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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.395 — MO Code / Chapter 288 / Section 288.395
288.395 Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties.
Status: in_force

288.395. Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties. — Any person or entity perpetrating a fraud or misrepresentation under this chapter for which a penalty has not herein been specifically provided shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, in addition, shall be liable to this state for a civil penalty not to exceed the value of the fraud. Any person or entity who has previously been found guilty of perpetrating a fraud or misrepresentation under this chapter and who subsequently violated any such provisions shall be guilty of a class E felony.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1268 & 1211, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 432.040 — MO Code / Chapter 432 / Section 432.040
432.040 Representations of credit to be in writing.
Status: in_force

432.040. Representations of credit to be in writing. — No action shall be brought to charge any person upon or by reason of any representation or assurance made concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of any other person, unless such representation or assurance be made in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged thereby, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.

(RSMo 1939 § 3357) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2970; 1919 § 2172; 1909 § 2785
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.340 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.340
108.340 Appeal.
Status: in_force

108.340. Appeal. — Any person or persons aggrieved by the judgment and decree of the court may appeal in like manner as appeals are taken in other civil cases.

(RSMo 1939 § 3315) Prior revision: 1929 § 2929
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 377.350 — MO Code / Chapter 377 / Section 377.350
377.350 Copy of application.
Status: in_force

377.350. Copy of application. — Every corporation, company or association transacting business under the provisions of sections 377.200 to 377.460 shall, upon the issuance of every policy, attach to such policy or endorse thereon the substance of the application upon which such policy was issued, and which is made a part of the contract of insurance, or referred to therein, or which may in any manner affect the validity of such policy.

(RSMo 1939 § 5885) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5774; 1919 § 6184; 1909 § 6978
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 434.030 — MO Code / Chapter 434 / Section 434.030
434.030 Money lost at gaming recovered, how,
Status: in_force

434.030. Money lost at gaming recovered, how, — Any person who shall lose any money or property at any game, gambling device or by any bet or wager whatever, may recover the same by a civil action.

(RSMo 1939 § 3392, A.L. 1953 p. 321) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3005; 1919 § 5742; 1909 § 6623
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.947 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.947
217.947 Sovereign immunity in effect — program not a waiver, not considered a ...
Status: in_force

217.947. Sovereign immunity in effect — program not a waiver, not considered a dangerous condition. — The operation of a correctional center nursery program established under sections 217.940 to 217.947 and the presence of children of inmates participating in the correctional center nursery program shall not be considered a dangerous condition that would result in a waiver of sovereign immunity under section 537.600 . The sovereign immunity provisions of section 537.600 and any other statute regarding the sovereign immunity of the state or public entities in existence as of August 28, 2022, shall remain in effect and shall be applied in the same manner as such provisions were applied prior to the establishment of the correctional center nursery program under sections 217.940 to 217.947 .

(L. 2022 S.B. 683)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.400 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.400
43.400 Definitions.
Status: in_force

43.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 43.400 to 43.410 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Missing child" or "missing juvenile" , any person who is under the age of eighteen years or who is in foster care regardless of the person's age or who is an emancipated minor as defined in section 302.178 , a homeless youth as defined in section 167.020 , or an unaccompanied minor as defined in section 210.121 , whose temporary or permanent residence is in the state of Missouri or who is believed to be within the state of Missouri, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency;

(2) "Missing child report" , a report prepared on a standard form supplied by the Missouri state highway patrol for the use by private citizens and law enforcement agencies to report missing children or missing juvenile information to the Missouri state highway patrol;

(3) "Missing person" , a person who is missing and meets one of the following characteristics:

(a) Is physically or mentally disabled to the degree that the person is dependent upon an agency or another individual;

(b) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the missing person's safety may be in danger;

(c) Is missing under involuntary or unknown circumstances; subject to the provisions of (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of this subsection;

(d) Is a child or juvenile runaway from the residence of a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;

(e) Is a child and is missing under circumstances indicating that the person was or is in the presence of or under the control of a party whose presence or control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary court order and fourteen or more days have elapsed, during which time the party has failed to file any pleading with the court seeking modification of the permanent or temporary court order;

(f) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the person was or is in the presence of or under the control of a party whose presence or control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary court order and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person may be taken outside of the United States;

(4) "Patrol" , the Missouri state highway patrol;

(5) "Registrar" , the state registrar of vital statistics.

