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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.080 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.080
476.080 Court or clerk may appoint person to execute process, when.
Status: in_force

476.080. Court or clerk may appoint person to execute process, when. — Where there is no sheriff or other ministerial officer qualified to act, or where they are interested or prejudiced, the court, or clerk thereof in vacation, may appoint one or more persons to execute its process and perform any other duty of such officer, who shall be entitled to such fees for their services in each cause as are allowed by law to sheriffs in like cases.

(RSMo 1939 § 2009) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1845; 1919 § 2342; 1909 § 3864
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.002 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.002
375.002 Grounds for cancellation.
Status: in_force

375.002. Grounds for cancellation. — 1. A notice of cancellation of a policy shall be effective only if it is based on one or more of the following reasons:

(1) Nonpayment of premium; or

(2) Fraud or material misrepresentation affecting the policy or in the presentation of a claim thereunder, or violation of any of the terms or conditions of the policy; or

(3) The named insured or any occupant of the property has been convicted of a crime arising out of acts increasing the hazard insured against; or

(4) Physical changes in the property insured which increase the hazards originally insured.

2. This section shall not apply to any policy or coverage which has been in effect less than sixty days at the time notice of cancellation is mailed or delivered by the insurer unless it is a renewal policy.

3. This section shall not apply to nonrenewal.

(L. 1977 S.B. 300 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.060 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.060
82.060 Adoption not to affect existing rights.
Status: in_force

82.060. Adoption not to affect existing rights. — Such charter, in superseding any previous charter and amendments thereof, shall not affect any right, lien or liability accrued, established or subsisting previous to the time when such charter takes effect, nor affect any action or proceeding pending when such charter takes effect; but such right, lien or liability shall be enforced, and such action or proceeding shall be carried on, in all respects, as if such charter had not taken effect; nor shall such charter be in any wise so construed as to affect any right or liability acquired or accrued under the previous charter and amendments superseded thereby, by or on the part of any city, or any person or body corporate.

(RSMo 1939 § 7593) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7450; 1919 § 8861; 1909 § 9710
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.240 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.240
476.240 May try civil cases at such special terms.
Status: in_force

476.240. May try civil cases at such special terms. — At every such special term the court may, with the consent of parties, exercise its ordinary jurisdiction in civil cases.

(RSMo 1939 § 2020) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1856; 1919 § 2352; 1909 § 3874
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.190 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.190
300.190 Play streets.
Status: in_force

300.190. Play streets. — Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any said driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 38)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.600 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.600
375.600 Pleadings and proceedings, general procedures — summary hearing, purpose — ...
Status: in_force

375.600. Pleadings and proceedings, general procedures — summary hearing, purpose — effect of nonattendance by defendant. — 1. The pleadings and proceedings, insofar as not otherwise regulated by sections 375.570 to 375.750 , 375.950 to 375.990 and 375.1150 to 375.1246 , shall be as in other civil causes.

2. At the time and date for the return of summons, the court shall hold a summary hearing.

3. If any defendant fails to appear for the summary hearing:

(1) The court shall, if personal service has not been made as to any defendant:

(a) Make such provision for alternative service upon that defendant as is best designed to notify the defendant of the pendency of the formal delinquency proceeding before the time and date of the summary hearing as reset by the court;

(b) Reset the time and date of the summary hearing to a time and date not more than ten days from the time and date of the original summary hearing;

(c) Expressly continue any preliminary order until the reset time and date of the summary hearing; and

(d) Order any confidential file to be an open and public record;

(2) The court shall, if personal service has been made as to any defendant, grant judgment by default in favor of the director against the defendant.

4. If any defendant appears for the summary hearing, the court shall:

(1) Require the defendant to answer the petition;

(2) Consider whether to extend any preliminary orders pending final judgment; and

(3) Set the case for trial, which shall be not more than ten days from the date of the summary hearing.

5. If any defendant fails to appear for a reset summary hearing, the court shall, if honest and reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service upon the defendant, order notice published of the petition, of the continuance of any restraining order, and of the second reset summary hearing, which shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty days after the publication of notice. If the defendant fails to appear for any second reset summary hearing, the court may grant default judgment in favor of the director and against the defendant.

