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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.1118 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.1118
324.1118 Licensure required — prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

324.1118. Licensure required — prohibited acts. — A private investigator agency or private fire investigator agency shall not hire an individual, who is not licensed as a private investigator or private fire investigator, as an employee if the individual:

(1) Has committed any act which, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license under the provisions of sections 324.1100 to 324.1148 ;

(2) Within two years prior to the application date:

(a) Has been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state, of the United States, or of any country, for any offense directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation, as set forth in section 324.012 , regardless of whether or not a sentence has been imposed;

(b) Has falsified or willfully misrepresented information in an employment application, records of evidence, or in testimony under oath;

(c) Has been dependent on or abused alcohol or drugs; or

(d) Has used, possessed, or trafficked in any illegal substance;

(3) Has been refused a license under the provisions of sections 324.1100 to 324.1148 or had a license revoked, denied, or refused in this state or in any other state;

(4) While unlicensed, committed or aided and abetted the commission of any act for which a license is required by sections 324.1100 to 324.1148 after August 28, 2007; or

(5) Knowingly made any false statement in the application.

(L. 2007 H.B. 780 and S.B. 308, A.L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al., A.L. 2011 H.B. 464, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.465 — MO Code / Chapter 416 / Section 416.465
416.465 Director may subpoena and swear witnesses — enforcement of subpoena.
Status: in_force

416.465. Director may subpoena and swear witnesses — enforcement of subpoena. — 1. In making investigations pursuant to section 416.450 , the director is authorized and empowered to administer oaths and to issue subpoenas for persons and pertinent operating records. In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court of competent jurisdiction within the county in which the investigation is carried on or in which the person guilty of failure or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business or has his principal place of business, upon application by the director, may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the director, there to produce evidence, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation.

2. Any person willfully failing to obey an order of the court is guilty of contempt of court and shall be proceeded against as provided by law.

(L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 12)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 64.580 — MO Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.580
64.580 Regulations governing subdivision of land — bond (second and third class ...
Status: in_force

64.580. Regulations governing subdivision of land — bond (second and third class counties). — The county planning commission may also prepare, adopt, change and amend, as parts of the official master plan or otherwise, sets of regulations governing subdivisions of land in unincorporated areas, and amend or change same from time to time, as herein provided, which regulations may provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, safety, recreation, and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. Such regulations may also include the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded and improved, and the extent to which water, sewer and other utility services shall be provided, to protect public health and general welfare. Such regulations may provide that in lieu of the immediate completion or installation of such work, the county planning commission may accept bond for the county commission in the amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to the county commission, providing for and securing to the county commission the actual construction of such improvements and utilities within a period specified by the county planning commission, and the county commission shall have power to enforce such bond by all proper remedies. Such subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended, certified and filed as provided in section 64.550 . Such subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended only after a public hearing has been held thereon, public notice of which shall be given in the manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550 .

(L. 1951 p. 406 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.440 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.440
249.440 Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county ...
Status: in_force

249.440. Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county commission. — The county commission of any county in this state, in which is located an unincorporated village or district in which main and submain sewers have already been constructed or hereafter may be constructed or deemed necessary, shall have power to establish sewer districts as provided in section 249.450 , and to provide for the construction of sewers therein, and to pay the costs thereof by levying special assessments against the lots, tracts or parcels of ground in said sewer districts, and to issue special tax bills evidencing such assessments.

(L. 1941 p. 557 § 1, A.L. 1953 p. 541, A.L. 1957 p. 585, A.L. 1959 S.B. 261) CROSS REFERENCES: Contractual agreements between political subdivisions for common facilities and services, 70.210 to 70.325 County planning commission, class one counties to approve improvements, 64.050, 64.235
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.030 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.030
620.030 Department's authority to contract with certain entities and organizations ...
Status: in_force

620.030. Department's authority to contract with certain entities and organizations for technology and technology development services. — The department of economic development shall have the authority to contract directly with the Missouri technology corporation, as established in section 348.251 , innovation centers, as established in section 348.271 , small business development centers, as established in sections 620.1000 to 620.1007 , centers for advanced technology, as established in section 348.272 , and other entities or organizations for the provision of technology application, technology commercialization and technology development services. Such contracting procedures shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 34 .

