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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.720 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.720
41.720 Resisting militia — penalty.
Status: in_force

41.720. Resisting militia — penalty. — After the proclamation by the governor as authorized by section 41.480 , any person who resists or aids in resisting the execution of process in any area declared to be in a state of actual or threatened insurrection, or who aids or attempts the rescue or escape of another from lawful custody or confinement or who resists or aids in resisting any force ordered out by the governor to execute the laws, to suppress actual and prevent threatened insurrection or to repel invasion shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not less than two years.

(L. 1951 p. 654 § 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.120 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.120
486.120 Effect of authentication by commissioner.
Status: in_force

486.120. Effect of authentication by commissioner. — An acknowledgment or proof so taken according to the laws of this state, and certified to by any such commissioner, under his seal of office, if there is one annexed to or endorsed on the instrument, has the same force and effect as if the same had been made before a judge or associate circuit judge, or any other officer authorized to perform the act in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 13384, A.L. 1957 p. 351) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11762; 1919 § 2140; 1909 § 2703
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.036 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.036
355.036 Filing duty of secretary of state — refusal — effect.
Status: in_force

355.036. Filing duty of secretary of state — refusal — effect. — 1. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of section 355.011 , the secretary of state shall file it.

2. The secretary of state files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with the secretary of state's name and official title and the date of receipt, on both the original and copy of the document and on the receipt for the filing fee. After filing a document, except as provided in sections 355.171 and 355.796 , the secretary of state shall deliver the document copy, or acknowledgment of receipt if no fee is required, attached, to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative.

3. Upon refusing to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason or reasons for the refusal.

4. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusal to file a document does not:

(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;

(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or

(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 383.175 — MO Code / Chapter 383 / Section 383.175
383.175 Board of directors, composition — expenses, payment of authorized.
Status: in_force

383.175. Board of directors, composition — expenses, payment of authorized. — The association shall be governed by a board of eight directors, to be appointed by the director for the terms specified in the plan of operation. The composition of the board of directors shall be established by the plan of operation. The directors shall be reimbursed out of the administrative funds of the association only for necessary and actual expenses incurred for attending meetings of the governing board.

(L. 1976 H.B. 1309 § 6, A.L. 2006 S.B. 837, A.L. 2020 S.B. 551)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 233.317 — MO Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.317
233.317 Expansion or extension of a road district, procedure — ballot language.
Status: in_force

233.317. Expansion or extension of a road district, procedure — ballot language. — 1. In addition to any other mechanism established by law for the expansion or extension of a road district established under sections 233.170 to 233.315 , such road district may be extended by election. The provisions of this section shall only apply to the extension of special road districts in counties of the fourth classification.

2. Upon presentation of a petition signed by not less than thirty-five registered voters in the old district and by the lesser of thirty-five registered voters or fifty percent of the registered voters in the area to be added to the road district to the county commission, the county commission shall make an order of record that the proposed extension of said road district under the provisions of this section, describing the same by its title and the date of its approval, and describing the boundaries of the district as proposed to be extended, be submitted to the voters of such proposed road district.

3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the ______ Special Road District be extended?

4. If the majority of the votes cast for and against the expansion of the road district be for its expansion, the commission shall declare the result of the vote thereon by an order of record, and shall make an order of record declaring that the road district shall be expanded to include the territory covered by the petition. If the majority of the votes be against the expansion, the territory shall remain as it was prior to the vote. Any order pursuant to this section shall take effect ten days after its entry.

