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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.310 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.310
150.310 Manufacturer to be licensed and taxed, exemptions — license period.
Status: in_force

150.310. Manufacturer to be licensed and taxed, exemptions — license period. — 1. Every manufacturer in this state shall be licensed and taxed on all raw material and finished products, except for grain and other agricultural crops in an unmanufactured condition, as defined in section 137.010 , which are subject to assessment, valuation, and taxation under subsection 3 of section 137.115 , as well as all the tools, machinery and appliances used by them, in the same manner as provided by law for the taxing and licensing of merchants; and no county, city, town, township, or municipal authority thereof, shall ever levy any greater amount of tax against a manufacturer than is levied against merchants for the same period.

2. Licenses issued under sections 150.300 to 150.370 shall be for one year, ending on the thirty-first day of December of the then current year.

3. Nothing in sections 150.300 to 150.370 shall be so construed as to apply to manufacturers whose raw material, finished products, tools, machinery and appliances in the aggregate amount are less than one thousand dollars.

(RSMo 1939 § 11339, A.L. 1945 p. 1855 § 1, A.L. 1945 p. 1954, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 427, A.L. 1945 p. 1855 § 3, A. 1949 S.B. 1032, A.L. 1981 S.B. 13) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10111; 1919 § 13102; 1909 § 11646 Effective 1-1-82 (1980) Manufacturers' license tax statute not an unconstitutional subclassification of tangible personal property based on nature and business of owners. Metal Form Corp. v. Leachman (Mo.), 599 S.W.2d 922.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 348.085 — MO Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.085
348.085 Cooperation with federal and state agencies.
Status: in_force

348.085. Cooperation with federal and state agencies. — The authority shall have the power, as necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of sections 348.005 to 348.180 , to enter into agreements or other transactions with, and accept grants and the cooperation of, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or of this state or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in furtherance of the purposes of sections 348.005 to 348.180 , and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation.

(L. 1981 H.B. 681 § 18)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.159 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.159
9.159 Minority organ donor awareness month designated for the month of August.
Status: in_force

9.159. Minority organ donor awareness month designated for the month of August. — The month of August shall be known as "Minority Organ Donor Awareness Month". The citizens of this state are encouraged to observe the month with appropriate events and activities to raise awareness of organ donation by all ethnic groups and the need for organ donors.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1682 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.020 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.020
701.020 Penalty for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

701.020. Penalty for noncompliance. — Any person who violates any provision of sections 701.010 to 701.020 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; except that no liability under sections 701.010 to 701.020 is created as to any person who is an employee of a contractor, subcontractor or other employer responsible for compliance with sections 701.010 to 701.020 .

(L. 1976 S.B. 559 § 3) Effective 1-01-77
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.743 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.743
172.743 General traffic laws to apply to roads on university property.
Status: in_force

172.743. General traffic laws to apply to roads on university property. — All motor vehicles operated upon any thoroughfare owned or maintained by the state university and located within any of its campuses shall be subject to the provisions of the general motor vehicle laws of this state, including chapters 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 307 and 577 . Violations shall have the same effect as though such had occurred on public roads, streets or highways of this state.

(L. 1985 H.B. 288, et al. § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 2.091 — MO Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2.091
2.091 Bound journals, distributed how.
Status: in_force

2.091. Bound journals, distributed how. — The secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house shall deliver, upon request, one copy of the journal of their respective chambers to the judge of any court of record, any member of either house of the general assembly, the head of any state department, bureau or state institution, the state university, the Missouri state historical society and any public library in the state, two copies of each to the law library association of St. Louis, and three copies of each to the Library of Congress at Washington, D.C. The remaining copies shall be preserved, subject to the orders of the general assembly.

(L. 1961 p. 462 § 2.095, A.L. 1996 S.B. 837) CROSS REFERENCE: Journals to be furnished supreme court library, 180.040
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 47.300 — MO Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47.300
47.300 Notice of the holding of courts at new county seat.
Status: in_force

47.300. Notice of the holding of courts at new county seat. — As soon as convenient buildings for the holding of courts, together with a good and sufficient jail, can be had at such new seat of justice, the county commission shall notify the judges of the several courts holden in the county, at the next term thereof, who shall cause the sheriff to make proclamation at the courthouse door, in term time, that such court will thereafter be held at the place so selected.

