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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.370 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.370
490.370 Recitals in deeds, evidence of heirship in certain cases.
Status: in_force

490.370. Recitals in deeds, evidence of heirship in certain cases. — In any deed conveying real estate heretofore or hereafter made, by any person or persons claiming to be the heir or heirs of some other person, if a recital shall have been or shall be made in said deed, showing or tending to show such heirship, or kinship, or if there shall have been, or shall be, an affidavit made in connection with said deed by one or more of the makers thereof, and attached to said deed, with a recital therein, showing, or tending to show, such heirship or kinship, such recital in such deed or such affidavit or both or the record thereof, may be read in evidence as the testimony of the persons making such deed or affidavit, in the trial of any suit in any court in this state wherein the title to the real estate described in said deed, or any part thereof, is involved or called in question in any manner; provided, however, that the maker of such deed and affidavit shall be dead or absent from the state or otherwise disqualified from testifying in suit, and, that before such recital or affidavit shall be received in evidence it must be shown that the said deed was filed for record, in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county where said real estate, or some part thereof, is situated, at least five years before the filing of the suit wherein such recital, or affidavit, is offered in evidence; and provided further, that the same person claiming title to said real estate, or some part thereof, or interest therein, or some person through whom he claims under or through said deed, shall have paid taxes on the land described in said deed, or some part thereof, or interest therein, for three different years before the filing of such suit.

(RSMo 1939 § 1851) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1687; 1919 § 5374
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.660 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.660
511.660 Space left to enter satisfaction.
Status: in_force

511.660. Space left to enter satisfaction. — The clerks of courts of record, in recording judgments or decrees, shall leave a space or margin on the record for entering a memorandum of the satisfaction or vacation of such judgment or decree.

(RSMo 1939 § 1292) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1127; 1919 § 1578; 1909 § 2147
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 316.090 — MO Code / Chapter 316 / Section 316.090
316.090 Licenses not granted, when.
Status: in_force

316.090. Licenses not granted, when. — No license shall be given for any public amusement or entertainment in any place not constructed or arranged as in this chapter required.

(RSMo 1939 § 14960, A.L. 1949 p. 564) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13767; 1919 § 10971; 1909 § 10676
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.895 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.895
351.895 Written dissenters' notice — contents.
Status: in_force

351.895. Written dissenters' notice — contents. — 1. If proposed corporation * action creating dissenters' rights under section 351.875 is authorized at a shareholders' meeting, the corporation shall deliver a written dissenters' notice to all shareholders who satisfied the requirements of section 351.890 .

2. The dissenters' notice shall be sent no later than ten days after approval by the shareholders, or if the corporate action was taken without approval of the shareholders, then ten days after the corporate action was taken. The dissenters' notice shall:

(1) State where the payment demand shall be sent and where and when certificates for certificated shares shall be deposited;

(2) Inform holders of uncertificated shares to what extent transfer of the shares shall be restricted after the payment demand is received;

(3) Supply a form for demanding payment that includes the date of the first announcement to news media or to shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action and requires that the person asserting dissenters' rights certify whether or not he acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before that date;

(4) Set a date by which the corporation shall receive the payment demand and when certificates for uncertificated shares shall be deposited, neither of which dates may be fewer than thirty nor more than sixty days after the date the notice provided for in subsection 1 of this section is delivered; and

(5) Be accompanied by a copy of sections 351.870 to 351.930 .

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432) *Word "corporation" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.440 — MO Code / Chapter 532 / Section 532.440
532.440 Limitations on court under this chapter.
Status: in_force

532.440. Limitations on court under this chapter. — But no court, under the provisions of this chapter, shall in any other matter have power to inquire into the legality or justice of any process, judgment, decree or order of any court legally constituted, nor into the justice or propriety of any commitment for contempt, made by any court, officer or body, according to law, and plainly charged in such commitment, as herein provided; but nothing in this section contained, nor any other part of this chapter, shall be so construed as to prevent any prisoner from being discharged when the matter alleged in the order of commitment shall not, in point of law, amount to a contempt.

