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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 237.220 — MO Code / Chapter 237 / Section 237.220
237.220 Suit on bond.
Status: in_force

237.220. Suit on bond. — Upon the failure of any ferryman to perform any duty herein required, the attorney general or prosecuting attorney for the county shall commence and prosecute an action on the bond given by the ferryman, and the recovery of any penalty shall be no bar to any action on such bond.

(RSMo 1939 § 15302) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14214; 1919 § 5548; 1909 § 6491
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.850 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.850
545.850 Special term of court.
Status: in_force

545.850. Special term of court. — Whenever any person charged with an offense shall be confined in jail two months before the regular term of the court in which he is to be tried, the jailer shall, without delay, inform the judge of such court thereof, who, if he shall be satisfied that a trial of such persons so confined can be had thereat, and the public good require, shall call a special term of court for the trial of such prisoner.

(RSMo 1939 § 2017) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1853; 1919 § 2349; 1909 § 3871 (1971) Contention on appeal from proceeding under court rule 27.26 that conviction should have been set aside because movant had not been granted speedy trial, in that although he entered plea of guilty at third term after information was filed he was not sentenced until the fourth term, overruled since statutory provisions as to speedy trial are not jurisdictional and are waived unless timely invoked, and entry of plea of guilty ended all questions based upon either statutory or constitution guarantees of speedy trial. Rew v. State (Mo.), 472 S.W.2d 611.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.240 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.240
21.240 Joint expenses, how controlled.
Status: in_force

21.240. Joint expenses, how controlled. — All joint expenses shall be controlled by their concurrent vote and shall be ascertained and adjusted according to their joint rules, and a certificate shall be issued, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the senate, which specifies the amount due, on what account and the fund out of which it is to be paid. On the delivery of the certificate to the commissioner of administration, a warrant shall issue as in case of other demands against the state.

(RSMo 1939 § 12873, A. 1949 S.B. 1006, A.L. 1957 p. 595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11248; 1919 § 7131; 1909 § 8127
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.321 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.321
143.321 Exempt associations, trusts, and organizations.
Status: in_force

143.321. Exempt associations, trusts, and organizations. — A trust or other unincorporated organization which by reason of its purposes and activities is exempt from federal income tax shall be exempt from the tax imposed by sections 143.011 to 143.996 . The preceding sentence shall not apply to unrelated business taxable income and other income on which Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes the federal income tax or any other tax measured by income.

(L. 1972 S.B. 549) Effective 1-1-73, see § 143.109
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.505 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.505
196.505 Designation of food not for human consumption.
Status: in_force

196.505. Designation of food not for human consumption. — Any food not intended for human consumption, if acceptable by the operator for storage, may be stored in the chill room, sharp freeze room or locker room of any locker plant only when such items of animal or vegetable matter have been inspected and approved by the representatives of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture or a representative of the department of agriculture of this state. Such food not intended for human consumption also shall bear a label or tag showing plainly and conspicuously in letters not less than three-eighths of an inch in height the words: "NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION."

(L. 1945 p. 940 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.320 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.320
116.320 Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures.
Status: in_force

116.320. Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures. — 1. Each statewide ballot measure receiving a majority of affirmative votes is adopted.

2. If voters approve two or more conflicting statutes at the same election, the statute receiving the largest affirmative vote shall prevail, even if that statute did not receive the greatest majority of affirmative votes.

3. If voters approve two or more conflicting constitutional amendments at the same election, the amendment receiving the largest affirmative vote shall prevail, even if that amendment did not receive the greatest majority of affirmative votes.

(L. 1980 S.B. 658) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.340 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.340
204.340 Board to have power of eminent domain — may cross, traverse or follow ...
Status: in_force

204.340. Board to have power of eminent domain — may cross, traverse or follow public highways — restoration at cost of district. — 1. The board of trustees shall have the right to condemn any land or other property within the district for right-of-way for trunk sewers or for any other improvement or structure deemed necessary or advisable for or in connection with the sewer and treatment system of the district, and in so doing shall follow the procedure that is provided by chapter 523 . The board of trustees shall also have the same authority to enter upon private lands to survey land or other property before exercise of the above condemnation powers as is granted under section 388.210 to railroad corporations.

