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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.220 — MO Code / Chapter 510 / Section 510.220
510.220 Verdict, general or special.
Status: in_force

510.220. Verdict, general or special. — The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict is one by which the jury pronounces generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. A special verdict is one by which the jury finds the facts only, leaving the judgment to the court.

(RSMo 1939 § 1119, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 106) Prior revisions: 1929 § 968; 1919 § 1418; 1909 § 1988
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.103 — MO Code / Chapter 566 / Section 566.103
566.103 Crime of promoting online sexual solicitation, violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

566.103. Crime of promoting online sexual solicitation, violation, penalty. — 1. A person or entity commits the offense of promoting online sexual solicitation if such person or entity knowingly permits a web-based classified service owned or operated by such person or entity to be used by individuals to post advertisements promoting prostitution, enticing a child to engage in sexual conduct, or promoting sexual trafficking of a child after receiving notice under this section.

2. As used in this section, the term "web-based classified service" means a person or entity in whose name a specific URL or internet domain name is registered which has advertisements for goods and services or personal advertisements.

3. An advertisement may be deemed to promote prostitution, entice a child to engage in sexual conduct, or promote sexual trafficking of a child, if the content of such advertisement would be interpreted by a reasonable person as offering to exchange sexual conduct for goods or services in violation of chapter 567 , as seeking a child for the purpose of sexual conduct or commercial sex act, or as offering a child as a participant in sexual conduct or commercial sex act in violation of section 566.151 , * 566.210 ** , or 566.211 ** .

4. It shall be prima facie evidence that a person or entity acts knowingly if an advertisement is not removed from the web-based classified service within seventy-two hours of that person or entity being notified that an advertisement has been posted on that service which is prohibited under this section.

5. Notice under this section may be provided by certified mail or facsimile transmission by the attorney general or any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney.

6. A violation of this section shall be a felony, punishable by a fine in the amount of five thousand dollars per day that the advertisement remains posted on the web-based classified service after seventy-two hours of when notice has been provided pursuant to this section.

7. Original jurisdiction for prosecution of a violation of this section shall be with the local prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney.

(L. 2009 H.B. 62 § 3) *Words "or sections" appear in original rolls. **Section 566.212 was transferred to section 566.211 and section 566.213 was transferred to section 566.210 by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.023 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.023
355.023 Additional fee — expiration date.
Status: in_force

355.023. Additional fee — expiration date. — The secretary of state may collect an additional fee of five dollars on each and every fee required in this chapter. All fees collected as provided in this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the secretary of state's technology trust fund account. The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2026.

(L. 1994 S.B. 635 § 355.426, A.L. 2001 H.B. 453 merged with S.B. 288, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1150, A.L. 2017 S.B. 95, A.L. 2020 S.B. 631) Expires 12-31-26
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 367.049 — MO Code / Chapter 367 / Section 367.049
367.049 No criminal or civil liability for pawnbroker exercising due care and good ...
Status: in_force

367.049. No criminal or civil liability for pawnbroker exercising due care and good faith. — A licensed pawnbroker, or agent or employee of the licensed pawnbroker, who acts, pursuant to the provisions of sections 367.011 to 367.060 , in good faith, exercises due care and follows the provisions of the law, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for any such act.

(L. 1993 S.B. 18)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.1012 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.1012
99.1012 Powers of authority exercised by board — quorum requirements, meetings, ...
Status: in_force

99.1012. Powers of authority exercised by board — quorum requirements, meetings, officers, expenses, removal. — 1. The powers of the authority created pursuant to section 99.1006 shall be exercised by its board of commissioners. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of such board for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the authority and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present in person or by teleconference, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. Meetings of the board of the authority may be held anywhere within the municipality.

2. The commissioners of the authority annually shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the commissioners; however, the first chair shall be designated by the mayor for a term of one year. The mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality shall serve as the co-chair of the authority. The authority may employ an executive director, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the municipality or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.