(RSMo 1939 § 6055, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1574) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5944; 1919 § 6352; 1909 § 7082
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.617 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.617
115.617 Vacancy, how filled.
Status: in_force

115.617. Vacancy, how filled. — Whenever a member of any county or city committee dies, resigns, or ceases to be a registered voter of or a resident of the county or a city not within a county or the committee district from which he is elected, a vacancy shall exist on the committee. A majority of the committee shall elect another person to fill the vacancy who, for one year next before his election, shall have been both a registered voter of and a resident of the county or city and the committee district. The person selected to fill the vacancy shall serve the remainder of the vacated term.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 14.035, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1987 H.B. 384 Revision, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1477 merged with S.B. 786) Effective 7-07-16
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.740 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.740
249.740 Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed.
Status: in_force

249.740. Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed. — Whenever any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state shall sue any delinquent taxpayer on account of any tax levied by such sewer district, and if such sewer district be exempt by law from securing or paying the court costs incident to such suit, then in all such cases all courts of this state before whom such suit may be hereafter heard shall take into consideration all of the facts and circumstances concerning the levy of such tax and the bringing of such suit, the claims made in the district's petition, all matters of evidence and all facts and circumstances touching the question of justice in the premises, and the court may, in such cases, in its discretion and in furtherance of justice, abate, remit, waive or refuse to tax any court cost accrued in such case against such delinquent taxpayer.

(RSMo 1939 § 12689)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.010 — MO Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.010
140.010 County collector — enforcement of state's lien — alternative, partial ...
Status: in_force

140.010. County collector — enforcement of state's lien — alternative, partial opt-in county. — 1. All real estate upon which the taxes remain unpaid on the first day of January, annually, are delinquent, and the county collector shall enforce the lien of the state thereon, as required by this chapter. Any failure to properly return the delinquent list, as required by this chapter, in no way affects the validity of the assessment and levy of taxes, nor of the foreclosure and sale by which the collection of the taxes is enforced, nor in any manner affects the lien of the state on the delinquent real estate for the taxes unpaid thereon.

2. Alternatively, any county may, by adoption of a resolution or order of the county commission of such county, elect to operate under the provisions of sections 141.210 to 141.810 for any parcel for which there is an unpaid tax bill for a period of at least two years after the date on which it became delinquent. Any county electing to operate as such shall be called a "partial opt-in county" . No county eligible to establish a land bank agency under subsection 1 of section 140.981 shall elect to operate as a partial opt-in county unless the county first elects to establish a land bank agency as provided in subsection 1 of section 140.981 . In accordance with section 141.290 , after the adoption of such resolution or order by a county commission, the collector of the county shall decide which tax delinquent parcels shall proceed according to the provisions of sections 141.210 to 141.810 . Such parcels shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 140.030 to 140.722 . The collector shall remove such parcels from any list of parcels advertised for first, second, third, or post-third sales.

(RSMo 1939 § 11108, A.L. 1959 H.B. 106, A.L. 2024 H.B. 2062) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9936; 1919 § 12928; 1909 § 11482
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.800 — MO Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.800
91.800 May assess benefits and damages, and collect and pay therefor.
Status: in_force

91.800. May assess benefits and damages, and collect and pay therefor. — All such cities are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire such rapid transit improvement, in whole or in part, by condemnation, and shall have the power to assess benefits and damages, and collect and pay therefor, in the manner that such cities may now or hereafter be authorized to acquire real estate or other property, or rights of interest therein, for public purposes.

(RSMo 1939 § 7776) Prior revision: 1929 § 7636
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.049 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.049
351.049 Correcting filed documents — fee.
Status: in_force

351.049. Correcting filed documents — fee. — 1. A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the secretary of state if the document contains an incorrect statement, or was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged.

2. A document is corrected:

(1) By preparing articles of correction that describe the document, including its filing date, or attaching a copy of it to the articles, specifying the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective, and correcting the incorrect statement or defective execution; and

(2) By delivering the articles to the secretary of state for filing.