(L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 1) Effective 12-23-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.400 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.400
242.400 Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers.
Status: in_force

242.400. Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers. — The board of supervisors, except where otherwise provided shall, by resolution, at time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expense incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney or other employee and shall also pay the fees, per diem and necessary expenses of all court and county officers who may by virtue of sections 242.010 to 242.690 render service to said district. It is understood that the ordinary fee statute does not apply to services rendered under sections 242.010 to 242.690 by any county officer, but each such officer shall receive only a reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, the same to be fixed by the court in which the proceeding is pending, except where otherwise provided in sections 242.010 to 242.690 ; that said corporation or petitioners for corporations may prepare, write or print all copies of petitions, writs, orders and decrees or other papers, and furnish same to the clerk or other officer for his use, and in such event said officer shall be entitled to receive as compensation for issuing the said writs and copies of petitions, decrees, orders or other papers, only the reasonable value of the services actually rendered.

(RSMo 1939 § 12363) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10782; 1919 § 4414; 1909 § 5527 CROSS REFERENCE: Fees of county and circuit clerks, 246.020, 246.030
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.500 — MO Code / Chapter 386 / Section 386.500
386.500 Rehearing before commission.
Status: in_force

386.500. Rehearing before commission. — 1. After an order or decision has been made by the commission, the public counsel or any corporation or person or public utility interested therein shall have the right to apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein, and the commission shall grant and hold such rehearing, if in its judgment sufficient reason therefor be made to appear; if a rehearing shall be granted the same shall be determined by the commission within thirty days after the same shall be finally submitted.

2. No cause or action arising out of any order or decision of the commission shall accrue in any court to any corporation or the public counsel or person or public utility unless that party shall have made, before the effective date of such order or decision, application to the commission for a rehearing. Such application shall set forth specifically the ground or grounds on which the applicant considers said order or decision to be unlawful, unjust or unreasonable. The applicant shall not in any court urge or rely on any ground not so set forth in its application for rehearing.

3. An application for a rehearing shall not excuse any corporation or person or public utility from complying with or obeying any order or decision or any requirement of an order or decision of the commission, or operate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof except as the commission may by order direct.

4. If, after a rehearing and a consideration of the facts, including those arising since the making of the order or decision, the commission shall be of the opinion that the original order or decision or any part thereof is in any respect unjust or unwarranted, or should be changed, the commission may abrogate, change or modify the same. An order made after any such rehearing, abrogating, changing or modifying the original order or decision shall have the same force and effect as an original order or decision but shall not affect any right or the enforcement of any right arising from or by virtue of the original order or decision.

(RSMo 1939 § 5689, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5233; 1919 § 10521
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 267.250 — MO Code / Chapter 267 / Section 267.250
267.250 Enforcement of rules, regulations — notification to county commission — ...
Status: in_force

267.250. Enforcement of rules, regulations — notification to county commission — sheriff to assist. — 1. The governor, when informed by the state veterinarian that contagious or infectious livestock disease has become largely disseminated or epidemic among domestic animals throughout any municipality or geographical district in this state, or is found to exist in any herd or herds in this state, may call the director of agriculture and the state veterinarian together, and said director and said veterinarian shall, if deemed necessary to eradicate or prevent the spread of such disease, formulate for the state veterinarian and the county commissions rules and regulations under which stock capable of carrying said diseases, or any of them, shall be permitted to move to other parts of the state; such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the governor, who thereupon shall issue his proclamation scheduling and quarantining such localities, and forbidding the carrying or transportation or moving of all domestic animals of the kind diseased from such municipalities or district or county to another, or from one premises to another, or over any public highway or any lot or ground not sufficiently fenced to prevent animals from going through or from being brought into such infected districts, municipalities or counties except in accordance with the aforesaid rules and regulations.