(RSMo 1939 § 13748) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12089; 1919 § 9489; 1909 § 3710
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.886 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.886
287.886 Severability clause.
Status: in_force

287.886. Severability clause. — If any provisions of sections 287.860 to 287.886 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances are * held invalid, such validity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this section which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

(L. 1992 H.B. 975) *Word "are" does not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.902 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.902
108.902 Bonds, how registered.
Status: in_force

108.902. Bonds, how registered. — When the bonds shall have been issued, they shall be registered in the office of the state auditor in a book to be provided by him for that purpose, and he shall endorse on each bond his certificate that in the issuance thereof all of the conditions of the law have been complied with, and shall sign such certificate and authenticate the same with the seal of his office.

(L. 1982 2nd Ex. Sess. S.B. 1 § 3) Effective 12-20-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.055 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.055
324.055 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

324.055. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The Missouri board of occupational therapy may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant, or a limited permit to practice occupational therapy, as such terms are defined in section 324.050 and as provided in section 324.077 .

2. If the Missouri board of occupational therapy requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the Missouri board of occupational therapy 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 of occupational therapy 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 of occupational therapy.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 700.380 — MO Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.380
700.380 Liens and encumbrances incurred before July 1, 2003 — how terminated, ...
Status: in_force

700.380. Liens and encumbrances incurred before July 1, 2003 — how terminated, completed and enforced. — All transactions involving liens or encumbrances on manufactured homes entered into before July 1, 2003, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transactions shall remain valid thereafter except as otherwise provided by law, and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by sections 700.350 to 700.380 as though such repeal or amendment had not occurred.

(L. 1985 S.B. 152 § 700.180, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2008 merged with S.B. 895) Effective 8-28-02 (H.B. 2008); 7-01-03 (S.B. 895)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.3031 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.3031
301.3031 Director to notify military special license plate applicants of opportunity ...
Status: in_force

301.3031. Director to notify military special license plate applicants of opportunity to donate to World War II memorial trust fund — use of fund proceeds, creation of fund. — 1. Whenever a vehicle owner pursuant to this chapter makes an application for a military license plate, the director of revenue shall notify the applicant that the applicant may make a voluntary contribution of ten dollars to the World War II memorial trust fund established pursuant to this section. The director shall transfer all contributions collected to the state treasurer for credit to and deposit in the trust fund. Beginning August 28, 2013, the director of revenue shall no longer collect the contribution authorized by this section.

2. There is established in the state treasury the "World War II Memorial Trust Fund". The state treasurer shall credit to and deposit in the World War II memorial trust fund all amounts received pursuant to this section, and any other amounts which may be received from grants, gifts, bequests, the federal government, or other sources granted or given for purposes of this section.

3. The Missouri veterans' commission shall administer the trust fund. The trust fund shall be used to participate in the funding of the National World War II Memorial to be located at a site dedicated on November 11, 1995, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

4. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the trust fund in the same manner as surplus state funds are invested pursuant to section 30.260 . All earnings resulting from the investment of moneys in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. The general assembly may appropriate moneys annually from the trust fund to the department of revenue to offset costs incurred for collecting and transferring contributions pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. The provisions of section 33.080 requiring all unexpended balances remaining in various state funds to be transferred and placed to the credit of the ordinary revenue fund of this state at the end of each biennium shall not apply to the trust fund.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1797, A.L. 2013 S.B. 252)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 408.092 — MO Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.092
408.092 Attorney fees, enforcement of credit agreements, limitations.
Status: in_force

408.092. Attorney fees, enforcement of credit agreements, limitations. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, attorneys' fees are permitted to enforce a credit agreement provided the enforcing attorney is a licensed member of the Missouri bar or is authorized to practice law in Missouri, and such fees meet one of the following requirements:

(1) Such fees are included in the written credit agreement, and are not otherwise prohibited by law; or

(2) Such fees do not exceed fifteen percent of the outstanding credit balance in default, provided such credit was extended by a for-profit business or credit union.

