bonds, reinsurance, and all other available assets, and is not able to pay compensation benefits, as is deemed necessary by a court of competent jurisdiction to permit proper defense by the corporation of all pending causes of action as to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any decision, verdict, or finding based on the default of the insolvent member employer. The corporation, either on its own behalf or on behalf of the insolvent member employer, may apply to have such judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding set aside by the same court or administrator that made such judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding and shall be permitted to defend against such claim on the merits. If requested by the corporation, the stay of proceedings may be shortened or waived.

(L. 1992 H.B. 975)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 444.720 — MO Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.720
444.720 Rules and regulations, when effective — notice, hearing — variances authorized.
Status: in_force

444.720. Rules and regulations, when effective — notice, hearing — variances authorized. — 1. No rule or regulation or any amendment or repeal thereof adopted pursuant to sections 444.500 to 444.755 shall be adopted except after a public hearing to be held after thirty days' prior notice by advertisement in any two newspapers of general statewide circulation and any newspapers with general circulation in the counties with strip mining operations, of the date, time and place of hearing and opportunity given to the public to be heard. In addition, at least thirty days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing, notice shall be sent by mail to any person who has registered with the director at least forty-five days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing, for purposes of such hearings in accordance with procedures prescribed by the commission.

2. At the hearing, opportunity to be heard by the commission with respect to the subject thereof shall be afforded any interested person upon written request to the commission, addressed to the director, no later than seven days prior to the hearing, and may be afforded to other persons if convenient. In addition, any interested persons, whether or not heard, may submit, within seven days subsequent to the hearings, a written statement of their views. The commission may solicit the views, in writing, of persons who may be affected by, or interested in, proposed rules or regulations. Any person heard or represented at the hearing or making written request for notice shall be given written notice of the action of the commission with respect to the subject thereof.

3. Any rule or regulation or amendment or repeal thereof shall not be deemed adopted or in force and effect until it has been approved in writing by at least four members of the commission. A rule or regulation or an amendment or repeal thereof shall not become effective until a certified copy thereof has been filed with the secretary of state as provided in chapter 536 .

4. Any rule or regulation or any amendment or repeal thereof which is adopted by the commission may differ in its terms and provisions as between particular types of topography and areas of the state.

(L. 1971 S.B. 1 § 25) CROSS REFERENCE: Rules, procedure for making and rescinding, Chap. 536
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.402 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.402
92.402 Tax, how imposed — rate of tax — boundary changes, procedure, effect of.
Status: in_force

92.402. Tax, how imposed — rate of tax — boundary changes, procedure, effect of. — 1. Any city may, by a majority vote of its council or governing body, impose a sales tax for the benefit of the public mass transportation system operating within such city as provided in sections 92.400 to 92.421 .

2. The sales tax may be imposed at a rate not to exceed one-half of one percent on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within any city adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525 . Seven and one-half percent of the sales tax shall be distributed to the interstate transportation authority pursuant to the provisions of section 92.421 . The authority shall be in full compliance with handicapped accessibility pursuant to the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

3. Within ten days after the adoption of any ordinance imposing such a sales tax, the city clerk shall forward to the director of revenue by United States registered mail or certified mail a certified copy of the ordinance of the council or governing body. The ordinance shall reflect the effective date thereof and shall be accompanied by a map of the city clearly showing the boundaries thereof.

4. If the boundaries of a city in which such sales tax has been imposed shall thereafter be changed or altered, the city clerk shall forward to the director of revenue by United States registered mail or certified mail a certified copy of the ordinance adding or detaching territory from the city. The ordinance shall reflect the effective date thereof, and shall be accompanied by a map of the city clearly showing the territory added thereto or detached therefrom. Upon receipt of the ordinance and map, the tax imposed by sections 92.400 to 92.421 shall be effective in the added territory or abolished in the detached territory on the effective date of the change of the city boundary.

(L. 1971 S.B. 147 § 2, A.L. 1989 H.B. 473, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29 merged with S.B. 119, A.L. 1993 S.B. 376, A.L. 1995 S.B. 72, A.L. 1997 S.B. 212, A.L. 1999 H.B. 346, A.L. 2001 H.B. 321, A.L. 2003 H.B. 122 & 80, A.L. 2005 H.B. 114, A.L. 2015 S.B. 190)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.590 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.590
300.590 Warning of arrest sent upon failure to appear.
Status: in_force

300.590. Warning of arrest sent upon failure to appear. — If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a uniform traffic ticket affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of five days, the traffic violations bureau shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic ticket was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five days a warrant of arrest will be issued.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 154)