FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.133 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.133
575.133 Filing a nonconsensual common law lien — penalty.
Status: in_force

575.133. Filing a nonconsensual common law lien — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien if he or she files a document that purports to assert a lien against the assets, real or personal, of any person and that, regardless of any self-description:

(1) Is not expressly provided for by a specific state or federal statute;

(2) Does not depend upon the consent of the owner of the property affected or the existence of a contract for its existence; and

(3) Is not an equitable or constructive lien imposed by a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction.

2. This section shall not apply to a filing officer as defined in section 428.105 that is acting in the scope of his or her employment.

3. The offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien is a class B misdemeanor, unless it is a second offense, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor. Any third or subsequent offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien is a class E felony. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien shall be considered a persistent offender, as such term is defined in section 558.016 .

(L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 234.090 — MO Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.090
234.090 Bridges across state line — payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

234.090. Bridges across state line — payment of expenses. — 1. If a bridge or bridges be necessary over any river, stream or watercourse forming the boundary line or part of the boundary line between the state of Missouri and any adjoining state or states, the county commissions of the counties of this state bordering on such river, stream or watercourse may unite with such adjoining state or the proper authorities of any county in such adjoining state for building such bridge or bridges and the expense thereof shall be defrayed by such county of this state and the adjoining state or county therein in such proportion as may be agreed upon.

2. The plans and specifications for such bridge or bridges shall be prepared and the contract let and construction supervised by some competent person who may be agreed upon by the respective interested authorities; provided, that private subscriptions may be received by the county commissions of such counties in this state to defray in part or in whole the expenses of building such bridge or bridges; provided further, that for the purpose of defraying the expenses of building such bridge or bridges, or to create a fund with which to build any such bridge in the future, it shall be the duty of the county commission in such county in this state, upon a petition signed by a majority of the taxpaying citizens of any township in which such bridge is located or is to be located, to levy on the taxable property in such township the full amount of the special road and bridge tax authorized by the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 12, Article X of the Constitution of Missouri, and use the same solely for the purpose of defraying the expense of building such bridge or bridges or creating a fund for the future building thereof, and such fund, when inaugurated, shall be perpetuated until such bridge or bridges are built and the cost thereof is defrayed.

3. The county commission may appropriate moneys from the road and bridge fund of the county to pay the cost or part of the cost of building such bridges.

(RSMo 1939 § 8541, A.L. 1945 p. 1481) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7905; 1919 § 10693 CROSS REFERENCE: Certain bridges to be part of state highway system, when, 227.080
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.285 — MO Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.285
49.285 County not to own real estate in other counties, exceptions — sheriff's ...
Status: in_force

49.285. County not to own real estate in other counties, exceptions — sheriff's sale — restrained by circuit court, when. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any county of the third or fourth class to own real estate situated in any other county of this state other than a county which adjoins it after five years from October 13, 1963, or after five years from the date of acquisition of the real estate, whichever date last occurs. If any county subject to these provisions fails to dispose of such real estate within that time, the sheriff of the county in which the land is located shall take possession of the real estate and sell it at public auction from the place where and at the hour when partition sales are normally conducted after giving notice of the sale in the manner prescribed for partition sales both in the county where the land is located and in the county owning the real estate. Proceeds from the sale shall first be applied to paying the costs of notices herein prescribed, then to a sheriff's sale fee not to exceed one hundred dollars and approved by the circuit court of the county wherein the real estate is located, then to the county owning the real estate. However, all oil, gas and mineral rights shall be reserved to the county when said real estate is sold. The county may, however, lease said rights to third parties and the oil, gas and minerals sold under said lease shall revert to the general revenue fund of the county.

2. The circuit court of the county wherein the real estate is situated may upon the application of the county commission owning the real estate and for good cause shown restrain the sheriff of the county from proceeding with the provisions of subsection 1 for such time as may be reasonable if it appears that the county owning the real estate has entered into a valid contract for the sale of the real estate which will be completed within a reasonable time after the five-year limit set forth above.