2. At the court's discretion, additional fees may be awarded to the attorney for the prevailing party.

3. For the purposes of this section, a "credit agreement" shall have the same meaning as provided in subsection 1 of section 432.045 .

4. No provision of this section shall be construed to authorize or limit attorney's fees permitted parties and transactions not covered by this section.

(L. 1997 H.B. 257)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.275 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.275
351.275 Limitation of shareholder's obligation to corporation or its creditors.
Status: in_force

351.275. Limitation of shareholder's obligation to corporation or its creditors. — 1. A holder of or subscriber to shares of a corporation shall be under no obligation to the corporation or its creditors with respect to such shares other than the obligation to pay to the corporation the full consideration for which said shares were issued or to be issued. Any person becoming an assignee or transferee of shares or of a subscription for shares in good faith and without knowledge or notice that the full consideration therefor has not been paid shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its creditors for any unpaid portion of such consideration.

2. No person holding shares as executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, trustee, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or receiver shall be personally liable as a shareholder, but the estate and funds in the hands of said executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, trustee, assignee, or receiver shall be so liable. No pledgee or other holder of shares as collateral security shall be personally liable as a shareholder.

(RSMo 1939 § 5350, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 24) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4945; 1919 § 10156; 1909 § 3351 (1973) Where plaintiff's husband purchased stock and it was issued to plaintiff and her husband as tenants by the entirety, plaintiff was a person to whom the stock was issued and not a "transferee" under the portion of the statute that exempts a transferee without notice from any obligation for unpaid portion of consideration. Gum v. St. Joseph Foods, Inc. (A.), 495 S.W.2d 106.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 34.192 — MO Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.192
34.192 Reports, method of preparation — minimization of volume of printed material ...
Status: in_force

34.192. Reports, method of preparation — minimization of volume of printed material produced. — 1. Any report submitted to the commissioner of administration pursuant to section 34.190 shall be prepared and printed using both sides of the paper.

2. When a state department or agency is required to send a report to the general assembly, a copy of the report shall be sent to the president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of the house and shall be filed with the legislative library. Each member of the general assembly shall be notified that the report is available and a copy shall be furnished without charge upon request of any member. If such report is less than two pages in length, the report shall be furnished to each member in lieu of a notice. There shall be no cost to the member for a copy of a report furnished pursuant to this subsection.

3. The state courts administrator, each department and agency of the executive branch and the general assembly shall develop and implement policies which minimize the volume of printed material produced. At a minimum, the general assembly and each of the state's courts, departments and agencies shall ensure that documents are printed on both sides and that publication and distribution policies are periodically reviewed to ensure that unnecessary printing and distribution of documents is minimized.

(L. 1993 S.B. 80, et al. § 14)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 477.087 — MO Code / Chapter 477 / Section 477.087
477.087 Official station of judges — office space to be provided — travel to and ...
Status: in_force

477.087. Official station of judges — office space to be provided — travel to and from official station to be a paid expense. — 1. The official station of each judge of the supreme court and court of appeals may be the locus of the court of which the judge is a member or any circuit court county courthouse located where the judge maintains an actual abode in which the judge customarily lives or at any other office in that county.

2. The presiding judge of the judicial circuit in which a judge of the supreme court or court of appeals has his official station may provide suitable office space, if available, upon request by a judge of the supreme court or court of appeals for use by the judge and the judge's staff personnel.

3. Each judge of the supreme court and court of appeals, upon appointment and from time to time thereafter as changes occur, shall notify the state courts administrator in writing of the judge's official station, if other than the city of the locus of the court of which the judge is a member.

4. Judges of the supreme court and court of appeals and their staff shall be entitled to any state allowances for official travel and mileage to or from their official station and the locus of the court on which the judge sits.

