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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1222 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1222
351.1222 Records and signatures — definitions — legal effect of.
Status: in_force

351.1222. Records and signatures — definitions — legal effect of. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Electronic" , relating to technology, having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;

(2) "Electronic record" , a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means;

(3) "Electronic signature" , an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record;

(4) "Record" , information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

(5) "Signed" , the signature of a person that has been written on a document, and with respect to a document required by sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 to be filed with the secretary of state, a document that has been signed by a person authorized to do so by sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 , the articles, or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the board or the members. A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile, or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.

2. For purposes of sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 :

(1) A record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form;

(2) A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation;

(3) If a provision requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the requirement; and

(4) If a provision requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the requirement.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.286 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.286
355.286 Votes of majority of quorum, effect.
Status: in_force

355.286. Votes of majority of quorum, effect. — 1. Unless this chapter or the articles or the bylaws require a greater vote or voting by class, if a quorum is present, the affirmative votes of the votes represented and voting, which affirmative votes also constitute a majority of the required quorum, is the act of the members.

2. A bylaw amendment to increase or decrease the vote required for any member action must be approved by the members.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 135.426 — MO Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.426
135.426 Unused balance of tax credit — director to issue a new certificate for ...
Status: in_force

135.426. Unused balance of tax credit — director to issue a new certificate for unused balance. — The Missouri department of revenue or secretary of state, whichever is applicable, shall accept a certificate of tax credit in lieu of other payment in such amount as is equal to the lesser of the amount of the tax or the remaining unused amount of the credit as indicated on the certificate of tax credit; and shall indicate on the certificate of tax credit the amount of tax thereby paid, the date of such payment, and the remainder of the unused credit available to the taxpayer after such payment. The certificate of the credit shall be returned to the director of the department of economic development. The director of the department of economic development shall issue a new certificate to the property owner for any unused balance.

(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 13) Effective 1-01-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.857 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.857
443.857 Licensee shall maintain at least one full-service office with staff, duties ...
Status: in_force

443.857. Licensee shall maintain at least one full-service office with staff, duties to handle matters relating to mortgage — waiver, when. — Each residential mortgage loan broker shall maintain, in the state of Missouri, at least one full-service office with staff reasonably adequate to efficiently handle all matters relating to any proposed or existing home mortgage with respect to which such residential mortgage loan broker is performing services; except that, this provision may be waived by the director for persons providing mortgage loan servicing or exclusively engaged in the business of loan processing or underwriting as defined in this chapter.

(L. 1994 S.B. 718 § 19, A.L. 2001 S.B. 538, A.L. 2009 H.B. 382, A.L. 2020 S.B. 599)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.190 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.190
174.190 Duties of the secretary — compensation.
Status: in_force

174.190. Duties of the secretary — compensation. — The secretary of each board shall keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to the board. He shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the board, in which the ayes and noes on all questions shall be entered, if requested by any one member of the board. He shall prepare, under the direction of the board, all reports and estimates, and do and execute all such matters and things as belong to his office. Annually, in the month of August, he shall transmit to the department of higher education and workforce development the names of all those receiving diplomas with residences and dates of issue. The compensation of the secretary shall be fixed by the board, and shall in no case exceed fifty dollars per annum.

(RSMo 1939 § 10769, A.L. 1945 p. 1684, A. 1949 S.B. 1046) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9612; 1919 § 11507; 1909 §§ 11073, 11081
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1665 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1665
454.1665 Recognition of order modified in another state.
Status: in_force

454.1665. Recognition of order modified in another state. — If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:

(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.090 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.090
262.090 Lands — duties of manager — not to engage in fruit business.
Status: in_force

262.090. Lands — duties of manager — not to engage in fruit business. — The manager and inspector under supervision of the board of regents of Southwest Missouri State University is hereby authorized to cause said lands to be cleared, fenced and put in a state of cultivation, or so much thereof as shall be necessary for present uses, and shall plant such trees, berries or vines as the manager and inspector shall think proper as an experiment, and shall test the various varieties as to their adaptability for the climate, the kinds of fruits and berries as to the kind most adapted for the market and most free from disease, and may hire and employ such force as is necessary to do and perform said work. Neither the manager and inspector or any member of his immediate family shall, either directly or indirectly, engage in the production of fruit or fruit products for sale, or purchase for resale any fruit or fruit products during his term of office.

