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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.042 — MO Code / Chapter 461 / Section 461.042
461.042 Survival required.
Status: in_force

461.042. Survival required. — 1. An individual who is a beneficiary of a nonprobate transfer shall not be entitled to a transfer unless the individual survives the owner by one hundred twenty hours.

2. If an owner provides and the transferring entity accepts, or if a governing instrument or applicable law provides, a period of survival different than one hundred twenty hours, the period designated shall determine the survival requirement of beneficiaries under this section. An owner and transferring entity may agree that certain circumstances raise a different presumption of survival or nonsurvival.

3. This section does not apply to survivorship rights of joint owners.

(L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 31, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.455 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.455
196.455 Annual license required.
Status: in_force

196.455. Annual license required. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership or corporation to operate a locker plant in this state unless such person, firm, copartnership or corporation has secured an annual license therefor from the department. A separate license shall be secured for each locker plant. The application for such license shall be in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. A license issued for a locker shall be transferable upon written permission of the director.

(L. 1945 p. 940 § 2, A. 1949 S.B. 1053)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.420 — MO Code / Chapter 483 / Section 483.420
483.420 Circuit clerk, office (Cape Girardeau County).
Status: in_force

483.420. Circuit clerk, office (Cape Girardeau County). — The circuit clerk of Cape Girardeau County may maintain and staff offices at the courthouses in Jackson and Cape Girardeau.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2011 H.B. 340)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.182 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.182
578.182 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

578.182. Exemptions. — Exemptions. — 1. The provisions of sections 578.173 and 578.176 shall not apply to:

(1) Any person simulating a fight for the purpose of using the simulated fight as part of a motion picture production or a motion picture production for television, provided sections 578.009 and 578.012 are not violated;

(2) Any person selling, offering for sale, shipping, transporting or using any animal, for the sole purpose of tracking, pursuing or taking wildlife, or to participate in any hunting, fishing or any other activity regulated by the Missouri wildlife code;

(3) Any person using animals to herd, work or identify livestock for agricultural purposes according to recognized animal husbandry.

2. Nothing in the provisions of sections 578.170 , 578.173 , and 578.176 shall be construed to:

(1) Prohibit breeding, rearing or slaughtering poultry pursuant to the provisions of chapters 196 , 262, 265, 276 and 277;

(2) Prohibit breeding or rearing game fowl when the game fowl are not intended for use in violation of the provisions of sections 578.170 , 578.173 or 578.176 ;

(3) Prohibit professional or amateur rodeo practices, and skill events when the practices and skill events are not intended for use in violation of the provisions of sections 578.170 , 578.173 and 578.176 .

(Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § E, November 3, 1998, A.L. 1999 H.B. 79) Effective 6-29-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.155 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.155
245.155 Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to ...
Status: in_force

245.155. Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee. — When any right-of-way has been obtained under sections 245.010 to 245.280 , over any embankment belonging to any person, railroad, tramway or other corporation, it shall be the duty of the owner of such embankment to so raise, at the expense of the owner, said embankment so that same will conform with the levee of said district, and if such person or corporation shall fail or refuse to raise such embankment in the manner herein provided, said district may within three months after it has finished the building of its own levee enter upon and raise the embankment of said person or corporation to conform with said district levee. And the cost for such construction shall be a first lien upon the property of said person or corporation and such cost may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(RSMo 1939 § 12523) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10933; 1919 § 4627
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 274.020 — MO Code / Chapter 274 / Section 274.020
274.020 Definitions.
Status: in_force

274.020. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated:

(1) "Agricultural products" includes horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee or any farm products;

(2) "Association" , any corporation organized under this chapter; associations organized hereunder shall be deemed "nonprofit" inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers;

(3) "Member" includes actual members of associations without capital stock.

