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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 562.031 — MO Code / Chapter 562 / Section 562.031
562.031 Ignorance and mistake.
Status: in_force

562.031. Ignorance and mistake. — 1. A person is not relieved of criminal liability for conduct because he or she engages in such conduct under a mistaken belief of fact or law unless such mistake negatives the existence of the mental state required by the offense.

2. A person is not relieved of criminal liability for conduct because he or she believes his or her conduct does not constitute an offense unless his or her belief is reasonable and:

(1) The offense is defined by an administrative regulation or order which is not known to him or her and has not been published or otherwise made reasonably available to him or her, and he or she could not have acquired such knowledge by the exercise of due diligence pursuant to facts known to him or her; or

(2) He or she acts in reasonable reliance upon an official statement of the law, afterward determined to be invalid or erroneous, contained in:

(a) A statute;

(b) An opinion or order of an appellate court; or

(c) An official interpretation of the statute, regulation or order defining the offense made by a public official or agency legally authorized to interpret such statute, regulation or order.

3. The burden of injecting the issue of reasonable belief that conduct does not constitute an offense under subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 2 of this section is on the defendant.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.660 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.660
490.660 Short title.
Status: in_force

490.660. Short title. — Sections 490.660 to 490.690 may be cited as "The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Law".

(L. 1949 p. 275 § 1) (1960) Overruling of defendant's objection to reading of original circuit court record showing defendant's previous convictions and from original St. Louis City Workhouse records showing his sentences served and his discharges upheld against assignment that the evidence did not comply with requirements of Business Records Act as it was not the purpose of the act to exclude properly identified original instruments. State v. Washington (Mo.), 335 S.W.2d 23. (1960) Testimony of witness, who was an employee of the coroner, as to autopsy upon the deceased, showing his death and the cause of the death, held admissible in evidence in criminal case under the business records as evidence law. State v. Lunsford (Mo.), 338 S.W.2d 868. (1966) Opinions or reasons of planning commission recommending change in zoning of properties were not relevant to action for condemnation of land for highway purposes and the Uniform Business Records as Evidence Law did not make them admissible in evidence. State v. Koberna (Mo.), 396 S.W.2d 654. (1975) Evidence which showed that records were kept of all bookings for various charges in the arrest register, that the records were kept in the ordinary course of business, that there is a time limit under which one can be confined without booking, and that witness was familiar with the manner in which arrest records were kept was sufficient to sustain admission of arrest register into evidence over defendant's objection that there was no evidence as to mode of preparation or that it was made at or near the time of recorded arrest. State v. Jones (A.), 518 S.W.2d 322.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 408.510 — MO Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.510
408.510 Licensure of consumer installment lenders — interest and fees allowed.
Status: in_force

408.510. Licensure of consumer installment lenders — interest and fees allowed. — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the phrase "consumer installment loans" means secured or unsecured loans of any amount and payable in not less than four substantially equal installments over a period of not less than one hundred twenty days. The phrase "consumer installment lender" means a person licensed to make consumer installment loans. A consumer installment lender shall be licensed in the same manner and upon the same terms as a lender making consumer credit loans. Such consumer installment lenders shall contract for and receive interest and fees in accordance with sections 408.100 , 408.140 , and 408.170 . Consumer installment lenders shall be subject to the provisions of sections 408.551 to 408.562 .

(L. 2001 S.B. 186, A.L. 2002 S.B. 895)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.473 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.473
545.473 Cole County, change of venue, procedure.
Status: in_force

545.473. Cole County, change of venue, procedure. — 1. Notwithstanding Missouri supreme court rule 32.03, a defendant with a case filed in a county with department of corrections centers with a total average yearly offender population in excess of two thousand persons shall follow the procedure listed in subsections 2 to * 5 of this section in order to obtain a change of venue for misdemeanors or felonies.

2. Upon written application of the defendant, a change of venue may be ordered in any criminal proceeding for the following reasons:

(1) That the inhabitants of the county are prejudiced against the defendant; or

(2) That the state has an undue influence over the inhabitants of the county.

