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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 568.065 — MO Code / Chapter 568 / Section 568.065
568.065 Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses.
Status: in_force

568.065. Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses. — 1. A person commits the offense of genital mutilation if he or she:

(1) Excises or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, vulva or clitoris of a female child less than seventeen years of age; or

(2) Is a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for a female child less than seventeen years of age and permits the excision or infibulation, in whole or in part, of the labia majora, labia minora, vulva or clitoris of such female child.

2. The offense of genital mutilation is a class B felony.

3. Belief that the conduct described in subsection 1 of this section is required as a matter of custom, ritual or standard practice, or consent to the conduct by the child on whom it is performed or by the child's parent or legal guardian, shall not be an affirmative defense to a charge pursuant to this section.

4. It is a defense if the conduct which constitutes genital mutilation was:

(1) Necessary to preserve the health of the child on whom it is performed and is performed by a person licensed to practice medicine in this state; or

(2) Performed on a child who is in labor or who has just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected with such labor or birth by a person licensed to practice medicine in this state.

(L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 CROSS REFERENCE: Child molestation, first and second degree, 566.067, 566.068
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.140 — MO Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.140
303.140 License suspension lifted, when.
Status: in_force

303.140. License suspension lifted, when. — The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in section 303.030 shall remain suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall a license or registration be issued to the person until:

(1) The person deposits, or there is deposited on his behalf, the security required under section 303.030 ; or

(2) One year has elapsed following the date of the suspension, and no claimant has filed notice, supported by a copy of the petition bearing the court file number, that he has commenced an action in a court of record, begun not later than one year after the date of such accident, arising out of the accident on which the suspension is based; or

(3) Evidence satisfactory to the director is filed with him of a release from liability, or a final adjudication of nonliability, or a duly acknowledged written agreement, in accordance with subdivision (3) of section 303.070 ; but if there is any default in the payment of any installment under any duly acknowledged written agreement, then, upon notice of the default, the director shall forthwith suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person defaulting which shall not be restored unless and until:

(a) The person deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under section 303.030 in the amount that the director then determines; or

(b) One year has elapsed following the date when the security was required and during that period no action upon the agreement has been instituted in a court of this state.

(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.070, A.L. 1961 p. 494, A.L. 1965 p. 95, A.L. 1986 S.B. 424) Effective 7-01-87
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.537 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.537
95.537 Officers and employees, salaries paid biweekly (St. Louis City).
Status: in_force

95.537. Officers and employees, salaries paid biweekly (St. Louis City). — All salaries fixed by statute for public officers, elective or appointive, or their deputies, assistants and employees, in any city now having or which may hereafter acquire a population of seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more, and which are payable by the treasurer of the city, shall be paid biweekly.

(L. 1963 p. 155 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.140 — MO Code / Chapter 534 / Section 534.140
534.140 Both parties appear — proceedings.
Status: in_force

534.140. Both parties appear — proceedings. — When both parties appear before the judge in person, or by agent or attorney, at the time appointed for the trial of the cause, the judge shall proceed to examine the complaint and proofs of the parties, and judgment shall thereupon be rendered according to the finding of the judge, as herein directed.

(RSMo 1939 § 2842, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2456; 1919 § 3004; 1909 § 7666 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.260 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.260
249.260 Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan.
Status: in_force

249.260. Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan. — 1. Within thirty days after organizing, the board of trustees may appoint a competent sanitary engineer as chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and who shall engage such assistants as the board of trustees may approve by resolution. The chief engineer shall have control of the engineering work in the district; he shall make all necessary surveys of the land and other property within the district and shall make a report, in writing, to the board of trustees with maps and profiles of said survey or surveys where necessary, which report shall contain a plan for sewerage system and the disposal of sewage. The said maps and profiles shall also indicate, as far as necessary, the location of any public roads, streets or highways, railroads and other rights-of-way, and other property or improvements in said district.

2. Upon receipt of the said final report and plan for sewage disposal, the board of trustees may adopt such report or any modification thereof after consulting with the chief engineer, and thereafter such adopted report shall be known and designated as the "Sewer Plan of ______ District", which plan shall be filed with the board of trustees and embodied in the records of the district. The board of trustees may purchase upon such terms as they may deem best, existing surveys, maps, profiles, and/or plans suitable for use in the whole or in part of the sewer plan.

