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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 72.090 — MO Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.090
72.090 Unincorporated city entitled to become third class city — may incorporate ...
Status: in_force

72.090. Unincorporated city entitled to become third class city — may incorporate and adopt commission form, when. — Provided, that any city or town of the state of Missouri, not incorporated, having sufficient population to entitle it to become a city of the third class, in making application for incorporation as a city of the third class, may include in its petition for such incorporation a request that it be authorized to avail itself of the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 , and the county commission, in passing upon such application, shall have power in its order of incorporation to authorize said city to be governed by the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 as fully as if the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 had been adopted by a formal election of the inhabitants of the territory comprised therein; and thereupon such county commission shall appoint the officers of such city provided by sections 78.010 to 78.420 .

(RSMo 1939 § 6217) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6095; 1919 § 7615; 1909 § 8529
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.040 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.040
442.040 Person under eighteen years of age may join in conveyance with adult spouse.
Status: in_force

442.040. Person under eighteen years of age may join in conveyance with adult spouse. — When any person under eighteen years of age is married to an adult who has or claims any interest in real estate and wishes to convey, encumber, lease or otherwise dispose or affect the same, the minor shall be deemed of age for the purpose of joining with his adult spouse in the execution of any instrument affecting the spouse's real estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 374, A. 1949 S.B. 1124, A.L. 1959 S.B. 140, A.L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 2) Effective 1-07-75
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.664 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.664
105.664 Actuarial valuation performed at least biennially — forwarded to joint ...
Status: in_force

105.664. Actuarial valuation performed at least biennially — forwarded to joint committee on public employee retirement, when. — 1. Each plan shall at least biennially prepare and have available as public information an actuarial valuation performed in compliance with applicable standards and guidelines as set forth by the governmental accounting standards board. Any plan currently performing valuations on a biennial basis making a substantial proposed change in benefits as defined in section 105.660 shall have a new actuarial valuation performed using the same methods and assumptions for the most recent periodic actuarial valuation.

2. An actuarial valuation performed in compliance with applicable governmental accounting standards board pronouncements shall be forwarded to the joint committee on public employee retirement no later than sixty calendar days after completion or adoption of such valuation.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1455, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1882)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.080 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.080
292.080 Explosives not to be placed near egress.
Status: in_force

292.080. Explosives not to be placed near egress. — No explosive or inflammable compound shall be used in any establishment in this state where labor is employed, in such place or manner as to obstruct or render hazardous the egress of operatives in case of fire.

(RSMo 1939 § 10189) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13229; 1919 § 6793; 1909 § 7834
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 268.111 — MO Code / Chapter 268 / Section 268.111
268.111 Disputed ownership investigated, how — costs, how paid.
Status: in_force

268.111. Disputed ownership investigated, how — costs, how paid. — In all suits at law or equity or in any criminal proceedings in which the title to animals is an issue, the certified copies recorded as provided for in section 268.061 shall be prima facie evidence of the ownership of the animal by the person in whose name the brand is recorded. Disputes in custody or ownership of branded animals shall be investigated, on request, by the sheriff of the county where the animals are located and he may call upon the services of a disinterested veterinarian, approved by the director of the department of agriculture, in reading the brands on animals. The cost of the veterinarian's services shall be borne by the person requesting the investigation, but this cost shall be reasonable and fair. The results of the sheriff's investigation shall be a public record and be admissible in evidence.

(L. 1971 H.B. 134 § 12)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 189.085 — MO Code / Chapter 189 / Section 189.085
189.085 Department to keep records — applicant and recipient records confidential, ...
Status: in_force

189.085. Department to keep records — applicant and recipient records confidential, exception. — The department shall develop and maintain appropriate records of services and financial transactions relating to sections 189.010 to 189.085 . Disclosure of such information shall be restricted to purposes directly connected with the administration of this health services program. The center for health statistics of the department and the providers shall coordinate record systems and related programs to insure that information needed by the department for the purposes of this program shall be efficiently and economically provided. Records concerning applicants and recipients of health services shall be kept confidential, provided, however, that nothing shall prohibit the department from providing the department of elementary and secondary education access to all records maintained pursuant to this section. The department and the department of elementary and secondary education shall coordinate record systems and related programs to insure that information needed by the department for the purpose of evaluation of this program will be available. The department shall assist the department of elementary and secondary education by providing information required by the department of elementary and secondary education to discharge responsibility for the developmentally disabled and other handicapped children as provided for in subsection 2 of section 162.700 . The department shall have access to all records or information obtained pursuant to subsection 2 of section 162.700 .