3. A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for his or her services, but may receive the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until a successor has been appointed.

4. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality.

(L. 2003 H.B. 289)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.506 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.506
321.506 Fire district may contract with private provider — ballot.
Status: in_force

321.506. Fire district may contract with private provider — ballot. — 1. Fire districts in the state of Missouri may contract to a private company to provide fire service only if a majority of voters of the political subdivision authorize such a proposal at a public election.

2. The ballot shall be in the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the fire district board may have the authority to contract fire services to a private company. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the fire district board shall have no authority to contract fire services to a private company.

(L. 1996 S.B. 735 § 2) CROSS REFERENCE: Municipal fire departments may contract with private providers for fire protection, vote required, 85.012
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 426.140 — MO Code / Chapter 426 / Section 426.140
426.140 Assignee to exhibit accounts, when and how — failure — citation — dismissal.
Status: in_force

426.140. Assignee to exhibit accounts, when and how — failure — citation — dismissal. — Every assignee shall exhibit, on oath, a statement of the accounts of the trust, with proper vouchers, to the circuit court within sixty days after the execution of the assignment, unless for good cause postponed, and shall file a like statement every ninety days thereafter until such assigned estate is fully settled; and if such assignee shall fail to make such settlement within such times, then on the application of any person interested, the court shall order a citation to issue to such assignee, requiring him to appear in court within a time to be therein named, and exhibit, on oath, a statement of his said accounts; and if said assignee shall neglect and fail to exhibit such accounts within the time named in said citation, the said court shall, on motion, unless for good cause shown, dismiss said assignee from his trust.

(RSMo 1939 § 5752, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5642; 1919 § 638; 1909 § 911 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.829 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.829
227.829 John Walter Basye memorial highway designated for a portion of Business ...
Status: in_force

227.829. John Walter Basye memorial highway designated for a portion of Business Highway 61 in Pike County. — The portion of Business Highway 61 in Pike County from its intersection with Airport Road continuing south to its intersection with Missouri Route 161 in the city of Bowling Green shall be designated as "John Walter Basye Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2023 S.B. 127)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 548.300 — MO Code / Chapter 548 / Section 548.300
548.300 Short title.
Status: in_force

548.300. Short title. — This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Criminal Extradition Law".

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 32)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.743 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.743
473.743 Duty of public administrator to take charge of estates, when.
Status: in_force

473.743. Duty of public administrator to take charge of estates, when. — Upon appointment by the probate court, it shall be the duty of the public administrator to take into his or her charge and custody the estates of all deceased persons, and the estates of all minors, and the estates or person and estate of all incapacitated persons in his or her county, in the following cases:

(1) When a stranger dies intestate in the county without relations, or dies leaving a will, and the personal representative named is absent, or fails to qualify;

(2) When persons die intestate without any known heirs;

(3) When persons unknown die or are found dead in the county;

(4) When money, property, papers or other estate are left in a situation exposed to loss or damage, and no other person administers on the same;

(5) When any estate of any person who dies intestate therein, or elsewhere, is left in the county liable to be injured, wasted or lost, when the intestate does not leave a known husband, widow or heirs in this state;

(6) The estates of all minors whose parents are dead, or, if living, refuse or neglect to qualify as conservator, or, having qualified have been removed, or are, from any cause, incompetent to act as such conservator, and who have no one authorized by law to take care of and manage their estate;

(7) The estates or person and estate of all disabled or incapacitated persons in his or her county who have no legal guardian or conservator, and no one competent to take charge of such estate, or to act as such guardian or conservator, can be found, or is known to the court having jurisdiction, who will qualify;

(8) Where from any other good cause, the court shall order him to take possession of any estate to prevent its being injured, wasted, purloined or lost;

(9) The public administrator shall act as trustee when appointed by the circuit court or the probate division of the circuit court.

