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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 333.011 — MO Code / Chapter 333 / Section 333.011
333.011 Definitions.
Status: in_force

333.011. Definitions. — 1. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

(1) "Board" , the state board of embalmers and funeral directors created by this chapter;

(2) "Embalmer" , any individual licensed to engage in the practice of embalming;

(3) "Funeral director" , any individual licensed to engage in the practice of funeral directing;

(4) "Funeral establishment" , a building, place, crematory, or premises devoted to or used in the care and preparation for burial or transportation of the human dead and includes every building, place or premises maintained for that purpose or held out to the public by advertising or otherwise to be used for that purpose;

(5) "Funeral merchandise" , caskets, grave vaults, receptacles, and other personal property incidental to the final disposition of a dead human body, including grave markers, monuments, tombstones, and urns;

(6) "Person" , any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, or other entity;

(7) "Practice of embalming" , the work of preserving, disinfecting and preparing by arterial embalming, including the chemical preparation of a dead human body for disposition. Practice of embalming includes all activities leading up to and including arterial and cavity embalming, including but not limited to raising of vessels and suturing of incisions of dead human bodies for funeral services, transportation, burial or cremation, or the holding of oneself out as being engaged in such work;

(8) "Practice of funeral directing" , engaging by an individual in the business of preparing, otherwise than by embalming, for the burial, disposal or transportation out of this state of, and the directing and supervising of the burial or disposal of, dead human bodies or engaging in the general control, supervision or management of the operations of a funeral establishment;

(9) "Preneed agent" , any person authorized to sell a preneed contract for or on behalf of a seller;

(10) "Provider" , the person designated or obligated to provide the final disposition, funeral, or burial services or facilities, or funeral merchandise described in a preneed contract;

(11) "Seller" , the person who executes a preneed contract with a purchaser and who is obligated under such preneed contract to remit payment to the provider.

2. All terms defined in sections 436.400 to 436.520 shall be deemed to have the same meaning when used in this chapter.

(L. 1965 p. 522 § 1, A.L. 2007 S.B. 272, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788, A.L. 2009 S.B. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 360.075 — MO Code / Chapter 360 / Section 360.075
360.075 Bonds, how secured.
Status: in_force

360.075. Bonds, how secured. — 1. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the authority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues, rentals, and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may be secured by a trust indenture or mortgage or deed of trust, including assignment of leases or other contract rights of the authority thereunder, covering all or any part of the facilities from which the revenues, rentals, or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of and additions to any such facilities thereafter made. The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the properties covered thereby, the fixing and collecting of rentals for any portions thereof leased by the authority to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues, rentals, or receipts, and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, including the designation of a trustee, all as the authority shall deem advisable and not in conflict with the provisions hereof. Each pledge, agreement, lease, indenture, mortgage, and deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the authority shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid or provisions for such payment duly made. In the event of a default in the payment or in any agreement of the authority made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in any trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust executed as security therefor, the payment or agreement may be enforced by suit, mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, foreclosure of any mortgage or deed of trust, or any one or more of these remedies.

2. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, bonds of the authority may be secured by a pooling of leases whereby the authority may assign its rights, as lessor, and pledge rents under two or more leases of facilities with two or more participating health institutions or participating educational institutions, as lessees respectively, upon such terms as may be provided in the resolutions of the authority or as may be provided in a trust indenture authorized by the authority.

(L. 1975 H.B. 70 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.355 — MO Code / Chapter 534 / Section 534.355
534.355 Court may include in judgment of possession an order to sheriff requiring ...
Status: in_force

534.355. Court may include in judgment of possession an order to sheriff requiring delivery of premises to prevailing party within fifteen days. — In an action pursuant to chapter 441 , chapter 524 , chapter 535 , or this chapter, the court in entering a judgment for possession of the premises, at the request of the prevailing party, may order the sheriff or appropriate officer to deliver possession of the premises to the prevailing party within fifteen days of the date the judgment becomes final. Said order may be withdrawn at the request of the prevailing party.