(L. 1974 H.B. 1686 § 16, A.L. 2005 H.B. 258)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.170 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.170
393.170 Approval of incorporation and franchises — certificate.
Status: in_force

393.170. Approval of incorporation and franchises — certificate. — 1. No gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation shall begin construction of a gas plant, electric plant, water system or sewer system, other than an energy generation unit that has a capacity of one megawatt or less, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commission.

2. No such corporation shall exercise any right or privilege under any franchise hereafter granted, or under any franchise heretofore granted but not heretofore actually exercised, or the exercise of which shall have been suspended for more than one year, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commission. Before such certificate shall be issued a certified copy of the charter of such corporation shall be filed in the office of the commission, together with a verified statement of the president and secretary of the corporation, showing that it has received the required consent of the proper municipal authorities.

3. The commission shall have the power to grant the permission and approval herein specified whenever it shall after due hearing determine that such construction or such exercise of the right, privilege or franchise is necessary or convenient for the public service. The commission may by its order impose such condition or conditions as it may deem reasonable and necessary. Unless exercised within a period of two years from the grant thereof, authority conferred by such certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission shall be null and void.

(RSMo 1939 § 5649, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 2018 S.B. 564) Prior revisions; 1929 § 5193; 1919 § 10481 CROSS REFERENCE: Noneverability clause, 393.1675
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 382.177 — MO Code / Chapter 382 / Section 382.177
382.177 Liquidity stress test, filing of — scope criteria — NAIC compliance.
Status: in_force

382.177. Liquidity stress test, filing of — scope criteria — NAIC compliance. — 1. The ultimate controlling person of every insurer subject to registration and also scoped into the NAIC liquidity stress test framework shall file the results of a specific year's liquidity stress test. The filing shall be made to the lead state insurance director of the insurance holding company system as determined by the procedures within the Financial Analysis Handbook adopted by the NAIC.

2. The NAIC liquidity stress test framework includes scope criteria applicable to a specific data year. These scope criteria are reviewed at least annually by the NAIC's financial stability task force or its successor. Any change to the NAIC liquidity stress test framework or to the data year for which the scope criteria are to be measured shall be effective on January first of the year following the calendar year in which such changes are adopted. Insurers meeting at least one threshold of the scope criteria are considered scoped into the NAIC liquidity stress test framework for the specified data year unless the lead state insurance director, in consultation with the NAIC financial stability task force or its successor, determines the insurer shall not be scoped into the framework for that data year. Similarly, insurers that do not trigger at least one threshold of the scope criteria are considered scoped out of the NAIC liquidity stress test framework for the specified data year unless the lead state insurance director, in consultation with the NAIC financial stability task force or its successor, determines the insurer shall be scoped into the framework for that data year. Regulators wish to avoid having insurers scoped into and out of the NAIC liquidity stress test framework on a frequent basis, the lead state insurance director, in consultation with the financial stability task force or its successor, shall assess this concern as part of the determination for an insurer.

3. The performance of, and filing of the results from, a specific year's liquidity stress test shall comply with the NAIC liquidity stress test framework's instructions and reporting templates for that year and any lead state insurance director determinations, in conjunction with the financial stability task force or its successor, provided within the framework.

(L. 2021 S.B. 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 524.050 — MO Code / Chapter 524 / Section 524.050
524.050 Who may be made codefendant.
Status: in_force

524.050. Who may be made codefendant. — The person from or through whom the defendant claims title to the premises may, on motion, be made a codefendant.

(RSMo 1939 § 1533) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1369; 1919 § 1819; 1909 § 2386 CROSS REFERENCE: Tenant served with summons in ejectment to notify landlord, penalty, 441.090
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.150 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.150
545.150 Indictments in relation to property belonging to several owners.
Status: in_force

545.150. Indictments in relation to property belonging to several owners. — When any offense shall be committed upon or in relation to any property belonging to several partners or owners, the indictment or information for such offense shall be deemed sufficient if it allege such property to belong to any one or more of such partners or owners, without naming all of them.

(RSMo 1939 § 3943) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3554; 1919 § 3899; 1909 § 5106
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.500 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.500
442.500 Lineal and collateral warranties abolished.
Status: in_force

442.500. Lineal and collateral warranties abolished. — Lineal and collateral warranties, with all their incidents, are abolished; but the heirs and devisees of every person who shall have made any covenant or agreement shall be answerable, upon such covenant or agreement, to the extent of the lands descended or devised to them, in the cases and in the manner prescribed by law; and devisees shall be answerable to the same extent as provided by law in case of heirs.

