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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.367 — MO Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.367
214.367 Sale of assets, notice required — prospective purchaser of endowed care ...
Status: in_force

214.367. Sale of assets, notice required — prospective purchaser of endowed care cemetery, right to recent audit — right to continue operation, notification by division. — 1. Prior to selling or otherwise disposing of a majority of the business assets of a cemetery, or a majority of its stock or other ownership interest, if a corporation or other organized business entity, the cemetery operator shall provide written notification to the division of its intent at least thirty days prior to the date set for the transfer, or the closing of the sale, or the date set for termination of its business. Such notice is confidential and shall not be considered a public record subject to the provisions of chapter 610 until the sale of the cemetery has been effectuated. Upon receipt of the written notification, the division may take reasonable and necessary action to determine that the cemetery operator has made proper plans to assure that trust funds or funds held in an escrow account for or on behalf of the cemetery will be set aside and used as provided in sections 214.270 to 214.410 , including, but not limited to, an audit or examination of books and records. The division may waive the requirements of this subsection or may shorten the period of notification for good cause or if the division determines in its discretion that compliance with its provisions are not necessary.

2. A cemetery operator may complete the sale, transfer, or cessation if the division does not disapprove the transaction within thirty days after receiving notice. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict any other right or remedy vested in the division or the attorney general.

3. A prospective purchaser or transferee of endowed or unendowed cemetery, with the written consent of the cemetery operator, may obtain a copy of the cemetery's most recent audit or inspection report from the division. The division shall inform the prospective purchaser or transferee, within thirty days, whether the cemetery may continue to operate and be represented as a cemetery.

(L. 1994 S.B. 496 § 214.360 subsec. 4, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al. merged with S.B. 754)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.131 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.131
644.131 Other legal remedies not to be affected or abridged by sections 644.006 to ...
Status: in_force

644.131. Other legal remedies not to be affected or abridged by sections 644.006 to 644.141. — Nothing in sections 644.006 to 644.141 alters or abridges any right of action now or hereafter existing in law or equity, civil or criminal, nor is any provision of sections 644.006 to 644.141 construed as prohibiting any person, as a riparian owner or otherwise, from exercising his rights to suppress nuisances.

(L. 1972 S.B. 424, A.L. 1973 S.B. 259, S.B. 321) Effective 7-23-73
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 109.060 — MO Code / Chapter 109 / Section 109.060
109.060 Penalty for not executing the writ.
Status: in_force

109.060. Penalty for not executing the writ. — Any officer to whom any such warrant may be directed and delivered, who shall fail to execute or return the same, or to perform any duty required of him in relation thereto, shall forfeit not more than one thousand nor less than one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action, to the use of the county.

(RSMo 1939 § 3628) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3238; 1919 § 10600; 1909 § 10411
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.3078 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.3078
301.3078 Operation Iraqi Freedom special license plate, application, fee.
Status: in_force

301.3078. Operation Iraqi Freedom special license plate, application, fee. — Any person who served in the military operation known as Operation Iraqi Freedom and either currently serves in any branch of the United States Armed Forces or was honorably discharged from such service may apply for Operation Iraqi Freedom motor vehicle license plates, for any motor vehicle the person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight. Any such person shall make application for the license plates authorized by this section on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof of service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and status as currently serving in a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or as an honorably discharged veteran as the director may require. Upon presentation of the proof of eligibility, payment of a fifteen dollar fee in addition to the regular registration fees and presentation of documents which may be required by law, the director shall then issue license plates bearing letters or numbers or a combination thereof as determined by the director, with the words "OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM VETERAN" in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE". Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.144 , no additional fee shall be charged for the personalization of license plates issued pursuant to this section. The plates shall be clearly visible at night and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130 . There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified pursuant to this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued pursuant to this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued pursuant to this section shall not be transferable to any other person except that any registered co-owner of the motor vehicle may operate the motor vehicle for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified person.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1449, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.217 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.217
306.217 Scuba diver's marker, flag required — flag described — boats to avoid — penalty.
Status: in_force

306.217. Scuba diver's marker, flag required — flag described — boats to avoid — penalty. — 1. Persons engaged in the aquatic sports known as skin or scuba diving shall mark their general location within or under the water with a red flag with a diagonal white bar to be displayed on the water or from a boat or raft in the vicinity of the diver's location. All diving shall be within a fifty-yard radius of said flag. No warning flag shall be placed as to impede the normal flow of motorboat traffic.

