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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.425 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.425
137.425 Tax levy, how made in counties with township organization — assessment ...
Status: in_force

137.425. Tax levy, how made in counties with township organization — assessment book, how prepared. — 1. In all counties which adopt township organization, township taxes for township purposes may be levied on the taxable property in the townships for the first year following the adoption of township organization, based on the assessment made in the year for which the taxes are levied.

2. The county assessor shall make out and deliver to the county clerk, not later than the first day of June of the same year, an assessment book of the county, arranged in a manner so that it can be determined which township is entitled to the taxes assessed against any property.

3. The book shall be supplied by the county and the assessment and the list shall be based upon the assessment made by the county assessor for the current year.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 14019, 14021, A.L. 1959 H.B. 108, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 12342, 12344; 1919 §§ 13255, 13257; 1909 § 11743
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.031 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.031
355.031 Correction of filed documents.
Status: in_force

355.031. Correction of filed documents. — 1. A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the secretary of state if the document:

(1) Contains an incorrect statement; or

(2) Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.

2. A document is corrected:

(1) By preparing articles of correction that:

(a) Describe the document, including its filing date, or attach a copy of the document to the articles;

(b) Specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and

(c) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and

(2) By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state.

3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.832 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.832
210.832 Pretrial proceedings, informal hearing before master — testimony of party ...
Status: in_force

210.832. Pretrial proceedings, informal hearing before master — testimony of party may be compelled, when — physician testimony not privileged, when — bond required when, amount — temporary support order issued, when. — 1. As soon as practicable after an action to declare the existence or nonexistence of the father and child relationship has been brought, the court may order that an informal hearing be held before a master. The public shall be barred from the hearing. A record of the proceeding or any portion of a proceeding shall be kept if any party requests or the court orders. Rules of evidence need not be observed.

2. Upon the refusal of any witness, including a party, to testify under oath or produce evidence, the court may order such witness to testify under oath and produce evidence concerning all relevant facts. If the refusal is on the ground that the witness' testimony or evidence might tend to incriminate the witness, the court may order that such testimony or evidence is inadmissible in any criminal action against the witness. If the court enters such order, the refusal of a witness to obey an order to testify or produce evidence is civil contempt of court.

3. Testimony of a physician concerning the medical circumstances of the pregnancy and the condition and characteristics of the child upon birth is not privileged.

4. Upon motion of a party, the court may require a presumed father to post bond with the court in an amount sufficient to guarantee payment of support for the period between the date the action is commenced and the expected date of final disposition of the action. In determining the amount of bond, the court shall consider the factors set forth in subsection 5 of section 210.841 .

5. Upon motion of a party, the court shall enter a temporary support order requiring the provision of child support pending the final determination of parentage if there is clear and convincing evidence establishing a presumption of paternity under section 210.822 or an acknowledgment pursuant to section 210.823 . In determining the amount of such child support, the court shall comply with subsection 5 of section 210.841 . The order shall be retroactive to the later of the date of service of the motion or the date that any presumption pursuant to section 210.822 or an acknowledgment pursuant to section 210.823 first arose.

(L. 1987 S.B. 328 § 10, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361) Effective 7-1-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 361.933 — MO Code / Chapter 361 / Section 361.933
361.933 Consistent state licensing.
Status: in_force

361.933. Consistent state licensing. — 1. To establish consistent licensing between this state and other states, the director is authorized to:

(1) Implement the licensing provisions of sections 361.900 to 361.1035 in a manner that is consistent with other states that have adopted the money transmission modernizations act or multistate licensing processes; and

(2) Participate in nationwide protocols for licensing cooperation and coordination among state regulators, provided that such protocols are consistent with sections 361.900 to 361.1035 .

2. In order to fulfill the purposes of sections 361.900 to 361.1035 , the director is authorized to establish relationships or contracts with NMLS, or other entities designated by NMLS or other third parties to enable the director to:

(1) Collect and maintain records;

(2) Coordinate multistate licensing processes and supervision processes;

(3) Process fees; and

(4) Facilitate communication between this state and licensees or other persons subject to sections 361.900 to 361.1035 .

3. The director is authorized to utilize NMLS for all aspects of licensing in accordance with sections 361.900 to 361.1035 including, but not limited to, license applications, applications for acquisitions of control, surety bonds, reporting, criminal history background checks, credit checks, fee processing, and examinations.