(RSMo 1939 § 3501) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3111; 1919 § 2270; 1909 § 2875 (1957) Where remaindermen took by purchase and not by descent or devise, they were not bound by warranties made by grantor in conveyance made subsequent to the conveyance made to them. Cook v. Daniels (Mo), 306 S.W.2d 573.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 54.180 — MO Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.180
54.180 Statement of accounts delivered to clerk of each school district.
Status: in_force

54.180. Statement of accounts delivered to clerk of each school district. — The said county or township treasurer shall, on the twenty-fifth day of March and the first Monday in October of each year, deliver or mail to the clerk of each school district in the county or township an accurate and detailed statement, showing the actual amount of cash on hand to the credit of each of the district funds; and the statement made in October, as herein provided, shall show the amount of cash on hand on the day of the approval of the last settlement made by the said treasurer with the county commission, and shall be jointly made and signed by the said county treasurer and clerk of the county commission, and shall be a full exhibit, showing the amount of public money, railroad taxes, and all other moneys on hand or due the district by taxation, the levies made, the assessed valuation of each of said districts for the year, and the balance on hand to the credit of each district fund.

(RSMo 1939 § 10401) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9267; 1919 § 11189; 1909 § 10831
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.425 — MO Code / Chapter 416 / Section 416.425
416.425 Sales by retailers at less than cost — evidence.
Status: in_force

416.425. Sales by retailers at less than cost — evidence. — 1. No nonprocessing retailer shall, with the intent or with the effect of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor, or otherwise injuring a competitor, or of destroying competition, or of creating a monopoly, advertise, offer to sell or sell within the state of Missouri, any milk product for less than cost to the retailer.

2. Proof of the advertising, offer to sell or sale of milk products by a nonprocessing retailer is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

(L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 576.030 — MO Code / Chapter 576 / Section 576.030
576.030 Obstructing government operations — penalty.
Status: in_force

576.030. Obstructing government operations — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations if he or she purposely obstructs, impairs, hinders or perverts the performance of a governmental function by the use or threat of violence, force, or other physical interference or obstacle.

2. The offense of obstructing government operations is a class B misdemeanor. The offense of obstructing government operations is a class A misdemeanor if the person uses violence or force.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.900 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.900
376.900 Definitions.
Status: in_force

376.900. Definitions. — For the purpose of sections 376.900 to 376.950 the following words and terms mean:

(1) "Care for a term of years" , an agreement between a resident and a provider whereby the resident pays a fee for the right to occupy space in a designated facility, and to receive continuing care, for at least one year, but for less than the life of the resident. "Care for a term of years" also refers to a contract or agreement for continuing care for an indefinite term;

(2) "Continuing care" or "care" , furnishing shelter, food, and nursing care, whether the nursing care is provided in the facility or in another setting designated by the agreement for continuing care, to an individual not related by consanguinity or affinity to the provider furnishing such care. Other personal services provided shall be designated in the continuing care agreement. "Continuing care" shall include only life care, care for life, or care for a term of years;

(3) "Department" , the Missouri department of commerce and insurance;

(4) "Entrance fee" , an initial or deferred payment of a sum of money or property which assures the resident a place in a facility for a term of years or for life. An accommodation fee, endowment fee, admission fee, or other fee of similar form and application shall be considered to be an entrance fee;

(5) "Facility" , a place in which it is undertaken to provide continuing care to an individual for a term of years or for life;

(6) "Life care" or "care for life" , a life lease, life membership, life estate, or similar agreement between a resident and a provider by which the resident pays a fee for the right to occupy a space in a designated facility and to receive continuing care for life;

(7) "Provider" , the owner or operator, whether a natural person, partnership, or other unincorporated association, however organized, or trust or corporation, of an institution, building, residence, or other place, whether operated for profit or not, which owner or operator undertakes to provide continuing care for a fixed or variable fee, or for any other remuneration of any type, whether fixed or variable, for the period of care, payable in a lump sum or lump sum and monthly maintenance charges or in installments; however, the term "provider" shall not include facilities operated, owned, or leased for operation by any fraternal or religious organization if the organization as a matter of policy limits residents to those who are members or spouses of members of the organization;

(8) "Resident" means a person who enters into a life care contract with a provider or who is designated in a life care contract to be a person provided with services, board, and lodging.