2. No boat operator shall knowingly operate within fifty yards of such flag.

3. The water patrol division shall prescribe and define the size and method of locating the warning flag mentioned in subsection 1 of this section.

4. Any person who violates subsection 1 or 2 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.

(L. 1972 S.B. 494 §§ 1 to 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135) Effective 5-25-89
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 455.500 — MO Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.500
455.500 Citation of law.
Status: in_force

455.500. Citation of law. — Sections 455.500 to 455.538 shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Protection Orders Act".

(L. 1987 H.B. 598 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 285.515 — MO Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.515
285.515 Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

285.515. Penalties for violations. — If a court determines that an employer has knowingly misclassified a worker, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the state and award penalties in the amount of fifty dollars per day per misclassified worker up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars. The attorney general may enter into a consent judgment with any person alleged to have violated sections 285.500 to 285.515 .

(L. 2008 H.B. 1549, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.640 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.640
376.640 Paid-up policy may be demanded, when.
Status: in_force

376.640. Paid-up policy may be demanded, when. — At any time after the payment of three or more full annual premiums, and not later than sixty days from the beginning of the extended insurance provided in section 376.630 , the legal holder of any policy affected by section 376.630 may demand of the company, and the company shall issue, its paid-up policy, which, in case of an ordinary life policy, shall be for such an amount as three-fourths of the net value of the regular policy at the age and date of lapse, computed according to actuaries' or combined experience table of mortality, with interest at the rate of four percent per annum, without deduction of indebtedness on account of said policy, will purchase, applied as a net single premium upon the said table of mortality and interest rate aforesaid; and in case of a limited payment life policy, or of a continued payment endowment policy, payable at a certain time, or at death, it shall be for an amount bearing such proportion to the amount of the original policy as the number of complete annual premiums actually paid shall bear to the number of such annual premiums stipulated to be paid; provided, that from such amount the company shall have a right to deduct the net reversionary value of all indebtedness to the company on account of such policy; and provided further, that the policyholder shall, at the time of making demand for such paid-up policy, surrender the original policy, legally discharged, at the parent office of the company.

(RSMo 1939 § 5853, A.L. 1943 p. 596) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5742; 1919 § 6152; 1909 § 6947
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 142.905 — MO Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142.905
142.905 Revocation of license — review — penalties.
Status: in_force

142.905. Revocation of license — review — penalties. — 1. The director may revoke the license of a person who refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Any person whose license is revoked may seek review of the director's decision by the administrative hearing commission.

2. No person shall engage in any business activity in this state as to which a license is required by this chapter unless the person shall have first obtained the license. Any person who negligently violates this section is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars. Any person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and abets another to violate this section with the intent to evade the tax levied by this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

3. The director may impose a civil penalty against any person who fails to file a return or retain records required by this chapter in the amount of one hundred dollars for the first offense and increasing by that amount for each additional occurrence.

4. If a monthly report is filed or the amount due is remitted later than the time required by this chapter, the tax remitter shall pay to the director all of the motor fuel tax without the reduction allowed by subdivision (2) of section 142.836 or subsection 5 of section 142.842 in addition to penalties and interest.

5. A supplier, permissive supplier, or distributor who knowingly fails to precollect or timely remit tax otherwise required to be paid over to the director pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to a tax precollection agreement pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for the uncollected tax plus a penalty of five percent per month for each month or part of a month for which the amount remains unpaid up to a maximum of twenty-five percent and interest as provided in section 32.065 .

