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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.051 — MO Code / Chapter 211 / Section 211.051
211.051 Jurisdiction as to custody of child not exclusive.
Status: in_force

211.051. Jurisdiction as to custody of child not exclusive. — Nothing contained in this chapter deprives other courts of the right to determine the legal custody of children upon writs of habeas corpus or to determine the legal custody or guardianship of children when the legal custody or guardianship is incidental to the determination of causes pending in other courts. Such questions, however, may be certified by another court to the juvenile court for hearing, determination or recommendation.

(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.040) (1974) Where juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over child and made award of custody such jurisdiction excludes any other court of concurrent jurisdiction from adjudicating custody in a habeas corpus proceeding. State ex rel. McCarty v. Kimberlin (A.), 508 S.W.2d 196.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.877 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.877
99.877 Municipalities may establish urban homesteading program and homesteading ...
Status: in_force

99.877. Municipalities may establish urban homesteading program and homesteading agency — members, qualifications, appointment, terms — secretary to be selected — staff — expenses. — Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban homesteading program and may authorize any existing board, commission, department or agency, including a housing authority, redevelopment agency or any nonprofit community housing development corporation to be the urban homesteading agency or may, by ordinance, establish a new board, commission, department or agency to act as the urban homesteading agency. Such new "Urban Homesteading Agency" shall be composed of not less than three nor more than nine members, all of whom shall be residents of the municipality, appointed by the mayor with the approval of the governing body of the city. Those first appointed shall be designated to serve one, two and three years, respectively, and thereafter members shall be appointed annually to serve for three years. Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Action by such an urban homesteading agency shall be taken by majority vote of members present, provided no action may be taken unless at least fifty percent of the members are present. An urban homesteading agency created pursuant to this section shall select a secretary, who may be a member of the agency and may elect or employ such other officers, agents, technical consultants, legal counsel and employees as the agency requires. The members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties out of funds provided by the governing body of the city.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 408.031 — MO Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.031
408.031 Fee in lieu of interest may be charged on loan — exception.
Status: in_force

408.031. Fee in lieu of interest may be charged on loan — exception. — In lieu of the rate established under section 408.030 , parties may agree in writing to a fee of ten dollars on any loan; provided, however, that no lender shall permit any borrower to be indebted to such lender on two or more contracts at any given time for the purpose or with the result of contracting for or receiving fees exceeding that permitted by this section.

(L. 1977 S.B. 420 § 2, A.L. 1979 S.B. 305)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.477 — MO Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.477
229.477 Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, ...
Status: in_force

229.477. Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, scientific research, certain edibles and seeds. — 1. Subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the control or eradication of diseased vegetation or noxious weeds by authorized personnel.

2. Provided that such plants or plant parts are not offered for sale, subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the collection of seeds, fruits, nuts, berries, edible wild greens or flowering parts of plants, or the occasional collection of plants for the purposes of scientific research or education.

(L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.333 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.333
227.333 Sergeant Randy Sullivan Memorial Highway designated (Iron County).
Status: in_force

227.333. Sergeant Randy Sullivan Memorial Highway designated (Iron County). — The portion of State Highway 72 in a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than ten thousand six hundred inhabitants but less than ten thousand seven hundred inhabitants and in a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than eleven thousand seven hundred fifty inhabitants but less than eleven thousand eight hundred fifty inhabitants shall be designated the "Sergeant Randy Sullivan Memorial Highway".

(L. 2002 H.B. 1141, et al. merged with S.B. 1199)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.205 — MO Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58.205
58.205 Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when.
Status: in_force

58.205. Sheriff or chief deputy to perform coroner's duties, when. — The sheriff of the proper county or his chief deputy shall, in the temporary absence of the coroner and deputy for any reason, perform all the duties imposed by law upon the coroner.