(L. 2008 S.B. 896)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.977 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.977
137.977 Failure to file, penalty — waiver of penalty, when — report deemed filed, when.
Status: in_force

137.977. Failure to file, penalty — waiver of penalty, when — report deemed filed, when. — If any private car company refuses or fails to make and return the reports required by section 137.975 within the time prescribed and without an extension of time, the commission shall increase by four percent the total assessed valuation of the distributable property of any such company, unless the commission, for good cause shown, waives such penalty. Any such reports, or any payment of taxes required by section 137.022 and sections 137.975 to 137.985 , delivered by United States mail to the proper official shall be deemed to be received as of the postmark date stamped on the envelope or other cover in which the report is mailed. In the event any report is sent by registered or certified mail, the date of registration or certification shall be deemed the postmark date. Reports required by section 137.975 may be furnished to the commission by an express or overnight carrier, and such reports shall be deemed to be received as of the date after the reports were sent by way of such express or overnight carrier.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1161 § 137.022 subsec. 4) Effective 5-13-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.355 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.355
57.355 Additional duty, investigation of jurors (second class counties).
Status: in_force

57.355. Additional duty, investigation of jurors (second class counties). — Sheriffs in counties of the second class shall, in addition to other duties imposed upon them by law, aid and assist the jury commissioners in such counties by conducting investigations into the identity of prospective jurors summoned for jury duty, and upon request of the board of jury commissioners, make and file a report with the board setting out the results of the investigation.

(L. 1969 H.B. 264, A.L. 1972 S.B. 598)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.610 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.610
379.610 Acknowledgment and declaration to be made.
Status: in_force

379.610. Acknowledgment and declaration to be made. — 1. If the assent is obtained as provided in section 379.605 , the directors of the company, or a majority of them, or any five stockholders, or if a mutual company, any five policyholders, may sign and acknowledge the articles of association adopted, in the same manner provided for acknowledgment of deeds, and the president and secretary of the meeting shall draw up a declaration in the form of an affidavit, verified by them, which shall set forth the proceedings of the meeting, the propositions acted upon, the number of votes cast upon each proposition submitted to which declaration shall be attached the articles of association as adopted by the meeting and acknowledged as aforesaid.

2. Said declaration and articles of association shall thereupon be delivered to the board of directors, and shall be by them submitted to and filed with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 5946) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5835; 1919 § 6245; 1909 § 7036
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 136.035 — MO Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136.035
136.035 Director to refund taxes, when — claim to be filed within two years of date ...
Status: in_force

136.035. Director to refund taxes, when — claim to be filed within two years of date of payment. — 1. The director of revenue from funds appropriated shall refund any overpayment or erroneous payment of any tax which the state is authorized to collect. The general assembly shall appropriate and set aside funds sufficient for the use of the director of revenue to make refunds authorized by this section or by final judgment of court.

2. The director of revenue shall refund any overpayment or erroneous payment of any tax on intangible personal property and the amount refunded shall be charged against the next apportionment to the political subdivision which was the residence or situs of the taxpayer at the time the tax was paid.

3. No refund shall be made by the director of revenue unless a claim for refund has been filed with him within two years from the date of payment. Every claim must be in writing and signed by the applicant, and must state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.

(L. 1951 p. 866 § 1, A.L. 2001 H.B. 816)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.075 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.075
370.075 Investment of credit union funds.
Status: in_force

370.075. Investment of credit union funds. — 1. A credit union by action of its board of directors or the executive committee of the board of directors or an investment committee of the credit union, if the power has been delegated to either committee, may invest its funds in any of the following designated securities:

(1) Obligations of the United States of America or securities fully guaranteed as to principal and interest thereby;

(2) Bonds of the state of Missouri or bonds of any other state in the union provided that the state has not, within ten years previous to the making of the investments by the credit union, defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest thereon;

(3) Bonds of any town, city, county or school district of this state that has not, within ten years previous to the making of the investment by the credit union, defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest thereof provided the town, city, county or school district has been in existence for a period of at least ten years;

(4) Saving share accounts of federal and state chartered savings and loan associations holding certificates of insurance from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation;

(5) Shares of other credit unions or credit union associations incorporated under the laws of this state, or of the United States, including shares of a credit union financial agency organized under the laws of this state or of the United States;

(6) Capital stocks of corporations solely and exclusively established to assist credit union operation in bookkeeping and accounting, consumer counseling for members and the insuring of member accounts;

(7) Such other securities and in such amounts as may be approved from time to time by the director of the division of credit unions. Any securities purchased while so approved may be retained if the approval is later withdrawn.