3. In felony cases, the application must be filed not later than thirty days after arraignment. In misdemeanor cases, the application must be filed not later than ten days before the date set for trial.

4. A copy of the application and a notice of the time when it will be presented to the court shall be served on all parties.

5. The application shall set forth the reason or reasons for change of venue. It need not be verified and shall be signed by the defendant or his attorney.

6. The state may, within five days after the filing of the application for a change of venue, file a denial of the existence of the reason or reasons alleged in the application. Such denial need not be verified. If a denial is filed, the court shall hear evidence and determine the issues. If the issues are determined in favor of the defendant, or if the truth of the grounds alleged is within the knowledge of the court, or if no denial is filed, a change of venue shall be ordered to some other county convenient to the parties and where the reason or reasons do not exist.

(L. 1986 S.B. 450 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424) *Word "through" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.010 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.010
321.010 Definitions — election procedure.
Status: in_force

321.010. Definitions — election procedure. — 1. A "fire protection district" is a political subdivision which is organized and empowered to supply protection by any available means to persons and property against injuries and damage from fire and from hazards which do or may cause fire, and which is also empowered to render first aid for the purpose of saving lives, and to give assistance in the event of an accident or emergency of any kind. The district must consist of contiguous tracts or parcels of property containing all or parts of one or more counties, and may include within its boundaries, or may be contiguous with, any city, town or village.

2. The word "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the board of directors of a fire protection district.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all elections herein provided for shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made, examined, and cast up in the same manner and in all respects as in elections for state and county officers.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 2, A.L. 1965 p. 509, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, S.B. 628, A.L. 1979 S.B. 236) Effective 6-15-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.647 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.647
473.647 Notice of application for partition.
Status: in_force

473.647. Notice of application for partition. — Each person entitled to partition of personal property, not applying therefor, shall be notified, in writing, of the application ten days before the order is made.

(RSMo 1939 § 241, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 226, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637) Prior revisions: 1929 § 242; 1919 § 241; 1909 § 250 Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 26.060 — MO Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26.060
26.060 Governor to select auditors.
Status: in_force

26.060. Governor to select auditors. — The governor may at any time, when in his judgment the public interest of the state will be conserved, select competent auditors or accountants to audit the accounts of any department, office, commission, board, bureau, institution, or any subdivision of the state; also road districts, school districts, townships, municipalities and counties receiving for or from the state any money.

(RSMo 1939 § 13105)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 377.005 — MO Code / Chapter 377 / Section 377.005
377.005 Definitions.
Status: in_force

377.005. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, the following words mean:

(1) "Department" , the department of commerce and insurance; and

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

(L. 2008 S.B. 788)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 149.021 — MO Code / Chapter 149 / Section 149.021
149.021 Compensation to wholesaler for affixing stamps — metering machines authorized.
Status: in_force

149.021. Compensation to wholesaler for affixing stamps — metering machines authorized. — 1. For the purpose of allowing compensation for the costs necessarily incurred in affixing the proper tax stamps to each package of cigarettes before making a sale of the cigarettes, each wholesaler purchasing stamps from the director as required by law may purchase the stamps from the director at a reduction of three percent of the face value of each lot of stamps so purchased, provided that all required reports have been made. The discount provided in this section shall be the only discount allowed to purchasers from the director. If a purchaser refuses to comply with the laws of the state of Missouri, the director shall require the full face value for stamps purchased until such time as the person has complied with the provisions of the law.

2. The director may permit the use of meter machines in lieu of stamps, for the impress of the tax stamp, and where used a three percent reduction on the total tax due shall be allowed. The director shall prescribe all rules and regulations governing the use of meter machines and may require a bond in a suitable amount to guarantee payment of the tax.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1612 § 3, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1548 & 1543)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 357.110 — MO Code / Chapter 357 / Section 357.110
357.110 Proxies, how voted.
Status: in_force

357.110. Proxies, how voted. — At any regularly called general or special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing directors, a written vote signed by and received by mail or messenger from any absent shareholders shall be accepted as the vote of such absentee. This rule shall apply also to any such written vote of an absentee at any regularly called general or special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of determining the business policies of such association.