(L. 1951 p. 374 § 58.005, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1164)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.180 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.180
41.180 Commissioner of war service records — appointment — compensation.
Status: in_force

41.180. Commissioner of war service records — appointment — compensation. — The adjutant general shall appoint a commissioner of war service records and such additional clerical and stenographic help as may be necessary to the compilation and maintenance of the records and issuance of certificates provided for in the preceding section. The commissioner of war service records shall receive such salary as the adjutant general determines. The commissioner and all appointees employed in performing duties provided for in the preceding section shall be war veterans who entered service from this state and who are residents of the state at time of such appointment.

(RSMo 1939 § 15016, A.L. 1951 p. 654 § 27) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13823; 1919 § 7351
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.650 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.650
486.650 Refusal to perform notarial act prohibited, when — exceptions.
Status: in_force

486.650. Refusal to perform notarial act prohibited, when — exceptions. — 1. A notary shall not refuse to perform a notarial act based on the characteristics protected from employment discrimination pursuant to section 213.055 .

2. A notary shall perform any notarial act described in section 486.640 for any person requesting such a notarial act who tenders the appropriate fee specified in section 486.685 , unless:

(1) The notary knows or has a reasonable belief that the notarial act or the associated transaction is unlawful;

(2) The notarial act is prohibited in section 486.645 or subsection 1 of this section;

(3) The number or timing of the requested notarial act or acts practicably precludes completion at the time of the request, in which case the notary shall arrange for later completion of the requested act or acts without unreasonable delay; or

(4) In the case of a request to perform an electronic notarial act, the notary is not registered to notarize electronically in accordance with sections 486.900 to 486.1010 .

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.050 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.050
578.050 Bullbaiting and cockfighting — penalty.
Status: in_force

578.050. Bullbaiting and cockfighting — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of bullbaiting or cockfighting if he or she:

(1) Keeps, uses, or in any way is connected with or interested in the management of, or receives money for the admission of any person to, any place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting any bull, bear, cock, or other creature, except dogs;

(2) Encourages, aids, assists, or is present at any place kept or used for such purpose; or

(3) Permits or suffers any place belonging to him or her, or under his or her control, to be so kept or used.

2. The offense of bullbaiting or cockfighting is a class A misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 4789, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1210, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4397; 1919 § 3653; 1909 § 4857 Effective 1-01-17 (1985) Held, section 578.050, RSMo, is unconstitutionally vague and contravenes the due process clause of Amendments V and XIV of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10 of the Missouri Constitution. State v. Young, 695 S.W.2d 882. (Mo. banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.341 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.341
143.341 Missouri taxable income of resident estate or trust.
Status: in_force

143.341. Missouri taxable income of resident estate or trust. — 1. The Missouri taxable income of a resident estate or trust means its federal taxable income subject to the modifications in this section.

2. There shall be subtracted the amount if any that the federal personal exemption deduction allowable to the estate or trust exceeds its federal taxable income without its personal exemption deduction.

3. For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, there shall be subtracted that amount included in Missouri taxable income of the estate or trust that would not be included as Missouri taxable income if said estate or trust were considered a nonresident estate or trust as defined in section 143.371 . This subtraction shall only apply to the extent it is not a determinant of the federal distributable net income of the estate or trust.

4. There shall be added or subtracted, as the case may be, the modifications described in sections 143.121 and 143.141 , and there shall be subtracted the federal income tax deduction provided in section 143.171 . These additions and subtractions shall only apply to the extent that they are not determinants of the federal distributable net income of the estate or trust.

5. There shall be added or subtracted, as the case may be, the share of the estate or trust in the fiduciary adjustment determined under section 143.351 .

(L. 1972 S.B. 549, A.L. 2025 H.B. 754 merged with S.B. 98)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 170.057 — MO Code / Chapter 170 / Section 170.057
170.057 Incidental fund moneys may be used for books, supplies and educational ...
Status: in_force

170.057. Incidental fund moneys may be used for books, supplies and educational television. — The school board of any school district may expend either textbook fund moneys or incidental fund moneys to provide supplementary texts, library reference books, instructional supplies and contractual educational television services for the pupils of the district's elementary and secondary schools.