(L. 1981 S.B. 84 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.1009 — MO Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.1009
140.1009 Quiet title action permitted, procedure.
Status: in_force

140.1009. Quiet title action permitted, procedure. — 1. A land bank agency shall be authorized to file an action to quiet title under section 527.150 as to any real property in which the land bank agency has an interest. For purposes of any and all such actions, the land bank agency shall be deemed to be the holder of sufficient legal and equitable interests, and possessory rights, so as to qualify the land bank agency as an adequate petitioner in such action.

2. Prior to the filing of an action to quiet title, the land bank agency shall conduct an examination of title to determine the identity of any and all persons and entities possessing a claim or interest in or to the real property. Service of the petition to quiet title shall be provided to all such interested parties by the following methods:

(1) Registered or certified mail to such identity and address as reasonably ascertainable by an inspection of public records;

(2) In the case of occupied real property, by first class mail addressed to "Occupant";

(3) By posting a copy of the notice on the real property;

(4) By publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality in which the property is located; and

(5) Such other methods as the court may order or as may be required by prevailing motions of due process.

3. As part of the petition to quiet title, the land bank agency shall file an affidavit identifying all parties potentially having an interest in the real property and the form of notice provided.

4. The court shall schedule a hearing on the petition within ninety days following filing of the petition and, as to all matters upon which an answer was not filed by an interested party, the court shall issue its final judgment within one hundred twenty days of the filing of the petition.

5. A land bank agency shall be authorized to join in a single petition to quiet title one or more parcels of real property.

(L. 2019 H.B. 821, A.L. 2024 H.B. 2062)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 380.411 — MO Code / Chapter 380 / Section 380.411
380.411 Officers, how selected, tenure.
Status: in_force

380.411. Officers, how selected, tenure. — Unless the articles of incorporation shall provide otherwise concerning the election of such officers, the directors shall elect from their number a president and a vice president. The directors shall also select a secretary and treasurer and such additional officers as they may deem necessary, who may or may not be members of the company. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be occupied by one person. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the term of all of such officers shall be not less than one year nor more than three years and until their successors are elected or selected and qualified.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.190 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.190
311.190 Wine or brandy manufacturer's license, fee — use of materials produced ...
Status: in_force

311.190. Wine or brandy manufacturer's license, fee — use of materials produced outside state, limitation, exception — what sales may be made, when. — 1. For the privilege of manufacturing wine or brandy, which manufacturing shall be in accordance with all provisions of federal law applicable thereto except as may otherwise be specified in this section, in quantities not to exceed five hundred thousand gallons, not in excess of eighteen percent of alcohol by weight for wine, or not in excess of thirty-four percent of alcohol by weight for brandy, from grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey, and vegetables produced or grown in the state of Missouri, exclusive of sugar, water and spirits, there shall be paid to and collected by the director of revenue, in lieu of the charges provided in section 311.180 , a license fee of five dollars for each five hundred gallons or fraction thereof of wine or brandy produced up to a maximum license fee of three hundred dollars.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a manufacturer licensed under this section may use in any calendar year such wine- and brandy-making material produced or grown outside the state of Missouri in a quantity not exceeding fifteen percent of the manufacturer's wine entered into fermentation in the prior calendar year.

3. In any year when a natural disaster causes substantial loss to the Missouri crop of grapes, berries, other fruits, fruit products, honey or vegetables from which wines are made, the director of the department of agriculture shall determine the percent of loss and allow a certain additional percent, based on the prior calendar year's production of such products, to be purchased outside the state of Missouri to be used and offered for sale by Missouri wineries.

4. A manufacturer licensed under this section may purchase and sell bulk or packaged wines or brandies received from other manufacturers licensed under this section and may also purchase in bulk, bottle and sell to duly licensed wineries, wholesalers and retail dealers on any day except Sunday, and a manufacturer licensed under this section may offer samples of wine, may sell wine and brandy in its original package directly to consumers at the winery, and may open wine so purchased by customers so that it may be consumed on the winery premises on Monday through Saturday between 6:00 a.m. and midnight and on Sunday between 6:00 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.

(L. 1943 p. 620 § 4898a, A.L. 1945 p. 1056, A.L. 1969 H.B. 237, A.L. 1979 H.B. 701, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1323, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 1999 S.B. 391, A.L. 2007 S.B. 299 & S.B. 616, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)