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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 52.290 — MO Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52.290
52.290 Collection of back taxes, certain counties — fee deposited in county ...
Status: in_force

52.290. Collection of back taxes, certain counties — fee deposited in county general revenue fund and retirement fund — collection of back taxes, certain political subdivisions, fee. — 1. In all counties except counties having a charter form of government before January 1, 2008, and any city not within a county, the collector shall collect on behalf of the county a fee for the collection of delinquent and back taxes of nine percent on all sums collected to be added to the face of the tax bill and collected from the party paying the tax. Of the nine percent of the fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this section, two-ninths shall be paid into the county general fund, two-ninths shall be paid into the tax maintenance fund of the county as required by section 52.312 , and five-ninths shall be paid into the county employees' retirement fund created by sections 50.1000 to 50.1200 . Notwithstanding provisions of law to the contrary, an authorization for collection of a fee for the collection of delinquent and back taxes in a county's charter, at a rate different than the rate allowed by law, shall control.

2. In all counties having a charter form of government, other than any county adopting a charter form of government after January 1, 2008, and any city not within a county, the collector shall collect on behalf of the county and pay into the county general fund a fee for the collection of delinquent and back taxes of two percent on all sums collected to be added to the face of the tax bill and collected from the party paying the tax except that in a county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, the collector shall collect on behalf of the county a fee for the collection of delinquent and back taxes of three percent on all sums collected to be added to the face of the tax bill and collected from the party paying the tax. If a county is required by section 52.312 to establish a tax maintenance fund, one-third of the fees collected under this subsection shall be paid into that fund; otherwise, all fees collected under the provisions of this subsection shall be paid into the county general fund.

3. Such county collector may accept credit cards as proper form of payment of outstanding delinquent and back taxes due. No county collector may charge a surcharge for payment by credit card.

(RSMo 1939 § 11182, A.L. 1945 p. 1847, A. 1949 H.B. 2010, A.L. 1957 p. 332, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 579, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 497, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1316, A.L. 2017 S.B. 62) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9969; 1919 § 12959; 1909 § 11511 Effective 1-01-18
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.045 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.045
630.045 Appointment of persons for civil involuntary detention actions.
Status: in_force

630.045. Appointment of persons for civil involuntary detention actions. — The director of the department may authorize such persons as are necessary to carry out the civil involuntary detention requirements of chapter 632 .

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1081, A.L. 2023 S.B. 106)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.062 — MO Code / Chapter 566 / Section 566.062
566.062 Statutory sodomy and attempt to commit, first degree, penalties.
Status: in_force

566.062. Statutory sodomy and attempt to commit, first degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of statutory sodomy in the first degree if he or she has deviate sexual intercourse with another person who is less than fourteen years of age.

2. The offense of statutory sodomy in the first degree or an attempt to commit statutory sodomy in the first degree is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than five years, unless:

(1) The offense is an aggravated sexual offense or the victim is less than twelve years of age, in which case the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than ten years; or

(2) The person is a persistent or predatory sexual offender as defined in section 566.125 and subjected to an extended term of imprisonment under said section.

(L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 CROSS REFERENCE: Child sexual abuse, action for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 559.607 — MO Code / Chapter 559 / Section 559.607
559.607 Municipal ordinance violations, probation may be contracted for by ...
Status: in_force

559.607. Municipal ordinance violations, probation may be contracted for by municipal courts, procedure — cost to be paid by offenders, exceptions. — 1. Judges of the municipal division in any circuit, acting through a chief or presiding judge, either may contract with a private or public entity or may employ any qualified person to serve as the city's probation officer to provide probation and rehabilitation services for persons placed on probation for violation of any ordinance of the city, specifically including the offense of operating or being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs. The contracting city shall not be required to pay for any part of the cost of probation and rehabilitation services authorized under sections 559.600 to 559.615 . Persons found guilty or pleading guilty to ordinance violations and placed on probation by municipal or city court judges shall contribute a service fee to the court in the amount set forth in section 559.604 to pay the cost of their probation supervision provided by a probation officer employed by the court or by a contract probation officer as provided for in section 559.604 .

