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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.045 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.045
475.045 Who may be appointed guardian of minor.
Status: in_force

475.045. Who may be appointed guardian of minor. — 1. Except in cases where they fail or refuse to give required security or are adjudged unfit for the duties of guardianship or conservatorship, or waive their rights to be appointed, the following persons, if otherwise qualified, shall be appointed as guardians or conservators of minors:

(1) The parent or parents of the minor, except as provided in section 475.030 ;

(2) If any minor over the age of fourteen years has no qualified parent living, a person nominated by the minor, unless the court finds appointment contrary to the best interests of the minor;

(3) Where both parents of a minor are dead, any person appointed under this section or section 475.046 by the will of the last surviving parent, who has not been adjudged unfit or incompetent for the duties of guardian or conservator.

2. Unfitness of any of the persons mentioned in subsection 1 for the duties of guardianship or conservatorship may be adjudged by the court after due notice and hearing.

3. If no appointment is made under subsection 1 of this section, the court shall appoint as guardian or conservator of a minor the most suitable person who is willing to serve and whose appointment serves the best interests of the child to a stable and permanent placement.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 375, 378, 379, 380, 392, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 290, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2009 H.B. 154) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 375, 378, 379, 380, 392; 1919 §§ 371, 374, 375, 376, 388; 1909 §§ 403, 406, 407, 408, 420 CROSS REFERENCE: Public administrator appointed as guardian, when, 473.743
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.200 — MO Code / Chapter 81 / Section 81.200
81.200 Extension of limits (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Status: in_force

81.200. Extension of limits (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000). — Any city now containing, or which may hereafter contain, more than twenty thousand and less than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, organized under special or local laws, may extend its limits by an ordinance specifying with accuracy the new line or lines to which it is proposed to extend such limits. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of said city when thus extended, and of all the steps in the proceedings leading thereto.

(RSMo 1939 § 7513) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7360; 1919 § 8774; 1909 § 9631
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.080 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.080
475.080 Appointment of limited guardian or conservator.
Status: in_force

475.080. Appointment of limited guardian or conservator. — 1. If the court, after hearing, finds that a person is partially incapacitated and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court shall appoint a limited guardian of the person of the ward. The order of appointment shall specify the powers and duties of the limited guardian so as to permit the partially incapacitated ward to provide for self-care commensurate with the ward's ability to do so and shall also specify the legal disabilities to which the ward is subject. In establishing a limited guardianship, the court shall impose only such legal disabilities and restraints on personal liberty as are necessary to promote and protect the well-being of the individual and shall design the guardianship so as to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence in the individual.

2. If the court, after hearing, finds that a person is partially disabled and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court shall appoint a limited conservator of the estate. The order of appointment shall specify the powers and duties of the limited conservator so as to permit the partially disabled person to manage the person's financial resources commensurate with the person's ability to do so.

(L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 136.400 — MO Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136.400
136.400 Excess revenue, certification.
Status: in_force

136.400. Excess revenue, certification. — The excess revenue to be refunded shall include all revenue in excess of the limit established in Article X, Section 18, Paragraph (a) of the Missouri Constitution collected during a fiscal year. The office of administration shall certify the amount of excess revenue to be refunded and certify annually to the general assembly in itemized list and definition of all sources and dollar amounts of total state revenue. Once a source of revenue has been certified as total state revenue by the office of administration, such source shall remain total state revenue in subsequent years unless the source is * subsequently excluded from total state revenue pursuant to Article X, Section 18(c) of the Missouri Constitution. The amount of excess revenue to be refunded is subject to appeal according to Article X, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution.

