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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.151 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.151
355.151 Reservation of name.
Status: in_force

355.151. Reservation of name. — 1. A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. Upon finding that the corporate name applied for is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a sixty-day period. A name reservation shall not exceed a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of the first name reservation application. Upon the hundred eighty-first day, the name shall cease reserve status and shall not be placed back in reserve status.

2. The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481 merged with S.B. 294)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.170 — MO Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.170
91.170 May advertise for bids to construct.
Status: in_force

91.170. May advertise for bids to construct. — When there are no waterworks in operation in any such city, and the city shall desire to construct waterworks, the city council shall, by ordinance, cause plans and specifications of the waterworks system to be constructed, to be duly made and filed in the office of the city clerk by the city engineer, or such other person as the council may designate, which plans and specifications shall give a full description of the plant to be constructed, the details thereof and the manner of construction; and the council shall cause the said engineer or the person so designated, to make the plans and specifications, to advertise for bids, and the council, by and through said city engineer, or such committee as the council may appoint, shall contract, subject to the approval and ratification of the voters of said city, as herein provided, with the person, firm or corporation who will agree to do the work on the lowest and best terms, and such person, firm or corporation shall agree to accept, in payment for the construction of said plant, bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300 , and containing substantially the recitals as provided in section 91.160 ; and the advertisement for bids shall state, among other things, that the work is to be paid for by bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300 , which will be a first lien in the nature of a mortgage or vendor's lien upon all the property, rights, issues and revenues of the waterworks system when erected, or in any way appertaining thereto, including any and all funds that may have been or may be derived therefrom, whether in existence at the time of the issuing of the bonds or thereafter acquired, but that the bonds shall not create any personal or general liability on the part of the city or the person signing them for the payment thereof, and that the same shall be paid only out of the property constituting the waterworks system and the revenue derived therefrom.

(RSMo 1939 § 7814) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7669; 1919 § 9107; 1909 § 9932
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.270 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.270
511.270 Imperfections cured by amendment.
Status: in_force

511.270. Imperfections cured by amendment. — The omissions, imperfections, defects and variances in section 511.260 enumerated, and all others of a like nature, not being against the right and justice of the matter of the suit, and not altering the issues between the parties on the trial, shall be supplied and amended by the court where the judgment shall be given, or by the court into which such judgment shall be removed by writ of error or by appeal.

(RSMo 1939 § 1266) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1100; 1919 § 1551; 1909 § 2120
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.040 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.040
379.040 Declaration, approval, filing — certificate of incorporation — subscription ...
Status: in_force

379.040. Declaration, approval, filing — certificate of incorporation — subscription of stock. — Whenever the incorporators shall have filed the declaration required by section 379.030 , and also proof of the publication therein required, by the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the publication was made, his foreman or clerk, with the director, it shall be the duty of the director to submit such declaration to the attorney general of this state for examination, and if it shall be found by him to be in accordance with the provisions of sections 379.010 to 379.160 , and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and the United States, he shall so certify, and deliver it back to the director, who shall record the declaration, affidavit, and the certificate of the attorney general, in a book kept for that purpose, and shall furnish a certified copy of the same to the incorporators, and shall also file a certified copy of the same with the secretary of state, who, upon payment to the state director of revenue of the tax required by section 351.065 , shall issue a certificate of incorporation, upon the receipt of which they may proceed to organize in the manner set forth in their charter, and to open books for subscription to the capital stock of the company, and keep the same open until the whole amount specified in the charter is subscribed; but it shall not be lawful for such companies to issue policies or transact any business of any kind or nature whatever, except as aforesaid, until they have fully complied with the requirements of sections 379.050 and 379.055 .

(RSMo 1939 § 5910, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 329, A.L. 1989 S.B. 250) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5799; 1919 § 6209; 1909 § 7001
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.030 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.030
88.030 Condemnation of property — commissioners' report.
Status: in_force

88.030. Condemnation of property — commissioners' report. — When the commissioners shall have viewed the property and assessed the value, damages and benefits they shall make their return of such assessment in writing and under oath to the circuit court. The report shall be filed with the clerk of the court and shall set out the amounts allowed for each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned and the amounts assessed against the various lots, tracts and parcels of land, and the city, if any, to pay for the land condemned, stating such amounts separately and giving a description of each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned or assessed.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 6390, 6757, 7002, 7233, 7489, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6268, 6630, 6856, 7083; 1919 §§ 7771, 8118, 8338, 8533, 8750; 1909 §§ 8685, 9265
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.028 — MO Code / Chapter 461 / Section 461.028
461.028 Registration of property, including accounts and securities in beneficiary ...
Status: in_force

461.028. Registration of property, including accounts and securities in beneficiary form, effect. — 1. Property may be held or registered in beneficiary form by including in the name in which the property is held or registered a direction to transfer the property on death of the owner to a beneficiary designated by the owner.