2. The county commission or other legally substituted court of the county in which such infected locality or district shall have been quarantined by the governor, shall be notified by the state veterinarian, and furnished with copies of said regulations. Said county commission shall thereupon comply with said rules and regulations, and issue order to the sheriff to assist said state veterinarian in carrying out the provisions of the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 14207, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12536; 1919 § 12095; 1909 § 718 Effective 5-10-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.180 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.180
575.180 Failure to execute an arrest warrant, offense of — violation, penalties — ...
Status: in_force

575.180. Failure to execute an arrest warrant, offense of — violation, penalties — affirmative defense. — 1. A law enforcement officer commits the offense of failure to execute an arrest warrant if, with the purpose of allowing any person charged with or convicted of a crime to escape, he or she fails to execute any arrest warrant, capias, or other lawful process ordering apprehension or confinement of such person, which he or she is authorized and required by law to execute.

2. The offense of failure to execute an arrest warrant is a class A misdemeanor, unless the offense involved is a felony, in which case failure to execute an arrest warrant is a class E felony.

3. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the law enforcement officer acted under exigent circumstances in failing to execute an arrest warrant on a person who has committed a misdemeanor offense under chapter 301 , 302, 304, or 307 or a misdemeanor traffic offense in another state.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60) (1989) Marshal of the court of appeals is a law enforcement officer within the meaning of this section. (Mo. banc) State v. Wahby, 775 S.W.2d 147.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.426 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.426
452.426 Risk of international abduction, court may impose restrictions and restraints.
Status: in_force

452.426. Risk of international abduction, court may impose restrictions and restraints. — If the judge determines that there is potential risk of international abduction of the child by either party, the judge may place any restraints on the parties or grant any remedies to either party that is necessary.

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 319.500 — MO Code / Chapter 319 / Section 319.500
319.500 Pipelines transporting hazardous liquids to submit periodic reports to ...
Status: in_force

319.500. Pipelines transporting hazardous liquids to submit periodic reports to department of natural resources — content. — 1. Any owner or operator of pipelines transporting hazardous liquids, as defined in the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. 2001, et seq., shall submit periodic reports to the department of natural resources as required by the director of the department of natural resources under this section.

2. The director may require any owner or operator, as specified in subsection 1 of this section, to periodically report any of the following information:

(1) The business name, address, and telephone number, including an operations emergency telephone number, of the operator;

(2) An accurate map or maps, along with any appropriate supplementary geographic description, showing the location of pipeline facilities of such operator in the state;

(3) A description of the characteristics of the operator's pipelines within the state;

(4) A description of all products transported through the operator's pipelines within the state;

(5) The manual which governs operations and maintenance of the pipeline facilities located in the state;

(6) An emergency response plan describing the operator's procedures for responding to and containing releases, including:

(a) An identification of specific actions which will be taken by the operator on discovery of a release;

(b) Liaison procedures with state and local government agencies for emergency response; and

(c) Communication and alert procedures for immediate notification of state and local officials at the time of any release;

(7) A report setting forth the most recent pipeline tests made and a summary of the results thereof;

(8) Any other information the director considers useful and necessary to inform the state regarding pipeline facilities and operations.

(L. 1991 S.B. 45 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.020 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.020
620.020 Business relocating outside state to be furnished information and ...
Status: in_force

620.020. Business relocating outside state to be furnished information and alternatives on request. — Upon the request of the president or chief executive officer of a Missouri based business, the department of economic development shall, to the maximum extent practicable, gather information from the business if it is likely to significantly reduce the number of persons employed in a city or county by ceasing to operate, relocating outside of the state, or significantly reducing the number of its active employees. The department of economic development shall:

(1) Develop and suggest alternatives to prevent a significant reduction in the number of persons employed in a city or county or to mitigate the economic effects of such a reduction;

(2) Assist interested parties in determining if employee ownership of a business is feasible and would prevent a significant reduction in the number of employees in a city or county;

(3) Assist in implementing alternatives developed pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section;

(4) Gather information from each such business which significantly reduces the number of persons employed in a city or county by ceasing operation, relocating outside of the state, or significantly reducing the number of its active employees. Such information will describe resources, programs, or services, the availability of which would likely have prevented such a reduction in employment.