2. When approved by municipal court judges in the municipal division, the application, judicial order of approval, and the contract shall be forwarded to and filed with the division of probation and parole. The court-approved private or public entity or probation officer employed by the court shall then function as the probation office for the city, pursuant to the terms of the contract or conditions of employment and the terms of probation ordered by the judge. Any city in this state which presently does not have probation services available for persons convicted of its ordinance violations, or that contracts out those services with a private entity, may, under the procedures authorized in sections 559.600 to 559.615 , contract with and continue to contract with a private entity or employ any qualified person and contract with the municipal division to provide such probation supervision and rehabilitation services.

(L. 1992 S.B. 540 § 1 subsecs. 4, 5, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B. 353, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.425 — MO Code / Chapter 474 / Section 474.425
474.425 Property given by testator during life treated as satisfaction of devise, ...
Status: in_force

474.425. Property given by testator during life treated as satisfaction of devise, when — valuation. — Property which a testator gave in his lifetime to a person is treated as a satisfaction of a devise to that person in whole or in part only if the will provides for deduction of the lifetime gift, or the testator declares in a contemporaneous writing that the gift is to be deducted from the devise or in satisfaction of the devise, or the devisee acknowledges in writing that the gift is in satisfaction. For purpose of partial satisfaction, property given during the testator's lifetime is valued as of the time the devisee came into possession or enjoyment of the property or as of the time of death of the testator, whichever occurs first.

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.1010 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.1010
537.1010 Health care providers, immunity from liability, exceptions.
Status: in_force

537.1010. Health care providers, immunity from liability, exceptions. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, no health care provider shall be liable in a COVID-19 medical liability action unless the plaintiff can prove:

(1) Recklessness or willful misconduct by the health care provider; and

(2) That the alleged harm, damage, breach, or tort resulting in the personal injury was caused by the alleged recklessness or willful misconduct.

2. For purposes of this section, an elective procedure that is delayed with good cause shall not be considered recklessness or willful misconduct.

(L. 2021 S.B. 51 & 42) Expires 8-28-25; see § 537.1035
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.689 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.689
473.689 Service of process on foreign personal representative, how made.
Status: in_force

473.689. Service of process on foreign personal representative, how made. — 1. Service of process may be made upon a foreign personal representative by registered or certified mail, addressed to his last reasonably ascertainable address. Notice by ordinary first class mail is sufficient if registered or certified mail service to the addressee is unavailable. Service may be made upon a foreign personal representative in the manner in which service could have been made under other laws of this state on either the foreign personal representative or his decedent immediately prior to death.

2. If service is made upon a foreign personal representative as provided in subsection 1, he shall be allowed at least thirty days within which to appear or respond.

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.205 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.205
379.205 Mutual companies other than life and fire insurance.
Status: in_force

379.205. Mutual companies other than life and fire insurance. — A number of persons, not less than twenty-five, a majority of whom shall be bona fide residents of this state, by complying with the provisions of sections 379.205 to 379.310 * , may become together with others who may hereafter be associated with them or their successors, a body corporate for the purpose of carrying on the business of mutual insurance as herein provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 5950) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5839; 1919 § 6249 *Section 379.310 was repealed by S.B. 262, 1967.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 32.053 — MO Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32.053
32.053 Policy change by department effecting particular class of person to be ...
Status: in_force

32.053. Policy change by department effecting particular class of person to be applied prospectively. — Any final decision of the department of revenue which is a result of a change in policy or interpretation by the department effecting a particular class of person subject to such decision shall only be applied prospectively.

(L. 1995 S.B. 374 § 1 subsec. 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.311 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.311
411.311 Operation without license prohibited, penalty.
Status: in_force

411.311. Operation without license prohibited, penalty. — 1. Any person who:

(1) Operates a warehouse for storage of grain;

(2) Holds himself out as being in the grain storage business, or as offering storage facilities for grain;

(3) Advertises for, solicits or accepts grain for storage;

(4) Carries on a grain bank operation, or receives and stores grain for which a like quantity of grain is to be returned or delivered in any form to the depositor thereof without first obtaining and keeping in force an annual license issued by the department authorizing the operation of a public grain warehouse, or without having the license displayed in a conspicuous place, or who shall continue to transact any such business as a public warehouse after the license has been revoked or suspended, except that he may purchase from or deliver to depositors property previously stored in the warehouse; is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. The director may refuse to renew any license or grant a new one to any person whose license has been revoked for a period of one year from the date of the revocation.

