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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.020 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.020
174.020 Names of state colleges and universities.
Status: in_force

174.020. Names of state colleges and universities. — 1. State institutions of higher education governed by sections 174.020 to 174.500 shall be named and known as follows: the institution at Warrensburg, Johnson County, shall hereafter be known as the "Central Missouri State University"; the institution at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, shall hereafter be known as the "Southeast Missouri State University"; the institution at Springfield, Greene County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri State University"; the institution at Maryville, Nodaway County, shall hereafter be known as the "Northwest Missouri State University"; the institution at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Western State University"; the institution at Joplin, Jasper County, shall hereafter be known as the "Missouri Southern State University"; and the college in the city of St. Louis shall be known as "Harris-Stowe State University".

2. References in the statutes in this state to such institutions whether denominated colleges or universities in such statutes or whether said institutions are renamed in subsection 1 of this section shall continue to apply to the applicable institution.

3. Any costs incurred with respect to modifications of the names of the state colleges and universities specified in subsection 1 of this section shall not be paid from state funds.

4. When the conditions set forth in section 178.631 are met, the technical college located in Osage County, commonly known as the East Campus of Linn Technical College, shall be known as "State Technical College of Missouri".

(RSMo 1939 § 10752, A.L. 1965 p. 304, A.L. 1979 S.B. 2, A.L. 1985 H.B. 196, A.L. 1995 S.B. 101 merged with S.B. 340, A.L. 2003 S.B. 55, A.L. 2005 S.B. 98, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1516 Revision merged with H.B. 1965, A.L. 2013 H.B. 673) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9595; 1919 § 11490; 1909 § 11064 Effective 7-01-14
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.570 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.570
262.570 Description of district boundaries filed with county commission — numbering ...
Status: in_force

262.570. Description of district boundaries filed with county commission — numbering of districts — publication. — On or before October 1, 1961, or of any year thereafter, the university shall file with the county commission in each county in which there is to be established a council an instrument setting forth the boundaries of each district within the county established for the purpose of electing members to the council. The districts in each county shall be consecutively numbered from one. A copy thereof shall be published within fifteen days after it is filed. If the districts as originally established are at any time thereafter altered or changed, the university shall, on or before the first day of July, file with the county commission an instrument setting forth the change in the districts and the boundaries thereof and like notice as above provided shall be given of such change.

(L. 1961 p. 7 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 329.090 — MO Code / Chapter 329 / Section 329.090
329.090 Admission to examination.
Status: in_force

329.090. Admission to examination. — If the board finds the applicant has submitted the credentials required for admission to the examination and has paid the required fee, the board shall admit such applicant to examination for licensure.

(RSMo 1939 § 9817, A.L. 1945 p. 959, A.L. 1995 S.B. 292, A.L. 2005 S.B. 280) Prior revision: 1929 § 9096
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.019 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.019
71.019 Condemnation authorized — bonds, how issued — cooperation authorized.
Status: in_force

71.019. Condemnation authorized — bonds, how issued — cooperation authorized. — Any city, town, or village annexing a townsite under the provisions of sections 71.016 to 71.019 , through its legislative body, may:

(1) Provide by ordinance for the acquisition of the property so annexed and platted, through the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by law, or by negotiated purchases or in any other lawful manner;

(2) Provide for the reimbursement of owners of such acquired property through the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law, and may hold any necessary bond election together with the election provided in section 71.017 , or through the encumbrance of such acquired property or in any other lawful manner;

(3) Provide for the administration of the annexed or acquired property, including the authority to zone and other similar and usual powers for regulating use and development of realty and in the case of acquired property the power to provide for and regulate the sale of lots and excess property and to enact such ordinances as will facilitate the orderly and equitable relocation of the city, town, or village;

(4) Act in concert with, cooperate with, or deal with, any private person, agency, nonprofit corporation, governmental body or agency or other appropriate entity in the accomplishment of such ends.

(L. 1969 p. 133 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 37.012 — MO Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37.012
37.012 Commissioner may provide cooperative purchasing services — when.
Status: in_force

37.012. Commissioner may provide cooperative purchasing services — when. — The commissioner of administration may provide cooperative purchasing services to quasi-public governmental bodies, as defined in section 610.010 , in the same manner as those services are provided to political subdivisions pursuant to section 67.360 . However, this section shall not authorize the cooperative purchasing of investment and banking services.

