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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.402 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.402
570.402 Conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.
Status: in_force

570.402. Conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards if he or she knowingly engages in any transaction to convert public assistance benefits or EBT cards to other property contrary to statutes, rules and regulations, either state or federal, governing the use of public assistance benefits.

2. The offense of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards is a class A misdemeanor, unless the face value of the public assistance benefits or EBT cards is seven hundred fifty dollars or more or the person is found guilty of a second offense of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards in an amount less than seven hundred fifty dollars, in which case it is a class E felony. Any person who is found guilty of a second or subsequent offense of felony unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards, or any person who is found guilty of an offense under this section and has previously been found guilty of two or more violations under sections 570.400 to 570.410 , shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who is found guilty of felony unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall serve not less than one hundred twenty days in the department of corrections unless such person pays full restitution to the state of Missouri within thirty days of the date of execution of sentence.

3. In addition to any criminal penalty, any person found guilty of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall pay full restitution to the state of Missouri for the total amount of moneys converted. No person placed on probation for the offense shall be released from probation until full restitution has been paid.

(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 3, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2013 S.B. 251, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 578.379; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.230 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.230
292.230 Prosecution where violation of other laws.
Status: in_force

292.230. Prosecution where violation of other laws. — In case of an offense which is a violation of sections 292.010 to 292.250 and of some other law of this state, then the director or assistant director may elect under which law he will prosecute; but where an offense is in violation of some other law of this state in relation to the protection of employees, but is not covered by sections 292.010 to 292.250 , then it shall be the duty of the director or assistant director to prosecute for all such offenses under the law violated.

(RSMo 1939 § 10206) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13246; 1919 § 6811; 1909 § 7851
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 266.550 — MO Code / Chapter 266 / Section 266.550
266.550 Instrument of sale, information to be shown on.
Status: in_force

266.550. Instrument of sale, information to be shown on. — 1. All agricultural liming materials sold, offered, or exposed for sale shall guarantee effective neutralizing material and the effective magnesium per ton.

2. Any person who shall sell, offer, or expose for sale, or who shall ship, transport, or deliver agricultural liming materials, shall affix or cause to be affixed to every bill of lading, scale ticket, delivery receipt or other instrument of sale plainly thereon the net weight of the lot and the guarantee of the effective magnesium and effective neutralizing material per ton as provided in sections 266.500 to 266.550 and the name brand, if any, under which the liming material is sold, the name of the manufacturer, producer or shipper, and the location of the principal office of the manufacturer, producer or shipper.

(L. 1976 H.B. 1630 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.278 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.278
105.278 Short title.
Status: in_force

105.278. Short title. — Sections 105.273 to 105.278 may be cited as the "Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Law".

(L. 1959 S.B. 119 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.361 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.361
369.361 Foreign associations adjoining states and principal business outside state, ...
Status: in_force

369.361. Foreign associations adjoining states and principal business outside state, requirements to do business — principal business, how determined — control, defined. — 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, foreign associations which conduct their principal operations in a state adjoining Missouri, and which are not controlled by a foreign holding company incorporated in or which conducts its principal operations in a state not adjoining Missouri, may acquire control of associations in Missouri or may merge with or acquire control of associations conducting their principal operations in Missouri, if the adjoining state permits associations which conduct their principal operations in Missouri to acquire control of savings and loan associations in such adjoining state, under conditions which are substantially the same as those imposed by that state on savings and loan associations conducting their principal operations in that state except, any savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company having its principal office in this state, may merge with or acquire control of, or be merged with or be acquired by, a savings and loan association or a savings and loan holding company having its principal office in any other state if the savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company having its principal office in this state is conducting business as a savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company in that state; and any savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company which has its principal office outside of this state may continue to conduct business in this state if they were conducting such business on August 13, 1986.

2. As used in this section, the state in which a savings and loan association conducts its principal business shall be the state in which the total deposits are the largest, and the term "control" shall mean control in any manner of the election of a majority of the directors of a savings and loan association.