2. Property is registered in beneficiary form by showing on the account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of the property the name of the owner, and the estate by which two or more joint owners hold the property, followed in substance by the words "transfer on death to ______ (name of beneficiary)". In lieu of the words "transfer on death to" the words "pay on death to" or the abbreviation "TOD" or "POD" may be used.

3. A transfer on death direction may only be placed on an account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of property by the transferring entity or a person authorized by the transferring entity.

4. A transfer on death direction transfers the owner's interest in the property to the designated beneficiary, effective on the owner's death, if the property is registered in beneficiary form prior to the death of the owner, or if the request to make the transfer on death direction is delivered in proper form to the transferring entity prior to the owner's death.

5. An account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of property that contains a transfer on death direction written as part of the name in which the property is held or registered, is conclusive evidence in the absence of fraud, duress, undue influence or evidence of clerical mistake by the transferring entity that the direction was regularly made by the owner and accepted by the transferring entity, and was not revoked or changed prior to the death giving rise to the transfer; and the transferring entity shall have no obligation to retain the original writing, if any, by which the owner caused the property to be registered in beneficiary form, more than six months after the transferring entity has mailed or delivered to the owner, at the address shown on the registration, an account statement, certificate or instrument that shows the manner in which the property is held or registered in beneficiary form.

(L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 26, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.970 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.970
115.970 Severability.
Status: in_force

115.970. Severability. — If any provision of this act * or the application thereof to anyone or to any circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of those sections and the application of such provisions to others or other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(L. 2022 H.B. 1878 § 1) * "This act" (H.B. 1878, 2022) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.419 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.419
387.419 Motor vehicle insurance, inclusion of TNC as a loss payee.
Status: in_force

387.419. Motor vehicle insurance, inclusion of TNC as a loss payee. — A TNC shall, prior to providing a TNC driver with access to the TNC's digital network, notify such driver that he or she may have a contractual obligation to include the TNC as a loss payee on the driver's motor vehicle insurance policy required to be carried under chapter 303 . The TNC driver, once notified, shall take any steps necessary to satisfy the requirements of such driver's insurance contract.

(L. 2017 H.B. 130)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.841 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.841
393.841 Voting districts may be provided, when, procedure.
Status: in_force

393.841. Voting districts may be provided, when, procedure. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the bylaws may provide that the territory in which a company supplies wastewater services may be divided into two or more voting districts for the purpose of properly distributing its directors over the area in which its members reside. In such case the bylaws shall prescribe the manner in which such voting districts shall function in the election of directors at annual meetings.

(L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3) Effective 12-23-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.210 — MO Code / Chapter 81 / Section 81.210
81.210 Changes of wards by ordinance (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Status: in_force

81.210. Changes of wards by ordinance (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000). — Whenever the corporate limits of any city now coming or which may hereafter come under the operation of section 81.200 of this chapter shall hereafter be altered or extended, and whenever the population of any such city, or of any ward or wards thereof, has been or may be so increased or diminished as to render, in the opinion of the common council, a division or redistricting of the corporation into wards, or a change in the boundary of any ward or wards necessary, the same may be done by ordinance at some regular meeting of the common council.

(RSMo 1939 § 7515) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7362; 1919 § 8776; 1909 § 9632
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 377.370 — MO Code / Chapter 377 / Section 377.370
377.370 Personal liability.
Status: in_force

377.370. Personal liability. — No person shall incur any personal liabilities for the losses or liabilities of any corporation, company or association transacting business under the provisions of sections 377.200 to 377.460 by reason of being a member or policyholder in such corporation.

(RSMo 1939 § 5880) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5769; 1919 § 6179; 1909 § 6973
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 167.821 — MO Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.821
167.821 Immunity from liability, when
Status: in_force

167.821. Immunity from liability, when — No physician, nurse, school employee, charter school or school district shall be liable for civil damages or subject to disciplinary action under professional licensing regulations or school disciplinary policies as a result of the activities authorized by sections 167.800 to 167.824 when such acts are committed as an ordinarily reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.

(L. 2013 H.B. 675)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.5026 — MO Code / Chapter 488 / Section 488.5026
488.5026 Two dollar surcharge for all criminal cases, funds to be deposited in ...
Status: in_force

488.5026. Two dollar surcharge for all criminal cases, funds to be deposited in inmate prisoner detainee security fund — use of moneys. — 1. Upon approval of the governing body of a city, county, or a city not within a county, a surcharge of two dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in any city, county, or city not within a county adopting such a surcharge, in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of the state, including an infraction and violation of a municipal ordinance; except that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality. A surcharge of two dollars shall be assessed as costs in a juvenile court proceeding in which a child is found by the court to come within the applicable provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031 .

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020 , and shall be payable to the treasurer of the governmental unit authorizing such surcharge.