(RSMo 1939 § 14334, A. 1949 S.B. 1098) Prior revision: 1929 § 12676
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.257 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.257
204.257 Advisory board for subdistrict, creation, members — may make recommendations.
Status: in_force

204.257. Advisory board for subdistrict, creation, members — may make recommendations. — The board of trustees of the common sewer district, in its discretion, may create an advisory board for the subdistrict to consist of five members, each serving a term of two years. An authorized representative, not a member of the common sewer district's advisory board under section 204.310 , from the sewer subdistrict, together with the representatives of each county having territory within the subdistrict, may constitute the advisory board for the subdistrict. The board of trustees of the common sewer district may keep the subdistrict advisory board informed as to all phases of the planning and operations of the subdistrict, and the subdistrict advisory board may make such recommendations to the common sewer district advisory board as the subdistrict board deems advisable with regard to the construction and operation of sewers and facilities in the subdistrict.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1803 § 7, A.L. 1997 H.B. 340)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.330 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.330
226.330 State transportation department to accept donations of and acquire lands.
Status: in_force

226.330. State transportation department to accept donations of and acquire lands. — If, as a result of such required surveys, maps and estimates, the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied that one or more desirable parkway routes are available, then the state transportation department of this state be and it hereby is authorized to accept donations of and acquire lands, interests in lands, islands, waters, easements and other property and thereafter convey same to the United States on behalf of this state, or such of its political subdivisions or private parties may convey necessary or convenient property or easements for such projected parkway, together with sites in connection therewith acquired or to be acquired for recreational or naturalistic purposes. Thereafter, such areas shall constitute such national parkway in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 8795)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 435.380 — MO Code / Chapter 435 / Section 435.380
435.380 Witnesses, subpoenas, depositions.
Status: in_force

435.380. Witnesses, subpoenas, depositions. — 1. The arbitrators may issue or cause to be issued subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

2. On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.

3. All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.

4. Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the circuit court.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1203 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 385.321 — MO Code / Chapter 385 / Section 385.321
385.321 Effective date for certain sections.
Status: in_force

385.321. Effective date for certain sections. — The repeal of sections 407.1200 , 407.1203 , 407.1206 , 407.1209 , 407.1212 , 407.1215 , 407.1218 , 407.1221 , 407.1224 , 407.1225 , and 407.1227 and the enactment of sections 385.200 , 385.201 * , 385.203 * , 385.204 , 385.205 ** , 385.207 ** , 385.208 , 385.209 ** , 385.210 , 385.211 ** , 385.212 , 385.300 , 385.301 * , 385.302 , 385.303 * , 385.304 , 385.305 * , 385.306 , 385.307 * , 385.310 , 385.311 * , and 385.312 , shall become effective January 1, 2008.

(L. 2007 H.B. 221 § B) *This section does not exist and was not contained in H.B. 221, 2007. **This section did not exist and was not contained in H.B. 221, 2007, but was enacted in S.B. 132, 2011.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.499 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.499
115.499 Verification board, how constituted.
Status: in_force

115.499. Verification board, how constituted. — 1. Where the election authority is a board of election commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall be the verification board.

2. Where the election authority is a county clerk, the county clerk and two verification judges, one from each major political party, shall be the verification board. The county clerk may, as he deems necessary, designate an even number of additional verification judges, one-half from one major political party and one-half from the other major political party. The verification judges shall possess the same qualifications as election judges. Not later than the second Tuesday preceding an election, the county clerk shall request and the county committee of each major political party in the jurisdiction of the election authority shall submit to the election authority a list containing the names of at least six persons qualified to serve on the verification board. Not later than the first Tuesday preceding the election, the election authority shall appoint not less than one person from each of the lists to serve on the verification board. If either county committee fails to present the prescribed number of names of qualified persons by the time prescribed, the election authority shall select and appoint a member or members of the verification board from the party.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.305, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 273.400 — MO Code / Chapter 273 / Section 273.400
273.400 Definitions.
Status: in_force

273.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 273.400 to 273.405 , the following words mean:

(1) "Adopter" , a person who is legally competent to enter into a contract and who is adopting or buying a dog or cat from a releasing agency;

(2) "Adult animal" , any dog or cat that has reached the age of one hundred eighty days or six months or more;

(3) "Releasing agency" , an animal pound, shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency, whether public or private, but not including an individual who occasionally renders humane assistance or shelter in his * home to a dog or cat;

(4) "Sterilization" , the surgical removal of the reproductive organs of a dog or cat in order to render the animal unable to reproduce, or the use of an approved serum which will permanently render the animal unable to reproduce.

(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 7) *Word "their" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 237.150 — MO Code / Chapter 237 / Section 237.150
237.150 Failure to post rates, penalty.
Status: in_force

237.150. Failure to post rates, penalty. — If any ferryman fail to comply with the provisions of section 237.140 , he shall, for every such offense, forfeit four dollars to the county.