(L. 1977 H.B. 130)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 166.514 — MO Code / Chapter 166 / Section 166.514
Section 166.514
Status: in_force

166.514. Cancellation of agreements, penalty. — Any participant may cancel a participation agreement at will. The board shall impose a penalty equal to or greater than ten percent of the earnings of an account for any distribution that is not:

(1) Used exclusively for qualified higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary;

(2) Made because of death or disability of the designated beneficiary;

(3) Made because of the receipt of scholarship by the designated beneficiary;

(4) A rollover distribution, as defined in Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(5) Held in the fund for the minimum length of time established by the board.

(L. 2004 H.B. 959 § 166.530)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.036 — MO Code / Chapter 417 / Section 417.036
417.036 Registry of marks open to public.
Status: in_force

417.036. Registry of marks open to public. — The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under sections 417.005 to 417.066 .

(L. 1973 H.B. 281 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.340 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.340
86.340 Accrued liability contribution discontinued, when.
Status: in_force

86.340. Accrued liability contribution discontinued, when. — The accrued liability contribution should be discontinued as soon as the accumulated reserve in the general fund shall equal the present value, as actuarially computed and approved by the board of trustees, of the total liability of said fund, less the present value, computed on the basis of the normal contribution rate then in force, of the prospective normal contributions to be received on account of persons who are at that time members.

(L. 1957 p. 256 § 46, A.L. 1965 p. 201, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.590 — MO Code / Chapter 532 / Section 532.590
532.590 Custody of prisoner granted officer holding attachment for derelict officer.
Status: in_force

532.590. Custody of prisoner granted officer holding attachment for derelict officer. — The court by whom such attachment shall be awarded may also issue a precept to the same sheriff, or other person to whom such attachment shall be directed, commanding him to bring forthwith before such court the party for whose benefit such writ of habeas corpus shall have been allowed, who shall thereafter remain in the custody of the sheriff or person executing such precept, until he shall be discharged, bailed or remanded, as such court shall direct.

(RSMo 1939 § 1611, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1447; 1919 § 1897; 1909 § 2462 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 149.071 — MO Code / Chapter 149 / Section 149.071
149.071 Fraudulent activity relative to tax stamps a felony — penalty.
Status: in_force

149.071. Fraudulent activity relative to tax stamps a felony — penalty. — Any person who shall, without the authorization of the director of revenue, make or manufacture, or who shall falsely or fraudulently forge, counterfeit, reproduce, restore, or process any stamp, impression, copy, facsimile, or other evidence for the purpose of indicating the payment of the tax levied by this chapter, or who shall knowingly or by a deceptive act use or pass, or tender as true, or affix, impress, or imprint, by use of any device, rubber stamp or by any other means, or any package containing cigarettes, any unauthorized, false, altered, forged, counterfeit or previously used stamp, impressions, copies, facsimiles or other evidence of cigarette tax payment, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment by the state department of corrections for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1612 § 13, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1531 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1531
67.1531 Real property or business license tax, how imposed, ballot.
Status: in_force

67.1531. Real property or business license tax, how imposed, ballot. — 1. The district may levy by resolution a tax upon real property or on any business located within the boundaries of the district; provided however, no such resolution shall be final nor shall it take effect until the qualified voters approve, by mail-in ballot, the tax which the resolution seeks to impose. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting on the proposed tax are in favor of the tax, then the resolution and any amendments thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the tax, then the resolution seeking to levy the tax shall be deemed to be null and void.

2. The district may levy a real property tax rate lower than the tax rate ceiling approved by the qualified voters pursuant to subsection 1 of this section and may increase that lowered tax rate to a level not exceeding the tax rate ceiling without approval of the qualified voters.