(L. 1963 p. 108 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.900 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.900
393.900 Nonprofit water companies may be organized — articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

393.900. Nonprofit water companies may be organized — articles of incorporation. — 1. Nonprofit, membership corporations may be organized pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951 only for the purpose of supplying water for distribution, wholesale and treatment services within the state of Missouri. Corporations which become subject to sections 393.900 to 393.951 are referred to in sections 393.900 to 393.951 as nonprofit water companies. Five or more persons may organize a nonprofit water company pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951 .

2. The articles of incorporation of a nonprofit water company shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951 , shall be signed and acknowledged in duplicate by at least five of the incorporators and shall state:

(1) The name of the company;

(2) The address of its principal office;

(3) The names and addresses of the incorporators;

(4) The number of years the company is to continue, which may be any number including perpetuity;

(5) The legal description of the territory in which the company intends to operate;

(6) The names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute its first board of directors;

(7) Whether the company chooses to operate pursuant to chapter 347 or chapter 355 ;

(8) The method chosen for distributing the assets of the company upon dissolution; and

(9) Any provisions not inconsistent with sections 393.900 to 393.951 deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of its business and affairs. Such articles of incorporation shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing.

3. (1) Prior to obtaining a permit to provide service, a nonprofit water company shall provide a copy of the articles of incorporation and company bylaws to the department of natural resources to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements. The department shall review the documents and provide the nonprofit water company authorization to provide service if all statutory requirements are met. If all statutory requirements have not been met, the department shall inform the nonprofit water company of all deficiencies and assist such company in curing the deficiencies.

(2) All nonprofit water companies shall provide a copy of all subsequent modifications of the articles of incorporation and company bylaws to the department to ensure continued compliance. If statutory requirements are no longer being met, the department shall inform the nonprofit water company of all deficiencies and provide a period of thirty days to cure such deficiencies. If such deficiencies are not cured within thirty days, the department may suspend or revoke the nonprofit water company's authority to provide service until such time that the deficiencies are cured.

(L. 1999 H.B. 450 § 1 merged with S.B. 160 & 82 § 1, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 66.398 — MO Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.398
66.398 Appropriations from convention and tourism tax, limitation on.
Status: in_force

66.398. Appropriations from convention and tourism tax, limitation on. — The governing body of any county adopting a tax pursuant to the provisions of sections 66.390 to 66.398 shall appropriate money from the convention and tourism fund for no other purposes than set forth in section 66.395 .

(L. 1975 H.B. 218 § 66.405)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.040 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.040
139.040 Acceptable medium of exchange in payment of taxes.
Status: in_force

139.040. Acceptable medium of exchange in payment of taxes. — A county or city collector, or other collection authority charged with the duty of tax or license collection is authorized but not obligated to accept cash, personal check, business check, money order, credit card, or electronic transfers of funds for any tax or license payable to the county. The collection authority may refuse to accept any medium of exchange at the discretion of the collection authority including any medium of exchange submitted without the statement of property taxes due and assessed as required by section 52.230 . Refusal by the collection authority to accept alternative means of payment beyond those approved by the collection authority shall not relieve an obligor of the obligor's tax or license obligation nor shall it delay the levy of interest and penalty on any overdue unpaid tax or license obligation pending submission of a form or payment approved by the collection authority.

(RSMo 1939 § 11082, A.L. 1945 p. 1820, A.L. 1959 H.B. 106, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1316) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9911; 1919 § 12903; 1909 § 11457
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.553 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.553
243.553 Installments payable, when.
Status: in_force

243.553. Installments payable, when. — The payments of such installments, and such interest charge and the payments thereof, shall be as follows:

(1) If such order is made on or after the first day of January and before the first day of November of any year, the first installment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of December following the date of such order, with interest on the principal, at the rate of six percent per annum, from the date of such order until the first day of April after the date such installment becomes payable, and one installment shall become payable on the thirty-first day of each December thereafter with interest at such rate on the portion of the principal then unpaid, from the thirty-first day of the previous December until the first day of the following April, until the entire assessment is paid.

(2) If such order is made on or after the first day of November of any year, the first installment of such special assessment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of December of the next year after the date of such order, with interest at such rate on the principal from the date of such order until the first day of April after the date such first installment becomes payable, and thereafter an installment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of each December, with interest at such rate on the principal then unpaid, from the thirty-first day of the previous December to the first day of the following April, until the entire principal of the assessment is paid.

