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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 528.570 — MO Code / Chapter 528 / Section 528.570
528.570 Special commissioner to execute and file bond with clerk.
Status: in_force

528.570. Special commissioner to execute and file bond with clerk. — Every special commissioner, appointed under the provisions of this chapter before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, shall file with the clerk of the court in which the suit for partition is pending his bond, payable to the state, with such sureties as may be approved by the court, in a sum sufficient to indemnify the parties, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his said office, and account for and pay over, according to the order of the court, to the parties entitled thereto, all such sums of money as may come to his possession as such commissioner.

(RSMo 1939 § 1765) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1601; 1919 § 2049; 1909 § 2614
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.885 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.885
92.885 Members, appointment — vacancy, how filled.
Status: in_force

92.885. Members, appointment — vacancy, how filled. — 1. The land reutilization authority shall be composed of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the comptroller of any city operating under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 , one of whom shall be appointed by the board of education of such city, and one shall be appointed by the mayor of any such city. The members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authority and shall serve without compensation. The members so appointed may be employees of the appointing authority and shall serve without additional compensation.

2. Any vacancy in the office of land reutilization commissioner shall be filled by the same appointing authority which made the original appointment. If any appointing authority fails to make any appointment of a land reutilization commissioner within the time the first appointments are required, or within thirty days after any term expires, then the appointment shall be made by the mayor of the city.

(L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 36)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 250.070 — MO Code / Chapter 250 / Section 250.070
250.070 Revenue bonds — election — vote required — form of ballot.
Status: in_force

250.070. Revenue bonds — election — vote required — form of ballot. — 1. No such city, town or village or sewer district shall issue or deliver any bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending any such sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of any such system unless a proposition to issue such bonds shall have received the assent of a majority of the voters of such city, town or village or the assent of four-sevenths of the voters of the sewer district, who shall vote on the question.

2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall ______ (name of city, town, village, or district) issue revenue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars?

(L. 1951 p. 638 § 6, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.100 — MO Code / Chapter 566 / Section 566.100
566.100 Sexual abuse in the first degree, penalties.
Status: in_force

566.100. Sexual abuse in the first degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of sexual abuse in the first degree if he or she subjects another person to sexual contact when that person is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the capacity to consent, or by the use of forcible compulsion.

2. The offense of sexual abuse in the first degree is a class C felony unless the victim is less than fourteen years of age, or it is an aggravated sexual offense, in which case it is a class B felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al., A.L. 1991 H.B. 566, A.L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, 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 (1981) Offenses of sexual abuse in the first, second, and third degree may be, but are not necessarily, lesser included offenses under sodomy statute and deviate sexual assault statutes. State v. Gibson (Mo.App.), 623 S.W.2d 93.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.420 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.420
354.420 Advisory panels to afford enrollees participation in policy decisions.
Status: in_force

354.420. Advisory panels to afford enrollees participation in policy decisions. — The governing body of each health maintenance organization shall establish a mechanism to afford the enrollees an opportunity to participate in matters of policy and operation through the establishment of advisory panels, the use of advisory referenda on major policy decisions, or the use of other mechanisms.

(L. 1983 H.B. 127)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.914 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.914
191.914 False report or claim, penalty.
Status: in_force

191.914. False report or claim, penalty. — 1. Any person who intentionally files a false report or claim alleging a violation of sections 191.900 to 191.910 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation of this section is a class E felony and shall be punished as provided by law.

2. Any person who receives any compensation in exchange for knowingly failing to report any violation of subsections 1 to 3 of section 191.905 is guilty of a class E felony.

(L. 2007 S.B. 577, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.615 — MO Code / Chapter 640 / Section 640.615
640.615 Applicant to obtain primary source to finance project and then apply for ...
Status: in_force

640.615. Applicant to obtain primary source to finance project and then apply for grant — rules governing grants, authority of department. — 1. The applicant must first apply with the agency or other financial source which is to furnish the primary financial assistance, and after the amount of that assistance has been determined, an application for a grant hereunder may be made to and processed by the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall make the necessary rules and regulations for the consideration and processing of all grant requests, which shall generally conform to those used by federal grant and loan agencies, which rules shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The rules shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following criteria:

(1) Preliminary engineer cost study;

(2) Bonded indebtedness of the district or community;

(3) The financial condition of the district or community;

(4) The cost per connection;

(5) The economic level in the district or community;

(6) The ratio of contracted users to potential users, which shall not be less than seventy-five percent;

(7) The number of acres being protected for any source water protection project.