(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.025 — MO Code / Chapter 513 / Section 513.025
513.025 General execution, form.
Status: in_force

513.025. General execution, form. — Such execution shall be a fieri facias against the goods, chattels and real estate of the party against whom the judgment, order or decree is rendered, and shall be to the following effect:

(RSMo 1939 § 1317) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1153; 1919 § 1604; 1909 § 2173 *Revisor's Note: The words "nineteen hundred" appear in original rolls. After the year 2000 and in accordance with section 3.060, the reference was changed to "two thousand" by the Revisor.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.568 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.568
620.568 Administration by project sponsor — administrative expenses.
Status: in_force

620.568. Administration by project sponsor — administrative expenses. — 1. A project sponsor shall administer projects funded under sections 620.552 to 620.574 in the following manner:

(1) Participants, except those enrolled in the youth volunteer program, shall be paid at least the minimum wage as established by federal or state law at the time of employment;

(2) Persons employed through any of the corps programs shall be exempt from merit system requirements, and shall not be eligible for membership in any public employees' retirement system. All participants shall be so advised by the project sponsor and the regulating authority;

(3) Services performed by a participant in any corps program shall not constitute "employment" within the meaning of the Missouri employment security law in chapter 288 , if the program is operated as a work-relief or work-training program in accordance with subdivision (5) of subsection 9 of section 288.034 .

2. Not more than ten percent of the funds distributed to a project sponsor may be expended for administrative expenses. Administrative expenses shall be approved by the division.

3. No funds shall be awarded for any program which replaces or supplants employees engaged in any authorized work stoppage or which replaces or supplants currently employed workers or which impairs existing contracts for services provided by other workers.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1653 § 21, A.L. 1991 H.B. 422, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1005 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1005
375.1005 Improper claims practice, conditions.
Status: in_force

375.1005. Improper claims practice, conditions. — It is an improper claims practice for any domestic, foreign or alien insurer transacting business in this state to commit any of the acts defined in section 375.1007 if:

(1) It is committed in conscious disregard of sections 375.1000 to 375.1018 or any rules promulgated under sections 375.1000 to 375.1018 ; or

(2) It has been committed with such frequency to indicate a general business practice to engage in that type of conduct.

(L. 1991 S.B. 53 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.260 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.260
393.260 Complaints as to quality and price of gas, water, electricity and sewer ...
Status: in_force

393.260. Complaints as to quality and price of gas, water, electricity and sewer service — investigation by commission — form of complaints. — 1. Upon the complaint in writing of the mayor or the president or chairman of the board of aldermen, or a majority of the council, commission or other legislative body of any city, town, village or county within which the alleged violation occurred, or by not less than twenty-five consumers or purchasers, or prospective consumers or purchasers of such gas, electricity, water or sewer, as to the illuminating power, purity, pressure or price of gas, the efficiency of the electric incandescent lamp supply, the voltage of the current supplied for light, heat or power, or price of electricity sold and delivered in such municipality, or the purity, pressure or price of water or the adequacy, sanitation or price of sewer service, the commission shall investigate as to the cause of such complaint.

2. When such complaint is made, the commission may, by its agents, examiners and inspectors, inspect the works, system, plant, devices, appliances and methods used by such person or corporation in manufacturing, transmitting and supplying such gas, electricity or water or furnishing said sewer service, and may examine or cause to be examined the books and papers of such person or corporation pertaining to the manufacture, sale, transmitting and supplying of such gas, electricity or water or furnishing of such sewer service.

3. The form and contents of complaints made as provided in this section shall be prescribed by the commission. Such complaints shall be signed by the officers, or by the customers, purchasers or subscribers making them, who must add to their signatures their places of residence, by street and number, if any.