3. The ballot shall be substantially in the following form:

(1)

; and

(2) In the county seat of a county of the first classification without a charter form of government containing a population of at least two hundred thousand:

4. No district levying a real property tax or a business license tax pursuant to this section may repeal or amend such real property tax or business license tax or lower the tax rate of such tax if such repeal, amendment or lower rate will impair the district's ability to repay any liabilities which it has incurred, money which it has borrowed or obligations that it has issued to finance any improvements or services rendered within the district.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1636 § 14, A.L. 1999 S.B. 20)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.250 — MO Code / Chapter 81 / Section 81.250
81.250 Numbering wards — territory (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Status: in_force

81.250. Numbering wards — territory (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000). — All wards which may hereafter be established shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory, and the several wards at the time of redistricting shall contain as nearly an equal number of inhabitants as may be practicable. The wards shall be numbered consecutively from one up to the highest number thus established.

(RSMo 1939 § 7519) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7366; 1919 § 8780; 1909 § 9636
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 472.335 — MO Code / Chapter 472 / Section 472.335
472.335 Power of court to confirm and validate acts — acts included.
Status: in_force

472.335. Power of court to confirm and validate acts — acts included. — The power of the court to approve, ratify, confirm and validate acts or transactions entered into by a personal representative of the estate without court authorization includes, without limitation, retention of real or personal property, compromises of claims by and against the estate, purchases, sales, mortgages, exchanges, abandonment, leases of any duration, improvements, contracts to improve, contracts to sell, contracts to purchase, and contracts to exchange and grants of options, easements, profits or other rights with respect to land or other property. It also includes, without limitation, payment of a mortgage indebtedness on the real estate of the decedent out of the personal estate and purchase of real estate at a sale made under a mortgage, deed of trust, vendor's lien or other lien held by the decedent.

(L. 1993 S.B. 88 § 3, A.L. 2009 H.B. 239)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.402 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.402
454.402 Equipment purchased by county for support enforcement to be property of county.
Status: in_force

454.402. Equipment purchased by county for support enforcement to be property of county. — The provisions of law, rule or regulation notwithstanding, any equipment purchased by a county of this state for child support enforcement purposes shall be the property of the county and not the state.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1479 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.221 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.221
227.221 White lines at outer edge of highway required.
Status: in_force

227.221. White lines at outer edge of highway required. — The state transportation department shall mark all primary roads and highways outside the city limits of any incorporated city, town, or village with a white line along the outer or right-hand edge of such road or highway. The mark shall be made of the same substance and shall be of the same width as centerlines are on such roads and highways.

(L. 1971 S.B. 75 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.548 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.548
67.548 County commission of certain counties approving sales tax, authorized ...
Status: in_force

67.548. County commission of certain counties approving sales tax, authorized actions — share to other political subdivisions, how distributed (Clay and Platte counties). — 1. In any first or second class county not having a charter form of government, which contains all or any part of a city with a population of greater than four hundred thousand inhabitants, in which the voters have approved a sales tax as provided by section 67.547 , the county commission may:

(1) Reduce or eliminate the county general fund levy, the special road and bridge levy, or the park levy;

(2) Grant county revenues to cities, towns and villages and to special road districts organized pursuant to chapter 233 ;

(3) Enter into agreements with cities, towns, villages, and special road districts organized under chapter 233 for the purpose of working cooperatively on the roads and bridges located within the county, including the distribution of funds to such entities in addition to those funds described in subsection 2 of this section.

2. In any county in which the voters have approved a sales tax as provided by section 67.547 , each city, town, village, and special road district organized under chapter 233 shall continue to receive its share of the county's special road and bridge levy, if any, that is annually considered by the county commission. In the event that the annual special road and bridge levy is not set at a level of at least fourteen cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation, the county commission shall allocate additional funds from any available county source to the cities, towns, villages, and special road districts located within the county in an amount that will, when combined with the revenues received from the special road and bridge levy, distribute funds to such entities in an amount that is at least equal to the funding level of fourteen cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation. Additionally, any city, town, or village which contains at least fifty percent of a special road district organized under chapter 233 shall be entitled to receive the road district's portion of any funds not paid through the special road and bridge levy. Any funds paid under this subsection shall be paid as if the funds were paid under the county's special road and bridge levy.

(L. 1988 S.B. 764, A.L. 1989 H.B. 323, A.L. 2012 S.B. 480)