(L. 1986 S.B. 730)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.256 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.256
210.256 Violations, penalties — injunction, procedure.
Status: in_force

210.256. Violations, penalties — injunction, procedure. — 1. Any person who violates any provision of sections 210.252 to 210.255 , or who for such person or for any other person makes a materially false statement in the notice of parental responsibility required by sections 210.254 and 210.255 , shall be guilty of an infraction for the first offense and shall be assessed a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars and shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for subsequent offenses. In case such guilty person is a corporation, association, institution, or society, the officers thereof who participate in such violation shall be subject to the same penalties.

2. In addition to initiating proceedings pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, or in lieu thereof, the prosecuting attorney of the county where the child-care facility is located may file suit for a preliminary and permanent order overseeing or preventing the operation of a child-care facility for violating any provision of section 210.252 . The injunction shall remain in force until such time as the court determines that the child-care facility is in substantial compliance.

3. In cases of imminent bodily harm to children in the care of a child-care facility, the department of elementary and secondary education may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the child-care facility is located for injunctive relief, which may include removing the children from the facility, overseeing the operation of the facility or closing the facility.

(L. 1993 H.B. 376 § 3, A.L. 1999 H.B. 490 & H.B. 308, A.L. 2022 S.B. 683)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.715 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.715
486.715 Safeguarding of journal, requirements.
Status: in_force

486.715. Safeguarding of journal, requirements. — 1. A notary shall safeguard his or her journal and all other notarial records and surrender or destroy them only by court order or at the direction of the secretary.

2. If not in use, the journal shall be kept in a secure area under the exclusive control of the notary and shall not be used by any other notary, nor surrendered to an employer upon termination of employment.

3. Within ten days after a notary's journal is discovered to be stolen, lost, destroyed, damaged, or otherwise rendered unusable or unreadable, the notary, after informing the appropriate law enforcement agency in the case of theft or vandalism, shall notify the secretary by any means providing a tangible receipt, including certified mail and electronic transmission, and also provide a copy or identification number of any pertinent police report.

4. Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration of a notary commission, or death of the notary, the journal and notarial records shall be delivered to the secretary in accordance with section 486.795 or 486.800 by any means providing a tangible receipt, including certified mail and electronic transmission.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.380 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.380
150.380 Itinerant vendor defined — exceptions.
Status: in_force

150.380. Itinerant vendor defined — exceptions. — 1. The words "itinerant vendor" , for the purposes of sections 150.380 to 150.460 , shall mean and include all persons, both principal and agents, who engage in, or conduct, in this state, either in one locality or in traveling from place to place, a temporary or transient business of selling goods, wares and merchandise with the intention of continuing in such business in any one place for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty days, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease or occupy, either in whole or in part, a room, building, or other structure, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise and do not have a permanent place of business in Missouri.

2. The provisions of sections 150.380 to 150.460 shall not apply to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business, nor to bona fide sales of goods, wares and merchandise by sample for future delivery, nor to hawkers on the streets or peddlers from vehicles, nor to any sale of goods, wares or merchandise on the grounds of any agricultural society during the continuance of any annual fair held by such society, nor to auctioneers when selling goods, merchandise or property for customary auction fee or commissions.

(RSMo 1939 § 11331, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1170) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10103; 1919 § 13094
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.639 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.639
454.639 Collection and enforcement — remedies — modification.
Status: in_force

454.639. Collection and enforcement — remedies — modification. — All remedies available for collection and enforcement of child support apply to medical support ordered pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 . The remedies established by sections 454.600 to 454.645 are in addition to and not in substitution for other remedies provided by law and apply without regard to when the order was entered. Either parent or the division may initiate modification proceedings to seek the addition of a provision for health benefit plan coverage to an existing court or administrative order, notwithstanding the requirement under this chapter, chapters 210 , 211 , and 452 to allege or prove a substantial and continuing change in circumstances.