3. The treasurer shall deposit funds generated by the surcharge into the "Inmate Prisoner Detainee Security Fund". Funds deposited shall be utilized to acquire and develop biometric verification systems and information sharing to ensure that inmates, prisoners, or detainees in a holding cell facility or other detention facility or area which hold persons detained only for a shorter period of time after arrest or after being formally charged can be properly identified upon booking and tracked within the local law enforcement administration system, criminal justice administration system, or the local jail system. The funds deposited in the inmate prisoner detainee security fund shall be used only to supplement the sheriff's funding received from other county, state, or federal funds. The county commission shall not reduce any sheriff's budget as a result of any funds received within the inmate prisoner detainee security fund. Upon the installation of the information sharing or biometric verification system, funds in the inmate prisoner detainee security fund may also be used for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the information sharing or biometric verification system, and also to pay for any expenses related to detention, custody, and housing and other expenses for inmates, prisoners, and detainees.

(L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1179, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1647 merged with S.B. 628, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1936)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.506 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.506
210.506 Rules, procedure — promulgation, persons to be consulted.
Status: in_force

210.506. Rules, procedure — promulgation, persons to be consulted. — 1. The division shall promulgate and publish rules in accordance with this section and chapter 536 for the licensing of foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies. In promulgating such rules the division shall consult with:

(1) Appropriate state agencies which are hereby directed to cooperate with and assist the division;

(2) Representatives from the foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies subject to licensure under sections 210.481 to 210.536 ; and

(3) Persons from the various professional fields relevant to the licensing of the foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies.

2. The rules so promulgated shall be designed to promote the health, safety, and well-being of children served by the foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 210.481 to 210.565 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.101 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.101
370.101 Oath required, when — conflict of interest, when — administrative subpoena ...
Status: in_force

370.101. Oath required, when — conflict of interest, when — administrative subpoena powers. — 1. The director of the division of credit unions and all employees of the division of credit unions, which term shall, for purposes of this section, include special agents, shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take an oath that they will not reveal the conditions or affairs of any credit union or any facts pertaining to the same that may come to their knowledge by virtue of their official positions, unless required by law to do so in the discharge of the duties of their offices or when testifying in any court proceeding. For purposes of this section, "credit union" shall mean any entity subject to chartering, licensing, or regulation by the division of credit unions.

2. Neither the director of the division of credit unions nor any employees of the division of credit unions who participate in the examination of any credit union, or who may be called upon to make any official decision or determination affecting the operation of any credit union, other than the members of the credit union commission, shall be an officer or director of any credit union the division of credit unions regulates, nor shall they receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gratuity from any such organization, nor engage in the negotiation of loans for others with any state-chartered credit union, nor shall be indebted to any state-chartered credit union.

3. The director of the division of credit unions, in connection with any examination or investigation of any person, company, or event, shall have the authority to compel the production of documents, in whatever form they may exist, and shall have the authority to compel the attendance of and administer oaths to any person having knowledge of any issue involved with the examination or investigation. The director may seek judicial enforcement of an administrative subpoena by application to the appropriate court. An administrative subpoena shall be subject to the same defenses or subject to a protective order or conditions as provided and deemed appropriate by the court in accordance with the Missouri supreme court rules.

(L. 2011 S.B. 306)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.750 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.750
144.750 Out-of-state vendor purchases subject to expansion of use tax, newspaper ...
Status: in_force

144.750. Out-of-state vendor purchases subject to expansion of use tax, newspaper notice, requirements. — 1. No later than the first week of November 2021, any county or municipality of this state that has enacted a use tax shall provide notice in the newspaper with the greatest circulation in such county or municipality and on any county or municipality website, provided such website exists, that certain purchases from out-of-state vendors will become subject to an expansion of the use tax as provided by state law. The notice shall be printed in the newspaper at least once per week, for two consecutive weeks. The notice shall include the rates of the use tax in the county or municipality and shall include general information on repealing a local use tax under section 144.761 .

2. Nothing under subsection 1 of this section shall be construed to require that duplicate notices be published or to prevent any counties or municipalities from coordinating and collaborating in their notice efforts in order to maximize cost savings to taxpayers.

(L. 2021 S.B. 153 & 97 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.100 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.100
82.100 Annexed territory to be divided into wards.
Status: in_force

82.100. Annexed territory to be divided into wards. — Whenever, by extension of its territorial limits as aforesaid, new territory is annexed to such city, the lawmaking authorities thereof shall, by ordinance, organize the same into a new ward or wards, or attach the same to some existing ward or wards, long enough before the next ensuing general city election to enable electors in such annexed territory to register, and all other proper steps to be taken according to law, so that the electors of such annexed territory may have full opportunity to register and vote at such election. Actual residents of any territory at the time of the annexation thereof as aforesaid shall, if otherwise qualified, be qualified electors of such city, and be eligible to any office therein at the next general city election following such annexation.

(RSMo 1939 § 7627) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7484; 1919 § 8895; 1909 § 9744