(RSMo 1939 § 1624) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1460; 1919 § 1910; 1909 § 2475
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.307 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.307
115.307 Nominations, how made.
Status: in_force

115.307. Nominations, how made. — Political parties and groups of voters may nominate candidates in the manner provided by this subchapter and in no other manner.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.005) Effective 1-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.326 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.326
375.326 Automobiles as assets.
Status: in_force

375.326. Automobiles as assets. — 1. Notwithstanding any prohibitions or restrictions contained in the statutes or otherwise, any stock, mutual, or reciprocal insurance company doing the business of property and casualty business in this state may acquire by purchase motor vehicles and thereafter may hold them as admitted assets for use in connection with the business of the company if:

(1) The aggregate cost of such motor vehicles shall be at least twenty-five thousand dollars. Such aggregate cost shall not exceed two percent of the admitted assets of the company, and such company shall have a minimum of three million dollars of surplus;

(2) The cost of each such motor vehicle shall be fully amortized over a period not to exceed five years;

(3) The company has obtained in its name proper title or registration from a governmental agency authorized by law or custom to issue such title or registration.

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow insurers to declare motor vehicles to the extent such vehicles are used for personal use and not used in furtherance of activities not necessary to the business of the insurer.

3. No insurance company domiciled in another state which state refuses to allow insurance companies domiciled in this state to declare on any statement to be filed in that state motor vehicles under the provisions of this section shall be allowed to declare such amounts on statements filed in this state.

(L. 1979 S.B. 227 §§ 1, 2, 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.058 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.058
301.058 Annual registration fees for local property-carrying commercial motor ...
Status: in_force

301.058. Annual registration fees for local property-carrying commercial motor vehicles — exempt vehicles — improper registration, when, penalties. — 1. The annual registration fee for property-carrying local commercial motor vehicles, other than a land improvement contractors' commercial motor vehicles, based on gross weight is:

2. Any person found to have improperly registered a motor vehicle in excess of fifty-four thousand pounds when he or she was not entitled to shall be required to purchase the proper license plates and, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, shall be subject to the annual registration fee for the full calendar year for the vehicle's gross weight as prescribed in section 301.057 .

(L. 1969 S.B. 242 § 301.059, A.L. 1979 H.B. 342, A.L. 1991 S.B. 292, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1382, A.L. 2001 S.B. 520)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.630 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.630
204.630 Revenue bonds, duties of district.
Status: in_force

204.630. Revenue bonds, duties of district. — It shall be the mandatory duty of any reorganized common sewer district issuing any general or special revenue bonds under sections 204.600 to 204.640 to:

(1) Fix and maintain rates and make and collect charges for the use and services of the system, for the benefit of which revenue bonds were issued, sufficient to pay the cost of maintenance and operation;

(2) Pay the principal of and the interest on all revenue bonds issued by the reorganized common sewer district chargeable to the revenues of the system; and

(3) Provide funds ample to meet all valid and reasonable requirements of the resolution by which the revenue bonds have been issued. From time to time, the rates shall be revised to meet fully the requirements of sections 204.600 to 204.640 . As long as any bond issued or the interest thereon shall remain outstanding and unpaid, rates and charges sufficient to meet the requirements of this section shall be maintained and collected by the reorganized common sewer district that issued the bonds.

(L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.340 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.340
41.340 Officer's commission — vacated, how.
Status: in_force

41.340. Officer's commission — vacated, how. — The commission of an officer shall be vacated only by death, by acceptance by proper authority of resignation by discharge on account of inefficiency, for physical disqualification, when dropped from the rolls for an absence without leave for thirty days, by dismissal pursuant to sentence of a general court-martial or withdrawal of federal recognition.

(RSMo 1939 § 15032, A.L. 1951 p. 654 § 52) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13839; 1919 § 7367
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1174 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1174
375.1174 Director may petition for liquidation, grounds — termination of ...
Status: in_force

375.1174. Director may petition for liquidation, grounds — termination of rehabilitation proceedings, when, effect. — 1. Whenever the director believes further attempts to rehabilitate an insurer would substantially increase the risk of loss to creditors, policyholders or the public, or would be futile, the director may petition the court for an order of liquidation. A petition under this subsection shall have the same effect as a petition under section 375.1175 . The court shall permit the directors of the insurer to take such actions as are reasonably necessary to defend against the petition and may order payment from the estate of the insurer of such reasonable costs and other expenses of defense as justice may require.