(L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.550 subsec. 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 267.717 — MO Code / Chapter 267 / Section 267.717
267.717 Registration of sheep shearers — duties.
Status: in_force

267.717. Registration of sheep shearers — duties. — 1. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within thirty days, register with the department on forms provided by the department and shall further register on the first day of January of each calendar year thereafter. Any person not so registered shall not engage in the shearing of sheep or goats other than his own.

2. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep and goats in counties having scabies as determined by the department shall clean and disinfect all equipment immediately following the completion of each shearing operation and before leaving the premises. The cleaning and disinfecting shall be in accordance with procedures as outlined by the department.

3. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within five days, promptly report any suspicion or evidence of scabies to the state, district or area veterinarian or area livestock inspector, giving name and address of the owner and exact location of premises.

4. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall maintain records of all sheep or goats sheared by them, which shall show the number of sheep or goats, the name and address of owner, the date of shearing. These records shall be made available to a representative of the department or division upon demand and shall be retained for a period of one year.

(L. 1961 p. 26 § 14)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 390.054 — MO Code / Chapter 390 / Section 390.054
390.054 Movers of household goods in intrastate commerce, proof of workers' ...
Status: in_force

390.054. Movers of household goods in intrastate commerce, proof of workers' compensation insurance coverage required. — Beginning August 28, 2012, and continuing thereafter, no certificate or permit to transport household goods in intrastate commerce shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant demonstrates that the applicant has workers' compensation insurance coverage that complies with chapter 287 for all employees. If any household goods carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 387 is found by the division of workers' compensation to be out of compliance with chapter 287 , the division shall report such fact to the state highways and transportation commission. The commission shall suspend the household goods carrier's certificate or permit pursuant to section 390.106 until such time as the carrier demonstrates that it has procured workers' compensation insurance coverage that complies with chapter 287 .

(L. 2012 H.B. 1402 merged with S.B. 470)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.694 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.694
242.694 Petition for annexation by minor district — service.
Status: in_force

242.694. Petition for annexation by minor district — service. — The board of supervisors of any minor district may in behalf of said district and the landowners therein, file a petition praying to be annexed to a major drainage district organized under the same provisions of law, provided the major and the minor district either have a common outlet, or the major district does have an outlet for the minor district or they furnish same; the petition shall be headed in the name of the minor district and addressed to the major district and shall set out in plain language the desire of the minor district to be annexed to the major district; it shall state that the boundaries, owners of lands and other property in the minor district to be as set out in the organization and records of the minor district, and praying to be annexed to the major district. Said petition is to be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the circuit court incorporating the major district, and the clerk shall cause a certified copy of said petition to be served upon the secretary of the major district at the office of the major district, wherever located.

(L. 1961 p. 444 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 253.067 — MO Code / Chapter 253 / Section 253.067
253.067 Volunteers may supplement programs — duties of division — status of ...
Status: in_force

253.067. Volunteers may supplement programs — duties of division — status of volunteers — expenses — definition. — 1. The division of state parks within the department of natural resources is authorized to develop, recruit, train and accept the services of volunteers, which services shall supplement the programs administered by the department or division.

2. Volunteers recruited, trained or accepted by the division shall comply with applicable rules and policies of the department and the division.

3. The division shall:

(1) Provide necessary staff for the management and development of volunteer programs;

(2) Develop opportunities for citizen involvement in division-administered programs;

(3) Develop and provide to all volunteers written rules governing the job descriptions, recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, use and supervision of volunteers;

(4) Educate volunteers regarding their duties and responsibilities;

(5) Provide a receptive environment for citizen involvement; and

(6) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered exceptional service to the division.

4. Volunteers shall be deemed unpaid employees and shall be accorded the protection of legal expense fund and liability provisions.

5. Reimbursement for transportation and other necessary expenses may be furnished to those volunteers whose presence on special assignment is determined to be necessary by the division. Such expenses shall be reimbursed from the regular appropriations of the division. Volunteers may use state vehicles in the performance of division-related duties, subject to those rules and regulations governing use of state vehicles by paid staff.