(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al. § 5, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 30, A.L. 2023 S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.440 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.440
311.440 Transporter's license to be exhibited to officers, when.
Status: in_force

311.440. Transporter's license to be exhibited to officers, when. — Every person transporting liquor within, into, or through the state of Missouri shall, upon demand, supply the supervisor of liquor control and any of his agents or any peace officer of the state of Missouri with evidence that a liquor transporter's license has been issued to him by the supervisor of liquor control of the state of Missouri.

(L. 1949 p. 320 § 4932)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.540 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.540
376.540 Policy, to whom payable.
Status: in_force

376.540. Policy, to whom payable. — In case of the death of the wife before the decease of the husband, the amount of the insurance shall be payable to her heirs, for their use, and to their conservator, if under age, unless otherwise provided for and stipulated in the policy.

(RSMo 1939 § 5848, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5737; 1919 § 6147; 1909 § 6942
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.756 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.756
191.756 Grants awarded by board of health and senior services — eligibility criteria.
Status: in_force

191.756. Grants awarded by board of health and senior services — eligibility criteria. — 1. For purposes of this section, the term "board" shall mean the state board of health and senior services established under section 191.400 .

2. Subject to appropriations, the board shall establish a program to award grants for the establishment of umbilical cord blood banks to be located in this state and for the expansion of existing umbilical cord blood banks located in this state. The purposes and activities of umbilical cord blood banks eligible for grants for this program shall be directed towards gathering, collecting, and preserving umbilical cord and placental blood only from live births and providing such blood and blood components primarily to recipients who are unrelated to the donors of the blood, and towards persons and institutions conducting scientific research requiring sources of human stem cells.

3. The board shall, by rule, establish eligibility criteria for awarding grants under this section. In awarding grants, the board shall consider:

(1) The ability of the applicant to establish, operate, and maintain an umbilical cord blood bank and to provide related services;

(2) The experience of the applicant in operating similar facilities; and

(3) The applicant's commitment to continue to operate and maintain an umbilical cord blood bank after the expiration of the terms of the contract required by subsection 4 of this section.

4. Recipients of grants awarded shall enter into contracts under which each recipient agrees to:

(1) Operate and maintain an umbilical cord blood bank in this state at least until the eighth anniversary of the date of the award of the grant;

(2) Gather, collect, and preserve umbilical cord blood only from live births; and

(3) Comply with any financial or reporting requirements imposed on the recipient under rules adopted by the board.

5. The grants authorized under this section shall be awarded subject to funds specifically appropriated for that purpose.

(L. 2005 S.B. 323, A.L. 2018 S.B. 843) Transferred 2018; formerly § 196.1129.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.1195 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1195
162.1195 Fine arts, professional development education assistance.
Status: in_force

162.1195. Fine arts, professional development education assistance. — 1. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the office of quality schools within the department of elementary and secondary education may ensure that each regional professional development center in the state provides professional development educational assistance for fine arts.

2. The emphasis may include the following:

(1) To act as a resource for school districts under the regional office of professional development with regard to fine arts education, as delivered by certified arts specialists, and the integration of the arts into non-arts curricula;

(2) To work with school districts in staff development and curriculum issues related to fine arts education and fine arts integration;

(3) To collaborate with regional office of professional development personnel and other regional personnel associated with the regional office of professional development;

(4) To coordinate services available from other entities involved in fine arts education and fine arts integration;

(5) To assist and support local school districts in providing fine arts education and the integration of the fine arts; and

(6) To contribute to the development and implementation of in-service training, regionally and statewide, which responds to the needs of arts specialists, and other educators pertaining to the needs of Missouri students in fine arts and the integration of the arts.