(RSMo 1939 § 14416) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12758; 1919 § 10256
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.130 — MO Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65.130
65.130 List of the officers elected.
Status: in_force

65.130. List of the officers elected. — The township clerks shall transmit to the county clerk, to be filed in his office, a list of the names of the township officers so elected, within five days after such election shall have been held.

(RSMo 1939 § 13950) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12273; 1919 § 13186; 1909 § 11674
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.805 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.805
334.805 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

334.805. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The Missouri board for respiratory care may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as a respiratory care practitioner, an educational permit to practice respiratory care, or a temporary permit to practice respiratory care, as such terms are defined in section 334.800 and as provided in section 334.890 .

2. If the Missouri board for respiratory care requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the Missouri board for respiratory care shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the Missouri board for respiratory care of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the Missouri board for respiratory care.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.685 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.685
67.685 Counties may cooperate — percentage of total collection — effect on ...
Status: in_force

67.685. Counties may cooperate — percentage of total collection — effect on additional board member. — Any two or more counties levying a tourism sales tax throughout or in any area of the county under the provisions of sections 67.671 to 67.685 may act cooperatively in carrying on activities for the advertising and promotion of tourism activities within their respective areas as authorized by the provisions of chapter 70 ; and, in such event, at the end of the first full year in which the tax is collected, the proceeds from the tax in all cooperating counties shall be totaled. If in any one cooperating county at least forty percent of the total amount was collected, the governing body of that county shall appoint an additional member to the board; if at least sixty percent of the total was collected in one county, the governing body of that county shall appoint two additional members to the board, with all of such additional appointments being made from the general public of the county from which the appointment is made.

(L. 1985 H.B. 129 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.150 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.150
172.150 Who shall preside.
Status: in_force

172.150. Who shall preside. — The president, and if he be absent, the vice president, and if both be absent, a curator chosen for the occasion, shall preside at the meetings of the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 10798) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9641; 1919 § 11538; 1909 § 11112
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.579 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.579
447.579 Rules authorized.
Status: in_force

447.579. Rules authorized. — The treasurer is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of sections 447.500 to 447.595 .

(L. 1984 H.B. 1088 § 25, A.L. 1993 H.B. 566, A.L. 1994 S.B. 757) Effective 7-01-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.091 — MO Code / Chapter 548 / Section 548.091
548.091 Authority of arresting officer.
Status: in_force

548.091. Authority of arresting officer. — Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest, shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein, as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 234.270 — MO Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.270
234.270 Bonds, how sold or exchanged.
Status: in_force

234.270. Bonds, how sold or exchanged. — Toll bridge revenue refunding bonds issued under the provisions of sections 234.210 to 234.300 , may be sold at such time and in such manner as the issuing authority may determine upon, or such refunding bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded thereby, with adjustment of interest to be made in cash, if necessary.

(L. 1941 p. 525 § 5c)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.855 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.855
162.855 Board of education of a special school district, duties and powers.
Status: in_force

162.855. Board of education of a special school district, duties and powers. — 1. The board of education of a special school district with a population of not more than one hundred thousand persons shall consist of seven members to be elected as provided in sections 162.670 to 162.995 . In addition to the duties required of boards of education of special school districts with a population of not more than one hundred thousand persons pursuant to sections 162.670 to 162.995 , the board shall perform the same duties and is subject to the same liabilities as the board of a seven-director school district, other than an urban district, acting under the general school laws of the state of Missouri.

2. The board of education of a special school district with a population of not more than one hundred thousand persons shall have the power, in addition to powers granted elsewhere in sections 162.670 to 162.995 and in addition to powers granted to the boards of education of seven-director school districts, other than urban districts, under the general school laws of this state, to:

(1) Establish and operate programs for the education of handicapped and severely handicapped children residing in the district subject to rules and regulations of the state board of education and the state department of elementary and secondary education promulgated pursuant to sections 162.670 to 162.995 ;

(2) Establish and operate programs for the vocational education of residents of the district;

(3) Employ teachers and other personnel necessary to provide these programs; and

(4) Do such other things as are necessary and incidental to any of the foregoing powers whether set forth in sections 162.670 to 162.995 or in the laws applicable to seven-director school districts, except urban districts.