(L. 1990 S.B. 808 & 672 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.720 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.720
92.720 Unredeemed lands, how proceeded against, lists — limitation on actions — ...
Status: in_force

*92.720. Unredeemed lands, how proceeded against, lists — limitation on actions — vacant land, enforcement of lien, when. — 1. If any of the lands or town lots contained in the back tax book or list of delinquent lands or lots remain unredeemed on the first day of January, the collector may file suit in the circuit court against such lands or lots to enforce the lien of the state and city as herein provided in sections 92.700 to 92.920 .

2. The collector shall note opposite such tract in the back tax book the fact that suit has been commenced.

3. The collector shall compile lists of all state, city, school and other tax bills collectible by him which are delinquent according to his records and he shall assign a serial number to each parcel of real estate in each list and if suit has been filed in the circuit court of the city on any delinquent tax bill included in any list, the collector shall give the court docket number of each suit.

4. The sheriff may appoint the collector and the collector's deputies as deputy sheriffs, and when so appointed they may serve all process in matters pertaining to sections 92.700 to 92.920 with like effect as the sheriff himself might do.

5. No action for recovery of taxes against real estate shall be commenced, had or maintained, unless action therefor shall be commenced within five years after delinquency.

6. For any improved parcel identified by a city operating under sections 92.700 to 92.920 as being vacant, the collector shall, within no more than two years after delinquency, file suit in the circuit court against such lands or lots to enforce the lien of the state and the city as provided in sections 92.700 to 92.920 . Failure of the collector to bring suit within the time frame prescribed herein shall not constitute a defense or bar an action for the collection of taxes as otherwise provided by this section.

(L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 5, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1606 merged with H.B. 1662) *Revisor's Note: This section was amended identically by both H.B. 1606 and H.B. 1662, 2022. In 2023, H.B. 1606 was declared unconstitutional (see annotation below). The H.B. 1662 language remains in effect. (2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., 679 S.W.3d 492 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 506.330 — MO Code / Chapter 506 / Section 506.330
506.330 Actions against nonresidents for injuries caused by watercraft — venue.
Status: in_force

506.330. Actions against nonresidents for injuries caused by watercraft — venue. — In an action in any court of this state, arising out of injury to person or property caused by any watercraft while operating in the waters of this state, including the Missouri portion of boundary rivers, or moored in such waters or against shoreland in this state, when the owner or operator is a nonresident of this state or a corporation not incorporated under the laws of this state, service of the original notice may be made upon such nonresident owner or operator or upon such foreign corporation in the manner provided in section 506.340 . The venue of such an action shall be the county in which the damage occurred and the presence of such watercraft and the doing of said damage within the territory comprising the state of Missouri, together with the subsequent removal of said watercraft from the jurisdiction of the state of Missouri, shall constitute a waiver by the owner or operator thereof of any objection to the venue of such an action commenced in a proper court of this state.

(L. 1951 p. 363 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.070 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.070
442.070 Person may convey, notwithstanding adverse possession.
Status: in_force

442.070. Person may convey, notwithstanding adverse possession. — Any person claiming title to real estate may, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof, sell and convey his interest therein, in the same manner and with like effect as if he was in the actual possession thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 3405) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3018; 1919 § 2178; 1909 § 2791
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.1130 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.1130
324.1130 Records to be maintained — required filings.
Status: in_force

324.1130. Records to be maintained — required filings. — Each licensee shall maintain a record containing such information relative to the licensee's employees as may be prescribed by the board. Such licensee shall file with the board the complete address of the location of the licensee's principal place of business. The board may require the filing of other information for the purpose of identifying such principal place of business.

(L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.075 — MO Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.075
304.075 School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

304.075. School bus signs to be removed, when — misdemeanor. — 1. Any motor vehicle which is not regularly being operated by a school district or under contract with a school district or by private schools for the transportation of school children shall not bear signs indicating that it is a school bus. When any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district uses it for purposes other than for the transportation of school children, the person shall cover the signs thereon in such manner that it will not appear on the highways as a school bus.

2. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1955 p. 625 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.260 — MO Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.260
304.260 Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission.
Status: in_force

304.260. Tractors exempt — designation of truck routes by commission. — Farm tractors when using the highways in traveling from one field or farm to another, or to or from places of delivery or repair, or when participating in activities or events permitted under subsection 13 * of section 304.170 are exempt from the provisions of the law relating to registration and display of number plates, but shall comply with all the other provisions hereof. The state highways and transportation commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe the type of road upon which such tractors may be used and may exclude the use of such tractors or the use of trucks of any particular weight from the use of certain designated roads or types of roads, by the posting of signs along or upon such roads or any part thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 2009 H.B. 93 & 216 merged with H.B. 683) Prior revision: 1929 § 7776 Effective 5-29-09 (H.B. 93 & 216); 7-01-09 (H.B. 683) *In 2017 statutory reference to subsection "12" changed to "13" in accordance with section 3.060.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.175 — MO Code / Chapter 288 / Section 288.175
288.175 Debtor's federal income tax refund may be intercepted — debt defined — ...
Status: in_force

288.175. Debtor's federal income tax refund may be intercepted — debt defined — debtor defined — use of collection agencies authorized. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, the division may collect any debt by interception of the debtor's federal income tax refund, in the manner and to the extent allowed by federal law.

2. "Debt" shall mean any established overpayment or sum past due that is legally owed and enforceable under the Missouri employment security law, which has accrued through contract or operation of law and which has become final under state law and remains uncollected.

3. "Debtor" shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity owing a debt.

4. The division may utilize collection agencies to collect any debt as defined in this section to the extent and manner allowed by federal law.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1268 & 1211, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1456) Effective 10-01-06
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.160 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.160
174.160 Authority to confer degrees.
Status: in_force

174.160. Authority to confer degrees. — 1. The board of regents of each state college and each state teachers college shall have power and authority to confer upon students, by diploma under the common seal, such degrees as are usually granted by such colleges, and additional degrees only when authorized by the coordinating board for higher education in circumstances in which offering such degree would not unnecessarily duplicate an existing program, collaboration is not feasible or a viable means of meeting the needs of students and employers, and the institution has the academic and financial capacity to offer the program in a high-quality manner. In the case of nonresearch doctoral degrees in allied health professions, an institution may be authorized to offer such degree independently if offering it in collaboration with another institution would not increase the quality of the program or allow it to be delivered more efficiently. Such boards shall have the power and authority to confer degrees in engineering only in collaboration with the University of Missouri, provided that such collaborative agreements are approved by the governing board of each institution and that in these instances the University of Missouri will be the degree-granting institution. Should the University of Missouri decline to collaborate in the offering of such programs, one of these institutions may seek approval of the program through the coordinating board for higher education's comprehensive review process when doing so would not unnecessarily duplicate an existing program, collaboration is not feasible or a viable means of meeting the needs of students and employers, and the institution has the academic and financial capacity to offer the program in a high-quality manner.

2. Notwithstanding sections 172.280 and 174.225 to the contrary * , the board of governors of Missouri State University shall have the power and authority to grant doctor of philosophy degrees in disciplines other than engineering and to grant bachelor of science degrees in veterinary technology.

(RSMo 1939 § 10764, A.L. 1945 p. 1686, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 369, A. 1949 S.B. 1046, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1465 merged with S.B. 807 & 577, A.L. 2025 H.B. 419 merged with S.B. 150 merged with S.B. 160) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9607; 1919 § 11502; 1909 § 11072 *Words "to the contrary" do not appear in H.B. 419, 2025. CROSS REFERENCES: Lincoln University curators, same powers as University of Missouri, 175.040 University of Missouri curators, degrees, 172.280
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.850 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.850
99.850 Costs of project paid — surplus fund in special allocation fund — ...
Status: in_force

99.850. Costs of project paid — surplus fund in special allocation fund — distribution — dissolution of fund and redevelopment area. — 1. When such redevelopment project costs, including, but not limited to, all municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs incurred under sections 99.800 to 99.865 have been paid, all surplus funds then remaining in the special allocation fund shall be paid by the municipal treasurer to the county collector who shall immediately thereafter pay such funds to the taxing districts in the area selected for a redevelopment project in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the collector to the affected districts of real property taxes from real property in the area selected for a redevelopment project.

2. Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, retirement of obligations and the distribution of any excess moneys pursuant to section 99.845 and this section, the municipality shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special allocation fund for the redevelopment area and terminating the designation of the redevelopment area as a redevelopment area. Thereafter the rates of the taxing districts shall be extended and taxes levied, collected, and distributed in the manner applicable in the absence of the adoption of tax increment financing.