(L. 2011 S.B. 81)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.310 — MO Code / Chapter 469 / Section 469.310
469.310 Deposit in fiduciary's personal account.
Status: in_force

469.310. Deposit in fiduciary's personal account. — If a fiduciary makes a deposit in a bank to his personal credit of checks drawn by him upon an account in his own name as fiduciary, or of checks payable to him as fiduciary, or of checks drawn by him upon an account in the name of his principal if he is empowered to draw checks thereon, or of checks payable to his principal and endorsed by him, if he is empowered to endorse such checks, or if he otherwise makes a deposit of funds held by him as fiduciary, the bank receiving such deposit is not bound to inquire whether the fiduciary is committing thereby a breach of his obligation as fiduciary; and the bank is authorized to pay the amount of the deposit or any part thereof upon the personal check of the fiduciary without being liable to the principal, unless the bank receives the deposit or pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of his obligation as fiduciary in making such deposit or in drawing such check, or with knowledge of such facts that its action in receiving the deposit or paying the check amounts to bad faith.

(L. 1959 S.B. 121 § 9, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511) Transferred 2004; formerly 456.310
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.400 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.400
148.400 Deductions allowed insurance companies.
Status: in_force

148.400. Deductions allowed insurance companies. — All insurance companies or associations organized in or admitted to this state may deduct from premium taxes payable to this state, in addition to all other credits allowed by law, income taxes, franchise taxes, personal property taxes, valuation fees, registration fees and examination fees paid, including taxes and fees paid by the attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange to the extent attributable to the principal business as such attorney-in-fact, under any law of this state. Unless rejected by the general assembly by April 1, 2003, for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, a deduction for examination fees which exceeds an insurance company's or association's premium tax liability for the same tax year shall not be refundable, but may be carried forward to any subsequent tax year, not to exceed five years, until the full deduction is claimed; except that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 148.380 , if any deduction is claimed through the carryforward provisions of this section, it shall be credited wholly against the general revenue fund and shall not cause a reduction in revenue to the county foreign insurance fund.

(L. 1945 p. 993 § 6098c, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 21, A.L. 2001 H.B. 738 merged with S.B. 193)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.140 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.140
210.140 Privileged communication not recognized, exception.
Status: in_force

210.140. Privileged communication not recognized, exception. — Any legally recognized privileged communication, except that between attorney and client or involving communications made to a minister or clergyperson, shall not apply to situations involving known or suspected child abuse or neglect and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required or permitted by sections 210.110 to 210.165 , to cooperate with the division in any of its activities pursuant to sections 210.110 to 210.165 , or to give or accept evidence in any judicial proceeding relating to child abuse or neglect.

(L. 1975 H.B. 578 § 7, A.L. 1980 S.B. 574, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.180 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.180
242.180 Supervisors to take oath.
Status: in_force

242.180. Supervisors to take oath. — Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him in office as supervisor of the drainage district in which he was elected, and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him by sections 242.010 to 242.690 .

(RSMo 1939 § 12329) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10748; 1919 § 4383; 1909 § 5509
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.846 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.846
88.846 Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected.
Status: in_force

88.846. Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected. — All special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.832 to 88.852 for sewers shall be as valid in all respects whatever as the other special tax bills provided for herein and shall be collected in the same manner, containing the same provisions as provided for in sections 88.812 to 88.818 and 88.854 .

(L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.350 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.350
545.350 Tender of fees not necessary.
Status: in_force

545.350. Tender of fees not necessary. — It shall not be necessary to pay or tender any fees whatever to any witness summoned on the part of the state or on the part of the defendant, but such witness shall be bound to attend and be liable for his nonattendance in the same manner as if the fees allowed to witness had been duly paid to him.

(RSMo 1939 § 4009) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3620; 1919 § 3963; 1909 § 5170
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.515 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.515
302.515 Notice of suspension or revocation by department — deemed received, when — ...
Status: in_force

302.515. Notice of suspension or revocation by department — deemed received, when — contents. — 1. Upon receipt of the report of the law enforcement officer, the department shall make the determination described in section 302.505 . If the department determines that the person is subject to license suspension or revocation, and if notice of suspension or revocation has not already been served upon the person by the enforcement officer as required in section 302.520 , the department shall issue a notice of suspension or revocation.

