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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.080 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.080
105.080 Duplicate copies of record.
Status: in_force

105.080. Duplicate copies of record. — Whenever any such settlement shall be made, the court shall cause duplicate copies of the record thereof to be certified and delivered, one to the county treasurer and the other to the clerk of the county commission, and the county treasurer shall be charged by the clerk of the county commission with the sums appearing thereby to be due to the state and to the county, respectively.

(RSMo 1939 § 11226) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9995; 1919 § 12985; 1909 § 11537
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.1028 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.1028
407.1028 Long-arm jurisdiction, motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) businesses.
Status: in_force

407.1028. Long-arm jurisdiction, motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) businesses. — Any person who is engaged or engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within the state of Missouri in connection with the offering, advertising, purchasing, selling, or contracting to purchase or to sell new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles, or who, being a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor, is transacting or transacts any business with a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee who maintains a place of business within the state and with whom the person has a franchise, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Missouri, upon service of process in accordance with the provisions of section 506.510 , irrespective of whether such person is a manufacturer, importer, distributor or dealer in new motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1055 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.790 — MO Code / Chapter 441 / Section 441.790
441.790 Certain evidence admissible in certain eviction-related actions.
Status: in_force

441.790. Certain evidence admissible in certain eviction-related actions. — Relevant evidence obtained in good faith by a law enforcement officer or agency shall be admissible in a civil action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 . This provision operates even though the cause of action may have been brought or is being prosecuted by a law enforcement agency.

(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 413.229 — MO Code / Chapter 413 / Section 413.229
413.229 Criminal penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

413.229. Criminal penalties for violations. — 1. Any person found in violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

2. Any person found to have purposely violated any provisions of this chapter, has been previously convicted twice for the same offense under the misdemeanor provisions of this section, or uses or has in his or her possession for use a commercial device which has been altered to facilitate the commission of fraud shall be guilty of a class E felony.

3. The prosecutor of each county in which a violation occurs shall be empowered to bring an action hereunder. If a prosecutor declines to bring such action, the attorney general may bring an action instead, and in so doing shall have all of the powers and jurisdiction of such prosecutor.

(L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 433.100 — MO Code / Chapter 433 / Section 433.100
433.100 Failure to prosecute such action exonerates surviving surety.
Status: in_force

433.100. Failure to prosecute such action exonerates surviving surety. — If such action be not begun by the party having the right thereof, within a reasonable time after being notified as above provided so to do, and proceeded in with due diligence in the ordinary course of law to a final determination of the issues, the surety giving such notice shall be exonerated from liability to the person so notified; provided, that two or more sureties may join in the same notice; provided further, that the service of notice on the administrator or executor of the estate, or the waiver thereof, shall be deemed to be the commencement of such action within the meaning of sections 433.090 and 433.100 .

(RSMo 1939 § 3323) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2936; 1919 § 12692; 1909 § 11274
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.525 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.525
21.525 Institutions of higher education to report.
Status: in_force

21.525. Institutions of higher education to report. — Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21.520 , 21.525 , and 33.543 , 33.546 , 33.563 , nothing contained herein, except provisions of section 21.520 above, shall be construed to apply to institutions of higher education in this state.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1218 § 5) Effective 7-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.121 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.121
644.121 Rules and procedures, commission to adopt.
Status: in_force

644.121. Rules and procedures, commission to adopt. — The commission may adopt such rules, regulations and procedures to be followed in applying for state assistance herein authorized as shall be necessary for the effective administration thereof and as necessary to meet federal requirements.

(L. 1972 S.B. 424, A.L. 1973 S.B. 259, S.B. 321, A.L. 1987 H.B. 497, A.L. 1991 S.B. 185) Effective 6-18-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 47.290 — MO Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47.290
47.290 Compensation of commissioner to find new county seat.
Status: in_force

47.290. Compensation of commissioner to find new county seat. — The commissioner of the county seat shall receive for his services such compensation for laying out lots as such county commission shall deem just and reasonable, and a commission of four percent upon all moneys accruing from the sale of lots, and by him paid into the county treasury, to be paid out of the county treasury.

