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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 517.031 — MO Code / Chapter 517 / Section 517.031
517.031 Petition required, form — affirmative defenses, counterclaims, ...
Status: in_force

517.031. Petition required, form — affirmative defenses, counterclaims, cross-claims, filing — extension of filing, when. — 1. The plaintiff shall file a written petition containing the facts upon which the claim is founded. A copy of any written instrument or account in support of the petition should be attached and filed. The pleadings of the petition shall be informal unless the court in its discretion requires formal pleadings.

2. Affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims shall be filed in writing not later than the return date and time of the summons unless leave to file the same at a later date is granted by the court. No other responsive pleading need be filed. If no responsive pleading is filed, the statements made in the petition, affirmative defenses, counterclaims or cross claims shall be considered denied except as provided in section 517.132 .

3. For good cause shown, the court may extend the time for filing any pleading.

(L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1988 H.B. 1660)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 536.068 — MO Code / Chapter 536 / Section 536.068
536.068 Responsive pleadings to petitioner's complaint or petition to be filed, ...
Status: in_force

536.068. Responsive pleadings to petitioner's complaint or petition to be filed, when — extension — content — bench ruling or memorandum decision on request, when. — 1. In any proceeding before the administrative hearing commission, any responsive pleading to the petitioner's complaint or petition shall be filed within the time limits specified for filing an answer under the rules governing civil practice in circuit courts in Missouri, unless the administrative hearing commission grants an extension of time for the filing of a responsive pleading. Such responsive pleadings may include, but shall not be limited to, answers, motions to dismiss, motions for a more definite statement or to make more definite and certain, or any combination of these pleadings.

2. The administrative hearing commission shall upon the request of all parties involved and waiver of the provisions of section 536.090 issue a bench ruling or render a memorandum decision on any case within one week of the conclusion of the hearing or within one week of the request, whichever is later.

(L. 1989 H.B. 143 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1236 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.1236
452.1236 Grant of limited contact.
Status: in_force

452.1236. Grant of limited contact. — On motion of a deploying parent, and in accordance with law of this state other than sections 452.1200 to 452.1258 , unless the court finds that the contact would be contrary to the best interest of the child, a court shall grant limited contact to a nonparent who is a family member of the child or an individual with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship.

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.190 — MO Code / Chapter 660 / Section 660.190
660.190 Limitation on expenditures.
Status: in_force

660.190. Limitation on expenditures. — Not more than three hundred thousand dollars from general revenue shall be appropriated by the general assembly for the support of the program established by this act * for the first fiscal year and not more than three percent of any funds appropriated shall be used for the administrative expenses involved in administering the program. No funds shall be expended under the provisions of this act * until there is a specific appropriation for that purpose.

(L. 1979 H.B. 545, et al. § 17) *"This act" (H.B. 545, et al., 1979) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.086 — MO Code / Chapter 566 / Section 566.086
566.086 Sexual contact with a student.
Status: in_force

566.086. Sexual contact with a student. — 1. A person commits the offense of sexual contact with a student if he or she has sexual contact with a student of the school and is:

(1) A teacher, as that term is defined in subdivisions (4), (5), and (7) of section 168.104 ;

(2) A student teacher;

(3) An employee of the school;

(4) A volunteer of the school or of an organization working with the school on a project or program who is not a student at the school;

(5) An elected or appointed official of the school district;

(6) A person employed by an entity that contracts with the school or school district to provide services; or

(7) A coach, assistant coach, director, or other adult with a school-aged team, club, or ensemble, regardless of whether such team, club, or ensemble is connected to a school or scholastic association. For purposes of this subdivision, "school-aged team, club, or ensemble" means any group organized for individual or group competition for the performance of sports activities or any group organized for individual or group presentation for fine or performing arts, by any child under eighteen years of age.

2. For the purposes of this section, "school" shall mean any public or private school in this state serving kindergarten through grade twelve or any school bus used by the school district.