(RSMo 1939 § 5658, A.L. 1967 p. 578) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5202; 1919 § 10490 (1964) A telephone utility could not annex additional territory to its certificated service area by the simple act of filing a map of the area and order of public service commission requiring another telephone company whose existing lines were closer to the unserved area to extend service into the area was based on competent and substantial evidence and was not in excess of its statutory power. State ex rel. Doniphan Telephone Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n (A.), 377 S.W.2d 469. (1976) File and suspend method of seeking rate increase by utility did not result in denial of due process of law or equal protection to utility consumers. State ex rel. Jackson County v. Public Serv. Comm'n (Mo.), 532 S.W.2d 20. (1976) Sections 386.390 and 393.260 specifically enumerate the parties qualified to file a complaint as to the reasonableness of a utility's rates and charges, and utilities are not among them, and section 386.400 gives utilities the right to file complaints only on matters other than as to reasonableness of their rates. State ex rel. Jackson County v. Public Serv. Comm'n (Mo.), 532 S.W.2d 20.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 435.470 — MO Code / Chapter 435 / Section 435.470
435.470 Short title.
Status: in_force

435.470. Short title. — Sections 435.350 to 435.470 may be cited as the "Uniform Arbitration Act".

(L. 1980 H.B. 1203 § 25)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 388.270 — MO Code / Chapter 388 / Section 388.270
388.270 May own and operate motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

388.270. May own and operate motor vehicles. — Any steam railroad company operating a railroad in this state may acquire, own and operate motor vehicles for the purpose of carrying passengers or property, or both persons and property, for hire upon the highways of this state in the same manner as individuals are now or may hereafter be permitted so to do.

(RSMo 1939 § 5133) Prior revision: 1929 § 4660 (1956) Railroad, having authority to transport freight by truck from depot to depot, was not entitled to authority to pick up and deliver freight to shippers' docks in absence of showing of public convenience and necessity. State ex rel. Missouri Pac. Freight Trans. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm. (A.), 288 S.W.2d 679.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 72.305 — MO Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.305
72.305 Resolution to absorb, contents of.
Status: in_force

72.305. Resolution to absorb, contents of. — The governing body of each of the municipalities involved in the proposed absorption shall adopt a resolution which sets forth:

(1) The name of each municipality which is to be absorbed;

(2) The name of the municipality which will absorb the other municipality;

(3) A statement that each municipality being absorbed accepts and will be governed by each and every provision and ordinance of the municipality which is absorbing them;

(4) The proposed effective date of the merger;

(5) A listing of each separate bonded indebtedness of each municipality which will be absorbed and a statement whether the tax necessary to retire it is to be levied locally or generally.

(L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.020 — MO Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.020
451.020 Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons ...
Status: in_force

451.020. Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor. — All marriages between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, first cousins, and between persons who lack capacity to enter into a marriage contract, are presumptively void; and it shall be unlawful for any city, county or state official having authority to issue marriage licenses to issue such marriage licenses to the persons heretofore designated, and any such official who shall issue such licenses to the persons aforesaid knowing such persons to be within the prohibition of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and this prohibition shall apply to persons born out of lawful wedlock as well as those in lawful wedlock. It shall be presumed that marriages between persons who lack capacity to enter into a marriage contract are prohibited unless the court having jurisdiction over such persons approves the marriage.

(RSMo 1939 § 3361, A.L. 1961 p. 343, A.L. 1969 H.B. 564, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2974; 1919 § 7299; 1909 § 8280 (1955) Mental capacity to enter into marriage must be determined as of date of marriage and testimony that spouse was mentally ill at such time did not show insanity. Forbis v. Forbis (A.), 274 S.W.2d 800. (2000) When a second marriage takes place prior to the annulment of a previous voidable marriage, a decree annulling the first marriage does not relate back to the time of that marriage so as to validate a second marriage contracted before the annulment decree. Everetts v. Apfel, 214 F.3d 990 (8th Cir.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.620 — MO Code / Chapter 660 / Section 660.620
660.620 Office of advocacy and assistance for senior citizens established in office ...
Status: in_force

660.620. Office of advocacy and assistance for senior citizens established in office of lieutenant governor, duties and procedure. — 1. There is hereby established an "Office of Advocacy and Assistance for Senior Citizens" within the office of lieutenant governor.

2. The senior citizen advocate shall coordinate activities with the long-term care ombudsman program, as defined in section 192.2300 , on complaints made by or on behalf of senior citizens residing in long-term care facilities.

3. The senior citizen advocate shall conduct a suitable investigation into any actions complained of unless the senior citizen advocate finds that the complaint pertains to a matter outside the scope of the authority of the senior citizen advocate, the complainant has no substantive or procedural interest which is directly affected by the matter complained about, or the complaint is trivial, frivolous, vexatious or not made in good faith.