3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.

4. The secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of five dollars when articles of correction are delivered to him for filing.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.150 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.150
362.150 Director may investigate branches — require banks to dispose of holdings.
Status: in_force

362.150. Director may investigate branches — require banks to dispose of holdings. — If at any time the director shall ascertain that the regulations prescribed by him are not being complied with, the director may institute an investigation of the matter and * require such papers or records of any bank or trust company conducting branches or having investments in other banks or corporations as the director may deem necessary, * subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and require witnesses to give evidence concerning any transactions or facts relating to the conduct of the branches or the affairs of any bank or corporation in the stock of which an investment is made; and should the investigation result in establishing the failure of any bank or corporation in the stock of which an investment has been made or of the bank or trust company owning any such stock, or any branch thereof, to comply with the regulations of the director, the bank or trust company may be required to dispose of its stockholdings in the foreign bank or corporation, upon reasonable notice.

(RSMo 1939 § 7948, A.L. 1967 p. 445) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5353; 1919 § 11736 *Word "to" appears here in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.220 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.220
217.220 Death sentence commutation, admittance to correctional center.
Status: in_force

217.220. Death sentence commutation, admittance to correctional center. — The director shall at all times receive into the department, on order of the governor, any person convicted of any crime punishable with death. If the governor commutes the sentence to imprisonment either for life or for a term of years in a correctional center, as provided by law, the offender shall be confined according to the terms of the commutation.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 55, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 293.500 — MO Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.500
293.500 Applicability of sections 293.200 to 293.490.
Status: in_force

293.500. Applicability of sections 293.200 to 293.490. — The provisions of sections 293.200 through 293.490 are applicable only to coal mines.

(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 55)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.5012 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.5012
67.5012 Sale tax authorized in counties of district.
Status: in_force

67.5012. Sale tax authorized in counties of district. — The governing body of any county located within a district established pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 is authorized to impose by order, ordinance, or otherwise a one-tenth of one cent local sales tax on all retail sales subject to taxation pursuant to sections 144.010 to 144.525 for the purpose of funding activities that are consistent with the powers and duties of a district, as set forth in section 67.5006 . The tax authorized by this section shall be in addition to all other sales taxes allowed by law. The provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087 shall apply to each local sales tax approved pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 . The question of whether to continue to impose the one-tenth of one cent local sales tax authorized under this section shall be submitted to the voters of the county every twenty-three years after the voters of that county approved the initial imposition of the tax.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 160.065 — MO Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.065
160.065 School information furnished by charter, private or parochial schools, ...
Status: in_force

160.065. School information furnished by charter, private or parochial schools, limited liability. — Charter, private and parochial schools shall not be civilly liable for providing to other schools any information required to be provided pursuant to this chapter.

(L. 2000 S.B. 944 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.152 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.152
578.152 Interference with lawful hunting, fishing or trapping in the second degree ...
Status: in_force

578.152. Interference with lawful hunting, fishing or trapping in the second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping in the second degree if he or she enters or remains in a hunting, fishing or trapping area where lawful hunting, fishing or trapping may occur with the intent to interfere with the lawful taking of wildlife.

2. The offense of interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.

(L. 1988 S.B. 434 & 435 § 2, A.L. 1997 H.B. 304, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 408.180 — MO Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.180
408.180 Authority of director to verify interest rates charged.
Status: in_force

408.180. Authority of director to verify interest rates charged. — The director of finance shall have the power and duty to verify the correctness of the rate and amount of interest charged or received and the refund of interest made on any loan which is subject to section 408.100 .

(L. 1951 p. 875 § 408.032(g))
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.330 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.330
443.330 Trustee failing to execute trust, parties interested may proceed, how.
Status: in_force

443.330. Trustee failing to execute trust, parties interested may proceed, how. — If any trustee in any deed of trust to secure the payment of a debt or other liability shall die, or has died, shall become or has become mentally incapacitated, shall remove or has removed out of this state, shall neglect or refuse or has neglected or refused to act as such trustee, or shall or has become unable, by sickness or other disability, to perform or execute his trust, any person interested in the debt or other liability secured by such deed of trust, may present his or their affidavit, stating the facts of the case, specifically, to the circuit court of the county in which the property or estate conveyed by such deed of trust, or any part thereof, is situated.