(L. 1996 S.B. 500) *Word "in" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.170 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.170
321.170 Board to select officers — seal — records.
Status: in_force

321.170. Board to select officers — seal — records. — After taking their oaths and filing their bonds, the board shall choose one of its members as chairman of the board and president of the district, and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer of the board and of the district, who may or may not be members of the board. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person. Such board shall adopt a seal, and the secretary shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and a record of corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 18)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.020 — MO Code / Chapter 573 / Section 573.020
573.020 Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty.
Status: in_force

573.020. Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree if, knowing of its content and character, such person:

(1) Wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote any obscene material; or

(2) Wholesale promotes for minors or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors any material pornographic for minors; or

(3) Promotes, wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors material that is pornographic for minors via computer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor.

2. The offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree is a class E felony.

3. As used in this section, "wholesale promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the same for purposes of resale or redistribution.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1987 H.B. 113, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.149 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.149
301.149 Proof of insurance by electronic image permitted, when — mobile electronic ...
Status: in_force

301.149. Proof of insurance by electronic image permitted, when — mobile electronic device defined. — 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, proof of financial responsibility required for vehicle registration under section 301.147 may be provided by displaying an electronic image of an insurance identification card on a mobile electronic device.

2. Whenever a person presents a mobile electronic device as proof of financial responsibility to any employee of the department of revenue or any agent authorized by the department of revenue under section 136.055 to register motor vehicles and trailers, the person presenting such mobile electronic device shall assume all liability for any damage that may occur to the mobile electronic device, except for damage willfully or maliciously caused by a department employee or agent.

3. When a person provides evidence of financial responsibility using a mobile electronic device pursuant to this section to any employee of the department of revenue or any agent authorized by the department of revenue under section 136.055 to register motor vehicles and trailers, such employees or agents shall only view the evidence of financial responsibility and shall not view any other content on the mobile electronic device.

4. As used in this section, the term "mobile electronic device" means any small handheld computing or communications device that has a display screen with a touch input or a miniature keyboard.

(L. 2013 H.B. 322)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.020 — MO Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.020
100.020 Municipality may carry out industrial development projects.
Status: in_force

100.020. Municipality may carry out industrial development projects. — The municipality may carry out projects for industrial development under the terms of sections 100.010 to 100.200 .

(L. 1961 p. 189 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.655 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.655
148.655 Tax credit allowed for S corporation shareholders of associations, amount.
Status: in_force

148.655. Tax credit allowed for S corporation shareholders of associations, amount. — Subchapter S corporation shareholders of an association required to pay franchise taxes under section 148.620 may take a tax credit against such shareholder's state income tax return, as provided in section 143.471 . Such tax credit shall be the taxpayer's pro rata share of the franchise tax paid by the association as provided in this chapter.

(L. 2006 S.B. 892)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 367.045 — MO Code / Chapter 367 / Section 367.045
367.045 Customer failure to repay pawnbroker when notified that goods pledged or ...
Status: in_force

367.045. Customer failure to repay pawnbroker when notified that goods pledged or sold were misappropriated, penalty. — 1. When the tangible personal property subject to the pawn or sales transaction has been delivered or awarded to a claimant pursuant to section 367.044 , and within ten business days after a written demand for payment and notice is deposited by the pawnbroker as certified or registered mail in the United States mail and addressed to the conveying customer, the conveying customer fails to repay the pawnbroker the full amount incurred by the pawnbroker in connection with such property and the procedure described in section 367.044 , the conveying customer shall have committed the crime of fraudulently pledging or selling misappropriated property.

2. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class B misdemeanor if the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was less than fifty dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class A misdemeanor if the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was more than fifty dollars and less than one hundred fifty dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class D felony if the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was one hundred fifty dollars or more.

(L. 1993 S.B. 18, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1526, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 195.022 — MO Code / Chapter 195 / Section 195.022
195.022 Chemical substances structurally similar to Schedule I controlled ...
Status: in_force

195.022. Chemical substances structurally similar to Schedule I controlled substances to be treated as Schedule I controlled substance. — Any analogue or homologue of a schedule I controlled substance shall be treated, for the purposes of any state law, as a controlled substance in schedule I.