2. The notice of suspension or revocation shall be mailed to the person at the last known address shown on the department's records, and to the address provided by the enforcement officer's report if that address differs from the address of record. The notice is deemed received three days after mailing, unless returned by postal authorities.

3. The notice of suspension or revocation shall clearly specify the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension or revocation, the effective date of the suspension or revocation, the right of the person to request a hearing, the procedure for requesting a hearing, and the date by which that request for a hearing must be made.

(L. 1983 S.B. 318 & 135 § 5, A.L. 1984 S.B. 608 & 681)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 445.010 — MO Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.010
445.010 Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what.
Status: in_force

445.010. Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what. — 1. Whenever any city, town or village, or any addition to any city, town or village, shall be laid out, the proprietor of such city, town or village, or addition, shall cause to be made out an accurate map or plat thereof, particularly setting forth and describing:

(1) All parcels of ground within such town, village or addition reserved for public purposes by their boundaries, course and extent, whether they be intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons or other public uses; and

(2) All lots for sale, by numbers, and their precise length and width.

2. And the streets of all such additions to cities, towns or villages, or of plats of ground, except plats for cemetery purposes, shall conform to the streets of such city, town or village, so that the streets and avenues of such additions or plats shall, as near as may be, run parallel with or be continuations on a straight line of the streets of said city, town or village, and all taxes against the property proposed to be platted shall be paid.

(RSMo 1939 § 12804) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11180; 1919 § 9283; 1909 § 10290 CROSS REFERENCES: Commissioners in partition suit to divide land into lots, when, map shall be filed, 528.270, 528.330, 528.550, 528.560 Estate may be divided into town lots and platted, when, 473.533 (1953) Conveyance of lots by reference to recorded plat on which tract was designated as private street, creates perpetual easement in such tract for street purposes in purchasers of lots abutting thereon and their successors. Larkin v. Kieselmann (Mo.), 259 S.W.2d 785. (1957) A common law dedication is accomplished when a landowner does some act which clearly indicates his intention to dedicate the land to public use and there is an acceptance by the public. Acceptance may be implied from long use by the public as of right. City of St. Charles v. DeSherlia (A.), 308 S.W.2d 456. (1972) Where original owner platted open named roadways reaching each tract in subdivision and made certain restrictions and reservations but did not limit the right to use the roadways, purchaser of tract therein was not limited to use roadways only for residential development and were entitled to drive their trucks to and from hauling topsoil from their tract in their home-building operations. Good v. Bennett (A.), 480 S.W.2d 77. (1974) Held that public has the right to exclusive use of highways for public purposes and any unauthorized obstruction or encroachment thereon constitutes a nuisance. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Johns (A.), 507 S.W.2d 75.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 579.040 — MO Code / Chapter 579 / Section 579.040
579.040 Unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia — penalties.
Status: in_force

579.040. Unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia if he or she unlawfully distributes, delivers, or sells, or possesses with intent to distribute, deliver, or sell drug paraphernalia knowing, or under circumstances in which one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propogate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance in violation of this chapter.

2. The offense of unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia is a class A misdemeanor, unless done for commercial purposes, in which case it is a class E felony.

(L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.060 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.060
208.060 Applications for benefits, how and where filed.
Status: in_force

208.060. Applications for benefits, how and where filed. — Application for any benefits under any law of this state administered by the family support division acting as a state agency shall be filed in the county office. Application for aid to dependent children shall be made by the person with whom the child will live while receiving aid. All applications shall be in writing, or reduced to writing, upon blank forms furnished by the family support division, and shall contain such information as may be required by the family support division or by any federal authority under the Social Security law and amendments thereto. The term "benefits" as used herein or in this law shall be construed to mean:

(1) Aid to dependent children;

(2) Aid or public relief to individuals in cases of public calamity;

(3) Money or services available for child welfare services;

(4) Any other grant, aid, pension or assistance administered by the family support division.

(RSMo 1939 § 9409, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)