3. Such engineer or engineering firm shall not receive as a salary, or an aggregate of salary and fees, in any one year, a sum in excess of the sum fixed by law as the limit of salary provided for the highway engineer in the county in which such district is located.

(RSMo 1939 § 12655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.210 — MO Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.210
451.210 Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee.
Status: in_force

451.210. Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee. — In all counties of this state where the records of marriages have been burned or otherwise destroyed, the recorder of deeds or other officer whose duty it may be to record certificates of marriages shall purchase at the expense of his county a substantially bound book in which he shall record certificates of marriage, produced, and shown to him to be genuine, by any party or parties whose record of marriage has been burned or otherwise destroyed, and the heirs and descendants of such party or parties may produce the certificate of marriage herein contemplated, and have the same recorded, and the recorder or officer recording shall receive therefor the sum of fifty cents for each certificate recorded.

(RSMo 1939 § 3644) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3254; 1919 § 10616; 1909 § 10427
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 265.286 — MO Code / Chapter 265 / Section 265.286
265.286 Label to include country of origin.
Status: in_force

265.286. Label to include country of origin. — On each quarter, half or whole carcass of imported fresh meat offered for sale at wholesale or retail, and also on any individually wrapped or packaged cut or portion thereof, there shall either be placed a label or brand clearly indicating the country of origin of the meat or a conspicuous, legible and clearly visible sign indicating the country of origin of the meat. Where unwrapped or unpackaged cuts or slices are displayed in a tray or case for selection by the patron, each tray or case shall have a conspicuous, legible and clearly visible sign or label indicating the country of origin. Every tray or other container of hamburger, ground meat, sausage, or other fresh meat displayed in the bulk shall have a sign or label conforming to the same requirements. All signs required by this section * shall be placed to clearly indicate for which cuts of meat or trays of meat such sign is intended.

(L. 1999 S.B. 310 § 9) *Word "subsection" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.360 — MO Code / Chapter 429 / Section 429.360
429.360 Suits for foreclosure, process, procedure — same as other civil suits.
Status: in_force

429.360. Suits for foreclosure, process, procedure — same as other civil suits. — The process, practice and procedure, including applications for trial de novo, in suits to enforce mechanics' liens which are heard by an associate circuit judge without special assignment shall be as nearly as practicable the same as provided in other civil suits heard by associate circuit judges. When a case is specially assigned to an associate circuit judge to hear upon a record, the process, practice and procedure, including appeals, shall be the same as if the case was being heard by a circuit judge.

(RSMo 1939 § 2926, A.L. 1945 p. 1080, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2540; 1919 § 3088; 1909 § 7750 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.020 — MO Code / Chapter 56 / Section 56.020
56.020 When term begins.
Status: in_force

56.020. When term begins. — Prosecuting attorneys elected under the provisions of this chapter shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of January next after they shall have been elected.

(RSMo 1939 § 12935) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11310; 1919 § 730; 1909 § 1001
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.131 — MO Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.131
61.131 Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain ...
Status: in_force

61.131. Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain first class counties). — Neither the county highway administrator, nor any other officer or employee of the county or state, or of any road district, shall be pecuniarily interested in any sale, bid or contract for the purchase of any machinery, materials or equipment, or for the building, improvement, repair or maintenance of any highway, road, bridge or culvert in the county. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or by removal from office, or both.

(L. 1973 H.B. 715)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 632.555 — MO Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.555
632.555 Governing board for project, members, terms, duties.
Status: in_force

632.555. Governing board for project, members, terms, duties. — 1. There is hereby established within the department of mental health a "Governing Board" for the demonstration project established pursuant to section 632.553 . The board shall be composed of seven members who are residents of the county selected for the demonstration project. Such members shall be appointed by the director of the department of mental health with the advice and consent of the state mental health commission.

2. Board members shall serve for the three-year duration of the demonstration project. The board members shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in the performance of their duties.

3. The board shall be responsible for the direct implementation of the demonstration project and shall monitor and direct the treatment of the severely emotionally disturbed children within the project, evaluating the treatment effectiveness and the cost effectiveness of the program. The board shall make quarterly reports to the department of mental health regarding such effectiveness of treatment and cost benefit.