(L. 1997 H.B. 635, A.L. 2011 H.B. 641)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.270 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.270
116.270 Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made.
Status: in_force

116.270. Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made. — 1. There is hereby created a "Publications Fund" which shall be used only to pay printing, publication, and other expenses incurred in submitting statewide ballot measures to the voters.

2. The secretary of state shall certify to the commissioner of administration all valid claims for payment from the publications fund. On receiving the certified claims, the commissioner of administration shall issue warrants on the state treasurer payable to each individual out of the publications fund.

(L. 1980 S.B. 658) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.705 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.705
260.705 Definitions.
Status: in_force

260.705. Definitions. — Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words and phrases mean:

(1) "Care" , the continued observation of a facility after closure for the purposes of detecting a need for maintenance, insuring environmental safety, and determining compliance with applicable licensure and regulatory requirements and including the correction of problems which are detected as a result of that observation;

(2) "Clean-up" , all actions necessary to contain, collect, control, identify, analyze, treat, disperse, remove, or dispose of low-level radioactive waste;

(3) "Closure" , measures which must be taken by a facility owner or operator when he determines that the facility shall no longer accept low-level radioactive waste;

(4) "Commission" , the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission;

(5) "Decommissioning" , the measures taken at the end of a facility's operating life to assure the continued protection of the public from any residual radioactivity or other potential hazards present at a facility;

(6) "Facility" , a parcel of land or site, together with the structures, equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to the land or site, which is used or is being developed for the treatment, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste;

(7) "Host state" , any state which is designated by the commission to host a regional facility;

(8) "Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" , radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel or by-product material as defined in Section 11(e)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954;

(9) "Midwest low-level radioactive waste compact" , the midwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste as enacted by the Missouri general assembly;

(10) "Radioactive release" , the emission, discharge, spillage, leakage, pumping, pouring, emptying or dumping of low-level radioactive waste into the biosphere which exceeds state or federal standards;

(11) "Region" , the area of the party states to the midwest low-level radioactive waste compact;

(12) "Regional facility" , a facility which is located within the region and which is established by a party state pursuant to designation of that state as a host state by the commission; and

(13) "Site" , the geographic location of a facility.

(L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 6 § 2, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.919 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.919
375.919 Use of language other than English permitted, when, disclosures — ...
Status: in_force

375.919. Use of language other than English permitted, when, disclosures — misrepresentation, penalty. — 1. An insurer, as defined in section 375.001 , may provide an insurance policy, endorsement, rider and any explanatory material in a language other than English. In the event of a dispute regarding the insurance or advertising material, the English language version shall dictate the resolution. If a policy, endorsement or rider is provided in a language other than English, the insurer shall also, at the same time, provide to the policyholder a copy of such policy, endorsement or rider in English, and shall disclose on such document, in both English and the other language, the following:

(1) The translation is for informational purposes only; and

(2) The English language version of the policy will be controlling unless the language in the other language version is shown to be a fraudulent misrepresentation * .

2. Any knowing misrepresentation in providing a policy, endorsement, rider or explanatory materials in a language other than English is a violation of sections 375.930 to 375.948 .

(L. 2002 H.B. 1381 merged with S.B. 656 merged with S.B. 895, subsecs. 1 and 3) *Word "mispresentation" appears in original rolls of H.B. 1381 and S.B. 656.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.260 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.260
490.260 Records of religious societies.
Status: in_force

490.260. Records of religious societies. — When, by the ordinance or custom of any religious society or congregation in this state, a register is required to be kept of marriages, births, baptisms, deaths or interments, such register shall be admitted as evidence.

(RSMo 1939 § 1829) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1665; 1919 § 5352; 1909 § 6297
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.465 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.465
227.465 Purple Heart Trail designated for portion of I-57 in Mississippi and Scott ...
Status: in_force

227.465. Purple Heart Trail designated for portion of I-57 in Mississippi and Scott Counties. — The portion of Interstate 57 from the Missouri/Illinois state line in Mississippi County continuing south to U.S. State Highway 60/State Highway AA in Scott County shall be designated the "Purple Heart Trail". Costs for such designation shall be paid by private donations.