2. The board of trustees in any first class noncharter county having a population of more than one hundred and forty-five thousand and less than one hundred and fifty thousand as determined by the preceding decennial census may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property and in so doing shall follow the procedure that is provided by chapter 523 . All the powers may be exercised both within or without the district as may be necessary for the exercise of its powers or the accomplishment of its purposes.

3. The board of trustees of the district, if it is necessary to cross, follow or traverse public streets, roads or alleys, or grounds held or used as public parks or places, shall have the right to do so upon the following conditions: The board of trustees shall file with the county commission or mayor of the municipality having immediate jurisdiction over the street, road, alley or public park or place, a map showing the location and extent of the proposed occupancy for drainage purposes and a plan of the proposed works, which plan shall be so made and arranged as not to interfere with the ordinary and lawful use of the street, road, alley, public park or place, except during a reasonable time for the construction of the necessary works.

4. The entire expense of the works and restoration of the ground occupied to its former condition, as near as may be, shall be borne by the district.

(L. 1967 p. 310 § 15, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.030 — MO Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1.030
1.030 Plural includes the singular — masculine includes feminine.
Status: in_force

1.030. Plural includes the singular — masculine includes feminine. — 1. Whenever, in any statute, words importing the plural number are used in describing or referring to any matter, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person is included, although distributive words are not used.

2. When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words importing the singular number or the masculine gender, several matters and persons, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, are included.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 651, 652, A.L. 1957 p. 587) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 651, 652; 1919 §§ 7054, 7055; 1909 §§ 8053, 8054 (1992) Use of word "he" includes both male and female and because section 566.030, RSMo, encompasses the conduct of both males and females, there is no violation of the equal protection clauses of the United States or Missouri Constitutions. State v. Stokely, 842 S.W.2d 77 (Mo. en banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.533 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.533
43.533 Toll-free number for information on registered sexual offenders, contents, ...
Status: in_force

43.533. Toll-free number for information on registered sexual offenders, contents, procedure, publication — rulemaking authority. — 1. The highway patrol shall, subject to appropriation, operate a toll-free telephone number in order to disseminate registration information provided by individuals who are required to register under sections 589.400 to 589.425 , and receive information from persons regarding the residency of a registered sexual offender. The information available via the telephone number shall include only information that offenders are required to provide under section 589.407 . When the highway patrol provides such information regarding a sexual offender, the patrol personnel shall advise the person making the inquiry that positive identification of a person believed to be a sexual offender cannot be established unless a fingerprint comparison is made, and that it is illegal to use such information regarding a registered sexual offender to facilitate the commission of a crime. The toll-free telephone number shall be published on the highway patrol's sexual offender registry website maintained under section 43.650 .

2. The patrol shall promulgate rules to effect the enforcement of this section. 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, 2006, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al.) Effective 6-05-06
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 167.824 — MO Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.824
167.824 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

167.824. Rulemaking authority. — 1. By January 15, 2014, the department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of sections 167.800 to 167.824 .

2. 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, 2013, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2013 H.B. 675)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 512.300 — MO Code / Chapter 512 / Section 512.300
512.300 Statement of account amended, when.
Status: in_force

512.300. Statement of account amended, when. — In all cases of an application for trial de novo, the bill of items of the account sued on or filed as a counterclaim or setoff, or the statement of the plaintiff's cause of action, or of defendant's counterclaim or setoff, or other ground of defense filed before the associate circuit judge, may be amended upon a trial de novo to supply any deficiency or omission therein, when by such amendment substantial justice will be promoted; but no new item or cause of action not embraced or intended to be included in the original account or statement shall be added by such amendment. Such amendment shall be allowed upon such terms as to costs as the court may deem just and proper.