(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1977 S.B. 75, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578) Effective 4-22-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.125 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.125
407.125 Chapter not limitation for commissioner of securities.
Status: in_force

407.125. Chapter not limitation for commissioner of securities. — The provisions of this chapter shall not bar the commissioner of securities from administering the provisions of chapter 409 .

(L. 2000 S.B. 896)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.151 — MO Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.151
347.151 Foreign limited liability company, conflict of laws.
Status: in_force

347.151. Foreign limited liability company, conflict of laws. — Subject to the constitution of this state:

(1) The laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability company is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its members; and

(2) A foreign limited liability company may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this state.

(L. 1993 S.B. 66 & 20 § 359.800) Effective 12-01-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.260 — MO Code / Chapter 548 / Section 548.260
548.260 Written waiver of extradition proceedings.
Status: in_force

548.260. Written waiver of extradition proceedings. — 1. Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in sections 548.071 and 548.081 and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings, by executing or subscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this state a writing which states that he consents to return to the demanding state; provided, however, that before such waiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person it shall be the duty of such judge to inform such person of his rights to the issuance or service of a warrant of extradition and to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as provided in section 548.101 .

2. If and when such consent has been duly executed it shall forthwith be forwarded to the office of the governor of this state and filed therein. The judge shall direct the officer having such person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agents of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent or agents a copy of such consent; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this state.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 26)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 357.030 — MO Code / Chapter 357 / Section 357.030
357.030 Amendments to articles — change in number of authorized shares — fees.
Status: in_force

357.030. Amendments to articles — change in number of authorized shares — fees. — Any such association may amend its articles of incorporation by a majority vote of its shareholders at any regular shareholders' meeting or at any special shareholders' meeting called for that purpose on sixty days' written notice by mail to all shareholders. Said power to amend shall include the power to increase or diminish the amount of capital stock and the number of shares, but the amount of capital stock shall not be so diminished below the amount of paid-up capital at the time the amendment is adopted. Within thirty days after the adoption of an amendment to its articles of incorporation, such association shall cause a copy of such amendment to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county or city wherein its principal place of business is located, and a certified copy thereof in the office of the secretary of state. The fee of the secretary of state for filing an article of amendment shall be one dollar, and no increase in the authorized shares of the corporation shall be valid or effectual unless the corporation has paid the director of revenue five dollars for each ten thousand dollars or less of the increase in the authorized shares of the corporation, and the corporation shall file a duplicate receipt issued by the director of revenue for the payments required by this section to be made with the secretary of state.

(RSMo 1939 § 14411, A.L. 1978 S.B. 755) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12753; 1919 § 10251
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 472.430 — MO Code / Chapter 472 / Section 472.430
472.430 Disclosure to personal representative of user's estate, when.
Status: in_force

472.430. Disclosure to personal representative of user's estate, when. — If a deceased user consented or a court directs disclosure of the contents of electronic communications of the user, the custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of the user the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the user if the representative gives the custodian:

(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

(2) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user;

(3) A certified copy of the letters testamentary or letters of administration of the representative or a certified copy of the certificate of clerk in connection with a small estate affidavit or court order;

(4) Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, then in the case of user consent to disclosure, a copy of the user's will, trust, power of attorney, or other record evidencing the user's consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; and

(5) If requested by the custodian for the purpose of identifying the correct account of the user:

(a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;

(b) Evidence linking the account to the user; or

(c) A finding by the court that:

a. The user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision;

b. Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user would not violate 18 U.S.C. Section 2701, et seq., as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 222, as amended, or other applicable law;

c. Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, the user consented to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; or

d. Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.