3. The offense of sexual contact with a student is a class E felony.

4. It is not a defense to prosecution for a violation of this section that the student consented to the sexual contact.

(L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2011 H.B. 111, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2022 S.B. 775, et al.) CROSS REFERENCE: Child sexual abuse, action for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.007 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.007
40.007 Discharge obtained by fraud — desertion — separation from service while ...
Status: in_force

40.007. Discharge obtained by fraud — desertion — separation from service while proceedings are pending, jurisdiction of court. — 1. Each person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge shall be subject to section 40.141 , shall be subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and shall, after apprehension, be subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 while in the custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge such person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under sections 40.005 to 40.490 committed before the fraudulent discharge.

2. No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of sections 40.005 to 40.490 by virtue of a separation from any subsequent period of service.

3. The fact that any person charged with an offense under sections 40.005 to 40.490 is separated from the service while proceedings are pending or while undergoing sentence shall not affect the jurisdiction of any court-martial.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.745 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.745
302.745 Chemical tests, requirements — implied consent given, limits — use as ...
Status: in_force

302.745. Chemical tests, requirements — implied consent given, limits — use as evidence, test results. — 1. All chemical tests required herein for the enforcement of sections 302.700 to 302.780 shall be conducted using the same procedures, methods, waivers of liability, persons and facilities as those described in chapter 577 except as provided in sections 302.700 to 302.780 . Nothing contained in chapter 577 shall be construed to require a person to be placed under arrest prior to his or her being requested to submit to a chemical test under this section.

2. A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of this section, to a chemical test or tests of his or her breath, blood, saliva or urine for the purpose of determining his alcohol concentration, or the presence of controlled substances in his or her system.

3. A test or tests may be administered for the purposes of enforcing sections 302.700 to 302.780 , at the direction of a law enforcement officer, who has reason to believe that the driver was driving a commercial motor vehicle while having any amount of alcohol or controlled substances in his or her system.

4. The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in subsection 2 of this section shall be limited to not more than two such tests arising from the same arrest, stop, incident, or charge.

5. Upon the request of a person who is tested, full information concerning the test shall be made available to him or her.

6. Upon the trial of any person for violation of this section or upon the trial of any criminal action or violations of county or municipal ordinances arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving a commercial motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances, the amount of alcohol or controlled substance in the person's blood at the time of the act alleged as shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood, breath, saliva or urine is admissible in evidence and the provisions of subdivision (5) of section 491.060 shall not prevent the admissibility or introduction of such evidence, if otherwise admissible. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing upon the question whether the person was operating a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.

(L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.920 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.920
362.920 Procedure to obtain order allowing acquisition — duty of director.
Status: in_force

362.920. Procedure to obtain order allowing acquisition — duty of director. — 1. A bank holding company which seeks to acquire control of a bank or a bank holding company shall file with the division of finance a copy of any application which the bank holding company is required to file with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, together with such supplemental data as will enable the director of finance to determine if the acquisition is lawful under the provisions of section 362.915 . The director of finance shall, within thirty days after receiving the application, issue his order declaring the acquisition to be lawful or unlawful under the provisions of section 362.915 . The order of the director shall be the final administrative decision which may be appealed in the circuit court of the county of proper venue within thirty days after the mailing or delivery of notice of the director's order, by any party aggrieved by the order.

2. The director shall also determine if the proposed acquisition of a bank by a bank holding company is consistent with the interests of promoting and maintaining a sound banking system and sound trust companies, the security of deposits and depositors and other customers, the preservation of the liquid position of banks and in the interest of preventing injurious credit expansions and contractions. If the director determines that the proposed acquisition is not consistent with those objectives, he shall, within thirty days of receipt of the application, communicate his objections to the proposed acquisition to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

3. The provisions of section 362.915 and subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall not apply in the case of the acquisition of a bank or bank holding company acquired at the request of the director of finance, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in order to prevent the imminent failure of a bank.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1798 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.540 — MO Code / Chapter 429 / Section 429.540
429.540 Proceeds, when distributed pro rata.
Status: in_force

