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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 141.040 — MO Code / Chapter 141 / Section 141.040
141.040 Duty of collector to enforce payment of back taxes — suit commenced — ...
Status: in_force

141.040. Duty of collector to enforce payment of back taxes — suit commenced — summons — publication — default judgment. — If, on the first day of January of any year, any of said lands or town lots contained in said back tax book or recorded list of delinquent land or lots in the collector's office remain unredeemed, it shall be the duty of the collector to proceed to enforce the payment of the taxes charged against such tract or lot, by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the real estate is situated, which said court shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount sued on, to enforce the lien of the state or such counties, and it shall be the duty of the collector, when suit shall have been commenced against any tract of land or town lot on said back tax book, to note opposite said tract or lot such fact, also against whom suit has been commenced; and in cases where suit is brought for the enforcement of liens as above, where summons shall have been issued against any defendant, and the officer to whom it is directed shall make his return that the defendant cannot be found, the court before whom the suit is pending, being first satisfied that the summons cannot be served, shall make an order directing that notice of such action be given to such defendant by publication; and in all cases where it shall be alleged in the petition, or in an affidavit subsequently filed with the clerk, that the defendants, or any one of them is a nonresident of the state of Missouri, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon them, then such order may be made, and such notice by publication given by the clerk of the court in vacation, and which notice shall be published in like manner and with the same effect as when ordered by the court; the proof of publication of the order required by this section may be made by the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the order was published, or by the affidavit of any person who would be a competent witness in said cause, filed with the court; and if the defendant or defendants fail to appear at the time and place required by said order and defend said cause of action, judgment by default may be rendered as prayed, which judgment shall be as binding and effectual against the property on which the lien is sought to be enforced as if there had been personal service on the defendant.

(RSMo 1939 § 11387, A.L. 1945 p. 1946 § 11379)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 556.011 — MO Code / Chapter 556 / Section 556.011
556.011 Short title.
Status: in_force

556.011. Short title. — Chapters 556 to 580 * shall be known and may be cited as "The Revised Criminal Code".

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 *Chapter 580 does not exist.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 430.050 — MO Code / Chapter 430 / Section 430.050
430.050 Lien, how enforced.
Status: in_force

430.050. Lien, how enforced. — The lien provided for in section 430.040 shall be enforced in the same manner and be governed by the same procedure as is provided in section 430.160 , applicable to the enforcement of the lien for keeping or training horses and other animals.

(RSMo 1939 § 3611) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3221; 1919 § 7281
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.556 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.556
452.556 Handbook, contents, availability.
Status: in_force

452.556. Handbook, contents, availability. — 1. The state courts administrator shall create a handbook or be responsible for the approval of a handbook outlining the following:

(1) Guidelines as to what is included in a parenting plan in order to maximize to the highest degree the amount of time the child may spend with each parent;

(2) The benefits of the parties agreeing to a parenting plan which outlines education, custody and cooperation between parents;

(3) The benefits of alternative dispute resolution;

(4) The pro se family access motion for enforcement of custody or temporary physical custody;

(5) The underlying assumptions for supreme court rules relating to child support; and

(6) A party's duties and responsibilities pursuant to section 452.377 , including the possible consequences of not complying with section 452.377 .

The handbooks shall be distributed to each court and shall be available in an alternative format, including Braille, large print, or electronic or audio format upon request by a person with a disability, as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The handbook shall be made readily available and easily accessible online and upon request by a party.

2. In a dissolution or legal separation action filed pursuant to section 452.310 , or any proceeding in modification thereof, where minor children are involved, petitioner's counsel shall provide the petitioner with a copy of the handbook developed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section at the time the petition is filed and provide a copy of the handbook to be served along with the petition and summons upon the respondent. If the petitioner is unrepresented by counsel at the time the petition is filed, the court shall provide the petitioner with a copy of the handbook and direct that a copy of the handbook be served along with the petition and summons upon the respondent.

3. The court shall make the handbook available to interested state agencies and members of the public.

(L. 1998 S.B. 910, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1550)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.065 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.065
197.065 Life safety code standards — waiver, when — rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

*197.065. Life safety code standards — waiver, when — rulemaking authority. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall promulgate regulations for the construction and renovation of hospitals that include life safety code standards for hospitals that exclusively reflect the life safety code standards imposed by the federal Medicare program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act and its conditions of participation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

2. The department shall not require a hospital to meet the standards contained in the Facility Guidelines Institute for the Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, but any hospital that complies with the 2010 or later version of such guidelines for the construction and renovation of hospitals shall not be required to comply with any regulation that is inconsistent or conflicts in any way with such guidelines.

3. The department may waive enforcement of the standards for licensed hospitals imposed by this section if the department determines that:

(1) Compliance with those specific standards would result in unreasonable hardship for the facility and if the health and safety of hospital patients would not be compromised by such waiver or waivers; or

(2) The hospital has used other standards that provide for equivalent design criteria.

4. Regulations promulgated by the department to establish and enforce hospital licensure regulations under this chapter that conflict with the standards established under subsections 1 and 3 of this section shall lapse on and after January 1, 2018.

