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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.156 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.156
578.156 Interference with the transportation of livestock, offense of — penalties.
Status: in_force

578.156. Interference with the transportation of livestock, offense of — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of interference with the transportation of livestock if the person knowingly does any of the following:

(1) Stops, hinders, impedes, boards, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with a motor vehicle transporting livestock regardless of whether the motor vehicle is moving;

(2) Provokes or disturbs livestock when the livestock is confined in a motor vehicle regardless of whether the motor vehicle is moving; or

(3) Puts or places a compound or substance on, near, or upon such livestock that would:

(a) Affect the livestock's marketability or suitability for use;

(b) Affect animal or human health; or

(c) Result in an unreasonable transportation or shipping delay.

2. The offense of interference with the transportation of livestock is a class E felony for a first offense and a class C felony for any second or subsequent offense.

3. In a prosecution alleging that a person committed the offense of interference with the transportation of livestock under subsection 1 of this section, the person may assert an affirmative defense of consent. The person shall prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the person was acting with the consent of any of the following:

(1) A person having real or apparent authority to transport the livestock; or

(2) The owner of the livestock or any other person having real or apparent authority to possess or control the livestock.

4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any enforcement action or services provided by a law enforcement officer or agency or an employee or agent of the department of agriculture acting under section 267.645 .

5. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Livestock" , as defined under section 265.300 ;

(2) "Motor vehicle" , any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks and an item attached to the motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" shall not include farm tractors and electric bicycles.

(L. 2023 S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.073 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.073
565.073 Domestic assault, second degree — penalty.
Status: in_force

565.073. Domestic assault, second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the second degree if the act involves a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under section 565.002 , and he or she:

(1) Knowingly causes physical injury to such domestic victim by any means, including but not limited to, use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or by choking or strangulation; or

(2) Recklessly causes serious physical injury to such domestic victim; or

(3) Recklessly causes physical injury to such domestic victim by means of any deadly weapon.

2. The offense of domestic assault in the second degree is a class D felony.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al., A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371) Effective 1-01-17 CROSS REFERENCE: Domestic assault, batterer intervention program ordered, costs, how paid, 595.320
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.610 — MO Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65.610
65.610 Abolition of township organization — procedure.
Status: in_force

65.610. Abolition of township organization — procedure. — 1. Upon the petition of at least ten percent of voters at the last general election of any county having heretofore adopted township organization, praying therefor, the county commission shall submit the question of the abolition of township organization to the voters of the county at a general or special election. The question shall include a countywide tax levy for road and bridge purposes. The total vote for governor at the last general election before the filing of the petition where a governor was elected shall be used to determine the number of voters necessary to sign the petition. If the petition is filed six months or more prior to a general election, the proposition shall be submitted at a special election to be ordered by the county commission within sixty days after the petition is filed; if the petition is filed less than six months before a general election, then the proposition shall be submitted at the general election next succeeding the filing of the petition. The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to elections of county officers. The clerk of the county commission shall give notice that a proposition for the abolition of township organization form of county government in the county is to be voted upon by causing a copy of the order of the county commission authorizing such election to be published at least once each week for three successive weeks, the last insertion to be not more than one week prior to the election, in some newspaper published in the county where the election is to be held, if there is a newspaper published in the county and, if not, by posting printed or written handbills in at least two public places in each election precinct in the county at least twenty-one days prior to the date of election. The clerk of the county commission shall provide the ballot which shall be printed and in substantially the following form:

If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition shall vote for the abolition thereof the township organization form of county government shall be declared to have been abolished; and township organization shall cease in said county; and except as provided in section 65.620 all laws in force in relation to counties not having township organization shall immediately take effect and be in force in such county.

2. No election or any proposal for either the adoption of township organization or for the abolition of township organization in any county shall be held within two years after an election is held under this section.