429.540. Proceeds, when distributed pro rata. — In all cases where judgments have been rendered and a sale has been ordered, and the property sold to which said liens attach, the proceeds arising from such sale, if not sufficient to discharge all the liens on which judgments have been rendered before such sale shall be made, shall be distributed pro rata upon such judgments as if the filing of the said liens had been all the same date; and when such judgments have been by such sales or otherwise wholly or partially paid, and satisfied, the clerks shall enter upon the records the amount or amounts so paid, with a correct description of the real property sold, and within the time and in like manner certify the same to the secretary of state, as heretofore provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 3606) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3216; 1919 § 7276; 1909 § 8264
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 550.320 — MO Code / Chapter 550 / Section 550.320
550.320 Jail reimbursement, department to pay per diem cost to counties, when.
Status: in_force

550.320. Jail reimbursement, department to pay per diem cost to counties, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Department" , the department of corrections of the state of Missouri;

(2) "Jail reimbursement" , a daily per diem paid by the state for the reimbursement of time spent in custody.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever any person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a correctional center, the department shall reimburse the county or city not within a county for the days the person spent in custody at a per diem cost, subject to appropriation, but not to exceed thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per day per offender. The jail reimbursement shall be subject to review and approval of the department. The state shall pay the costs when:

(1) A person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment as authorized by chapter 558 ;

(2) A person is sentenced pursuant to section 559.115 ;

(3) A person has his or her probation or parole revoked because the offender has, or allegedly has, violated any condition of the offender's probation or parole, and such probation or parole is a consequence of a violation of the law, or the offender is a fugitive from the state or otherwise held at the request of the department regardless of whether or not a warrant has been issued; or

(4) A person has a period of detention imposed pursuant to section 559.026 .

3. When the final determination of any criminal prosecution shall be such as to render the state liable for costs under existing laws, it shall be the duty of the office of the sheriff or the chief executive officer of the city not within a county to certify the total number of days any offender who was a party in such case remained in the jail and submit the total number of days spent in custody to the department. The office of the sheriff or chief executive officer of the city not within a county may submit claims to the department, no later than two years from the date the claim became eligible for reimbursement.

4. The department shall determine if the expenses are eligible pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and remit any payment to the county or city not within a county when the expenses are determined to be eligible. The department shall establish, by rule, the process for submission of claims. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2025 H.B. 199)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.496 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.496
105.496 Permanent select committee on ethics.
Status: in_force

105.496. Permanent select committee on ethics. — Upon the convening of the next general assembly after January 1, 1991, the house of representatives and the senate shall each, respectively, establish by rule a permanent select committee on ethics and shall adopt the rules by which the manner and method of investigations and disciplinary proceedings and actions shall be conducted.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 8) Effective 1-01-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.120 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.120
95.120 Additional indebtedness of cities by special vote.
Status: in_force

95.120. Additional indebtedness of cities by special vote. — Any city, whether organized under the general laws of this state or by special charter or by constitutional charter, by vote of the constitutionally required percentage of the qualified electors thereof voting thereon, may incur an additional indebtedness for city purposes authorized in the charter of such city or by any general law of this state, not to exceed five percent of the taxable tangible property therein as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes.

(L. 1945 p. 1299 § 7368a, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.150 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.150
452.150 Services and earnings of unmarried minor children — custody and control of.
Status: in_force

452.150. Services and earnings of unmarried minor children — custody and control of. — The father and mother living apart are entitled to an adjudication by the circuit court as to their powers, rights and duties in respect to the custody and control and the services and earnings and management of the property of their unmarried minor children without any preference as between the said father and mother, and neither the father nor the mother has any right paramount to that of the other in respect to the custody and control or the services and earnings or of the management of the property of their said unmarried minor children; pending such adjudication the father or mother who actually has the custody and control of said unmarried minor children shall have the sole right to the custody and control and to the services and earnings and to the management of the property of said unmarried minor children.