(RSMo 1939 § 15298) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14210; 1919 § 5544; 1909 § 6487
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 29.225 — MO Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.225
29.225 Audit of political subdivisions and governmental entities, when.
Status: in_force

29.225. Audit of political subdivisions and governmental entities, when. — 1. The auditor or his or her authorized representatives may audit all or part of any political subdivision or other governmental entity:

(1) If, after an investigation of the political subdivision or governmental entity under section 29.221 , or its officers or employees, the auditor believes an improper governmental activity has occurred; or

(2) When requested by a prosecuting attorney, circuit attorney, or law enforcement agency as part of an investigation of an improper governmental activity.

2. The costs for all audits initiated under this section shall be paid out of the state auditor's budget.

(L. 2024 H.B. 2111)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.750 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.750
88.750 Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements.
Status: in_force

88.750. Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements. — If the county commission shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any ordinance providing for the improvement of property as provided in sections 88.743 and 88.747 , for a period of sixty days after notice has been served on the county clerk, of the requirements of the ordinance and the kind and nature of the improvements to be made, the city shall proceed to make such improvements in the same manner as is provided by ordinance for the making of similar improvements by private citizens, and shall issue special tax bills for the cost of all labor and material necessary in making such improvements, and such special tax bills shall be a valid claim against such county, and it shall be the duty of the county commission at its next regular meeting after the completion of said improvements to audit, allow and pay out of the general fund of the county the cost of making said improvements or the special tax bills issued therefor.

(RSMo 1939 § 7228) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7078; 1919 § 8528; 1909 § 9429
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.817 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.817
82.817 Designated agents for certain landowners within St. Louis City — penalty.
Status: in_force

82.817. Designated agents for certain landowners within St. Louis City — penalty. — 1. All owners of real estate within any city not within a county living outside such city not within a county must designate an agent to accept service of process for any violation of city building or occupancy codes or other city ordinances. The agent's name and address must be registered in the city assessor's office by January 1, 1991, and any changes must be reregistered by the owner thereof within thirty days after any such change is made. Service of process upon this agent, including service of process by registered mail as authorized pursuant to section 506.150 , shall be deemed service of process upon the owner. No agent, unless he is the owner of the property, shall be liable for housing code violations relating to the property.

2. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a class B misdemeanor.

(L. 1990 S.B. 728 § 5, A.L. 2000 S.B. 894) (2002) Senate Bill 894 provision declared unconstitutional as a violation of the clear title requirement of Art. III, Section 23. Home Builders of Greater St. Louis v. State, 75 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 135.416 — MO Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.416
135.416 Investment percentage required to be spent in Missouri.
Status: in_force

135.416. Investment percentage required to be spent in Missouri. — All investments in Missouri small businesses for which tax credits are claimed under the provisions of sections 135.400 to 135.430 shall satisfy the conditions of being registered or specifically exempt from registration by provisions or regulations under chapter 409 that require a certain percentage of the investment to be used in Missouri.

(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 10, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1547 & 961)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.100 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.100
544.100 Arrest in another county — procedure.
Status: in_force

544.100. Arrest in another county — procedure. — If the person against whom any warrant granted by an associate circuit judge, mayor or chief officer of a city or town shall be issued, escape or be in any other county, it shall be the duty of any associate circuit judge authorized to issue a warrant in the county in which such offender may be or is suspected to be, on proof of the handwriting of the associate circuit judge issuing the warrant to endorse his name thereon, and thereupon the offender may be arrested in such county by the officer bringing such warrant, or any officer within the county within which the warrant is so endorsed; and any such warrant may be executed in any county within this state by the officer to whom it is directed, if the clerk of the county commission of the county in which the warrant was issued shall endorse upon or annex to the warrant his certificate, with the seal of said commission affixed thereto, that the officer who issued such warrant was at the time an acting officer fully authorized to issue the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

(RSMo 1939 § 3860, A. 1949 H.B. 2141) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3470; 1919 § 3815; 1909 § 5023
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.280 — MO Code / Chapter 521 / Section 521.280
521.280 Order of sale, to whom delivered, return — disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

521.280. Order of sale, to whom delivered, return — disposition of proceeds. — The order of sale, when made in vacation, shall be delivered to the clerk of the court and filed in the cause; and the clerk shall deliver to the officer having charge of the property a copy of every order of sale, whether made in term or vacation; and such officer shall make return thereof to the court, at such time as shall be expressed in the order, showing how he has executed the same; and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into court or otherwise disposed of as the court or judge may order.