2. If the payment of policy obligations is suspended in substantial part for a period of six months at any time after the appointment of the rehabilitator and the rehabilitator has not filed an application for approval of a plan under subsection 4 of section 375.1168 , the rehabilitator shall petition the court for an order of liquidation on grounds of insolvency.

3. The rehabilitator may at any time petition the court for an order terminating rehabilitation of an insurer. The court shall also permit the directors of the insurer to petition the court for an order terminating rehabilitation of the insurer and may order payment from the estate of the insurer of such costs and other expenses of such petition as justice may require. If the court finds that grounds for rehabilitation under section 375.1165 no longer exist, it shall order that the insurer be restored to possession of its property and the control of the business. The court may also make that finding and issue that order at any time upon its own motion.

(L. 1991 H.B. 385, et al. § 64)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.260 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.260
436.260 Educational institution or student athlete cause of action, when, damages — ...
Status: in_force

436.260. Educational institution or student athlete cause of action, when, damages — violation an unfair trade practice. — 1. An educational institution or a student athlete may bring an action for damages against an athlete agent if the institution or student athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the athlete agent in violation of sections 436.215 to 436.272 .

(1) In order for a student athlete to qualify as adversely affected by an act or omission of the athlete agent under this section, the student athlete shall demonstrate that he or she was a student athlete and enrolled at the institution at the time the act or omission of the athlete agent occurred and that he or she:

(a) Was suspended or disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event by a state or national federation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or intercollegiate sports; or

(b) Suffered financial damage.

(2) In order for an educational institution to qualify as adversely affected by an act or omission of the athlete agent under this section, the institution shall demonstrate that the institution:

(a) Was disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event by a state or national federation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or intercollegiate sports; or

(b) Suffered financial damage.

2. A plaintiff who prevails in an action under this section may recover actual damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. An athlete agent found liable under this section forfeits any right of payment for anything of benefit or value provided to the student athlete and shall refund any consideration paid to the athlete agent by or on behalf of the student athlete.

3. A violation of any provision of sections 436.215 to 436.272 is an unfair trade practice for purposes of sections 375.930 to 375.948 .

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.1004 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.1004
443.1004 Designation of first-time home buyer savings account, use of — qualified ...
Status: in_force

443.1004. Designation of first-time home buyer savings account, use of — qualified beneficiary — limitations on accounts — service fee. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2019, any individual may open an account with a financial institution and designate the account, in its entirety, as a first-time home buyer savings account to be used to pay or reimburse a qualified beneficiary's eligible expenses for the purchase of his or her primary residence in Missouri. An individual may be the account holder of multiple accounts, and an individual may jointly own the account with another person if such persons file a married filing combined income tax return. To be eligible for the tax deduction under section 143.1150 , an account holder shall comply with the requirements of this section.

2. An account holder shall designate, no later than April fifteenth of the year following the tax year during which the account was established, a first-time home buyer as the qualified beneficiary of the first-time home buyer savings account. The account holder may designate himself or herself as the qualified beneficiary. The account holder may change the designated qualified beneficiary at any time, but no first-time home buyer savings account shall have more than one qualified beneficiary at any time. No account holder shall have multiple accounts with the same qualified beneficiary, but an individual may be designated as the qualified beneficiary of multiple accounts.

3. (1) The following limits apply to a first-time home buyer savings account:

(a) The maximum contribution to a first-time home buyer savings account is one thousand six hundred dollars per year for an individual and three thousand two hundred dollars per year for account holders who file a married filing combined income tax return;

(b) The maximum amount of all contributions for all tax years to a first-time home buyer savings account is twenty thousand dollars; and

(c) The maximum total amount in an account is thirty thousand dollars.

(2) If a limit in subdivision (1) of this subsection is exceeded, then thereafter no interest or other income earned on the investment of moneys in the first-time home buyer savings account shall be included in the tax deduction under section 143.1150 . *

(3) Moneys may remain in a first-time home buyer savings account for an unlimited duration without the interest or income being subject to recapture or penalty.