(RSMo 1939 § 3525, A. 1949 S.B. 1125, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3135; 1919 § 13418; 1909 § 11919
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.028 — MO Code / Chapter 130 / Section 130.028
130.028 Prohibitions against certain discrimination or intimidation relating to ...
Status: in_force

130.028. Prohibitions against certain discrimination or intimidation relating to elections — contributions by employees, payroll deduction, when. — 1. Every person, labor organization, or corporation organized or existing by virtue of the laws of this state, or doing business in this state who shall:

(1) Discriminate or threaten to discriminate against any member in this state with respect to his or her membership, or discharge or discriminate or threaten to discriminate against any employee in this state, with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment by reason of his political beliefs or opinions; or

(2) Coerce or attempt to coerce, intimidate or bribe any member or employee to vote or refrain from voting for any candidate at any election in this state; or

(3) Coerce or attempt to coerce, intimidate or bribe any member or employee to vote or refrain from voting for any issue at any election in this state; or

(4) Make any member or employee as a condition of membership or employment, contribute to any candidate, political committee or separate political fund; or

(5) Discriminate or threaten to discriminate against any member or employee in this state for contributing or refusing to contribute to any candidate, political committee or separate political fund with respect to the privileges of membership or with respect to his employment and the compensation, terms, conditions or privileges related thereto shall be guilty of a class E felony.

2. No employer, corporation, continuing committee, or labor organization shall receive or cause to be made contributions from its members or employees except on the advance voluntary permission of the members or employees. Violation of this section by the corporation, employer, continuing committee or labor organization shall be a class A misdemeanor.

3. An employer shall, upon written request by ten or more employees, provide its employees with the option of contributing to a continuing committee as defined in section 130.011 through payroll deduction, if the employer has a system of payroll deduction. No contribution to a continuing committee from an employee through payroll deduction shall be made other than to a continuing committee voluntarily chosen by the employee. Violation of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor.

4. Any person aggrieved by any act prohibited by this section shall, in addition to any other remedy provided by law, be entitled to maintain within one year from the date of the prohibited act, a civil action in the courts of this state, and if successful, he or she shall be awarded civil damages of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, together with his or her costs, including reasonable attorney's fees. Each violation shall be a separate cause of action.

(L. 1978 S.B. 839, A.L. 1994 S.B. 650, A.L. 2010 S.B. 844, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1210 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.1210
452.1210 Duty to notify of change of address.
Status: in_force

452.1210. Duty to notify of change of address. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted during deployment pursuant to sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 or sections 452.1224 to 452.1244 shall notify the deploying parent and any other individual with custodial responsibility of a child of any change of the individual's mailing address or residence until the grant is terminated. The individual shall provide the notice to any court that has issued a custody or child support order concerning the child which is in effect.

2. If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of an individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted, a notification under subsection 1 of this section may be made only to the court that issued the order. The court shall keep confidential the mailing address or residence of the individual to whom custodial responsibility has been granted.

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 89.070 — MO Code / Chapter 89 / Section 89.070
89.070 Zoning commission — appointment — duties.
Status: in_force

89.070. Zoning commission — appointment — duties. — In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by sections 89.010 to 89.140 , such legislative body shall appoint a commission, to be known as "The Zoning Commission", to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report and such legislative body shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a city plan commission already exists, it may be appointed as the zoning commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 7417) Prior revision: 1929 § 7264
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 270.240 — MO Code / Chapter 270 / Section 270.240
270.240 Rams not to run at large, when.
Status: in_force

270.240. Rams not to run at large, when. — All rams shall be restrained from going at large within this state, from the first day of May to the first of November in each year.

(RSMo 1939 § 14461) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12795; 1919 § 4273; 1909 § 770