(RSMo 1939 § 14023, A.L. 1963 p. 121, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 592) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12346; 1919 § 13259; 1909 § 11745
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.195 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.195
351.195 Reduction of stated capital, how made.
Status: in_force

351.195. Reduction of stated capital, how made. — 1. The reduction of the stated capital of a corporation, whether by retirement of reacquired shares or otherwise, may be made in the following manner, but nothing contained in this section shall be construed to forbid the retirement of shares or the reduction of stated capital in any other manner permitted by this chapter:

(1) The board of directors may adopt a resolution setting forth the amount of the proposed reduction and the manner in which the reduction shall be effected, and directing that the question of the reduction be submitted to a vote at a meeting of the shareholders, which may be either an annual or a special meeting, except that such proposed reduction need not be adopted by the board of directors and may be directly submitted to any annual or special meeting of shareholders;

(2) Written or printed notice, stating that the purpose or one of the purposes of such meeting is to consider the question of reducing the stated capital of the corporation, shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting within the time and in the manner provided in this chapter for the giving of notice of meetings of shareholders. If the meeting be an annual meeting, the purpose may be included in the notice of the annual meeting;

(3) At the meeting a vote of the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall be taken on the question of the proposed reduction of stated capital, which shall require for its adoption the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting.

2. No reduction of stated capital shall be made which would reduce the stated capital represented by shares without par value having a preferential right in the assets of the corporation in the event of involuntary liquidation to an amount less than the aggregate preferential amount provided from time to time to be payable upon such shares in the event of such involuntary liquidation.

3. The surplus, if any, created by or arising out of a reduction of the stated capital of a corporation is paid-in surplus.

4. No distribution of assets to shareholders in connection with a reduction of stated capital shall be made out of stated capital unless the assets of the corporation remaining after the reduction of stated capital shall be sufficient to pay any debts of the corporation, the payment of which shall not have been otherwise provided for.

5. All shares retired under this or any other section shall become authorized and unissued shares of the class to which they belong, unless the reissue thereof is prohibited by the articles of incorporation, in which case the authorized shares of such class should be reduced to the extent of the shares so retired.

(L. 1943 p. 410 § 60, A.L. 1961 p. 248, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.1124 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.1124
376.1124 Rescinding of a long-term care policy, permitted when — grounds for ...
Status: in_force

376.1124. Rescinding of a long-term care policy, permitted when — grounds for contesting — no field issuance, when. — 1. For a policy or certificate that has been in force less than six months, an insurer may rescind a long-term care insurance policy or certificate, or deny an otherwise valid long-term care insurance claim upon a showing of misrepresentation that is material to the acceptance for coverage.

2. For a policy or certificate that has been in force for at least six months but less than two years, an insurer may rescind a long-term care insurance policy or certificate, or deny an otherwise valid long-term care insurance claim upon a showing of misrepresentation that is both material to the acceptance of coverage and which pertains to the conditions for which benefits are sought.

3. After a policy or certificate has been in force for two years, such policy or certificate is not contestable upon the grounds of misrepresentation alone. Such policy or certificate may be contested only upon a showing that the insured knowingly and intentionally misrepresented relevant facts relating to the insured's health.

4. No long-term care insurance policy or certificate shall be field issued based on medical or health status. For purposes of this subsection, "field issued" means a policy or certificate issued by an agent or third-party administrator pursuant to the underwriting authority granted to the agent or third-party administrator by an insurer.

5. If an insurer has paid benefits under the long-term care insurance policy or certificate, the benefit payments shall not be recovered by the insurer if such policy or certificate is rescinded.