(RSMo 1939 § 14058, A.L. 1953 p. 5) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12391; 1919 § 11961; 1909 § 622
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.636 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.636
204.636 Issuance of refunding bonds, when.
Status: in_force

204.636. Issuance of refunding bonds, when. — For the purpose of refunding, extending, and unifying the whole or any part of any valid outstanding bonded indebtedness payable from the revenues of a sewerage system, any reorganized common sewer district may issue refunding bonds not exceeding in amount the principal of the outstanding indebtedness to be refunded and the accrued interest to the date of the refunding bonds. The board of trustees of the reorganized common sewer district shall provide for the payment of interest which shall not exceed the same rate and the principal of the refunding bonds in the same manner and from the same source as was provided for the payment of interest on and principal of the bonds to be refunded.

(L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.183 — MO Code / Chapter 431 / Section 431.183
431.183 Payment contingent upon payment from third party, not a defense to ...
Status: in_force

431.183. Payment contingent upon payment from third party, not a defense to enforcement of lien. — Any provision in a contract, agreement or understanding that provides that a payment from a contractor to a subcontractor, trade contractor, specialty contractor or supplier is contingent or conditioned upon receipt of a payment from any other private party, including a private owner, is no defense to a claim to enforce a mechanic's lien pursuant to the provisions of chapter 429 .

(L. 1995 S.B. 93)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.915 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.915
260.915 Registration of dry-cleaning facilities with department.
Status: in_force

260.915. Registration of dry-cleaning facilities with department. — Each operator of an active dry-cleaning facility shall register with the department on a form provided by the department according to procedures established by the department by rule.

(L. 2000 S.B. 577) Expires 8-28-17; see § 260.965
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.615 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.615
144.615 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

144.615. Exemptions. — There are specifically exempted from the taxes levied in sections 144.600 to 144.745 :

(1) Property, the storage, use or consumption of which this state is prohibited from taxing pursuant to the constitution or laws of the United States or of this state;

(2) Property, the gross receipts from the sale of which are required to be included in the measure of the tax imposed pursuant to the Missouri sales tax law;

(3) Tangible personal property, the sale or other transfer of which, if made in this state, would be exempt from or not subject to the Missouri sales tax pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of section 144.030 ;

(4) Motor vehicles, trailers, boats, and outboard motors subject to the tax imposed by section 144.020 ;

(5) Tangible personal property which has been subjected to a tax by any other state in this respect to its sales or use; provided, if such tax is less than the tax imposed by sections 144.600 to 144.745 , such property, if otherwise taxable, shall be subject to a tax equal to the difference between such tax and the tax imposed by sections 144.600 to 144.745 ;

(6) Tangible personal property held by processors, retailers, importers, manufacturers, wholesalers, or jobbers solely for resale in the regular course of business;

(7) Personal and household effects and farm machinery used while an individual was a bona fide resident of another state and who thereafter became a resident of this state, or tangible personal property brought into the state by a nonresident for his own storage, use or consumption while temporarily within the state.

(L. 1959 H.B. 35 § 5, A.L. 1961 p. 623, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 2003 S.B. 11, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with H.B. 1182, A.L. 2013 H.B. 184 merged with S.B. 23 merged with S.B. 99) Effective 7-05-13 (S.B. 23); 7-05-13 (S.B. 99); 8-28-13 (H.B. 184) CROSS REFERENCES: Nonseverability clause, 144.008 Economy rate telephone service exemption, 660.149 (1962) Section 144.615 specifically exempts motor vehicles subject to the motor vehicle use tax from the compensating use tax law and the exemption extends to the motor vehicle not just to certain transactions pertaining to the motor vehicle. Federhofer, Inc. v. Morris (Mo.), 364 S.W.2d 524. (1994) Where marketer purchased packing materials to be used in shipping merchandise sold through parties or catalog sales and shipping demonstrator kits to independent contractors, packing materials which were used to assure marketer and customer that merchandise would arrive in good condition were exempt from sales and use taxes as property held solely for resale. House of Lloyd v. Director of Revenue, 884 S.W.2d 271 (Mo. en banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.014 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.014
71.014 Annexation by certain cities upon request of all property owners in area ...
Status: in_force