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 42, A.L. 1974 S.B. 571, A.L. 1996 S.B. 687) Effective 5-24-96
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.762 — MO Code / Chapter 386 / Section 386.762
386.762 Authority of public service commission.
Status: in_force

386.762. Authority of public service commission. — The public service commission shall have authority to:

(1) Review, inspect and audit books, accounts and other records kept by a utility or affiliate for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with sections 386.754 to 386.764 and make findings available to the commission; and

(2) Investigate the operations of a utility or affiliate and their relationship to each other for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with sections 386.754 to 386.764 .

(L. 1998 H.B. 1038)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1238 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.1238
452.1238 Nature of authority created by temporary custody order.
Status: in_force

452.1238. Nature of authority created by temporary custody order. — 1. A grant of authority under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 is temporary and terminates under sections 452.1246 to 452.1252 after the return from deployment of the deploying parent, unless the grant has been terminated before that time by court order. The grant does not create an independent, continuing right to caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact in an individual to whom it is granted.

2. A nonparent granted caretaking authority, decision-making authority, or limited contact under sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 has standing to enforce the grant until it is terminated by court order or under sections 452.1246 to 452.1252 .

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.065 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.065
208.065 Verification of eligibility for public assistance, contract for.
Status: in_force

208.065. Verification of eligibility for public assistance, contract for. — 1. No later than January 1, 2017, the department of social services shall procure and enter into a competitively bid contract with a contractor to provide verification of initial and ongoing eligibility data for assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP); temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program; child care assistance program; and MO HealthNet program. The contractor shall conduct data matches using the name, date of birth, address, and Social Security number of each applicant and recipient, and additional data provided by the applicant or recipient relevant to eligibility against public records and other data sources to verify eligibility data.

2. The contractor shall evaluate the income, resources, and assets of each applicant and recipient no less than quarterly. In addition to quarterly eligibility data verification, the contractor shall identify on a monthly basis any program participants who have died, moved out of state, or have been incarcerated longer than ninety days.

3. The contractor, upon completing an eligibility data verification of an applicant or recipient, shall notify the department of the results; except that, the contractor shall not verify the eligibility data of persons residing in long-term care facilities or persons receiving home- and community-based services whose income and resources were at or below the applicable financial eligibility standards at the time of their last review. Within twenty business days of such notification, the department shall make an eligibility determination. The department shall retain final authority over eligibility determinations. The contractor shall keep a record of all eligibility data verifications communicated to the department. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect any obligation or requirement under state or federal law or regulation that the department verify the eligibility data of persons residing in long-term care facilities or persons receiving home- and community-based services.

4. Within thirty days of the end of each calendar year, the department and contractor shall file a joint report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president pro tempore of the senate. The report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the number of applicants and recipients determined ineligible for assistance programs based on the eligibility data verification by the contractor and the stated reasons for the determination of ineligibility by the department.

(L. 2016 S.B. 607)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 171.026 — MO Code / Chapter 171 / Section 171.026
171.026 Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces ...
Status: in_force

171.026. Student programs on occupations and educational options, military forces may be represented. — If the school board of any school district in the state provides access to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options, the board shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and of the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.

(L. 1981 H.B. 717 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.354 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.354
370.354 Vote required for approval — director may approve, when.
Status: in_force

370.354. Vote required for approval — director may approve, when. — 1. At each such meeting, a vote of the members or the shareholders entitled to vote shall be taken on the proposed plan of merger or consolidation. The plan of merger or consolidation shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting at the meeting of each of the credit unions, provided a quorum is present.

2. Upon the approval of the members, articles of merger or consolidation shall be submitted to the director of the division of credit unions, who shall approve the same if the merger or consolidation is made in conformity with the laws of this state and is in the best interest of the majority of the members thereof.

(L. 1955 p. 254, A.L. 1972 S.B. 502, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1099)