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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.175 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.175
300.175 Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings.
Status: in_force

300.175. Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings. — No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 35)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1611 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1611
454.1611 Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state.
Status: in_force

454.1611. Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state. — An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under section 452.350 or 454.505 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 455.055 — MO Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.055
455.055 Assignment of wages.
Status: in_force

455.055. Assignment of wages. — The court may order the person obligated to pay support or maintenance to make an assignment of a part of his periodic earnings or other income to the person entitled to receive the payments in accordance with chapter 452 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 524 § 10, A.L. 1995 S.B. 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 361.093 — MO Code / Chapter 361 / Section 361.093
361.093 Board to advise and recommend.
Status: in_force

361.093. Board to advise and recommend. — The state banking and savings and loan board shall advise the director of finance as to the proper administration of his office and the banking laws of this state and make recommendations to the general assembly as to changes in these laws.

(L. 1955 p. 263 § 7, A.L. 1967 p. 445, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 341.100 — MO Code / Chapter 341 / Section 341.100
341.100 Title of law — to what counties applicable.
Status: in_force

341.100. Title of law — to what counties applicable. — Sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall be known as the "Uniform Plumbing Code", and shall apply to counties of the first class only. Sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall become effective in any county of the first class only upon a finding by the county commission of such county that it is necessary for the promotion of the public health and safety of such county. From and after the making of such finding and the entry of same upon the records of the county commission sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall be in full force and effect in such county and not otherwise.

(L. 1943 p. 831 § 2, A.L. 1945 p. 1385, A. 1949 H.B. 2077)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.410 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.410
570.410 Director of department of social services, attorney general — investigative ...
Status: in_force

570.410. Director of department of social services, attorney general — investigative powers — improper disclosure of information, penalty. — 1. For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding relating to public assistance unlawfully received or an application for public assistance unlawfully tendered, the director of the department of social services or any officer designated by him or her or the attorney general for the state of Missouri or any officer designated by him or her may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take testimony, require answers to written interrogatories and require production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records which the director of the department or the attorney general deem relevant and material to the inquiry.

2. In the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the circuit court of any county of the state or the City of St. Louis, upon application by the department director or the attorney general may issue to the person an order requiring him or her to appear before the department director or the officer designated by him or her, or the attorney general or the officer designated by him or her, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give testimony or answer interrogatories touching the matter under investigation or in question in accordance with the forms and procedures otherwise authorized by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.

3. Information or documents obtained under this section by the director of the department or the attorney general shall not be disclosed except in the course of civil or criminal litigation or to another prosecutorial or investigative agency, or to the divisions of the department.

4. The offense of improper disclosure under this section is a class A misdemeanor.

5. The provisions of this section do not repeal existing provisions of law and shall be construed as supplementary thereto.

(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 7, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 578.387; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.710 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.710
92.710 Definitions.
Status: in_force

92.710. Definitions. — The following words, terms and definitions, when used in sections 92.700 to 92.920 , shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the text clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) "Collector" , the collector of revenue of any city operating under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 ;

(2) "Land reutilization authority" , and "land reutilization commission" , the authority and commission as created by section 92.875 ;

(3) "Land taxes" , general taxes on real property or real estate and shall include the taxes both on land and the improvements thereon;

(4) "Person" , any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or trustee appointed by any state or federal court, trustee otherwise created, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit;

(5) "School district" , "water district" , "sewer district" , "special benefit district" , "special assessment district" shall include those districts located totally or partially within any city operating under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 ;

(6) "Sheriff" , "circuit clerk" , and "assessor" , the sheriff, circuit clerk, and assessor, respectively, of any city operating under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 ;

(7) "Tax bill" , as used in sections 92.700 to 92.920 , the real estate taxes and the lien thereof, levied and assessed by any taxing authority;

(8) "Tax district" , the state of Missouri and any city, municipality, school district, road district, water district, sewer district, levee district, drainage district, special benefit district, special assessment district, or park district, located within any city operating under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 ;

(9) "Tax lien" , the lien of any tax bill as defined in subdivision (7) of this section;

(10) "Taxing authority" , any governmental, or other lawful authority, now or hereafter empowered by law to issue tax bills, the state of Missouri, or any city, municipality, school district, road district, water district, sewer district, levee district, or drainage district, affected by the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 .

(L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 3, A.L. 1989 H.B. 342)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.854 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.854
88.854 Special tax bills, how collected — evidence.
Status: in_force

88.854. Special tax bills, how collected — evidence. — All special tax bills herein authorized shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought in the name of the city, town or village to the use of the holder thereof; but the municipality shall not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in the action. The special tax bills shall, in any action thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for the special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill.