2. No grant shall be finally approved until the applicant furnishes evidence of a commitment from the primary financial source.

(L. 1989 S.B. 444, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 329.110 — MO Code / Chapter 329 / Section 329.110
329.110 Board to issue license.
Status: in_force

329.110. Board to issue license. — 1. If an applicant for examination for cosmetology passes the examination to the satisfaction of the board and has paid the fee required and complied with the requirements pertaining to this chapter, the board shall cause to be issued a license to that effect. The license shall be evidence that the person to whom it is issued is entitled to engage in the practices, occupation or occupations stipulated therein as prescribed in this chapter. The license shall be conspicuously displayed in his or her principal office, place of business, or employment.

2. Whenever anyone who has been licensed in accordance with this chapter practices any of the occupations authorized in this chapter outside of or away from the person's principal office, place of business, or employment, he or she shall deliver to each person in his or her care a certificate of identification. This certificate shall contain his or her signature, the number and date of his or her license, the post office address and the date upon which the certificate of identification is delivered to the person under his or her care.

(RSMo 1939 § 9819, A.L. 1945 p. 959, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1995 S.B. 292, A.L. 2005 S.B. 280) Prior revision: 1929 § 9098
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 252.303 — MO Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.303
252.303 Agroforestry program developed — who may develop plan.
Status: in_force

252.303. Agroforestry program developed — who may develop plan. — The department may develop and implement, in cooperation with the University of Missouri college of agriculture, the University of Missouri center for agroforestry, the University of Missouri extension service, the Missouri department of natural resources, private industry councils and the Missouri department of agriculture, an agroforestry program. The program shall be designed to encourage the development of a state program of agroforestry, and shall encourage soil conservation and diversifications of the state's agricultural base through the use of trees planted in an agroforestry configuration to accommodate alley cropping, forested-riparian buffers, silvopasture and windbreaks.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1653 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 84, A.L. 2001 H.B. 904 merged with S.B. 462)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 541.040 — MO Code / Chapter 541 / Section 541.040
541.040 Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

541.040. Property stolen in another state, prosecution here, jurisdiction. — Every person who shall steal, or obtain by robbery, the property of another from any other state or country, and shall bring the same into this state, may be convicted and punished for stealing or robbery in the same manner as if the property had been feloniously stolen or taken in this state, and in any such case the stealing or robbery may be charged to have been committed, and every such person may be prosecuted in any county into or through which such stolen property shall be brought.

(RSMo 1939 § 4837, A.L. 1955 p. 515) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4444; 1919 § 3685; 1909 § 4896 (1957) Information charging that larceny occurred in the county into which the property was brought even though property was stolen in another state, held sufficient under this section. State v. Dobson (Mo.), 303 S.W.2d 650; cert. den. 355 U.S. 964, 78 S.Ct. 554.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.410 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.410
84.410 Board of police — quorum — effective time of regulations.
Status: in_force

84.410. Board of police — quorum — effective time of regulations. — The majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No rule or regulation of the board shall take effect until fifteen days after final action on it by the board unless otherwise specified by the board. No action shall be taken by the board unless three concurring votes are cast.

(RSMo 1939 § 7649, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7650) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7507; 1919 § 8918; 1909 § 9770
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.390 — MO Code / Chapter 483 / Section 483.390
483.390 Papers may be recorded in office of clerk of circuit court — fee charged.
Status: in_force

483.390. Papers may be recorded in office of clerk of circuit court — fee charged. — 1. In all civil actions any party interested therein may, upon payment of the fees, have any or all of the following papers recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which such action is brought: Petitions, summons, affidavit for publication of notice to nonresident or unknown defendants, sheriff's, or other officer's, return of service to summons, proof of publication of notices to nonresident or unknown defendants, answers, motions, notices of sale of property involved and proof of its publication, return of sale by any sheriff, commissioner, or other officer, in case of sale of real estate, affidavit of commissioner, notice to parties by commissioner in partition, and any other paper or pleading tending to show the service on the defendants for their appearance in such case.