(L. 1986 S.B. 426 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.270 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.270
306.270 Marine toilets shall have suitable treatment device.
Status: in_force

306.270. Marine toilets shall have suitable treatment device. — Any marine toilet located on or within any boat operated on waters of the state shall have securely affixed to the interior discharge opening of the toilet a suitable treatment device in operating condition, constructed and fastened in accordance with regulations of the water pollution board or some other treatment facility or method authorized by regulation of the water pollution board. All sewage passing into or through the marine toilets shall pass solely through the devices.

(L. 1963 p. 424 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.320 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.320
50.320 Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172.
Status: in_force

50.320. Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172. — Any county clerk or treasurer violating any provisions of section 50.160 , 50.166 or 50.172 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided by law, and be removed from office, and shall forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved thereby, double damages for the injury sustained, which may be recovered by an action in the ordinary form, to the use of such party against such clerk or treasurer and his sureties on his official bond in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(RSMo 1939 § 13842, A. 1949 H.B. 2007, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1992 S.B. 833) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12180; 1919 § 9578; 1909 § 3798
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.610 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.610
70.610 Election to become an employer, when effective — who covered.
Status: in_force

70.610. Election to become an employer, when effective — who covered. — Each political subdivision, by a majority vote of its governing body, may elect to become an employer and cover its employees under the system, as follows:

(1) The clerk or secretary of the political subdivision shall certify the election to be an employer to the board within ten days after the vote of the governing body. The effective date of the political subdivision's coverage is the first day of the calendar month next following receipt by the board of the election to be an employer, or the operative date of the system, whichever is the later.

(2) An employer must cover all its employees who are neither policemen nor firemen and may cover its policemen or firemen or both.

(L. 1967 p. 141 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.290 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.290
473.290 Payment of debt of decedent secured by property of another — procedure.
Status: in_force

473.290. Payment of debt of decedent secured by property of another — procedure. — When any indebtedness of a decedent is secured by mortgage, pledge or other lien on property which is owned by another or which, on the death of the decedent, becomes the exclusive property of another, but is not subject to administration, the indebtedness shall be allowed and paid as other claims against the estate of the decedent unless it appears to the court that (1) the mortgage, pledge or lien was given to secure payment of the purchase price of the encumbered property or of an obligation incurred in connection with the improvement of the property, or (2) the decedent did not actually receive a substantial consideration in the transaction in which the indebtedness arose, or (3) the decedent had exclusive ownership and control of the property during his lifetime and it appears from the loan or mortgage agreement or circumstances surrounding the transaction giving rise to the mortgage, pledge or lien that decedent intended that the security should be exhausted in case of his death before any payment thereon is made from his estate. If the holder of the secured debt does not institute proceedings for the allowance and payment thereof against the estate of the decedent within three months after publication of notice of letters, then before the time for filing of claims expires the owner of any property given as security for an indebtedness under circumstances described in this section may petition the court for such orders as are necessary for the protection of his rights and for the allowance of so much of the indebtedness against the estate as will be sufficient to exonerate the security. Notice of hearing on the petition shall be given to the executor or administrator and to the holder of the indebtedness. After hearing the court may make such order in the premises as may be necessary to preserve the rights of the parties, including, if proper, an allowance of the claim against the estate.

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 114, A.L. 1963 p. 655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.040 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.040
71.040 Duty of the secretary of state.
Status: in_force

71.040. Duty of the secretary of state. — The secretary of state shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this law, communicate with the county clerks in each county in this state, and ascertain the names of all cities, towns, villages or other municipal corporations therein, and arrange such names in alphabetical order for convenient reference. Such lists of names shall be kept filed in his office, and shall be changed whenever a change of name shall be effected under the provisions of this chapter.

(RSMo 1939 § 7324) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7173; 1919 § 8622; 1909 § 9510