(L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 427.150 — MO Code / Chapter 427 / Section 427.150
427.150 Liability limitation, notice.
Status: in_force

427.150. Liability limitation, notice. — A creditor that places collateral protection coverage in substantial compliance with the terms of sections 427.110 to 427.190 shall not be directly or indirectly liable in any manner to a debtor, cosigner, guarantor, or any other person in connection with the placement of the collateral protection coverage. Notices and coupon books required to be mailed to a debtor under sections 427.110 to 427.190 are not required to be mailed to any person other than to the debtor, and shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the debtor's last known address on file with the creditor.

(L. 1997 H.B. 257)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 540.060 — MO Code / Chapter 540 / Section 540.060
540.060 Challenge of grand jurors — grounds.
Status: in_force

540.060. Challenge of grand jurors — grounds. — Before a grand juror is sworn, any person held to answer a criminal charge may object to the competency of the grand juror on the ground that the grand juror is the prosecutor or complainant upon any charge against such person, or that the grand juror is a witness on the part of the prosecutor and has been summoned or bound in a recognizance as such. If such objection is established, the person so challenged shall be excused.

(RSMo 1939 § 3903, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3514; 1919 § 3859; 1909 § 5067
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.841 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.841
262.841 Chairperson and vice chairperson to be elected.
Status: in_force

262.841. Chairperson and vice chairperson to be elected. — The board members shall annually elect from among their number a chairperson and vice chairperson, and such other officers as they may deem necessary.

(L. 2005 S.B. 355)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.140 — MO Code / Chapter 516 / Section 516.140
516.140 What actions within two years.
Status: in_force

516.140. What actions within two years. — Within two years: an action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment, criminal conversation, malicious prosecution or actions brought under section 290.140 . An action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation, and for the recovery of any amount under and by virtue of the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and amendments thereto, such act being an act of Congress, shall be brought within two years after the cause accrued.

(RSMo 1939 § 1016, A.L. 1945 p. 644, A.L. 1976 S.B. 470, A.L. 1985 H.B. 225, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231) Prior revisions: 1929 § 864; 1919 § 1319; 1909 § 1891 CROSS REFERENCE: Action for accounting on pro rata pay back from nonprobate transfer to personal representation to cover statutory allowances and claims due estate, 461.300 (1994) Where defamatory statement was made during FBI investigation, statute of limitations began to run after indictment, when business began to decline. Only then did plaintiff learn of false statement and begin to suffer loss of business. Statute of limitations for slander begins to run, not when defamatory statement was made, but when damages are ascertained. Thurston v. Ballinger, 884 S.W.2d 22 (Mo. App. W.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.636 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.636
447.636 Quarterly report.
Status: in_force

447.636. Quarterly report. — The organization shall file a quarterly report of its rehabilitation and use of the property, including a statement of all expenditures made by the organization and all income and receipts from the property for the preceding quarters.

(L. 1993 S.B. 376 § 9, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634 merged with S.B. 1086 & 1126)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.230 — MO Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.230
303.230 Surety bond as proof of responsibility.
Status: in_force

303.230. Surety bond as proof of responsibility. — 1. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the director the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business in this state, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within this state, and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of such bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by the judge of the circuit court of the county or city in which such real estate is situate. Such bond shall be conditioned for payments in amounts and under the same circumstances as would be required in a motor vehicle liability policy, and shall not be cancelled except after ten days' written notice to the director.

2. If such judgment, rendered against the principal on such bond, shall not be satisfied within sixty days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for his own use and benefit and at his sole expense, bring an action or actions in the name of the state against the company or persons executing such bond.

(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.240)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.510 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.510
476.510 Practice of law permitted, when, requirements, exceptions.
Status: in_force

476.510. Practice of law permitted, when, requirements, exceptions. — Any person under the age of seventy-six who retires or is retired under the provisions of sections 476.450 to 476.510 may engage in the practice of law if he makes himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel for indigent persons who may be charged with a violation of any of the criminal laws of this state. Such appointments shall not exceed six cases involving prosecution for a violation of a criminal law classified as a felony in any calendar year, and any person so appointed shall not receive any compensation therefor but may be reimbursed for his actual and necessary out-of-pocket expenses from funds appropriated for the support of public defender activities. The supreme court may excuse any such person from so serving as appointed defense counsel upon a showing of physical or mental condition which would preclude such service. Any person of the age of seventy-six or over who retires or is retired under the provisions of sections 476.450 to 476.510 may engage in the practice of law without making himself available to serve as appointed defense counsel.