6. As used in this section, "volunteer" shall mean any person who, of his own free will, performs any assigned duties for the division with no monetary or material compensation.

7. Any person serving as a volunteer may be terminated from service in that capacity by the director of the division.

(L. 1995 S.B. 275) Effective 5-16-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.020 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.020
362.020 Articles of agreement — contents.
Status: in_force

362.020. Articles of agreement — contents. — 1. The articles of agreement mentioned in this chapter shall set out:

(1) The corporate name of the proposed corporation. The corporate name shall not be a name, or an imitation of a name, used within the preceding fifty years as a corporate title of a bank or trust company incorporated in this state;

(2) The name of the city or town and county in this state in which the corporation is to be located;

(3) The amount of the capital stock of the corporation, the number of shares into which it is divided, and the par value thereof; that the same has been subscribed in good faith and all thereof actually paid up in lawful money of the United States and is in the custody of the persons named as the first board of directors or managers;

(4) The names and places of residences of the several shareholders and number of shares subscribed by each;

(5) The number and the names of the first directors;

(6) The purposes for which the corporation is formed;

(7) Any provisions relating to the preemptive rights of a shareholder as provided in section 351.305 .

The articles of agreement may provide for the issuance of additional shares of capital stock or other classes of stock pursuant to the same procedures and conditions as provided under section 351.180 , provided that such terms and procedures are acceptable to the director of finance and, provided that any notice or other approval required to be given or obtained from the state of Missouri shall be given or obtained from the director of the division of finance.

2. The articles of agreement may designate the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum, and may provide for the number of years the corporation is to continue, or may provide that the existence of the corporation shall continue until the corporation shall be dissolved by consent of the stockholders or by proceedings instituted by the state under any statute now in force or hereafter enacted.

(RSMo 1939 § 7940, A.L. 1949 p. 280, A.L. 1967 p. 445, A.L. 2002 S.B. 895, A.L. 2025 H.B. 754 merged with S.B. 98) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5345; 1919 § 11728; 1909 § 1093
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.121 — MO Code / Chapter 571 / Section 571.121
571.121 Duty to carry and display permit, penalty for violation — director of ...
Status: in_force

571.121. Duty to carry and display permit, penalty for violation — director of revenue immunity from liability, when. — 1. Any person issued a concealed carry permit pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121 , or a concealed carry endorsement issued prior to August 28, 2013, shall carry the concealed carry permit or endorsement at all times the person is carrying a concealed firearm and shall display the concealed carry permit and a state or federal government-issued photo identification or the endorsement or permit upon the request of any peace officer. Failure to comply with this subsection shall not be a criminal offense but the concealed carry permit or endorsement holder may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed thirty-five dollars.

2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the director of revenue, by carrying out his or her requirement to issue a driver's or nondriver's license reflecting that a concealed carry permit has been granted under the law as it existed prior to August 28, 2013, shall bear no liability and shall be immune from any claims for damages resulting from any determination made regarding the qualification of any person for such permit or for any actions stemming from the conduct of any person issued such a permit. By issuing the permit on the driver's or nondriver's license, the director of revenue was merely acting as a scrivener for any determination made by the sheriff that the person was qualified for the permit.

(L. 2003 H.B. 349, et al., § 571.094, subsecs. 38, 39, A.L. 2013 S.B. 75)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.173 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.173
115.173 Applications and affidavits, where stored.
Status: in_force

115.173. Applications and affidavits, where stored. — All applications and affidavits required by this chapter shall be preserved in the office of the election authority.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.120, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1411) Effective 1-1-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.450 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.450
50.450 County clerk to make abstract of settlement — record of.
Status: in_force

50.450. County clerk to make abstract of settlement — record of. — Whenever the county commission shall so order, it shall be the duty of the clerk of such commission to make out and deliver an abstract, certified under his hand and seal of office, of any settlement made or balance ascertained to be due the county, as provided in sections 50.330 to 50.520 to the clerk of the circuit court of the county, who shall forthwith file and record the same in his office, noting the time of filing the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 13821) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12159; 1919 § 9557; 1909 § 3778