71.014. Annexation by certain cities upon request of all property owners in area annexed — deannexation, statute of limitations. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 71.015 , the governing body of any city, town, or village which is located within a county which borders a county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population in excess of six hundred fifty thousand, proceeding as otherwise authorized by law or charter, may annex unincorporated areas which are contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits upon notarized petition requesting such annexation signed by the owners of all fee interests of record in all tracts located within the area to be annexed. That a petition requesting annexation is not or was not verified or notarized shall not affect the validity of an annexation heretofore or hereafter undertaken in accordance with this section.

2. Any action of any kind seeking to deannex from any city, town, or village any area annexed under this section, or seeking in any way to reverse, invalidate, set aside, or otherwise challenge such annexation or oust such city, town, or village from jurisdiction over such annexed area shall be brought within five years of the date of adoption of the annexation ordinance.

(L. 1973 H.B. 200 § 1, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1362, A.L. 1978 S.B. 738, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1214 & 1319, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1261, A.L. 1994 S.B. 749, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1238, A.L. 2013 S.B. 58)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 104.339 — MO Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104.339
104.339 Creditable prior service, members entitled to.
Status: in_force

104.339. Creditable prior service, members entitled to. — 1. Any employee who became a member of the system, on the first day of the first month following the original effective date of sections 104.310 to 104.540 , September 1, 1957, shall be given creditable prior service with the state. All such creditable prior service must be established to the satisfaction of the board.

2. Any member of the system employed on or after August 13, 1988, and who served as an employee prior to September 1, 1957, but was not an employee on that date, shall be entitled to the creditable prior service that such employee would have been entitled to had such employee become a member of the retirement system on the date of its inception.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1370, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1643 & 1399, A.L. 2001 S.B. 371)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.831 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.831
143.831 Notice of director's action.
Status: in_force

143.831. Notice of director's action. — The director of revenue shall mail notice of his action on the claim for refund within one hundred twenty days of the mailing of such claim. The action denying a claim for refund is final upon the expiration of sixty days from the date when he mails notice of his action to the taxpayer, except only for such amounts as to which the taxpayer has filed a protest with the director of revenue.

(L. 1972 S.B. 549, A.L. 1978 S.B. 661, A.L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 10) Effective 1-1-84
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.534 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.534
227.534 Roger "Dusty" Shaw Memorial Bridge designated for the bridge on State ...
Status: in_force

227.534. Roger "Dusty" Shaw Memorial Bridge designated for the bridge on State Highway 99 crossing over Eleven Point River in Thomasville in Oregon County. — The bridge on State Highway 99 crossing over Eleven Point River in Thomasville in Oregon County shall be designated as the "Roger " Dusty " Shaw Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain signs designating such bridge, with the cost of such designation to be paid for by private donations.

(L. 2017 S.B. 64 § 1 merged with S.B. 322 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.248 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.248
478.248 Availability of a judge for bail purposes, when, local court rules to ensure.
Status: in_force

478.248. Availability of a judge for bail purposes, when, local court rules to ensure. — The circuit courts of this state by local rule shall adopt a procedure ensuring the availability at all hours and times of a circuit judge or associate circuit judge within the circuit for the purpose of admitting persons to bail with qualified sureties or on their own recognizances in such amounts as may be set by the court or judge during any such hours and times.

(L. 1982 S.B. 497 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.479 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.479
115.479 Tabulating equipment to be tested, when (electronic voting).
Status: in_force

115.479. Tabulating equipment to be tested, when (electronic voting). — In each jurisdiction using an electronic voting system, the election authority shall, after the count has been completed and the results received, have the automatic tabulating equipment tested to ascertain that the equipment has correctly counted the votes for all offices and on all questions. The test shall be observed by at least two persons designated by the election authority, one from each major political party, and shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing the same preaudited group of ballots used in the preelection test provided for in section 115.233 . If any error is detected, the cause shall be ascertained and corrected, and an errorless count shall be made before the final results are announced. After the completion of an errorless count, the programs and the ballots shall be sealed, retained and disposed of as provided for paper ballots.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.075, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.048 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.048
198.048 Different classifications of facility may exist on same premises, when.
Status: in_force