(L. 1951 p. 442 § 7, A.L. 1981 H.B. 835, et al.) Effective 5-12-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.918 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.918
210.918 Toll-free telephone service maintained for access to information.
Status: in_force

210.918. Toll-free telephone service maintained for access to information. — The department shall establish and maintain a toll-free telephone service to promote family and community safety by allowing access to certain information recorded in the registry, as provided in section 210.921 . The department shall develop strategies to promote public awareness of the family care safety registry and toll-free telephone service.

(L. 1999 H.B. 490 & H.B. 308 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.340 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.340
476.340 Executive council shall be governing body, how formed — members.
Status: in_force

476.340. Executive council shall be governing body, how formed — members. — 1. The governing body of the conference, between sessions, shall be the executive council. The executive council shall consist of the following members:

(1) The chief justice of the supreme court, or some member of the supreme court appointed by him;

(2) Two other members of the supreme court appointed by the supreme court;

(3) One member of each district of the court of appeals elected by the judges thereof, respectively;

(4) Eight circuit judges, other than judges of the probate division, three of whom shall be elected for three-year terms, one from each district of the court of appeals, by the circuit judges, other than judges of the probate division, of the district to represent each of the districts of the court of appeals, respectively. A judge whose circuit is in part in more than one district of the court of appeals may vote in and be elected to represent either district but not both. Five of the circuit judges on the council shall be elected for three-year terms by the circuit judges of the state;

(5) One judge of the probate division of circuit courts in counties having a population of more than thirty thousand inhabitants elected for a three-year term by the judges of the probate divisions of the circuit courts in such counties;

(6) Three associate circuit judges elected for three-year terms, one from each district of the court of appeals, by the associate circuit judges of the district to represent each of the districts of the court of appeals, respectively;

(7) Three other associate circuit judges elected for three-year terms by the associate circuit judges of the state;

(8) One associate circuit judge from counties having a population of thirty thousand inhabitants or less elected for a three-year term by the associate circuit judges in such counties;

(9) One retired judge or commissioner who is a member of the judicial conference elected for a three-year term by such judges and commissioners. Members of the executive council on August 28, 2003, shall serve out their terms and their replacements shall be elected under the provisions of this section. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member as provided by resolution of the judicial conference.

2. The executive council shall have general supervision of the work of the conference and such other duties and authority as may be given to it under rules or resolutions adopted by the conference. The members of the executive council shall elect one of its members vice president to act in the absence of the chief justice.

(L. 1943 p. 514 § 4, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1977 H.B. 289, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2003 H.B. 430 merged with H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 457, A.L. 2014 S.B. 621)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.605 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.605
337.605 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

337.605. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The state committee for social workers may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a license or a temporary permit to practice as a licensed clinical social worker, licensed advanced macro social worker, licensed master social worker, and licensed baccalaureate social worker, as such terms are defined in section 337.600 and as provided in section 337.621 .

2. If the state committee for social workers requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the state committee for social workers shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the state committee for social workers of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the state committee for social workers.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 52.315 — MO Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52.315
52.315 Monthly deposits in tax maintenance fund — additional uses of money — audit ...
Status: in_force

52.315. Monthly deposits in tax maintenance fund — additional uses of money — audit of fund. — 1. The two-sevenths collected to fund the tax maintenance fund pursuant to section 52.290 and all moneys collected to fund the tax maintenance fund under subsection 2 of section 52.290 shall be transmitted monthly for deposit into the tax maintenance fund and used for additional administration and operation costs for the office of collector. Any costs shall include, but shall not be limited to, those costs that require any additional out-of-pocket expense by the office of collector and it may include reimbursement to county general revenue for the salaries of employees of the office of collector for hours worked and any other expenses necessary to conduct and execute the duties and responsibilities of such office.

2. The tax maintenance fund may also be used by the collector for training, purchasing new or upgrading information technology, equipment or other essential administrative expenses necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office of collector, including anything necessarily pertaining thereto.

3. The collector has the sole responsibility for all expenditures made from the tax maintenance fund and shall approve all expenditures from such fund. All such expenditures from the tax maintenance fund shall not be used to substitute for or subsidize any allocation of county general revenue for the operation of the office of collector.

4. The tax maintenance fund may be audited by the appropriate auditing agency. Any unexpended balance shall be left in the tax maintenance fund, to accumulate from year to year with interest.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 and A.L. 2007 S.B. 497, A.L. 2011 H.B. 315)