2. The clerk of the circuit court shall charge the sum of ten cents per one hundred words for the recording of papers as provided in this section, which sum shall be paid into the county treasury.

(RSMo 1939 § 13296, A.L. 1945 p. 662) Prior revision: 1929 § 11677
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 77.170 — MO Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.170
77.170 Manner of purchasing and condemning lands.
Status: in_force

77.170. Manner of purchasing and condemning lands. — The mayor and common council, in proceeding by ordinance to purchase and condemn lands for the purpose stated in section 77.160 , may proceed in the manner provided by law for the establishment of streets, avenues, alleys or marketplaces or public squares, but it shall not be necessary to establish a benefit district or assess benefits, or, unless there are nonresident or unknown defendants, to give notice by publication as therein provided; and on such condemnation and the payment of the appraisement as therein provided, the title of such lands shall vest in such city for the uses and purposes for which taken.

(RSMo 1939 § 7047, A. 1949 H.B. 2027)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.620 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.620
105.620 Status of exchanged employees.
Status: in_force

105.620. Status of exchanged employees. — 1. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 105.610 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency.

2. Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.

3. Any employee who participates in an exchange under the terms of this section who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in the act, who has sustained the injury in the performance of duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency's employee compensation program.

(L. 1967 p. 194 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.366 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.366
227.366 Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Memorial Highway designated for a portion ...
Status: in_force

227.366. Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Memorial Highway designated for a portion of U.S. Highway 60 in Stoddard County. — Notwithstanding subsection 8 of section 227.299 , the portion of U.S. Highway 60 contained in Stoddard County, from where U.S. Highway 60 and Route ZZ intersect to where U.S. Highway 60 and Missouri Route 25 intersect, shall be designated the "Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. Memorial Highway". Costs for such designation shall be paid by the Missouri Troopers' Association.

(L. 2007 H.B. 56 § 227.376)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.360 — MO Code / Chapter 532 / Section 532.360
532.360 Duty of court on final hearing.
Status: in_force

532.360. Duty of court on final hearing. — The court shall proceed to examine into the cause of confinement or restraint, and shall settle the facts in a summary way, by hearing the testimony, as well on the part of the persons interested as of the prisoner, and the person who holds him in custody, and shall dispose of the prisoner as the case shall require.

(RSMo 1939 § 1619, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1455; 1919 § 1905; 1909 § 2470 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.320 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.320
192.320 Violation of law or quarantine — penalty.
Status: in_force

192.320. Violation of law or quarantine — penalty. — Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of sections 192.010 , 192.020 to 192.490 , 192.600 to 192.620 or who shall leave any pesthouse, or isolation hospital, or quarantined house or place without the consent of the health officer having jurisdiction, or who evades or breaks quarantine or knowingly conceals a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or who removes, destroys, obstructs from view, or tears down any quarantine card, cloth or notice posted by the attending physician or by the health officer, or by direction of a proper health officer, shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 9750, A.L. 1951 p. 784, A.L. 1961 p. 463, A.L. 1978 S.B. 509) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9030; 1919 § 5786
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.331 — MO Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.331
304.331 Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited.
Status: in_force

304.331. Alteration or removal of traffic-control devices prohibited. — No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.

(L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.735 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.735
70.735 Political subdivisions delinquent in payments — lien — mandamus — state aid ...
Status: in_force

70.735. Political subdivisions delinquent in payments — lien — mandamus — state aid withheld. — If any political subdivision fails to make any payment due the system for a period of sixty days after the payment is due, the political subdivision shall become delinquent and the amount of the delinquency shall constitute a first lien on the funds of the political subdivision, and the board is authorized to compel payment by application for a writ of mandamus; and, in addition, such delinquency shall be certified by the board to the state treasurer and director of the department of revenue. Until such delinquency, together with regular interest, is satisfied, the state treasurer and director of the department of revenue shall withhold all moneys due the political subdivision from the state.