(RSMo 1939 § 2746, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 141, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2360; 1919 § 2910; 1909 § 7587 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.510 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.510
545.510 Order for removal, where entered.
Status: in_force

545.510. Order for removal, where entered. — Every order for the removal of a cause, if made in term, shall be entered on the minutes; if made by an officer out of court, shall be in writing and signed by such officer, and shall be filed by the clerk with the petition, if any, as a part of the record in the cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 4023) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3634; 1919 § 3977; 1909 § 5184
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.551 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.551
95.551 Employee defined (St. Louis City).
Status: in_force

95.551. Employee defined (St. Louis City). — The term "employee" shall not include any appointed or elected officers who may be prohibited from the receipt of benefits hereunder by the application of any provision of any statute or of the constitution of this state affecting the compensation of public officers, but such term shall otherwise be deemed to include public officers.

(L. 1971 H.B. 441 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.390 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.390
84.390 Police commissioners — removal.
Status: in_force

84.390. Police commissioners — removal. — For official misconduct any of said commissioners so appointed may be removed by the governor, upon his being satisfied that such commissioner is guilty of the alleged official misconduct. No such commissioner shall be so removed until the governor has first notified such commissioner in writing of the particulars of such alleged official misconduct and shall have given such commissioner a reasonable opportunity to prove his innocence of such misconduct. The provisions of section 106.010 shall not apply to sections 84.350 to 84.860 or to any appointment made hereunder.

(RSMo 1939 § 7647, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7648) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7505; 1919 § 8916; 1909 § 9768
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.581 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.581
644.581 Board may borrow additional $10,000,000 for purposes of water pollution ...
Status: in_force

644.581. Board may borrow additional $10,000,000 for purposes of water pollution control, improvement of drinking water, and storm water control. — In addition to those sums authorized prior to August 28, 2004, the board of fund commissioners of the state of Missouri, as authorized by Section 37(e) of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Missouri, may borrow on the credit of this state the sum of ten million dollars in the manner described, and for the purposes set out, in chapter 640 and this chapter.

(L. 2004 S.B. 987)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 339.720 — MO Code / Chapter 339 / Section 339.720
339.720 Licensee's duties and obligations in writing — licensee as transaction ...
Status: in_force

339.720. Licensee's duties and obligations in writing — licensee as transaction broker, exceptions. — 1. A licensee's general duties and obligations arising from the limited agency relationship shall be disclosed in writing to the seller and the buyer or to the landlord and the tenant pursuant to sections 339.760 to 339.780 . Alternatively, when engaged in any of the activities enumerated in section 339.010 , a licensee may act as an agent in any transaction in accordance with a written agreement as described in section 339.780 .

2. A licensee shall be considered a transaction broker unless:

(1) The designated broker enters into a written seller's agent or landlord's agent agreement with the party or parties to be represented pursuant to subsection 2 of section 339.780 ;

(2) The designated broker enters into a subagency agreement with another designated broker pursuant to subsection 5 of section 339.780 ;

(3) The designated broker establishes a buyer's or tenant's agency relationship pursuant to subsection 3 of section 339.780 ;

(4) The designated broker enters into a written agency agreement pursuant to subsection 8 of section 339.780 ;

(5) The designated broker and the affiliated licensees are performing ministerial acts;

(6) The designated broker enters into a written dual agency agreement with the parties pursuant to subsection 4 of section 339.780 ;

(7) The designated broker is acting in a manner described in paragraph (c) of subdivision (23) of section 339.710 without proper notice of assumption of transaction broker status; or

(8) The licensee is making a listing presentation, which may include pricing and marketing advice about a potential future transaction, to a customer in anticipation of entering into a signed agency brokerage service agreement as a direct result of the presentation.

3. Sections 339.710 to 339.860 do not obligate any buyer or tenant to pay compensation to a designated broker unless the buyer or tenant has entered into a written agreement with the designated broker specifying the compensation terms in accordance with subsection 3 of section 339.780 .

4. A licensee may work with a single party in separate transactions pursuant to different relationships, including, but not limited to, selling one property as a transaction broker or a seller's agent working with that seller in buying another property as a buyer's agent, as a subagent or as a transaction broker if the licensee complies with sections 339.710 to 339.860 in establishing the relationships for each transaction.