6. In the event of the death of the insured, this section shall not apply to the remaining death benefit of a life insurance policy that accelerates benefits for long-term care. In this situation, the remaining death benefits under these such policies shall be governed by the contestability provisions otherwise applicable in the policy to life insurance benefits. In all other situations, this section shall apply to life insurance policies that accelerate benefits for long-term care.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1568 merged with S.B. 1009)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.453 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.453
443.453 Financial institutions to pay property tax, how.
Status: in_force

443.453. Financial institutions to pay property tax, how. — Financial institutions, as defined in section 381.410 , which are mortgage servicers, shall pay property tax obligations which they service from escrow accounts, as defined in Title 24, Part 3500, Section 17, Code of Federal Regulations, in one annual payment before the first day of January of the year following the year for which the tax is levied. Escrow accounts established between such financial institutions and borrowers are contractually binding and may disallow the payment of property taxes more than once a year as such payments are authorized in section 139.053 .

(L. 1999 S.B. 386 § 408.620)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.550 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.550
43.550 Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes.
Status: in_force

43.550. Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes. — The revisor of statutes shall change all references in statute from "criminal records and identification division" or "criminal records division" to "central repository".

(L. 2009 H.B. 62 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.113 — MO Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10.113
10.113 Jim the Wonder Dog designated as Missouri's wonder dog.
Status: in_force

10.113. Jim the Wonder Dog designated as Missouri's wonder dog. — The dog known as "Jim the Wonder Dog" is designated as Missouri's wonder dog.

(L. 2017 S.B. 376)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 257.150 — MO Code / Chapter 257 / Section 257.150
257.150 Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor.
Status: in_force

257.150. Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor. — Within thirty days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall take the following action:

(1) Transmit to the secretary of state copies of the findings and decree, the same to be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed and recorded under the general law concerning corporations. The secretary of state shall receive for filing and recording the copies such fees as now are or hereafter may be provided by law for like services in similar cases.

(2) Transmit to the county recorder of deeds in each of the counties having lands in the district, copies of the findings, decree, and surveyor's map of the district, the same to be filed in the office of the county recorder of deeds, where they shall become permanent records. The recorder of deeds in each county shall receive a fee of five dollars for filing and preserving the same.

(3) Transmit to the state agency designated by the governor to review plans of conservancy districts copies of the findings, decree, and surveyor's map of the district.

(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 15)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 246.050 — MO Code / Chapter 246 / Section 246.050
246.050 Fees of county treasurer.
Status: in_force

246.050. Fees of county treasurer. — County treasurers for receiving, receipting for, preserving and paying out funds of drainage and levee districts, shall receive one percent of sums paid out.

(RSMo 1939 § 12471) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10881; 1919 § 45764
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 360.065 — MO Code / Chapter 360 / Section 360.065
360.065 Subsequent or additional issues of bonds, when — refunding bonds, when.
Status: in_force

360.065. Subsequent or additional issues of bonds, when — refunding bonds, when. — Issuance by the authority of one or more series of bonds for one or more than one purpose shall not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same facility or facilities, any other facility or facilities, or any other purpose hereunder, but the resolution or trust indenture whereunder any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage made for any prior issue of bonds. Any issue of bonds of the authority at any time outstanding may be refunded at any time and from time to time by the authority by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the authority may deem necessary, but not exceeding the amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, commissions, service fees, and other expenses necessary to be paid in connection with the refunding. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded then shall have matured or thereafter shall mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment of the bonds being refunded or by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds being refunded with the consent of the holder or holders of the bonds being refunded, regardless of whether or not the bonds being refunded were issued in connection with the same facility or facilities, or a separate facility or facilities, or any other purpose hereunder and regardless of whether or not the bonds proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same date or different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.

(L. 1975 H.B. 70 § 11, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1456)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.485 — MO Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1.485
1.485 Severability clause.
Status: in_force

1.485. Severability clause. — If any provision of sections 1.410 to 1.485 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such determination shall not affect the provisions or applications of sections 1.410 to 1.485 that may be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and the provisions of sections 1.410 to 1.485 are severable.