5. 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, 2016, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2016 S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635 merged with S.B. 973) Effective 8-28-16 (S.B. 635); 8-28-16 (S.B. 973); *10-14-16 (S.B. 608), see § 21.250 *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 273.340 — MO Code / Chapter 273 / Section 273.340
273.340 Dealers to purchase only from licensed or exempt persons — violation, penalties.
Status: in_force

273.340. Dealers to purchase only from licensed or exempt persons — violation, penalties. — A dealer shall only purchase animals from persons in this state who are licensed under sections 273.325 to 273.357 , or who are exempt from licensure. Any dealer who knowingly purchases animals in violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and each purchase made shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to such penalties, the director may revoke such dealer's license.

(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.674 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.674
376.674 Life insurance policies, no cash surrender value, regulations relative to.
Status: in_force

376.674. Life insurance policies, no cash surrender value, regulations relative to. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of section 376.670 to the contrary, after September 28, 1987, a company may issue policies of life insurance which differ from its existing or currently filed policies only in that they do not provide for any cash surrender value prior to the death of the life insured. If a policy provides for any cash surrender value, endowment, or pure endowment prior to the death of the life insured, this exemption shall not apply. Any policy without cash surrender values, for which one or more cash surrender values would otherwise have been required, shall contain on its first page a concise, exact description set out in contrasting type at least four points larger than used in the body of that page a statement in a prominent place that such values are not provided and that no policy loans are available under the policy. The company shall provide to each prospective purchaser of such a policy a policy summary, the form of which shall be filed for approval pursuant to section 376.675 which includes the same description as the policy, similarly displayed, and which shows the premium said company charges for the same policy when cash surrender values are included. Such policy summary shall be delivered before any premium is accepted.

2. Except for the requirement of payment upon surrender, the nonforfeiture amounts for such policies shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter which apply to the cash surrender values of otherwise similar life insurance policies with cash surrender values.

3. The insurance laws of this state relating to policy loans shall not apply to policies which do not provide cash surrender values.

(L. 1987 S.B. 337)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.026 — MO Code / Chapter 559 / Section 559.026
559.026 Detention condition of probation.
Status: in_force

559.026. Detention condition of probation. — Except in infraction cases, when probation is granted, the court, in addition to conditions imposed pursuant to section 559.021 , may require as a condition of probation that the offender submit to a period of detention up to forty-eight hours after the determination by a probation or parole officer that the offender violated a condition of continued probation or parole in an appropriate institution at whatever time or intervals within the period of probation, consecutive or nonconsecutive, the court shall designate, or the division of probation and parole shall direct. Any person placed on probation in a county of the first class or second class or in any city with a population of five hundred thousand or more and detained as herein provided shall be subject to all provisions of section 221.170 , even though he or she was not convicted and sentenced to a jail or workhouse.

(1) In misdemeanor cases, the period of detention under this section shall not exceed the shorter of thirty days or the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the misdemeanor by chapter 558 .

(2) In felony cases, the period of detention under this section shall not exceed one hundred twenty days.

(3) If probation is revoked and a term of imprisonment is served by reason thereof, the time spent in a jail, half-way house, honor center, workhouse or other institution as a detention condition of probation shall be credited against the prison or jail term served for the offense in connection with which the detention condition was imposed.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 254.250 — MO Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.250
254.250 Powers of agents of commission.
Status: in_force

254.250. Powers of agents of commission. — Each agent of the commission authorized to do so by the commission shall have power:

(1) To employ such other person or persons as may be suitable and needed to render assistance in preventing the spread of, or in suppressing forest, brush or grass fires; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the owner or one in control of lands upon which fires may be started or burning, from the duty of preventing the spread of or of the duty of suppressing such fires so far as may lie within his power, and no such owner or person in control nor anyone with a present vested interest therein shall receive compensation from the state or any agency thereof for helping or assisting in preventing the spread of or in suppressing fires upon said lands; and no person who is responsible for starting fire shall receive compensation for helping prevent the spread of or for suppression of such fire.

(2) To enter upon any lands at any time for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and any such rules and regulations; and no action for trespass or damages shall lie against any such person or any person working under his direction, providing that in entering upon property he and they shall exercise due care to avoid doing unnecessary damage.

(3) To exercise the foregoing powers and duties in any part of the state.

(L. 1945 p. 672 § 29)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.510 — MO Code / Chapter 474 / Section 474.510
474.510 Deposit of will in court in testator's lifetime.
Status: in_force

474.510. Deposit of will in court in testator's lifetime. — 1. A will may be deposited by the person making it, or by such person's agent, with the probate division of any circuit court, to be safely kept until delivered or disposed of as hereinafter provided. The clerk of the court shall receive and keep the will, and give a certificate of deposit for it.

2. Every will intended to be deposited shall be sealed in an appropriate manner approved by the circuit court, en banc, subject to administrative rules of the supreme court, which shall have endorsed thereon "Will of", followed by the name of the testator. The clerk of the court shall endorse thereon the day when, and the person by whom, it was delivered. The wrapper may also be endorsed with the name of the person to whom the will is to be delivered after the death of the testator. It shall not be opened or read until delivered to a person entitled to receive it, or otherwise disposed of as hereinafter provided.