(L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 16) Effective 5-26-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.213 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.213
208.213 Personal care contracts, effect on eligibility.
Status: in_force

208.213. Personal care contracts, effect on eligibility. — 1. In determining if an institutionalized individual is ineligible for the periods and reasons specified in 42 U.S.C. Section 1396p, a personal care contract received in exchange for personal property, real property, or cash and securities is fair and valuable consideration only if:

(1) There is a written agreement between the individual or individuals providing services and the individual receiving care which specifies the type, frequency, and duration of the services to be provided that was signed and dated on or before the date the services began;

(2) The services do not duplicate those which another party is being paid to provide;

(3) The individual receiving the services has a documented need for the personal care services provided;

(4) The services are essential to avoid institutionalization of the individual receiving benefit of the services;

(5) Compensation for the services shall be made at the time services are performed or within two months of the provision of the services; and

(6) The fair market value of the services provided prior to the month of institutionalization is equal to the fair market value of the assets exchanged for the services.

2. The fair market value for services provided shall be based on the current rate paid to providers of such services in the county of residence.

(L. 2007 S.B. 577)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.631 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.631
208.631 Program established, terminates, when — definitions.
Status: in_force

208.631. Program established, terminates, when — definitions. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the MO HealthNet division shall establish a program to pay for health care for uninsured children. Coverage pursuant to sections 208.631 to 208.658 is subject to appropriation. The provisions of sections 208.631 to 208.658 , health care for uninsured children, shall be void and of no effect if there are no funds of the United States appropriated by Congress to be provided to the state on the basis of a state plan approved by the federal government under the federal Social Security Act. If funds are appropriated by the United States Congress, the department of social services is authorized to manage the state children's health insurance program (SCHIP) allotment in order to ensure that the state receives maximum federal financial participation. Children in households with incomes up to one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level may meet all Title XIX program guidelines as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Children in households with incomes of one hundred fifty percent to three hundred percent of the federal poverty level shall continue to be eligible as they were and receive services as they did on June 30, 2007, unless changed by the Missouri general assembly.

2. For the purposes of sections 208.631 to 208.658 , "children" are persons up to nineteen years of age. "Uninsured children" are persons up to nineteen years of age who are emancipated and do not have access to affordable employer-subsidized health care insurance or other health care coverage or persons whose parent or guardian have not had access to affordable employer-subsidized health care insurance or other health care coverage for their children prior to application, are residents of the state of Missouri, and have parents or guardians who meet the requirements in section 208.636 . A child who is eligible for MO HealthNet benefits as authorized in section 208.151 is not uninsured for the purposes of sections 208.631 to 208.658 .

(L. 1998 S.B. 632 § 208.185 subsecs. 1, 2, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1926, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1084, A.L. 2007 S.B. 577, A.L. 2014 S.B. 754 merged with S.B. 869)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.290 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.290
87.290 Members' savings fund.
Status: in_force

87.290. Members' savings fund. — The members' savings fund shall be the fund in which shall be accumulated contributions of the members.

(L. 1943 p. 708 § 8, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.567)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.450 — MO Code / Chapter 429 / Section 429.450
429.450 Such lien to have precedence over other encumbrances.
Status: in_force

429.450. Such lien to have precedence over other encumbrances. — The lien aforesaid shall attach to the buildings, erections, improvements, roadbed and property mentioned from the date of the commencement of such work and labor, or from the time such materials were furnished or delivered, and shall be prior to all mortgages or encumbrances placed upon the property affected by this lien subsequent to the passage of this law.

(RSMo 1939 § 3592) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3202; 1919 § 7262; 1909 § 8250
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 233.240 — MO Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.240
233.240 Suits to foreclose liens of special tax bills.
Status: in_force

233.240. Suits to foreclose liens of special tax bills. — If any such special tax bills be unpaid on the first day of February after becoming payable, the commissioners shall cause suits to be instituted for foreclosure of the lien thereof. Such suits shall be instituted in the circuit court of the county by any attorney the special road district commissioners may designate and order the county collector to deliver such unpaid special tax bills to. The road district shall be plaintiff in such suits and any and all parties having an interest in the property to be affected thereby may be made defendants. In such suits, each special tax bill shall be prima facie evidence of a valid lien in favor of the district, and upon the land described therein, for the amount stated therein. In every suit so instituted, there shall be taxed as costs, in favor of the attorney instituting the suit, a reasonable attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court.