198.048. Different classifications of facility may exist on same premises, when. — A skilled nursing, intermediate care, assisted living facility, or residential care facility may exist on the same premises under the following circumstances:

(1) The skilled nursing, intermediate care, assisted living facility or residential care facility is an identifiable unit thereof, such as an entire ward or contiguous wards, wing or floor of a building or a separate contiguous building and such identifiable unit is approved in writing by the department;

(2) The identifiable unit meets all the reasonable standards for such facility;

(3) Central services and facilities such as management services, nursing and other patient-care services, building maintenance and laundry which are shared with other units are determined to be sufficient to meet the reasonable standards for such a facility.

(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al. § 16, A.L. 1984 S.B. 451)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.360 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.360
139.360 Levy and sale of goods under distraint.
Status: in_force

139.360. Levy and sale of goods under distraint. — In case any person shall refuse or neglect to pay the tax imposed, the collector shall levy the same by distraint and sale of the goods and chattels of the person who ought to pay the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 14010) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12333; 1919 § 13246; 1909 § 11734
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.010 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.010
473.010 Venue.
Status: in_force

473.010. Venue. — 1. The will of any decedent shall be probated and letters testamentary or of administration shall be granted:

(1) In the county in which the domicile of the deceased is situated;

(2) If he had no domicile in this state then in any county wherein he left any property; except that when the major part of a nonresident decedent's estate in this state consists of real estate, the will shall be probated and letters testamentary or of administration shall be granted in the county in which the real estate or the major part thereof is located;

(3) If the decedent had no domicile in this state and left no property therein, in any county in which the granting thereof is required in order to protect or secure any legal right.

2. If proceedings are commenced in more than one county, they shall be stayed except in the county where first commenced until final determination of venue in the county where first commenced. The proceedings are deemed commenced by the filing of an application for letters; and the proceedings first legally commenced extends to all of the property of the estate in this state.

3. All orders, settlements, trials and other proceedings pertaining to any estate shall be had or made in the county in which the letters were granted.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 4, 5, 531, L. 1955 p. 385 § 30, A.L. 1959 S.B. 141) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 4, 5, 530; 1919 §§ 4, 5, 518; 1909 §§ 12, 13, 548 (1961) When sections 473.010 and 473.668 are read together they clearly authorize the appointment of an administrator for the estate of a nonresident decedent to the end that plaintiffs in personal injury action could maintain such action against and obtain service upon the administrator. State ex rel. McCubbin v. Ginn (Mo.), 347 S.W.2d 119.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 206.128 — MO Code / Chapter 206 / Section 206.128
206.128 Board of directors to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, ...
Status: in_force

206.128. Board of directors to prescribe form, make necessary covenants, restrictions — bondholders, remedies of — revenue bonds not to be exclusive method of financing. — 1. The board of directors, issuing bonds under the provisions of section 206.122 , shall prescribe the form, details and incidents of the bonds and the board of directors shall make such covenants as in their judgment are advisable or necessary properly to secure the payment thereof; but the form, details, incidents and covenants shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of sections 206.122 to 206.128 .

2. The holder of any bonds issued hereunder or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by civil action either at law or in equity, compel the board of directors issuing such bonds to perform all duties imposed upon them by the provisions of sections 206.122 to 206.128 , and also to enforce the performance of any and all other covenants made by such board of directors in the issuance of the bonds.

3. The provisions of sections 206.122 to 206.128 shall not be exclusive of other legal methods of financing the facilities therein described, but shall furnish an alternative method of finance.

(L. 1971 S.B. 142)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.557 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.557
311.557 License, revocation.
Status: in_force

311.557. License, revocation. — After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the supervisor may revoke or suspend the license of any manufacturer, out-state solicitor or wholesale dealer who fails to comply with the provisions of sections 311.553 and 311.555 . No new or renewal license shall be granted to a person who fails to comply with sections 311.553 and 311.555 .

(L. 1961 p. 43 § 311.553)