4. The department shall provide clerical and administrative support to the board.

(L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.817 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.817
210.817 Definitions.
Status: in_force

210.817. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.817 to 210.852 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Blood tests" , any medically recognized analysis which uses blood or other body tissue or fluid to isolate and identify genetic or other characteristics in order to determine the probability of paternity or the probability of exclusion of paternity. The term specifically includes, without being limited to, tests employing red cell antigens, white cell antigens, including the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) test, DNA methodology, and serum proteins and enzymes;

(2) "Bureau" , the bureau of vital records of the department of health and senior services;

(3) "Parent" , either a natural or an adoptive parent;

(4) "Parent and child relationship" , the legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. It includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship.

(L. 1987 S.B. 328 § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 253)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 508.130 — MO Code / Chapter 508 / Section 508.130
508.130 Application for disqualification of judge or change of venue — contents.
Status: in_force

508.130. Application for disqualification of judge or change of venue — contents. — Any party, his agent or attorney, may present to the court, or judge thereof in vacation, a petition setting forth the cause of his application for disqualification of the judge or for a change of venue, and when he obtained his information and knowledge of the existence thereof; and he shall annex thereto an affidavit, made by himself, his agent or attorney, to the truth of the petition, and that affiant has just cause to believe that he cannot have a fair trial on account of the cause alleged. If the removal is asked because of objections to the inhabitants of the county, the application shall not include therein any other county than the one from which the change of venue is asked.

(RSMo 1939 § 1061, A.L. 1957 p. 294) Prior revisions: 1929 § 910; 1919 § 1360; 1909 § 1930
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.200 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.200
87.200 Retirement for accidental disability.
Status: in_force

87.200. Retirement for accidental disability. — Upon application by the member or the chief of the fire department, any member who has become totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring while in the actual performance of duty or exposure while in the actual performance of duty in response to an emergency call shall be retired by the board of trustees, if the medical board shall certify that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for further performance of duty, that such incapacity is likely to be permanent and that the member should be retired. If the accident occurred prior to the beginning of the member's twentieth year of service, application for benefits must be made before this time, except that the interval between the date of accident and of application may be at least one year.

(L. 1943 p. 708 § 6, A.L. 1957 p. 282 § 86.528, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314, A.L. 1961 p. 214, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 876, A.L. 1983 H.B. 694 & 171)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 455.230 — MO Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.230
455.230 Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment ...
Status: in_force

455.230. Annual reports by shelters, contents — confidentiality — child assessment center established by department. — 1. A shelter for victims of domestic violence that receives funds pursuant to sections 455.200 to 455.230 shall file an annual report with the designated authority of the county, or of the city not within a county, in which it is located, on or before the thirty-first day of March of the year following the year in which funds were received. The annual report shall include statistics on the number of persons served by the shelter, the relationship of the victim of domestic violence to the abuser, the number of referrals made for medical, psychological, financial, educational, vocational, child care services or legal services, and shall include the results of an independent audit. No information contained in the report shall identify any person served by the shelter or enable any person to determine the identity of any such person. Any information contained in the report that is directly related to advocacy services provided by the shelter shall not be construed as a violation of section 455.220 . Any shelter for victims of domestic violence as defined in this chapter may apply to the department of public safety for a grant to provide funds for the renovation, construction and improvement of such shelter on a 75/25 state/local match rate, subject to appropriation.

2. The designated authority shall compile the reports filed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section annually.

3. In addition to any shelter funded under said section, subject to appropriation, the department of social services shall fund a child assessment center to serve the needs of children from families in conflict and from domestic violence to be located in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of more than one hundred sixty thousand but less than two hundred thousand.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1069 § 8, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.307 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.307
9.307 Farmers and Ranchers Day designated for July 20.
Status: in_force

9.307. Farmers and Ranchers Day designated for July 20. — July twentieth of each year shall be designated as "Farmers and Ranchers Day" in Missouri. Citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to recognize the positive impact farming and ranching families have on this state.

(L. 2022 H.B. 1738)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 56.540 — MO Code / Chapter 56 / Section 56.540
56.540 Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — ...
Status: in_force

56.540. Circuit attorney — assistants, investigators, clerical employees, duties — oath — compensation. — 1. The circuit attorney of such circuit may appoint one first assistant circuit attorney, one chief trial assistant, one warrant officer, one chief misdemeanor assistant and such additional assistant circuit attorneys as the circuit attorney deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. The appointments shall be in writing and shall be entered upon the minutes of the criminal divisions.