(RSMo 1939 § 1526, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1362; 1919 § 1813 CROSS REFERENCES: Consent of parents necessary to adopt, 453.030 to 453.050 Custody of children, award on habeas corpus, 532.370 Transfer of custody of child prohibited, 453.110 (1953) Where divorce decree awarded custody of child to father and made no provision for visitation by the mother, nor for keeping the child in this state, the removal of the child from the state by the father did not constitute contempt. Middleton v. Tozer (A.), 259 S.W.2d 80. (1953) On motion to modify decree as to custody of minor child, there must not only be proof of a change in conditions but it must be a change that would beneficially affect the interest of the child. Frams v. Black (A.), 259 S.W.2d 104. (1954) In action by divorced mother to recover amounts expended for support of child from its father, limitations must be computed from the time the cause of action accrued and not from the date of last item in the account. Allen v. Allen, 364 Mo. 955, 270 S.W.2d 33. (1957) Court of equity has inherent power to allow suit money attorney fees to the mother in proceeding to obtain custody of child. I.... v. B.... (A.), 305 S.W.2d 713. (1963) Where court makes no custody award in a divorce action, it is not res judicata in subsequent action for custody of children. R.... v. E.... (A.), 364 S.W.2d 821. (1963) Jurisdiction of trial court in divorce action to make an ad interim order with respect to the temporary custody of minor children pending the appeal, upon pleading and proof that their welfare is substantially endangered during that period, is not divested by the giving of the statutory supersedeas bond. State ex re. Stone v. Ferris (Mo.), 369 S.W.2d 244. (1968) The Missouri Supreme Court held that the proper construction of Missouri statutory provisions relating to the obligations and rights of parents affords illegitimate children a right equal with that of legitimate children to require support by their fathers. Prior cases to the contrary were expressly overruled. R. . . . v. R. . . . (Mo.), 431 S.W.2d 152.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.401 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.401
162.401 Treasurer's bond.
Status: in_force

162.401. Treasurer's bond. — The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into his hands as treasurer, and otherwise perform the duties of his office according to law. The bond shall be filed with the secretary of the board. The treasurer shall be the custodian of all school moneys derived from taxation for school purposes in the district until paid out on the order of the board, and on breach of the conditions of the bond, the secretary of the board, or any resident of the school district, may cause suit to be brought thereon. The suit shall be prosecuted in the name of the state of Missouri, at the relation and to the use of the proper school district.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-39, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1606 merged with S.B. 743) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.337 )
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 64.640 — MO Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.640
64.640 County commission may prescribe zoning regulations — hearings on plan — ...
Status: in_force

64.640. County commission may prescribe zoning regulations — hearings on plan — adoption (second and third class counties). — The county commission shall provide for the manner in which such regulations, restrictions and boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed within said unincorporated territory. In order to avail itself of the zoning powers conferred by sections 64.510 to 64.690 , the county commission shall request the county planning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. If there be no county planning commission the county commission shall appoint a county zoning commission whose personnel, length of terms and organization shall be the same as provided in section 64.520 for a county planning commission. Such zoning commission shall make a preliminary report and a proposed zoning order and shall hold public hearings thereon, and shall afford persons interested an opportunity to be heard. A hearing shall be held in each township affected by the terms of such proposed order, public notice of which hearing shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 64.550 . Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed report and proposed zoning order will be accessible for examination by interested parties. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety days after the final adjournment of such hearings the zoning commission shall make a report and submit a proposed order to the county commission. The county commission may adopt the order with or without change or may refer it back to the zoning commission for further consideration and report. In case a written protest against the proposed zoning of any land lying within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of any municipality having in effect an ordinance zoning property within the corporate limits of such municipality is made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof and filed with the county commission, the county commission shall not adopt the proposed zoning of such land except by record vote of all members and after a statement of the reasons for such action shall be spread upon its minutes or records. In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning order the zoning commission may incur such expenditures as shall be authorized by the county commission.

(L. 1951 p. 406 § 11, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)