(RSMo 1939 § 13691, A. 1949 H.B. 2005) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12032; 1919 § 9434; 1909 § 365l
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.537 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.537
375.537 Impaired insurer, defined — duty to notify director — penalties for failure ...
Status: in_force

375.537. Impaired insurer, defined — duty to notify director — penalties for failure to notify. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Chief executive officer" , the person, irrespective of his title, designated by the board of directors or trustees of an insurer as the person charged with the responsibility of administering and implementing the insurer's policies and procedures;

(2) "Director" , the director of the department of commerce and insurance;

(3) "Impaired" , a financial situation in which the assets of an insurer are less than the sum of the insurer's minimum required capital, minimum required surplus and all liabilities as determined in accordance with the requirements for the preparation and filing of the annual statement of an insurer;

(4) "Insurer" , any insurance company or other insurer licensed to do business in this state.

2. Whenever an insurer is impaired, its chief executive officer shall immediately notify the director in writing of such impairment and shall also immediately notify in writing all of the board of directors or trustees of the insurer.

3. Any officer, director or trustee of an insurer shall notify the person serving as chief executive officer of the impairment of such insurer in the event such officer, director or trustee knows or has reason to know that the insurer is impaired.

4. Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates subsection 2 or 3 of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Any person who knowingly does any of the following shall be guilty of a class E felony:

(1) Conceals any property belonging to an insurer;

(2) Transfers or conceals in contemplation of a state insolvency proceeding his own property or property belonging to an insurer;

(3) Conceals, destroys, mutilates, alters or makes a false entry in any document which affects or relates to the property of an insurer or withholds any such document from a receiver, trustee or other officer of a court entitled to its possession;

(4) Gives, obtains or receives a thing of value for acting or forbearing to act in any court proceedings; and any such act or acts results in or contributes to an insurer's becoming impaired or insolvent.

(L. 1991 H.B. 385, et al. § 23, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.493 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.493
115.493 Ballots and records to be kept twenty-two months, may be inspected, when.
Status: in_force

115.493. Ballots and records to be kept twenty-two months, may be inspected, when. — The election authority shall keep all voted ballots, ballot cards, processed ballot materials in electronic form and write-in forms, and all applications, statements, certificates, affidavits and computer programs relating to each election for twenty-two months after the date of the election. During the time that voted ballots, ballot cards, processed ballot materials in electronic form and write-in forms are kept by the election authority, it shall not open or inspect them or allow anyone else to do so, except upon order of a legislative body trying an election contest, a court or a grand jury. After twenty-two months, the ballots, ballot cards, processed ballot materials in electronic form, write-in forms, applications, statements, certificates, affidavits and computer programs relating to each election may be destroyed. If an election contest, grand jury investigation or civil or criminal case relating to the election is pending at the time, however, the materials shall not be destroyed until the contest, investigation or case is finally determined.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.110, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.025 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.025
442.025 Conveyance to self and others to create joint estate.
Status: in_force

442.025. Conveyance to self and others to create joint estate. — 1. Any person or persons owning real estate, or any interest therein, which he or they have power to convey, may effectively convey such real estate by a conveyance naming himself or themselves and another person or persons, or one or more of themselves and another person or persons, as grantees, and the conveyance has the same effect as to whether it creates a joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entireties, or tenancy in common, or tenancy in partnership, as if it were a conveyance from a stranger who owned the real estate to the persons named as grantees in the conveyance.

2. Any two or more persons owning real estate, or any interest therein, which they have power to convey, may effectively convey such real estate by a conveyance naming one, or more than one, or all such persons as grantees, and the conveyance has the same effect, as to whether it creates a separate ownership, or a joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entireties, or tenancy in common, or tenancy in partnership, as if it were a conveyance from a stranger who owned the real estate, to the persons named as grantees in the conveyance.

3. Any "person" mentioned in this section may be a married person, and any "persons" so mentioned may be persons married to each other.