4. The account holder shall not use moneys in an account to pay expenses of administering the account, except that a service fee may be deducted from the account by a financial institution. The account holder shall be responsible for maintaining documentation for the first-time home buyer savings account and for eligible expenses related to the qualified beneficiary's purchase of a primary residence.

(L. 2018 H.B. 1796) *Word "; and" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1524 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1524
454.1524 Simultaneous proceedings.
Status: in_force

454.1524. Simultaneous proceedings. — (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:

(1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and

(3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:

(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and

(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.526 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.526
407.526 Odometer fraud, third degree, penalty.
Status: in_force

407.526. Odometer fraud, third degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the crime of odometer fraud in the third degree if, with the intent to defraud, he operates a motor vehicle less than twenty years old on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of the motor vehicle is disconnected or not functioning.

2. Odometer fraud in the third degree is a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1983 S.B. 9, A.L. 2021 S.B. 262)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 266.543 — MO Code / Chapter 266 / Section 266.543
266.543 Advisory council, appointment, qualifications, terms, expenses, duties, ...
Status: in_force

266.543. Advisory council, appointment, qualifications, terms, expenses, duties, vacancies. — 1. An advisory council of nine members shall be appointed by the director pursuant to this section. Of the nine members so appointed, three shall be actively employed as limestone producers, three shall be actively engaged in the business of farming, and three shall be chosen from the residents at large of this state. The three members chosen from the residents at large of this state shall be selected by the director with the approval of a majority of the other six members of the advisory council.

2. The advisory council shall:

(1) Meet at least once each year;

(2) Annually review with the director the income received and expenditures made under sections 266.500 to 266.550 ;

(3) Review and approve all rules, and revisions or rescissions thereof, to be promulgated by the director;

(4) Consider all information and advise the director in determining the method and amount of fees to be assessed. In performing its duties under this subdivision, the advisory council shall represent the best interests of the Missouri farmers;

(5) Serve in an advisory capacity in all matters pertaining to the administration of sections 266.500 to 266.550 .

3. All members of the advisory council shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified; except that, of the members first appointed:

(1) One member who is actively employed as a limestone producer, one member actively engaged in the business of farming, and one member chosen from the residents of this state at large shall serve for terms of three years;

(2) One member who is actively employed as a limestone producer, one member actively engaged in the business of farming, and one member chosen from the residents of this state at large shall serve for terms of two years; and

(3) The remaining three members shall serve for terms of one year.

4. All members shall be residents of this state. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms on the advisory council, but any member may be reappointed after he has not been a member of the advisory council for a period of at least three years.

5. All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in accordance with the reimbursement policy of the director. All reimbursements paid under this section shall be paid from fees collected under sections 266.291 to 266.351 .

6. Every vacancy on the advisory council shall be filled by the director with the approval of a majority of the remaining members of the council. The person selected to fill any such vacancy shall possess the same qualifications required by this section as the member he replaces and shall serve until the end of the unexpired term of his predecessor.

(L. 1985 S.B. 65) Effective 5-30-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 266.205 — MO Code / Chapter 266 / Section 266.205
266.205 Withdrawal from distribution order, when — seizure, procedure for — ...
Status: in_force

266.205. Withdrawal from distribution order, when — seizure, procedure for — disposal of feed, how made. — 1. When the director or the director's authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe any lot of commercial feed is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of sections 266.152 to 266.220 or of any of the prescribed rules under sections 266.152 to 266.220 , the director may issue and enforce a written or printed "withdrawal from distribution" order, warning the distributor not to dispose of the lot of commercial feed in any manner until written permission is given by the director or the court. The director shall release the lot of commercial feed so withdrawn when said provisions and rules have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within thirty days, the director may begin, or upon request of the distributor or licensee shall begin, proceedings for condemnation.

2. Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with said provisions and rules shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said commercial feed is located. In the event the court finds the commercial feed to be in violation of sections 266.152 to 266.220 and orders the condemnation of said commercial feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the state, but in no instance shall the disposition of the commercial feed be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial feed or for permission to process or relabel the commercial feed to bring it into compliance with sections 266.152 to 266.220 .

(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 13, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211) Effective 1-01-98