6. A person who fails to pay the tax collected on motor fuel at the time required in this chapter or who fraudulently withholds or appropriates or otherwise uses the money or any portion thereof belonging to the state shall be guilty of the crime of stealing and subject to punishment pursuant to section 570.030 .

7. If any person liable for the tax pursuant to this chapter files a false or fraudulent return with the intent to evade the tax, then fifty percent of the total amount of any deficiency, in addition to the deficiency, including interest as provided in section 32.065 , shall be added, collected and paid.

8. All civil penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter, with any interest, shall be deposited to the credit of the motor fuel tax fund created in section 142.345 .

(L. 1998 S.B. 619, A.L. 1999 S.B. 414)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.016 — MO Code / Chapter 559 / Section 559.016
559.016 Terms of probation — extension.
Status: in_force

559.016. Terms of probation — extension. — 1. Unless terminated as provided in section 559.036 or modified under section 217.703 , the terms during which each probation shall remain conditional and be subject to revocation are:

(1) A term of years not less than one year and not to exceed five years for a felony;

(2) A term not less than six months and not to exceed two years for a misdemeanor;

(3) A term not less than six months and not to exceed one year for an infraction.

2. The court shall designate a specific term of probation at the time of sentencing or at the time of suspension of imposition of sentence. Such term may be modified by the division of probation and parole under section 217.703 .

3. The court may extend a period of probation, however, no more than one extension of any probation may be ordered except that the court may extend the total time on probation by one additional year by order of the court if the defendant admits he or she has violated the conditions of his or her probation or is found by the court to have violated the conditions of his or her probation. Total time on any probation term, including any extension, shall not exceed the maximum term as established in subsection 1 of this section plus one additional year if the defendant admits or the court finds that the defendant has violated the conditions of his or her probation.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1525)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.070 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.070
226.070 Attorney general shall advise commission, when.
Status: in_force

226.070. Attorney general shall advise commission, when. — When directed by the governor, or requested in writing by the commission, the attorney general shall advise the commission and shall assist the legal adviser of the commission in any proceeding in any of the courts of the state in which the commission is a party.

(RSMo 1939 § 8747) Prior revision: 1929 § 8099
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 313.035 — MO Code / Chapter 313 / Section 313.035
313.035 Ineligible persons and organizations — revocation, eligibility for relicensure.
Status: in_force

313.035. Ineligible persons and organizations — revocation, eligibility for relicensure. — 1. The following persons and organizations are not eligible for any license under the provisions of sections 313.005 to 313.080 and shall not participate in the management, conduct or operation of any game:

(1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;

(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;

(3) Any person who has ever purchased a tax stamp for wagering or gambling activity;

(4) Any person who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any illegal gambling activity or forfeited bond for not appearing while charged with any illegal gambling activity;

(5) Any person the commission has determined, based on the person's prior activities or criminal record, if any, poses a threat to the public interest or to the effective regulation and control of bingo, or creates or enhances the dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or illegal practices, methods, and activities in the conduct of bingo or the carrying on of the business and financial arrangements incidental to the conduct of bingo;

(6) Any firm, organization or corporation in which a person defined in subdivision (5) of this subsection is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not;

(7) Any firm, organization or corporation in which a person defined in subdivision (5) of this subsection is to participate in the management or operations of a bingo game;

(8) Any person who, at the time of the application for renewal of a bingo license, would not be eligible for such license upon first application.

2. Any bona fide religious, charitable, fraternal, veteran or service organization whose license has been revoked under sections 313.005 to 313.085 shall not be eligible for any license under sections 313.005 to 313.085 until such organization has demonstrated to the commission, through clear and convincing evidence, that the person or persons who were directly involved in the event or events which led to the revocation or had knowledge of the event or events which led to the revocation and failed to report such event or events to the commission, have been dismissed from any involvement, directly or indirectly, with the conducting of a bingo game for that organization or, if the organization owns the premises where bingo is conducted, that person or persons may not participate in the management, conduct or operation of any bingo game at that premises.