4. The director is authorized to utilize NMLS forms, processes, and functionalities in accordance with sections 361.900 to 361.1035 .

5. (1) The director is authorized to establish and adopt, by rule or regulation, requirements for participation by applicants and licensees in NMLS upon the division of finance's determination that each requirement is consistent with law, public interest, and the purposes of this section.

(2) Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2024, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2024 S.B. 1359)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 470.020 — MO Code / Chapter 470 / Section 470.020
470.020 Disposition of unclaimed moneys — deemed unclaimed property, when — ...
Status: in_force

470.020. Disposition of unclaimed moneys — deemed unclaimed property, when — transfer to abandoned fund account — transfer to public schools. — 1. Within one year after the final settlement of any executor or administrator, assignee, sheriff or receiver, all moneys in his or her hands unpaid or unclaimed, as provided in section 470.010 , shall, upon the order of the court in which the settlement is made, be paid to the state treasurer.

2. Beginning January 1, 2003, all real and personal estate that transfers or has transferred to the state pursuant to section 470.010 shall be deemed unclaimed property under the uniform disposition of unclaimed property act as set forth in chapter 447 and shall be treated in the same manner as all other unclaimed property under such act.

3. All moneys in the escheats fund on or after December 31, 2002, shall be transferred to the abandoned fund account created in section 447.543 , and the escheats fund shall be abolished. Any accounting information maintained by the commissioner of administration for moneys paid into the state treasury and all moneys from the sale of lands vested in the state shall be transferred to the unclaimed property division of the office of state treasurer.

4. The state treasurer shall remain custodian of any bonds purchased by the state board of fund commissioners prior to January 1, 2003, and shall deposit all interest received from such bonds into the abandoned fund account. The state treasurer, in consultation with the state board of fund commissioners, shall determine the use and disposition of proceeds from all such bonds purchased by the state board.

5. Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and for each subsequent fiscal year, the state treasurer shall transfer from the abandoned fund account to the public schools fund an amount equal to five percent of the annual amount transferred to the general revenue fund from the abandoned fund account net any transfers from the general revenue to the abandoned fund account.

(RSMo 1939 § 621, A.L. 1957 p. 866, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1248) Prior revisions: 1929 § 621; 1919 § 5310; 1909 § 6257 Effective 6-19-02 CROSS REFERENCE: Escheats fund to be used for support of public schools, 166.011
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 364.040 — MO Code / Chapter 364 / Section 364.040
364.040 License denied or suspended, grounds — hearing and review.
Status: in_force

364.040. License denied or suspended, grounds — hearing and review. — 1. Renewal of a license originally granted under this chapter may be denied, or a license may be suspended or revoked by the director on the following grounds:

(1) Material misstatement of fact in any application for license under this chapter;

(2) Willful failure to comply with provisions of this chapter relating to retail time transactions;

(3) Defrauding any retail buyer to the buyer's damage;

(4) Fraudulent misrepresentation, circumvention or concealment by the licensee through whatever subterfuge or device of any of the material particulars or the nature thereof required to be stated or furnished to a buyer under the Missouri retail credit sales law (sections 408.250 to 408.370 ).

2. If a licensee is a firm, association or corporation, it shall be sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of a license that any officer, director or trustee of a licensed firm, association or corporation, or any member of a licensed partnership, has so acted or failed to act as would be cause for suspending or revoking a license to the party as an individual. Each licensee shall be responsible for the acts of any or all of his employees while acting as his agent, if such licensee, after actual knowledge of the acts, retained the benefits, proceeds, profits or advantages accruing from the acts or otherwise ratified the acts.

3. No license shall be denied, suspended or revoked except after hearing thereon. The hearing and review thereof shall be conducted according to chapter 536 .

(L. 1963 p. 463 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.214 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.214
369.214 Redemption of accounts, how and when, effect of.
Status: in_force

369.214. Redemption of accounts, how and when, effect of. — 1. An association may redeem, by lot or otherwise as the board of directors may determine, subject to approval of the director of the division of finance, all or any part of its accounts on an earnings payment date by giving thirty days' notice by registered mail to each owner of an account to be redeemed at the owner's last address as shown on the books of the association, but the association may not do so when it is in an impaired condition or has applications for withdrawal on file unpaid. The redemption price of each account redeemed shall be its withdrawal value.