(L. 1988 S.B. 425 § 1, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al., A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.312 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.312
436.312 Substitute security requirements.
Status: in_force

436.312. Substitute security requirements. — 1. The following shall constitute acceptable substitute security for purposes of sections 436.306 and 436.309 :

(1) Certificates of deposit drawn and issued by a national banking association located in this state or by any banking corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state, and mutually agreeable to the project owner and the contractor or subcontractor, in the amount of the retainage released. If the letter of credit is not renewed at least sixty days before the expiration of the letter of credit, the owner may draw upon the letter of credit regardless of the contractor's or subcontractor's performance for an amount equal to or no greater than the value of the amount of work remaining to be performed by the contractor or subcontractor;

(2) A retainage bond naming the owner as obligee issued by any surety company authorized to issue surety bonds in this state in the amount of the retainage released; or

(3) An irrevocable and unconditional letter of credit in favor of the owner, issued by a national banking association located in this state or by any banking corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state, in the amount of the retainage released.

2. The contractor shall be entitled to receive, in all events, all interest and income earned on any securities deposited by the contractor in substitution for retainage.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1403)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.100 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.100
238.100 Additional powers and duties of commissioners.
Status: in_force

238.100. Additional powers and duties of commissioners. — In further effectuation of that certain compact between the states of Missouri and Kansas heretofore made and entered into on December 28, 1965, the Kansas City area transportation authority of the Kansas City area transportation district, created by and under the aforesaid compact, is authorized to exercise the following powers in addition to those heretofore expressly authorized by the aforesaid compact:

(1) To make all appointments and employ all its officers, agents and employees, determine their qualifications and duties and fix their compensation;

(2) To deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, pension or retirement provisions, and insurance benefits;

(3) To provide for the retirement and pensioning of its officers and employees and the widows and children of the deceased officers and employees, and to provide for paying benefits upon disability or death of its officers and employees and to make payments from its funds to provide for said retirements, pensions and death or disability benefits.

(L. 1967 p. 354 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.050 — MO Code / Chapter 533 / Section 533.050
533.050 Qualifications of sureties.
Status: in_force

533.050. Qualifications of sureties. — Each of the sureties in such bonds must be a resident and householder or freeholder within the state; they must be worth the amount for which the bond is given, exclusive of property exempt from execution, and after paying all debts.

(RSMo 1939 § 1792) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1628; 1919 § 2076; 1909 § 2641
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.281 — MO Code / Chapter 327 / Section 327.281
327.281 Unauthorized practice prohibited.
Status: in_force

327.281. Unauthorized practice prohibited. — No person, including any duly elected county surveyor, shall practice as a professional land surveyor in Missouri as defined in section 327.272 unless and until there is issued to such person a license or a certificate of authority certifying that such person has been duly licensed as a professional land surveyor in Missouri, and unless such license or certificate has been renewed as provided in section 327.351 .

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.159 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.159
46.159 Washington.
Status: in_force

46.159. Washington. — Beginning at a point in the middle of Grand River, opposite the mouth of Mineral Fork; thence in a northwesterly direction to the northeast corner of Washington County, as established by the surveyor of the counties of Franklin and Washington, being a point sixteen chains north of the quarter-section corner on the line between sections fourteen and fifteen, in township forty, north, range two, east; thence due west to the middle of Meramec River; thence due south to the middle of township thirty-five, range two, west; thence due east with subdivisional line in the middle of township thirty-five to range line between ranges three and four, east; thence due north by said range line to the middle of Big River, in township thirty-nine; thence by said river to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13659) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12000; 1919 § 9402; 1909 § 3619
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.465 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.465
67.465 Period of limitation, lawsuits.
Status: in_force

67.465. Period of limitation, lawsuits. — No suit to set aside the special assessments made under sections 67.453 to 67.475 or to otherwise question the validity of the proceedings relating thereto shall be brought after the expiration of ninety days from the date of mailing of notice to property owners of the assessments required by section 67.463 .

(L. 1991 S.B. 8 § 7) Effective 4-03-91