(L. 1967 p. 141 § 28, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1098)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.155 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.155
116.155 Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, ...
Status: in_force

*116.155. Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included. — 1. The general assembly may include the official summary statement and a fiscal note summary in any statewide ballot measure that it refers to the voters.

2. The official summary statement approved by the general assembly shall, taken together with the approved fiscal note summary, be the official ballot title and such summary statement shall contain no more than one hundred words, excluding articles. The title shall be a true and impartial statement of the purposes of the proposed measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.

3. The fiscal note summary approved by the general assembly shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles, which shall summarize the fiscal note prepared for the measure in language neither argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure.

(L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2025 S.B. 22) *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al. (see 2026 annotation below). (2026) Provisions of S.B. 22 from 2025 declared unconstitutional as violating the original purpose requirement of Article III, § 21 of the Missouri Constitution. Finding the offending provisions cannot be severed, the Court declared S.B. 22 invalid in its entirety. Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al., No. SC101308, January 23, 2026 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 700.680 — MO Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.680
700.680 Complaints to be investigated — subpoenas authorized — petition in court ...
Status: in_force

700.680. Complaints to be investigated — subpoenas authorized — petition in court authorized, when. — 1. The commission shall investigate all complaints concerning violations of sections 700.650 to 700.680 to determine if there are grounds for disciplining a holder of an installer license or limited-use installer license or for refusing to issue either form of license to an applicant.

2. The commission may issue subpoenas duces tecum in order to cause any installer licensee, holder of a limited use installer license, or other person to produce records or appear as a witness in connection with an investigation or proceeding pursuant to this section.

3. In lieu of or in addition to any remedy provided in this section, the commission may file a petition in the name of the state asking a court to issue a restraining order or a writ of mandamus against any person who is or who had been violating any of the provisions of sections 700.650 to 700.680 or any rule, order, or subpoena issued by the commission.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1096)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 236.255 — MO Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.255
236.255 Dam reconstructed and maintained when used for other purposes.
Status: in_force

236.255. Dam reconstructed and maintained when used for other purposes. — In any case where a dam has been erected for a period of thirty years or more, and property above the dam within one mile of the point where the dam is situated has been developed for use of the impounded waters above the dam, the owner of the land on either side of the stream at the point where the dam is located shall have the right and authority to repair, maintain or reconstruct the dam, even though the dam is not used for the operation of any mill, electric power and light works, or other machinery.

(L. 1953 p. 669)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.721 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.721
443.721 Renewal of licensure, minimum standards.
Status: in_force

443.721. Renewal of licensure, minimum standards. — 1. Minimum standards for license renewal for mortgage loan originators shall include the following:

(1) The mortgage loan originator continues to meet the minimum standards for license issuance under sections 443.701 to 443.893 ;

(2) The mortgage loan originator has satisfied the annual continuing education requirements under sections 443.701 to 443.893 ;

(3) The mortgage loan originator has paid all required fees for renewal of the license and any other outstanding obligations to the division or the NMLSR.

2. The license of a mortgage loan originator failing to satisfy the minimum standards for license renewal shall expire. The director may adopt procedures for the reinstatement of expired licenses consistent with the standards established by the NMLSR.

(L. 2009 H.B. 382) Effective 7-08-09
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.220 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.220
570.220 Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty.
Status: in_force

570.220. Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of check kiting if he or she, with intent to defraud, obtains money from a financial institution by drawing a check against an account in which there is not sufficient collected funds to pay the check and, he or she purports to cover that check by depositing in such account another check drawn against insufficient collected funds.

2. For purposes of this section, the term "collected funds" means that portion of a deposit account representing checks and other credits as to which the depositary has directly and affirmatively verified that final payment has been made or, in the alternative, with respect to checks as to which at least ten business days have elapsed, without return of the checks, since presentation for payment.

3. The offense of check kiting is a class E felony.

(L. 1985 H.B. 408 § 570.210, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17