3. During the lifetime of the testator, the will shall be delivered only to such testator, or to some person authorized by such testator by an order in writing duly proved by the oath of a subscribing witness. After the testator's death, the clerk shall notify the person named in the endorsement on the wrapper of the will, if there is a person so named, and deliver it to such person.

4. If the will is not delivered to a person named in the endorsement on the wrapper, it shall be publicly opened in the court within thirty days after notice of the testator's death, and be retained by the court until offered for probate. Notice shall be given to the executor named therein and to such other persons as the court may designate. If the proper venue is in another court, the will shall be transmitted to such court; but before such transmission a true copy thereof shall be made and retained in the court in which the will was deposited.

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 280, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869) Effective 7-01-97 CROSS REFERENCE: Fees required by probate division for deposit of will with the court prior to death of testator for safekeeping, 488.1010.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.590 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.590
544.590 When security deemed sufficient.
Status: in_force

544.590. When security deemed sufficient. — Where more than one person is offered as sureties, they shall be deemed sufficient, if in the aggregate they possess the necessary qualifications. But no recognizance shall be taken unless the court or officer authorized to take the same shall be satisfied, from proof and examination on oath or otherwise, of the sufficiency of the sureties according to the requirements of this and the preceding sections.

(RSMo 1939 § 3967) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3578; 1919 § 3921; 1909 § 5128
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 523.262 — MO Code / Chapter 523 / Section 523.262
523.262 Power of eminent domain limited, how — private entities to have power of ...
Status: in_force

523.262. Power of eminent domain limited, how — private entities to have power of eminent domain — notice. — 1. Except as set forth in subsection 2 of this section, the power of eminent domain shall only be vested in governmental bodies or agencies whose governing body is elected or whose governing body is appointed by elected officials or in an urban redevelopment corporation operating pursuant to a redevelopment agreement with the municipality for a particular redevelopment area, which agreement was executed prior to or on December 31, 2006.

2. A private utility company, public utility, rural electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, pipeline, railroad or common carrier shall have the power of eminent domain as may be granted pursuant to the provisions of other sections of the revised statutes of Missouri. For the purposes of this section, the term "common carrier" shall not include motor carriers, contract carriers, or express companies. Where a condemnation by such an entity results in a displaced person, as defined in section 523.200 , the provisions of subsections 3 and 6 to 10 of section 523.205 shall apply unless the condemning entity is subject to the relocation assistance provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act.

3. Any entity with the power of eminent domain and pursuing the acquisition of property for the purpose of constructing a power generation facility after December 31, 2006, after providing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the facility is to be constructed, shall conduct a public meeting disclosing the purpose of the proposed facility prior to making any offer to purchase property in pursuit thereof or, alternatively, shall provide the property owner with notification of the identity of the condemning authority and the proposed purpose for which the condemned property shall be used at the time of making the initial offer.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.110 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.110
475.110 Removal of guardian or conservator — incapacitated or disabled person, ...
Status: in_force

475.110. Removal of guardian or conservator — incapacitated or disabled person, continuation of guardianship after dissolution of marriage, when. — 1. When a minor ward has attained the age of fourteen years, the guardian of his or her person may be removed on petition of the ward to have another person appointed guardian if it is for the best interests of the ward that such other person be appointed. When the spouse of an incapacitated or disabled person is appointed his or her guardian or conservator, such spouse shall be removed as guardian or conservator upon dissolution of his or her marriage with the incapacitated or disabled person. A guardian or conservator may also be removed on the same grounds as is provided in section 473.140 for the removal of personal representatives.

2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, a spouse whose marriage to the ward was dissolved may petition the court to remain as or be reappointed guardian or conservator of the incapacitated or disabled person in accordance with section 475.115 .

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 304, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2001 H.B. 454)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.480 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.480
99.480 Bonds — authority to issue — how paid.
Status: in_force

99.480. Bonds — authority to issue — how paid. — 1. An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes including the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for land clearance projects.

2. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring or in exchange for bonds previously issued by it.

3. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:

(1) Exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenues of the land clearance project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; or

(2) Exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenues of any of its land clearance projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds.

4. Provided that any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any loan, grant or contributions, or parts thereof, from the federal government or other source, or a mortgage of any land clearance project or projects of the authority.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.150 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.150
511.150 Assessment of damages.
Status: in_force

511.150. Assessment of damages. — In all cases of interlocutory judgments not provided for in sections 511.130 and 511.140 , the plaintiff may, if he demand it, have a jury to assess his damages. If no jury be demanded the court shall assess the damages, or give the other relief asked in the petition, and final judgment shall be given thereon.

(RSMo 1939 § 1245) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1079; 1919 § 1530; 1909 § 2099 (2007) Section is invalid as being abrogated by Rule 74.01(b). Hagan v. Buchanan, 215 S.W.3d 252 (Mo.App.W.D.).