(RSMo 1939 § 1465) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1301; 1919 § 1752; 1909 § 2321
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.265 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.265
115.265 Inoperative electronic voting machine, procedure to follow.
Status: in_force

115.265. Inoperative electronic voting machine, procedure to follow. — If any electronic voting machine at a polling place becomes inoperative, the election judges shall immediately notify the election authority. If possible, the election authority shall repair or replace the machine. If an electronic voting machine is replaced with another machine, the votes on both machines shall be recorded at the close of the polls and shall be added together in determining the results of the election. If the inoperative machine cannot be repaired, and no other machine is available for use, paper ballots made as nearly as practicable to the official ballot may be used. At the close of the polls, the votes on paper ballots and the votes on the electronic voting machines shall be recorded and shall be added together in determining the results of the election. All paper ballots used pursuant to this section shall be used in accordance with the laws affecting paper ballots and shall be returned to the election authority as paper ballots are returned with a statement describing how and why the paper ballots were voted.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.340, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1136)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.911 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.911
407.911 Definitions.
Status: in_force

407.911. Definitions. — As used in sections 407.911 to 407.915 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Commission" , compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders or sales, or as a specified amount per order or per sale;

(2) "Principal" , a person, firm, corporation, partnership or other business entity, whether or not it has a permanent or fixed place of business in this state, and who:

(a) Manufactures, produces, imports, provides, or distributes a product or service for sale;

(b) Contracts with a sales representative to solicit orders for the product or service; and

(c) Compensates the sales representative, in whole or in part, by commission;

(3) "Sales representative" , a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other business entity who contracts with a principal to solicit orders and who is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission, but shall not include a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other business entity who places orders or purchases for its own account for resale.

(L. 1989 S.B. 192 § 1 subsec. 1, A.L. 2005 S.B. 211)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.020 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.020
570.020 Determination of value.
Status: in_force

570.020. Determination of value. — For the purposes of this chapter, the value of property shall be ascertained as follows:

(1) Except as otherwise specified in this section, "value" means the market value of the property at the time and place of the crime, or if such cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, the cost of replacement of the property within a reasonable time after the crime. If the victim is a merchant, and the property is a type that the merchant sells in the ordinary course of business, then the property shall be valued at the price that such merchant would normally sell such property;

(2) Whether or not they have been issued or delivered, certain written instruments, not including those having a readily ascertainable market value such as some public and corporate bonds and securities, shall be evaluated as follows:

(a) The value of an instrument constituting evidence of debt, such as a check, draft or promissory note, shall be deemed the amount due or collectible thereon or thereby, such figure ordinarily being the face amount of the indebtedness less any portion thereof which has been satisfied;

(b) The value of any other instrument which creates, releases, discharges or otherwise affects any valuable legal right, privilege or obligation shall be deemed the greatest amount of economic loss which the owner of the instrument might reasonably suffer by virtue of the loss of the instrument;

(3) When the value of property cannot be satisfactorily ascertained pursuant to the standards set forth in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, its value shall be deemed to be an amount less than seven hundred fifty dollars.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888 merged with H.B. 2120, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 110.070 — MO Code / Chapter 110 / Section 110.070
110.070 Bids for depositaries — publication of notice.
Status: in_force

110.070. Bids for depositaries — publication of notice. — 1. Subject to the provisions of section 110.030 , all boards of managers, curators, trustees or other persons by whatever name called, who have the management of any state institution, that have the use or custody of any funds, on or before the first Monday of July for the year in which a bid is requested shall receive sealed proposals from banking corporations, associations, or trust companies in any city, town or county in which the institutions are located which desire to be selected as depositaries of the moneys and funds of the institution. The bids may be for a period of one to four years.

2. Notice that bids will be received shall be published by the secretary of the board at least twenty days before the meeting at which the depositary is to be selected in some newspaper published in the city, town or county at least once in each week.

(RSMo 1939 § 9373, A.L. 1959 S.B. 77, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1320) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8676; 1919 § 12319