2. Earnings and all rights of the owner of any account called for redemption, except the right to receive the redemption price, cease after the date fixed for redemption if the notice of intended redemption is given as required by this section and if funds are available for the redemption on such date.

(L. 1971 S.B. 3 § 42, A.L. 1983 H.B. 570, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1165) Effective 7-06-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.208 — MO Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.208
214.208 Disinterment authorized, when — consent required, when — cemetery owner not ...
Status: in_force

*214.208. Disinterment authorized, when — consent required, when — cemetery owner not liable, when. — 1. Every person or association which owns any cemetery in which dead human remains are buried or otherwise interred is authorized, at the cemetery owner's expense, to disinter individual remains and reinter or rebury the remains at another location within the cemetery in order to correct an error made in the original burial or interment of the remains.

2. Every person or association which owns any cemetery in which dead human remains are buried or otherwise interred is authorized to disinter individual remains and either to reinter or rebury the remains at another location within the cemetery or to deliver the remains to a carrier for transportation out of the cemetery, all pursuant to written instructions signed and acknowledged by the next-of-kin at the time of death of the deceased person as set out in section 194.119 . If the next-of-kin at the time of death as set out in section 194.119 is no longer living, then a majority of the following adult members of the deceased person's family who are then known and living: surviving spouse, children, and parents may authorize the disinterment. If none of the above family members survive the deceased, then the majority of the grandchildren, brothers and sisters of whole and half blood may authorize the disinterment, relocation or delivery of the remains of the deceased. The costs of such disinterment, relocation or delivery shall be paid by the deceased person's family.

3. Every person or association which owns any cemetery in which dead human remains are buried or otherwise interred is authorized to disinter individual remains and either to reinter or rebury the remains at another location within the cemetery or to deliver the remains to a carrier for transportation out of the cemetery, all pursuant to a final order issued by the circuit court for the county in which the cemetery is located. The court may issue the order, in the court's discretion and upon such notice and hearing as the court shall deem appropriate, for good cause shown, including without limitation, the best interests of public health or safety, the best interests of the deceased person's family, or the reasonable requirements of the cemetery to facilitate the operation, maintenance, improvement or enlargement of the cemetery. The costs of such disinterment, relocation and delivery, and the related court proceedings, shall be paid by the persons so ordered by the court.

4. The cemetery owner, cemetery operator, funeral director, funeral establishment, or any other person or entity involved in the process shall not be liable to the deceased person's family or to any third party for a disinterment, relocation or delivery of deceased human remains made pursuant to this section.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1079, A.L. 2015 H.B. 618) *Effective 10-16-15, see § 21.250. H.B. 618 was vetoed on July 10, 2015. The veto was overridden September 16, 2015.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.385 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.385
478.385 Circuit No. 7, number of judges.
Status: in_force

478.385. Circuit No. 7, number of judges. — There shall be four circuit judges in the seventh judicial circuit consisting of the county of Clay.

(L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 165 § 1, A.L. 1965 p. 642, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 66.400 — MO Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.400
66.400 Contingent fund for prosecuting attorney established — funds, how expended ...
Status: in_force

66.400. Contingent fund for prosecuting attorney established — funds, how expended (Jackson County). — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 56.330 , the director of the department of revenue and administration of each county of the first class having a charter form of government and containing all or part of a city having a population of four hundred fifty thousand or more shall set aside the prosecuting attorney's fees to be used as a contingent fund for the prosecuting attorney for the payment of the incidental expenses in bringing parties and witnesses from other states or countries and in properly preparing cases for trial, attending trial on changes of venue, attending at the taking of depositions, in printing briefs, and appearing before the appellate courts of the state, and generally the expenses he is put to in the proper and vigorous prosecution of the duties of his office. The fund shall be paid out as needed to the prosecuting attorney by the director of the department upon warrant of the prosecuting attorney approved and signed by a judge of the circuit court of said county.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1381 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 265.500 — MO Code / Chapter 265 / Section 265.500
265.500 Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal ...
Status: in_force

265.500. Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal inspection, when — cost, how paid. — 1. Whenever the value of grain is established by analysis of a drawn sample, the seller of the grain may request in writing at the time the sample is taken that the sample be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be sealed in an airtight container.