2. No investment in any single type of securities specified in this section, except funds in central credit unions and those securities specified in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section, shall exceed twenty-five percent of the capital, surplus, and reserve fund of the credit union making the investment, nor shall any credit union invest more than five percent of its capital, surplus, and reserve funds in capital stocks specified in subdivision (6) of subsection 1 of this section.

(L. 1965 p. 566, A.L. 1972 S.B. 502, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1099, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1097)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.050 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.050
243.050 County commission to appoint engineer and viewers — qualifications and duties.
Status: in_force

243.050. County commission to appoint engineer and viewers — qualifications and duties. — 1. When such petition and bond has been filed and the bond approved, the county commission shall without delay appoint a competent civil and drainage engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and three persons as viewers, who shall be persons residing within the state of Missouri, and who shall not be landowners in the proposed district nor of kin within the fourth degree of consanguinity to any person owning land within the boundary line set forth in such petition. A majority of the viewers shall constitute a quorum and shall control in all matters. They shall subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge their duties as such viewers and engineer and to make a true report of the work done and the facts by them ascertained.

2. They shall proceed at once under the direction of an order of the county commission, certified by the clerk thereof, to view the location of the proposed ditch or improvement and the premises along and adjacent thereto. If they find that the proposed improvement is necessary, practicable and would be of public utility or conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, they shall so report and in said report they shall indicate approximately the proper character, dimension, location and probable cost of the improvement necessary to accomplish the object of said petition and if necessary to determine the above facts the engineer may employ assistants and make surveys and with the approval of the county commission he may employ a consulting engineer or secure expert advice and the expense shall be taxed as expenses under the petition.

3. They shall also ascertain and report what land or other property, if any, adjacent to the proposed drainage district will be benefitted by the proposed improvement and shall prepare and submit as a part of their report a description of such lands or other property with the names of the owners thereof when the same can be ascertained by reasonable diligence and shall also set forth the boundary line of such proposed drainage district so as to include the additional land or other property. They shall report their findings in writing with such maps, profiles and drawings as are necessary to advise the county commission in the premises and shall promptly file the same with the county clerk.

(RSMo 1939 § 12401, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10812; 1919 § 4480; 1909 § 5580
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.429 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.429
260.429 No permit in non-karst area of state over groundwater divide.
Status: in_force

260.429. No permit in non-karst area of state over groundwater divide. — In non-karst areas of the state, the department of natural resources shall not issue a hazardous waste facility permit for a proposed commercial hazardous waste landfill, if such landfill would be located directly over a groundwater divide. The department of natural resources shall review on a site-by-site basis, whether a proposed site is in a non-karst region.

(L. 1993 S.B. 80, et al. § 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.160 — MO Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.160
451.160 Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded.
Status: in_force

451.160. Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded. — The reputed father and mother of children who were born before the ceremony of marriage is performed, as provided by this chapter, may, at the time of solemnization of said marriage, give to the officer the names of their children then living, or the descendants of such as may be dead; and it shall be the duty of such officer to record such names with his certificate of marriage.

(RSMo 1939 § 3372) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2985; 1919 § 7310; 1909 § 8291 CROSS REFERENCE: Issue of void or dissolved marriage legitimate, 474.080
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 219.076 — MO Code / Chapter 219 / Section 219.076
219.076 Children, how transported, transportation expenses, how paid.
Status: in_force

219.076. Children, how transported, transportation expenses, how paid. — In all cases in which children are committed to the division, the juvenile officer, or such person designated by him, shall deliver the children to the facility designated by the division and shall be allowed the necessary expenses incurred in such delivery for himself and the child and in returning therefrom, to be paid by the county.

(L. 1975 S.B. 170 § 15)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.867 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.867
287.867 Insolvency fund, created — purposes, audit of.
Status: in_force

287.867. Insolvency fund, created — purposes, audit of. — 1. Upon the adoption of a plan of operation, including, if applicable, the adoption of rules or regulations by the division of workers' compensation pursuant to section 287.870 , there shall be created an "Insolvency Fund" to be managed by the corporation.