(L. 1981 H.B. 322 § 7, A.L. 1989 S.B. 153, A.L. 1994 S.B. 427) Effective 6-28-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.336 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.336
196.336 Advertisements of price to give size and quality.
Status: in_force

196.336. Advertisements of price to give size and quality. — No person shall advertise by sign, placard, or otherwise, the price at which eggs are offered for sale without marking the full, correct, and unabbreviated designation of size and quality of such eggs on such advertisement, in conjunction with the price. Such designations of size and quality shall be in boldface type or other conspicuous letters, and at least one-half the size of the letters or figures used to designate the price of such eggs.

(L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.330)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 371.080 — MO Code / Chapter 371 / Section 371.080
371.080 Articles of incorporation — contents.
Status: in_force

371.080. Articles of incorporation — contents. — 1. The articles of incorporation for a development finance corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter shall state:

(1) The name of the corporation, which name shall include the words "Missouri development finance corporation" but shall have in addition a numerical or other designation so as to distinguish it from any development finance corporation which may be organized subsequently and the name shall be such as to distinguish it from any other corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Missouri;

(2) The purpose for which the corporation is formed;

(3) The period of duration of the corporation which may be perpetual or limited;

(4) The address of its principal office and the name of its agent on whom process may be served;

(5) The total number of shares of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, which number shall not be less than two hundred fifty shares of no par value, which shall be issued for one hundred dollars per share in cash;

(6) The number of directors, not less than fifteen, to be elected at the annual meeting, their terms of office and any provisions desirable for staggering the terms of office of directors, except that the terms of office of directors and other matters pertaining to the directors may be provided in the bylaws of the corporation;

(7) The names and addresses of the incorporators, not less than three, who will manage the affairs of the corporation until the first meeting of stockholders and members;

(8) Any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation.

2. It is not necessary to set out in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.

(L. 1961 p. 157 § 8, A.L. 1963 p. 478)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.290 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.290
21.290 Notice.
Status: in_force

21.290. Notice. — Notice of intention to apply for the enactment of local or special laws shall be published in each county or incorporated city or town to be affected by the local or special law, by advertisement in some newspaper, if one is published in the county or incorporated city or town, and if there is no newspaper published in the county or incorporated city or town, by posting ten written or printed handbills in ten public places in the county or incorporated city or town, one of which shall be posted on the courthouse door.

(RSMo 1939 § 12875, A.L. 1957 p. 595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11250; 1919 § 7133; 1909 § 8129 CROSS REFERENCE: Local or special laws, published notice of before introduction, Const. Art. III § 42
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.692 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.692
473.692 Adjudication against any personal representative of estate binding on local ...
Status: in_force

473.692. Adjudication against any personal representative of estate binding on local personal representative. — An adjudication rendered in any jurisdiction in favor of or against any personal representative of the estate is as binding on the local personal representative as if he were a party to the adjudication.

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.125 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.125
137.125 Procedure in case of absence from property and of death.
Status: in_force

137.125. Procedure in case of absence from property and of death. — 1. If any person required by this chapter to list property shall be sick or absent when the assessor calls for a list of his property, the assessor shall leave at the office, or the usual place of residence or business of such person, a printed assessment blank and a printed notice, requiring such person to make out and mail or take to the office of said assessor, not more than twenty days from the date of such notice, a sworn statement of the property which he is required to list.

2. If any such person shall have died prior to the time when the assessor calls for such list, the assessor shall deliver such assessment blank and printed notice to the executor or administrator of such deceased person, and such executor or administrator shall make out and deliver to the assessor such sworn statement of all the property of such decedent.

3. The date of leaving such notice and the name of the person required to list the property shall be carefully noted by the assessor; and if any such person shall neglect or refuse to deliver the statement, properly made out, signed and sworn to as required, the assessor shall make the assessment, as required by this chapter.

(RSMo 1939 § 10951, A.L. 1945 p. 1782 § 11) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9757; 1919 § 12767; 1909 § 11349