2. Upon written request, the buyer must keep the sealed sample for a twenty-four hour period, except that weekends or holidays shall not be included in the mandatory twenty-four hour period. During the designated period the seller may cause the sample to be delivered to an official Missouri grain inspection office by the buyer. The seller shall bear all costs of securing the official test and the results of the official test shall be the basis of payment. If either the seller or buyer is * dissatisfied with the results of the test, an official federal test may be requested by either the buyer or seller at the cost of the person requesting the test and such findings shall be binding on all parties thereto.

(L. 1975 S.B. 57 §§ 1, 2) *Word "are" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.168 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.168
306.168 Search warrants, water patrol division may request application for and ...
Status: in_force

306.168. Search warrants, water patrol division may request application for and serve, when. — In the investigation of an accident or crime that was originally committed within such patrol officer's jurisdiction, as set forth in section 306.165 , the members of the water patrol division may request that the prosecuting or circuit attorney apply for, and members of the water patrol division may serve, search warrants anywhere within the state of Missouri, provided the sheriff of the county in which the warrant is to be served, or his designee, shall be notified upon application by the applicant of the search warrant. The sheriff or his designee shall participate in serving the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to boating while intoxicated and the investigation of vessel accidents. Any designee of the sheriff shall be a deputy sheriff or other person certified as a peace officer under chapter 590 . The sheriff shall always have a designee available.

(L. 2004 S.B. 920 § 306.169, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.640 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.640
473.640 Partition of personal property in kind.
Status: in_force

473.640. Partition of personal property in kind. — If personal property which is to be distributed may be divided in kind, the court may order a partition thereof among the parties entitled; and for that purpose the court may appoint not more than three commissioners, disinterested and of no kin to the parties, who, after making affidavit that they will honestly and impartially discharge the trust reposed in them, shall make partition as equal in kind as the value and numbers of the articles of property will admit and report their proceedings to the court at a time fixed by the court. The court shall consider all objections to the report and may approve or modify the report and order partition accordingly or it may reject the report and proceed to make partition or appoint new commissioners as often as necessary to accomplish an equitable partition which will meet the approval of the court.

(RSMo 1939 § 239, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 224, A.L. 1959 S.B. 141) Prior revisions: 1929 § 240; 1919 § 239; 1909 § 248
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 235.175 — MO Code / Chapter 235 / Section 235.175
235.175 Increase of tax rate — election — form of ballot — maximum rate.
Status: in_force

235.175. Increase of tax rate — election — form of ballot — maximum rate. — 1. Before the board of directors of any street light maintenance district may increase the district's current tax levy, the proposed increase must be approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon.

2. The proposition to increase the tax levy may be submitted by the board of directors or upon petition of five hundred registered voters of the district. All propositions to increase the tax levy shall be submitted at the next election permitted by section 115.123 .

3. A separate ballot containing the question shall read as follows:

4. If a majority of the qualified voters casting votes thereon be in favor of the increased tax levy, the board of directors shall raise the tax levy to the level approved by the voters. If a majority of the voters casting votes thereon do not vote in favor of the increased tax levy, any levy previously authorized shall remain in effect.

5. No street light maintenance district shall fix a rate of levy which exceeds the maximum tax levy authorized by section 235.170 .

(L. 1978 H.B. 1624 § 2) Effective 5-31-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 281.075 — MO Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.075
281.075 Reciprocal licensing authorized, when.
Status: in_force

281.075. Reciprocal licensing authorized, when. — The director may issue a pesticide applicator certification on a reciprocal basis with other states without examination to a nonresident who is licensed as a certified applicator in accordance with the reciprocating state's requirements and is a resident of the reciprocating state. A pesticide applicator certification shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 281.010 to 281.115 ; except that, financial responsibility shall be filed pursuant to section 281.065 . Fees collected shall be the same as for resident licenses or certification.

(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 14, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1978 S.B. 748, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26) Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.810 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.810
545.810 Defendant granted reasonable time to plead.
Status: in_force

545.810. Defendant granted reasonable time to plead. — The defendant in an indictment or information in a court of record, shall not be required to plead thereto until he shall have had a reasonable time in which to examine the same and to prepare his pleading.

(RSMo 1939 § 4002) Prior revision: 1929 § 3613