(RSMo 1939 § 8722) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8073; 1919 § 10845
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.670 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.670
226.670 Licenses — fee.
Status: in_force

226.670. Licenses — fee. — No person shall operate, establish, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, without obtaining a license from the state highways and transportation commission of Missouri. The state highways and transportation commission shall have authority to issue a license for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards within the limits established in the preceding section and shall charge an annual fee of ten dollars, payable in advance. All licenses shall expire on the first day of January following the date of issue and the commission may charge a pro rata part of the annual license fee for portions of a year. Licenses shall be renewed from year to year on payment of the license fee. Such fee shall be deposited in the highway fund and be expended by the state highways and transportation commission in the administration of provisions of sections 226.650 to 226.720 .

(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1860 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1860
67.1860 Title.
Status: in_force

67.1860. Title. — Sections 67.1860 to 67.1898 shall be known as the "Missouri Law Enforcement District Act".

(L. 2001 H.B. 80 merged with S.B. 224) Effective 5-16-01 (S.B. 224); 7-02-01 (H.B. 80)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.068 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.068
148.068 Tax assessed, when, supplemental assessment.
Status: in_force

148.068. Tax assessed, when, supplemental assessment. — 1. The amount of tax which is shown to be due on the return, including revisions for mathematical errors, shall be deemed to be assessed on the date of filing of the return including any amended returns showing an increase of tax. In the case of a return properly filed without the computation of the tax, the tax computed by the director shall be deemed to be assessed on the date when payment is due. If a notice of deficiency has been mailed, the amount of the deficiency shall be deemed to be assessed sixty days after the notice of deficiency was mailed if no protest is filed; or, if a protest is filed, then upon the later of the date when the determination of the director or the administrative hearing commission becomes final. Any amount paid as a tax or in respect of a tax shall be deemed to be assessed upon the date of receipt of payment, notwithstanding any other provision of sections 148.010 to 148.110 .

2. If the mode or time for the assessment of any tax under sections 148.010 to 148.110 including interest, additions to tax, and penalties is not otherwise provided for, the director of revenue may establish the same by regulation.

3. The director may, at any time within the period prescribed for assessment, make a supplemental assessment, subject to the provisions of section 148.060 where applicable, whenever it is found that any assessment is imperfect or incomplete in any material aspect.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1195) Effective 5-15-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.145 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.145
354.145 Appeal from director's actions or decisions, how taken.
Status: in_force

354.145. Appeal from director's actions or decisions, how taken. — Every final administrative action or decision of the director under sections 354.010 to 354.380 shall be subject to judicial review under and in accordance with the administrative procedure and review law of this state, chapter 536 .

(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 28, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.800 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.800
476.800 Definitions.
Status: in_force

476.800. Definitions. — As used in sections 476.800 to 476.806 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Appointing authority" , any court required to provide an interpreter;

(2) "Court proceeding" , any proceeding before a court of record;

(3) "Non-English speaking person" , any person involved in a legal proceeding who cannot readily speak or understand the English language, but does not include persons who are deaf or have a hearing disability;

(4) "Qualified interpreter" , an impartial and unbiased person who is readily able to render a complete and accurate interpretation or translation of spoken and written English for non-English speaking persons and of non-English oral or written statements into spoken English.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.151 — MO Code / Chapter 548 / Section 548.151
548.151 Commitment to await requisition — bail.
Status: in_force

548.151. Commitment to await requisition — bail. — If from the examination before the judge or associate circuit judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under section 548.061 , that he has fled from justice, the judge or associate circuit judge must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in section 548.161 or until he shall be legally discharged.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 15) (1954) Where court committed accused for fifteen days under § 548.151 and then recommitted him for another fifteen days under § 548.171, its power was spent and no further commitment could be made. Christopher v. Tozer (A.), 263 S.W.2d 864.