3. Nothing in sections 99.800 to 99.865 shall be construed as relieving property in such areas from paying a uniform rate of taxes, as required by Article X, Section 3 of the Missouri Constitution.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1411 & 1587 § 8 subsecs. 2, 3, 4, A.L. 1991 H.B. 502)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.440 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.440
84.440 Police officials — power to cause arrest.
Status: in_force

84.440. Police officials — power to cause arrest. — In case any police official shall have reason to believe that any person has committed, or is about to commit, within the city or on public property of said city beyond the corporate limits thereof any breach of peace or violation of law and order, or that any person found within the city or on public property of said city beyond the corporate limits thereof is charged with the commission of crime in the state of Missouri, against whom criminal proceedings shall have been issued, or when any person may have committed an offense within view of a member of such police force, said police official may cause such person to be arrested by any member of the police force. In cases where officers make arrest for crime committed within their view, the offenders shall at once be conveyed before some police judge or some judge in the city and the proper complaint against him shall be filed by said officer.

(RSMo 1939 § 7651, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7652) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7509; 1919 § 8920; 1909 § 9772 (1958) Where officer was authorized to arrest a person on suspicion after seeing loaded rifle in back seat of car, a search of the car was lawful and stolen property therein found held admissible. State v. Cantrell (Mo.), 310 S.W.2d 866.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.165 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.165
306.165 Water patrol officer, powers, duties and jurisdiction of.
Status: in_force

306.165. Water patrol officer, powers, duties and jurisdiction of. — Each patrol officer assigned to the water patrol division by the superintendent of the highway patrol as provided in section 43.390 shall possess all the powers of a peace officer to enforce all laws of this state, upon all of the following:

(1) The waterways of this state bordering the lands set forth in subdivisions (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section;

(2) All federal land, where not prohibited by federal law or regulation, and state land adjoining the waterways of this state;

(3) All land within three hundred feet of the areas in subdivision (2) of this section;

(4) All land adjoining and within six hundred feet of any waters impounded in areas not covered in subdivision (2) with a shoreline in excess of four miles;

(5) All land adjoining and within six hundred feet of the rivers and streams of this state;

(6) Any other jurisdictional area, pursuant to the provisions of section 306.167 ;

(7) All premises leased or owned or under control of the Missouri state highway patrol. Each patrol officer assigned to the water patrol division may board any watercraft at any time, with probable cause, for the purpose of making any inspection necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Each patrol officer may arrest on view and without a warrant any person he or she sees violating or who such patrol officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated any law of this state, upon any water or land area subject to his or her jurisdiction as provided in this section or may arrest anyone violating any law in his or her presence throughout the state. Each patrol officer, while investigating an accident or crime that was originally committed within such patrol officer's jurisdiction, as set forth in this section, may arrest any person who he or she has probable cause to believe has committed such crime, even if the suspect is currently out of the division of water patrol's jurisdiction. Patrol officers, if practicable, shall notify the sheriff or the police department prior to making an arrest within their respective county or city. Each patrol officer shall comply with the training and certification provisions of chapter 590 .

(L. 1963 p. 424 §1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 2, A.L. 1977 S.B. 194, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2001 H.B. 732 merged with S.B. 443, A.L. 2004 S.B. 920, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868) CROSS REFERENCE: Scholarships or grants for disabled personnel injured or survivors of personnel killed in the line of duty, 173.260
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.410 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.410
393.410 Definitions.
Status: in_force

393.410. Definitions. — As used in sections 393.410 to 393.510 :

(1) "Gas" means manufactured or natural gas or any combination or mixture thereof, whether or not the natural gas has been processed by removal of component parts not essential to its use for light, heat, or power;

(2) "Gas storage company" means any corporation, partnership or person, or its trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, including any municipal corporation, any gas corporation as defined by section 386.020 , and any corporation engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce of such gas for resale, engaged in or which desires to engage in the business of the underground storage of gas intended in whole or in part for either direct or ultimate distribution to the public by means of pipes or pipelines;

(3) "Underground storage" or "underground storage of gas" means the storing of gas in a geological stratum or strata, formation or formations lying beneath the surface of the earth;

(4) "Underground storage reservoir" means the stratum or strata, formation or formations which are, or are to be, used for underground storage of gas.

(L. 1953 p. 513 § 1)