(L. 1953 p. 615 § 442.024) CROSS REFERENCE: Homestead, conveyance requirements, 513.475 (1954) Tenants in common in trust estate, consisting of personal property, having power to alter or amend trust agreement, could make such changes as were necessary to change their ownership to joint tenancy with right of survivorship. Creek v. Union National Bank (Mo.), 266 S.W.2d 737. (1960) Conveyance to two persons with habendum clause reciting that grantees are to hold "as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, with right of survivorship, and to their heirs and assigns forever" created joint tenancy and the right of survivorship was defeated by a subsequent conveyance by one of joint tenants. McClendon v. Johnson (Mo.), 337 S.W.2d 77. (1961) A deed executed in 1943 by owner of land to his wife conveying an interest in real estate and reciting that under the deed the first party was reserving unto himself a co-tenancy by the entirety with the party of the second part in and to said premises, the intention being to vest fee simple title in the premises in the grantor and grantee, husband and wife, by the entirety with the right of survivorship held to create an estate by the entirety. Kluck v. Metsger (Mo.), 349 S.W.2d 919.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.131 — MO Code / Chapter 416 / Section 416.131
416.131 Venue of actions — actions to be brought within four years — involvement in ...
Status: in_force

416.131. Venue of actions — actions to be brought within four years — involvement in interstate or foreign commerce, no defense. — 1. Any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, authorized by sections 416.011 to 416.161 , shall be brought in the circuit court for the circuit in which any defendant resides, engages in business or has an agent, unless otherwise specifically provided herein.

2. Any action brought under sections 416.011 to 416.161 shall be barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. No cause of action barred under existing law on August 13, 1974, shall be revived by sections 416.011 to 416.161 .

3. Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding is commenced by the state to prevent, restrain or punish violations of sections 416.011 to 416.161 , but not including an action under section 416.121 , brought by the state, the running of the statute of limitations in respect to every private right of action arising under sections 416.011 to 416.161 based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in such proceedings shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter; except, however, that whenever the running of the statute of limitations in respect of a private cause of action arising under sections 416.011 to 416.161 is suspended hereunder, any action to enforce such cause of action shall be forever barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within four years after the cause of action accrued.

4. No action under sections 416.011 to 416.161 shall be barred on the ground that the activity or conduct complained of in any manner affects or involves interstate or foreign commerce.

(L. 1974 S.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.390 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.390
8.390 State agencies to use buildings and pay rentals.
Status: in_force

8.390. State agencies to use buildings and pay rentals. — 1. If the board of public buildings enters into a project authorized by sections 8.370 to 8.450 , except energy retrofitting projects, it may require any or all of the agencies or instrumentalities of the state which occupy rented or leased quarters in the city in which the project is located to occupy quarters in the project and may require each such agency to contribute from time to time from funds appropriated for its support a proportion of the rentals necessary to be received from the project under the terms of the project contract determined by the board on the basis of the ratio which the number of square feet of floor space occupied by the agency or instrumentality bears to the total number of usable square feet of space in the entire project.

2. The board of public buildings may require any or all of the agencies or instrumentalities of the state to participate in the board's energy retrofitting projects and may require each such agency to contribute from time to time from funds appropriated for its support a proportional share of the costs of the energy retrofitting project necessary to be received under the terms of the project agreement.

(L. 1959 H.B. 241 § 3, A.L. 1961 p. 564, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1501) Effective 5-20-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.190 — MO Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65.190
65.190 Failure to take oath — forfeiture.
Status: in_force

65.190. Failure to take oath — forfeiture. — If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office shall enter upon the duties of his office before he shall have taken such oath, he shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars, to be collected and applied as in section 65.180 . Township officers shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are chosen or appointed and qualified.

(RSMo 1939 § 13960, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12283; 1919 § 13196; 1909 § 11684
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.519 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.519
454.519 Lien on rights of action for personal injury or negligence, when, procedure ...
Status: in_force

454.519. Lien on rights of action for personal injury or negligence, when, procedure — notice, contents — liability of persons making payment or settlement after notice. — 1. The director, IV-D agency or the obligee may cause a lien for unpaid and delinquent child or spousal support to be placed upon any and all demands or rights of action for negligence or personal injury which any obligor delinquent in child or spousal support payments may have.

2. No such lien shall be effective unless and until a written notice is mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the alleged tort-feasor or the attorney of record, if any. The notice shall contain the name and address of the delinquent obligor, the Social Security number of the obligor, if known, the name of the obligee, and the amount of delinquent child or spousal support. The notice shall also instruct the tort-feasor to mail a copy of the notice of lien to the tort-feasor's insurance carrier, if any.

3. Notice of this lien shall not be mailed unless the delinquent child or spousal support obligation exceeds one hundred dollars.

4. Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment or settlement in full or partial satisfaction of the demand or right of action, after receipt by the tort-feasor of the notice of lien, shall be liable to the obligee or, if support has been assigned pursuant to subsection 2 of section 208.040 , to the state or IV-D agency in an amount equal to the lesser of the payment or settlement, or the delinquent child or spousal support. In such event, the lien may be enforced by a suit at law against any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations making the payment or settlement.

5. In cases which are not IV-D cases to cause a lien pursuant to the provisions of this section the obligee or the obligee's attorney shall file notice of the lien with the lienholder or payor. This notice shall have attached a certified copy of the court order with all modifications and a sworn statement by the obligee or a certified statement from the court attesting to or certifying the amount of arrearages.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1479, A.L. 1993 S.B. 253, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361) Effective 7-01-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 213.020 — MO Code / Chapter 213 / Section 213.020
213.020 Commission on human rights created — members, how appointed, terms, ...
Status: in_force

213.020. Commission on human rights created — members, how appointed, terms, vacancies, how filled — functions — local commissions, power and authority. — 1. There is hereby created a "Missouri Commission on Human Rights". It shall consist of eleven members, with no less than one from each of the congressional districts of this state, serving without compensation, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One of the members shall be appointed chairperson by the governor. Appointments to the commission shall be for a term of six years. No more than six members at any one time shall be members of the same political party. In the event of the death or resignation of any member, his successor shall be appointed to serve for the unexpired period of the term for which such member had been appointed.

2. The function of the commission shall be to encourage fair treatment for and to foster mutual understanding and respect among, and to discourage discrimination against, any racial, ethnic, religious or other group protected by this chapter, members of these groups or persons with disabilities.

3. Any local commission created and established prior to August 13, 1986, by an ordinance adopted by the governing body of any city, constitutional charter city, town, village, or county, shall have the power and authority to seek to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodation, and to establish related programs, which shall be certified by the commission as substantially equivalent. The power and authority of such commissions to initiate and pursue administrative proceedings and remedies shall be solely as provided in section 213.135 .

(L. 1959 H.B. 266 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1986 S.B. 513, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1619, A.L. 1998 S.B. 786) (1990) Nothing in subsection 3 of this statute gives cities, towns, villages or counties the power to create a cause of action for the violation of an antidiscrimination ordinance. Failure of legislature to include an express grant of power to determine violations and make awards establishes its intent that such power is not included. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. v. Mayor's Commission on Human Rights of the City of Springfield, 791 S.W.2d 382 (Mo. en banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.352 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.352
227.352 Thomas G. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Highway designated for a portion of State ...
Status: in_force

227.352. Thomas G. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Highway designated for a portion of State Route 51 located in Perry County. — The portion of State Route 51 in Perry County from Interstate Highway 55 to U.S. Highway 61 shall be designated the "Thomas G. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Highway".

(L. 2004 H.B. 1442)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 276.160 — MO Code / Chapter 276 / Section 276.160
276.160 Poultry and egg exchanges deemed public markets and subject to law.
Status: in_force

276.160. Poultry and egg exchanges deemed public markets and subject to law. — Any regular place of business or trading room commonly known or designated as a poultry and egg exchange, or egg and poultry exchange, or produce exchange, maintained or operated by any organization, of whatever form or kind, for the members of such organization, in which said place of business or trading room members of such organization sell, buy, exchange, or bargain for poultry and eggs or other farm products for themselves or others, is hereby declared to be a public market, and said public market, and the organization maintaining or operating the same, and the members of said organization, in buying, selling or exchanging in said market, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 276.160 to 276.230 .

(RSMo 1939 § 14398) Prior revision: 1929 § 12740
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 181.065 — MO Code / Chapter 181 / Section 181.065
181.065 State aid to libraries for services for blind and physically handicapped — ...
Status: in_force

181.065. State aid to libraries for services for blind and physically handicapped — state librarian to administer services. — 1. The general assembly may appropriate moneys to any library which is designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a regional or subregional library to furnish library service to eligible blind and physically handicapped citizens as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966).

2. The state librarian shall administer the library service for the blind and physically handicapped, and request an annual operating budget for regional or subregional libraries providing services to the blind and physically handicapped as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966), and shall monitor services and activities from any library in Missouri which may be designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a subregional library for the blind and physically handicapped.

(L. 1963 p. 356 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1972 S.B. 590, A.L. 1974 S.B. 541, A.L. 1991 S.B. 197) Effective 7-1-93