(L. 2021 S.B. 258)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.788 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.788
374.788 Apprehension standards for breach of surety agreement or absconding.
Status: in_force

374.788. Apprehension standards for breach of surety agreement or absconding. — 1. A bail bond agent having probable grounds to believe a subject free on his or her bond has failed to appear as directed by a court, has breached the terms of the subject's surety agreement, or has taken a substantial step toward absconding may utilize all lawful means to apprehend the subject. To surrender a subject to a court, a licensed bail bond or surety recovery agent having probable grounds to believe the subject is free on his or her bond may:

(1) Detain the subject in a lawful manner, for a reasonable time, provided that in the event travel from another state is involved, the detention period may include reasonable travel time not to exceed seventy-two hours;

(2) Transport a subject in a lawful manner from state to state and county to county to a place of authorized surrender; and

(3) Enter upon private or public property in a lawful manner to execute apprehension of a subject.

2. A surety recovery agent who apprehends a subject pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall surrender custody of the subject to the court of jurisdiction.

3. When a surety recovery agent is in the process of performing fugitive recovery, a photographic identification card shall be prominently displayed on his or her person.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122) Effective 1-01-05
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 482.335 — MO Code / Chapter 482 / Section 482.335
482.335 Duties of clerk of small claims courts — notices to be posted — plaintiff ...
Status: in_force

482.335. Duties of clerk of small claims courts — notices to be posted — plaintiff to advise clerk of time hearing preferred — clerk not practicing law. — 1. Clerks under the supervision of the small claims court judges shall explain to litigants the procedures and functions of the small claims court and shall assist them in filling out all forms and pleadings necessary for the presentation of their claim or counterclaim to the court. Notice of the fact that clerks will provide such assistance shall be conspicuously posted in the clerks' offices.

2. The location of the office where a small claims action can be filed and the location of the courtroom where small claims sessions are being held shall be conspicuously posted in the court building.

3. At the time of filing of a small claim, the plaintiff shall advise the clerk whether a daytime, evening or Saturday hearing is preferred by the plaintiff.

4. The performance of duties prescribed in this section shall not constitute the practice of law as defined in section 484.010 . All duties of the clerk prescribed in this section shall be performed without cost to the litigants.

(L. 1976 H.B. 1317 & 1098 § 4 subsec. 7, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.066 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.066
46.066 Carroll.
Status: in_force

46.066. Carroll. — Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River, at a point where the prolongation south of the range line between ranges twenty-five and twenty-six would intersect the same; thence north with said range line to the northwest corner of township fifty-five, range twenty-five, west; thence east with the township line between townships fifty-five and fifty-six to the middle of the main channel of Grand River; thence down said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River; thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13557) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11898; 1919 § 9300; 1909 § 3517
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.1021 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.1021
260.1021 Recording of a covenant, procedure.
Status: in_force

260.1021. Recording of a covenant, procedure. — 1. An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant shall be recorded in every county or city not within a county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.

2. Except as otherwise provided in section 260.1024 , an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in real property.

(L. 2007 S.B. 54) Effective 1-01-08
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 276.140 — MO Code / Chapter 276 / Section 276.140
276.140 Violation is cause for enjoining operation.
Status: in_force

276.140. Violation is cause for enjoining operation. — If any organization of whatever form or kind, maintaining or operating a public market, as herein defined, shall violate any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150 , such organization shall be permanently enjoined from maintaining or operating, directly or indirectly, such public market, and any person, firm, company or corporation violating any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150 shall be permanently enjoined from buying, selling or trading, directly or indirectly, at such public market.

(RSMo 1939 § 14395) Prior revision: 1929 § 12737