4. After completing his or her investigation of a complaint, the senior citizen advocate shall inform the complainant, the agency, official or employee of action recommended by the senior citizen advocate. The senior citizen advocate shall make such reports and recommendations to the affected agencies, the governor and the general assembly as the advocate deems necessary to further the purposes of sections 660.620 and 660.625 .

5. The senior citizen advocate shall, in conjunction with the department of health and senior services, act as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to and of interest to senior citizens and shall disseminate such information as is necessary to inform senior citizens of their rights and of governmental and nongovernmental services available to them.

(L. 1992 S.B. 676 § 1 Adopted by Referendum, Proposition C, November 3, 1992, A.L. 2005 H.B. 681, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 382.545 — MO Code / Chapter 382 / Section 382.545
382.545 Severability clause.
Status: in_force

382.545. Severability clause. — If any provision of sections 382.500 to 382.550 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such determination shall not affect the provisions or applications of sections 382.500 to 382.550 which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of sections 382.500 to 382.550 are severable.

(L. 2015 H.B. 50) Effective 1-01-16, see § 382.550
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 55.260 — MO Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55.260
55.260 Records clerk to report to auditor within ten days after any judgment ...
Status: in_force

55.260. Records clerk to report to auditor within ten days after any judgment (second class and certain first class counties). — Every clerk in charge of the records of each associate circuit judge of each county of the first class not having a charter form of government and of each county of the second class shall, within ten days after any judgment has been rendered in his court against any person for a fine or forfeiture, report to the auditor the name of the party against whom such judgment was rendered, the amount of the judgment, and on what account rendered.

(RSMo 1939 § 13878, A.L. 1973 H.B. 678, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12215; 1919 § 9613; 1909 § 3834 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.610 — MO Code / Chapter 386 / Section 386.610
386.610 Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient.
Status: in_force

386.610. Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient. — A substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be sufficient to give effect to all the rules, orders, acts and regulations of the commission, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed with a view to the public welfare, efficient facilities and substantial justice between patrons and public utilities.

(RSMo 1939 § 5707) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5251; 1919 § 10538
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.341 — MO Code / Chapter 211 / Section 211.341
211.341 Detention facilities, how provided — government (third and fourth class ...
Status: in_force

211.341. Detention facilities, how provided — government (third and fourth class counties). — 1. Counties of the third and fourth classes within one judicial circuit, shall, upon the written recommendation of the circuit judge of that judicial circuit, establish a place of juvenile detention to serve all of the counties within that judicial circuit, and in like manner, the counties shall supply offices for the juvenile officers of that circuit. The recommendation of the circuit judge shall be made only after a hearing conducted by him, after thirty days' notice, to determine the need and feasibility of establishing such a place of detention within the judicial circuit. The provisions of section 211.331 apply as to the form of operation and means of maintenance of the place of detention, except that the total cost of establishment and operation of the places of detention shall be prorated among the several counties within that judicial circuit upon a ratio to be determined by a comparison of the respective populations of the counties. The point of location of the place of juvenile detention shall be determined by the circuit judge of the judicial circuit.

2. Circuit judges of any two or more adjoining judicial circuits after a hearing as provided in subsection 1 may, by agreement confirmed by judicial order, and in the interest of economy of administration, establish one place of juvenile detention to serve their respective judicial circuits. In such event, the circuit judges so agreeing shall jointly govern the affairs of the place of detention and the cost thereof shall be apportioned among the counties served in the manner provided for in subsection 1.

3. Any county of the third or fourth class desiring to provide its own place of juvenile detention may do so in the manner prescribed for counties of the first and second classes.

(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.170)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 622.115 — MO Code / Chapter 622 / Section 622.115
622.115 Record disposal, when.
Status: in_force

622.115. Record disposal, when. — The director of the division may destroy by burning, or otherwise dispose of such records, financial statements and such public documents which shall at the time of destruction or disposal have been on file in the office of the division for a period of five years or longer and which are determined by the director of the division to be obsolete or of no further public use or value, except such records and documents as may at the time be known by the director of the division to be the subject of litigation or dispute.

(L. 1996 S.B. 780)