(L. 1996 S.B. 664 § 2, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 866, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1964, A.L. 2005 H.B. 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1653 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1653
454.1653 Confirmed order.
Status: in_force

454.1653. Confirmed order. — Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 524.210 — MO Code / Chapter 524 / Section 524.210
524.210 Plaintiff to make deed, when.
Status: in_force

524.210. Plaintiff to make deed, when. — In all cases where the occupying claimant shall be adjudged to take the land and pay the value thereof, the plaintiff shall, on payment of the money, make to the occupying claimant a conveyance thereof, with general warranty.

(RSMo 1939 § 1553) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1389; 1919 § 1839; 1909 § 2406
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 394.180 — MO Code / Chapter 394 / Section 394.180
394.180 Sale of property by cooperative — membership approval required.
Status: in_force

394.180. Sale of property by cooperative — membership approval required. — 1. A cooperative may not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, except by mortgage, or deeds of trust, all or any substantial portion of its property unless such sale, lease, or other disposition is authorized at a duly held meeting of the members thereof by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all of the members of the cooperative, and unless the notice of such proposed sale, lease or other disposition shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board of directors of a cooperative, without authorization by the members thereof, shall have full power and authority to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage or mortgages or a deed or deeds of trust upon, or the pledging or encumbering of, any or all of the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the cooperative, whether acquired or to be acquired, and wherever situated, as well as the revenues and income therefrom, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the cooperative to the United States of America or any instrumentality or agency thereof, or to any bank or other financial institution or organization.

(RSMo 1939 § 5406, A.L. 1971 H.B. 126)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.059 — MO Code / Chapter 461 / Section 461.059
461.059 Omitted spouse or child, probate rules do not apply — after-born child or ...
Status: in_force

461.059. Omitted spouse or child, probate rules do not apply — after-born child or after-adopted child, effect on nonprobate transfers. — 1. No law intended to protect a spouse or child from unintentional disinheritance by the will of a testator shall apply to a nonprobate transfer.

2. A beneficiary designation designating the children of the owner or any other person as a class and not by name shall include all children of the person, whether born or adopted before or after the beneficiary designation is made.

3. If a beneficiary designation names an individual who is a child of the owner, and if the owner has a child born or adopted after the owner makes the beneficiary designation, the after-born or after-adopted child shall be entitled to receive a fractional share of any property otherwise transferable to any child of the owner who is named in the beneficiary designation, computed as follows: the numerator of the fraction shall be one, and the denominator shall be the total number of the owner's children, whether born or adopted before or after the beneficiary designation was made and whether named or not in the beneficiary designation. The property otherwise transferable to the owner's children named in the beneficiary designation shall be reduced in the proportion that their shares bear to each other. If there is no share designated for any child of the owner an after-born or after-adopted child shall receive no share of the property subject to the nonprobate transfer.

4. A beneficiary designation, a governing instrument or the rules of any transferring entity may provide that the after-born child rule does not apply, in which case after-born and after-adopted children of the owner shall receive no share of property designated for named children of the owner.

5. A transferring entity shall have no obligation to apply subsection 3 of this section in making distribution with respect to property registered in beneficiary form. This exception for the transferring entity shall not affect the ownership interest of the after-born or after-adopted child.

(L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 36, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 271.070 — MO Code / Chapter 271 / Section 271.070
271.070 Notice to be recorded — appraisers appointed.
Status: in_force

271.070. Notice to be recorded — appraisers appointed. — The associate circuit judge shall file said affidavit and notice in his office, and cause the notice to be recorded on his stray book, and shall appoint three disinterested householders to view and appraise the property taken up.

(RSMo 1939 § 14504, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12830; 1919 § 4320; 1909 § 821 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.436 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.436
227.436 U.S. Army Specialist Steven Paul Farnen Memorial Highway designated for a ...
Status: in_force

227.436. U.S. Army Specialist Steven Paul Farnen Memorial Highway designated for a portion of U.S. Highway 63 in Boone County. — The portion of U.S. Highway 63 from Breedlove Drive to Peabody Road in Boone County shall be designated as the * "U.S. Army Specialist Steven Paul Farnen Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2016 H.B. 2591, et al. merged with S.B. 915) *Word "the" does not appear in original rolls of H.B. 2591, et al. or S.B. 915.