(L. 2021 H.B. 85 & 310) Effective 6-12-21 (2023) The Second Amendment Preservation Act is unconstitutional in its entirety as a violation of the Supremacy Clause, Article VI of the United States Constitution. United States v. Missouri, 660 F.Supp.3d 791 (W.D. Mo.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 485.077 — MO Code / Chapter 485 / Section 485.077
485.077 Certification of official court reporters required.
Status: in_force

485.077. Certification of official court reporters required. — 1. No judge of any court in this state shall appoint an official court reporter who is not a court reporter certified by the board of certified court reporter examiners, as provided in supreme court rule 14. In the absence of an official court reporter due to illness, physical incapacity, death, dismissal or resignation, a judge may appoint a temporary court reporter, but such temporary court reporter shall not serve more than six months without obtaining a certificate pursuant to the provisions of supreme court rule 14.

2. No testimony taken in this state by deposition shall be given in any court in this state, and no record on appeal from an administrative agency of this state shall include testimony taken in this state by deposition, unless the deposition is prepared and certified by a certified court reporter, except as provided in supreme court rule 57.03(c).

3. Deposition testimony taken outside the state shall be deemed to be in conformity with this section if the testimony was prepared and certified by a court reporter authorized to prepare and certify deposition testimony in the jurisdiction in which the testimony was taken.

4. This section shall not apply to depositions taken in this state in connection with cases not pending in a Missouri state court or administrative agency at the time the deposition was taken.

(L. 2001 S.B. 267 § 476.365, A.L. 2007 S.B. 163, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.503 — MO Code / Chapter 573 / Section 573.503
573.503 Local government may require background checks.
Status: in_force

573.503. Local government may require background checks. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any city not within a county and any county may, by order or ordinance, require a background check be conducted on all employees of any adult cabaret to ascertain whether any such employees have been convicted of or have pled guilty to any misdemeanor or felony involving prostitution or aiding or abetting prostitution, drug possession or trafficking, money laundering, tax evasion, or illegal gambling activity.

(L. 1993 S.B. 180 § 12) Effective 7-02-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.010 — MO Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58.010
58.010 Office of coroner (certain counties).
Status: in_force

58.010. Office of coroner (certain counties). — In each county of the state, except in counties of the second class which prior to January 1, 1975, have a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand and less than two hundred thousand, and counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and any other county which adopts the provisions of sections 58.700 through 58.765 , there shall be an office of coroner.

(L. 1945 p. 1404 § 1, A.L. 1973 S.B. 122)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.580 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.580
249.580 Special tax bills.
Status: in_force

249.580. Special tax bills. — All special tax bills provided for by sections 249.430 to 249.660 shall be made out in favor of the contractor to be paid, or his assignee, and all such special tax bills shall be certified by the county clerk or in his name by any deputy county clerk thereto authorized by an order of the county commission of record, and said county clerk shall deliver such tax bills to the party in whose favor made out, or his assignee, and take the receipt of such party therefor in full of all claims against the county on account of the work for which such tax bills shall have been made out. No tax bill need give the name of any party owning or interested in the land charged thereby.

(L. 1941 p. 557 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 30.510 — MO Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.510
30.510 Transition facilities to be provided for treasurer.
Status: in_force

30.510. Transition facilities to be provided for treasurer. — 1. The commissioner of administration shall provide office space and equipment for the treasurer-elect and his staff during the transition period. The facilities provided shall be located at the seat of government and shall be suitable for the purpose and capable of adequately housing the treasurer-elect and his staff.

2. The commissioner of administration shall furnish the transition facility with adequate telephone service, office furniture and office machines including but not limited to typewriters, adding machines and duplicating equipment.

3. The transition period office space may be located in state-owned buildings or in leased property. All salaries, expenses, rentals and equipment purchase and repairs shall be made only from funds appropriated for the purpose of this transition.

(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.440 — MO Code / Chapter 509 / Section 509.440
509.440 When claim may be presented as counterclaim by supplemental pleading.
Status: in_force

509.440. When claim may be presented as counterclaim by supplemental pleading. — A claim which either matured or was acquired by the pleader after serving his pleading may, with the permission of the court, be presented as a counterclaim by supplemental pleading.

(L. 1943 p. 353 § 75)