2. The circuit attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, grand jury reporters, and as many clerks, criminal legal investigators, reporters, and stenographers as he deems necessary for the proper administration of his office. It is the duty of the clerks, reporters and stenographers to act as clerks, reporters and stenographers for the circuit attorney, and, when so directed by him, the reporters and stenographers shall take down and transcribe, for his use, evidence before the grand jury or before any court of the circuit exercising criminal jurisdiction. Before taking down any evidence before the grand jury, the reporters and stenographers shall be sworn to secrecy and shall not divulge any testimony which they may hear except to the circuit attorney, or when lawfully required to do so in a court of record. The clerk, reporters and stenographers shall also perform other services as the circuit attorney may direct.

3. Salaries for all employees of the circuit attorney's office shall be set and determined by the circuit attorney and the St. Louis board of aldermen, subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of St. Louis.

4. All salaries shall be paid on a biweekly basis.

5. Appointments by the circuit attorney of assistant circuit attorneys, clerks, stenographers, reporters, criminal legal investigators, and all other personnel, in excess of the minimum numbers authorized by this section, shall be subject to the approval of the board of estimate and apportionment of the City of St. Louis.

(RSMo 1939 § 12909, A.L. 1945 p. 581 § 12906A, A.L. 1949 p. 230, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1955 p. 362, A.L. 1961 p. 295, A.L. 1967 p. 133, A.L. 1969 p. 108, A.L. 1973 S.B. 235, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 700, A.L. 1981 S.B. 133, A.L. 1983 S.B. 250, A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11284; 1919 § 704; 1909 § 978
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.465 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.465
620.465 Powers of division.
Status: in_force

620.465. Powers of division. — The division of tourism shall have the following powers * :

(1) To formulate a program for the promotion of tourism in Missouri, including the promotion of our state parks, fishing and hunting areas, historical shrines, vacation regions and areas of historic or scenic interest;

(2) To cooperate with civic groups and local, state and federal departments and agencies, and agencies and departments of other states in encouraging educational tourism and developing programs therefor;

(3) To publish tourist promotional material such as brochures and booklets;

(4) To promote tourism in Missouri by articles and advertisements in magazines, newspapers, radio, television and travel publications and by establishing promotional exhibitions at travel shows and similar exhibitions;

(5) To establish and maintain travel offices at major points of entry to the state;

(6) To accept any grant of funds made to it for the promotion of tourism in Missouri;

(7) To do such other acts as shall, in the judgment of the division, be necessary and proper in carrying out the purposes of sections 620.450 to 620.465 .

(L. 1967 p. 368 § 4) Transferred 1986; formerly 258.330 *Section 620.010 transferred all powers, duties and functions vested in the tourism commission to the tourism division, by type III transfer, department of economic development.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1803 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1803
375.1803 Court actions against insurance company, venue where — inapplicability, when.
Status: in_force

375.1803. Court actions against insurance company, venue where — inapplicability, when. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in all actions in which there is any count against an insurer, whether in tort or contract, regarding the rights, benefits, or duties under an insurance contract or any action arising from an insurance contract, including but not limited to claims of breach of contract, bad faith, or breach of fiduciary duty, venue shall be in the county where the insurer resides, or if the insured was a resident of Missouri at the time the insurance contract was issued, the county of the insured's principal place of residence, as defined in section 508.010 , at the time the insurance contract was issued. Venue shall be determined by this section even if the insured's rights or claims under the policy have been assigned or otherwise transferred to another party. However, intervention by an insurer in an action pursuant to section 537.065 shall not affect the venue of the action.

2. (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any action against an insurer relating to uninsured motorist coverage or underinsured motorist coverage, including any action to enforce such coverage.

(2) Venue for a vexatious refusal to pay claim under section 375.296 or section 375.420 to collect an amount due under uninsured motorist or underinsured motorist coverage shall not be determined in accordance with the provisions of this section, but shall be determined by the provisions of section 375.1806 . However, venue for any other vexatious refusal to pay claim to collect an amount due under any other type of policy or coverage shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(L. 2019 S.B. 7)