2. The insolvency fund is created for purposes of meeting the obligations of insolvent members incurred while members of the corporation and after the exhaustion of all assets including any bonds, escrow deposits, insurance or reinsurance, as required under this chapter. A method of operation of the insolvency fund shall be defined in the plan of operation as provided in section 287.870 or applicable rules and regulations pertaining to it.

3. The division shall have the authority to audit the financial soundness of the insolvency fund annually.

4. The division may recommend certain amendments to the plan of operation to the board of directors of the corporation for purposes of assuring the ongoing financial soundness of the insolvency fund and its ability to meet the obligations of sections 287.860 to 287.885 .

5. An actuary on behalf of the division or other appropriate division personnel may make recommendations, from time to time, to improve the orderly payment of claims.

(L. 1992 H.B. 975)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.712 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.712
376.712 Effective date.
Status: in_force

376.712. Effective date. — Sections 376.700 to 376.714 shall apply to all solicitations of life insurance which commence on or after January 1, 1980.

(L. 1979 H.B. 508 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.168 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.168
198.168 Fraud investigation director may petition for appointment of receiver, when ...
Status: in_force

198.168. Fraud investigation director may petition for appointment of receiver, when — court hearing. — If the director of the fraud investigation division has probable cause to believe that any acts or omissions in violation of sections 198.139 to 198.155 have been committed by a person who is in control of assets purchased, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with funds from Medicaid and is likely to convert, destroy or remove those assets, the director of the fraud investigation division can petition the circuit court of the county in which those assets may be found to appoint a receiver to manage those assets until the investigation and any litigation are completed. The circuit court immediately upon receipt of the petition of the director of the fraud investigation division shall enjoin the person in control of the assets from converting, destroying or removing those assets. A hearing for the appointment of a receiver shall be held within ten days of the filing of the petition. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe the person has committed any acts or omissions in violation of any provisions of sections 198.139 to 198.155 and that the assets are likely to be converted, destroyed or removed, the circuit court shall appoint a receiver to manage the assets until the investigation and any litigation are completed. The court shall maintain continuing jurisdiction over the assets and may modify its orders as circumstances require. The order appointing a receiver shall be a final order for purposes of appeal.

(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al. § 54) Effective 7-1-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.270 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.270
537.270 Insufficient fence on railroad — stock killed — damages.
Status: in_force

537.270. Insufficient fence on railroad — stock killed — damages. — Whenever any livestock shall go in upon any railroad or its right-of-way, in this state, and the said railroad is not at such place or places enclosed by a good fence, on both sides of said railroad, such as is by law required, or where said railroad has failed to construct and maintain a good and sufficient cattle guard, or opening gate, such as is by law required, and such stock by being frightened or run by any passing locomotive, motor car, or other vehicle, or train on said railroad, shall be injured or killed by or because of having run against the fence on either side, or into any culvert, bridge, slough or mire, or other object along the line of said road, the railroad company shall pay the owner of any such stock so injured or killed the amount of the damages sustained.

(RSMo 1939 § 5219) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4762; 1919 § 9949; 1909 § 3146 CROSS REFERENCE: Railroad liable for double damages for killing stock until fences are built, 389.650
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1400 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1400
375.1400 Citation of law — act is exclusive state standards for licensees, when.
Status: in_force

375.1400. Citation of law — act is exclusive state standards for licensees, when. — 1. Sections 375.1400 to 375.1427 shall be known and may be cited as the "Insurance Data Security Act".

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 375.1400 to 375.1427 establish the exclusive state standards applicable to licensees for data security, the investigation of a cybersecurity event as defined in section 375.1402 , and notification to the director.

3. Sections 375.1400 to 375.1427 shall not be construed to create or imply a private cause of action for violation of their provisions, nor shall such sections be construed to curtail a private cause of action that would otherwise exist in the absence of sections 375.1400 to 375.1427 .

(L. 2025 H.B. 974, et al.) Effective 1-01-26; see § 375.1427