(L. 2018 H.B. 1250)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 291.080 — MO Code / Chapter 291 / Section 291.080
291.080 Information gathered — blanks furnished.
Status: in_force

291.080. Information gathered — blanks furnished. — The director of the inspection section is hereby directed to collect any information he may deem necessary to carry out the objects of the department as set forth in section 291.070 , and is hereby authorized to furnish suitable blanks to managers of public service corporations, county, city and township officers, and to the officers of prisons, penal and reformatory institutions, and it shall be the duty of all such managers and officers to furnish such information as the director may require and which may be in their possession with the least possible delay.

(RSMo 1939 § 10158) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13184; 1919 § 6745; 1909 § 7791
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 492.303 — MO Code / Chapter 492 / Section 492.303
492.303 Essential witness, defined — deposition may be taken by prosecutor, ...
Status: in_force

492.303. Essential witness, defined — deposition may be taken by prosecutor, procedure — costs — videotape authorized, used when. — 1. Upon the hearing of an application by a prosecuting attorney, served upon an accused or his counsel not less than five days before the date the deposition will be taken, and a finding that the witness is an essential witness, the state may take the deposition of the witness. A person is an "essential witness" if he is an eyewitness to a felony or if a conviction would not be obtained without his testimony because the testimony would establish an element of the felony that cannot be proven in any other manner. An accused and his spouse are not essential witnesses under any circumstances.

2. The court shall make such orders in connection with the taking of the deposition as will fully protect the rights of personal confrontation and cross-examination of the witness by the defendant and shall make a finding that the prosecuting attorney has fully complied with all of his obligations involving discovery respecting the defendant and that the defendant has had sufficient time to adequately prepare for such deposition. Upon application of the prosecuting attorney, the accused shall be ordered to attend the taking of the deposition. The reasonable personal and traveling expenses of the accused and his counsel shall be taxed as costs and paid as provided by law.

3. The deposition may be taken if the witness is an essential witness. The deposition may be videotaped. At the trial or upon any hearing, any deposition obtained in accordance with this section, so far as it is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be used by either party for any reason stated in Missouri supreme court rules of criminal procedure. In addition, the deposition may be used by the state if the witness refuses to testify or fails to attend the trial or hearing if this refusal or failure to attend the trial or hearing is not produced by the action of the state.

(L. 1983 S.B. 24 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 33.440 — MO Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.440
33.440 Commissioners to select fiscal agent.
Status: in_force

33.440. Commissioners to select fiscal agent. — It shall be the duty of the fund commissioners to select, from time to time, some bank as fiscal agent, where all of the interest on the bonded debt of the state shall be paid, except interest on the state school and seminary bonds or state certificates of indebtedness, the interest on which shall be paid directly out of the state treasury; and whenever a change shall be made in the state's fiscal agent, the board shall immediately notify the holders of said bonds of such new selection by publication in two metropolitan daily newspapers.

(RSMo 1939 § 13114, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 98) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11494; 1919 § 13393; 1909 § 11894
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.218 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.218
41.218 Missouri military family relief fund created, use of moneys.
Status: in_force

41.218. Missouri military family relief fund created, use of moneys. — The "Missouri Military Family Relief Fund" is hereby created in the state treasury and shall consist of all gifts, donations, appropriations, transfers, and bequests to the fund. The adjutant general shall have the power to make grants from the fund, as specified under subsection 1 of section 41.216 . Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the Missouri military family relief fund shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. Interest and moneys earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used for the purpose of funding the provisions of section 41.216 .

(L. 2005 H.B. 437)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 33.330 — MO Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.330
33.330 Renewal of defaced or mutilated bonds.
Status: in_force

33.330. Renewal of defaced or mutilated bonds. — When any bond or bonds or coupons issued by the state shall be so defaced or mutilated as to become unsuitable for negotiation or are in a condition to be lost by further keeping, the owner or owners of such bond or bonds or coupons may have the same renewed on application to the board of fund commissioners.

(RSMo 1939 § 13070, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 87) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11453; 1919 § 13359; 1909 § 11860