(RSMo 1939 § 299, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 497, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481, A.L. 2017 S.B. 111 merged with S.B. 112) Prior revisions: 1929 § 299; 1919 § 296; 1909 § 302
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 184.840 — MO Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.840
184.840 Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations.
Status: in_force

184.840. Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations. — 1. A district may receive and use funds for the purposes of planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, maintaining and operating one or more museums and cultural assets, conducting educational programs in connection therewith which is reasonably connected with the museum or cultural asset and for any other purposes authorized by sections 184.840 to 184.880 . Such funds may be derived from any funding method which is authorized by sections 184.800 to 184.880 and from any other source, including but not limited to funds from federal sources, the state of Missouri or an agency thereof, a political subdivision of the state or private sources.

2. The general assembly may annually for a period of twenty years after January 1, 2013, make appropriations from general revenue to a district which is created pursuant to the provisions of sections 184.800 to 184.880 .

(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.470 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.470
260.470 Recording of sites, placed on or removed from registry — removal procedure.
Status: in_force

260.470. Recording of sites, placed on or removed from registry — removal procedure. — 1. When the director places a site on the registry as provided in section 260.440 , and after the resolution of any appeal under section 260.455 , he shall file with the county recorder of deeds the period during which the site was used as a hazardous waste disposal area. When the director finds that a site on the registry has been properly closed under subdivision (5) of subsection 3 of section 260.445 with no evidence of potential adverse impact, he shall file this finding with the county recorder of deeds. The county recorder of deeds shall file this information so that any purchaser will be given notice that the site has been placed on, or removed from, the registry.

2. Any owner of a registry site may petition the department to remove the site from the registry provided that:

(1) Corrective actions have addressed the contamination at the site in accordance with a department-approved risk-based corrective action plan;

(2) The department has issued a letter indicating that no further actions are required to address current risk from contaminants for the site; and

(3) An environmental covenant for the property that meets the requirements of sections 260.1000 to 260.1039 has been filed with the county recorder of deeds.

3. The department shall approve such a request unless the department determines that removal from the registry would result in significant current or future risk of harm to human health, public welfare, or the environment. In making such a determination, the department shall provide a written justification that considers the amount, toxicity, and persistence of any contaminants left in place and the stability of current site conditions. Any denial under this subsection may be appealed to the commission in the manner provided in section 260.460 .

(L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 2007 S.B. 54) Effective 1-01-08
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.540 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.540
337.540 Privileged communications, when.
Status: in_force

337.540. Privileged communications, when. — Any communication made by any person to a licensed professional counselor in the course of professional services rendered by the licensed professional counselor shall be deemed a privileged communication and the licensed professional counselor shall not be examined or be made to testify to any privileged communication without the prior consent of the person who received his professional services, except in violation of the criminal law.

(L. 1985 S.B. 37 § 10) Effective 1-1-86 (S.B. 37 § 11, 1985)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.093 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.093
88.093 Street grading — cost of proceedings.
Status: in_force

88.093. Street grading — cost of proceedings. — The costs of the proceedings, up to and including the filing of the report of the commissioners in cases where damages are allowed by the report, shall be paid by the city, and all costs caused by any subsequent litigation shall be paid by the losing party, and in cases where the report disallows all claims for damages, the costs shall be paid by the losing party.

(RSMo 1939 § 7377) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7226; 1919 § 8680; 1909 § 9557
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 650.020 — MO Code / Chapter 650 / Section 650.020
650.020 Operation payback — reimbursement for crime tips — rules.
Status: in_force

650.020. Operation payback — reimbursement for crime tips — rules. — 1. A program to be called "Operation Payback" is hereby established within the department of public safety. Subject to appropriation, "operation payback" may upon request by a crime tip organization, reimburse such organization up to two hundred fifty dollars per reward paid by the organization for a drug-related crime tip involving the sale or manufacture of methamphetamine that leads to a methamphetamine seizure.

2. A crime tip organization is a community-based partnership between the community, law enforcement and the media to work together in the community's fight against crime by encouraging citizens via cash rewards and anonymity to provide law enforcement information leading to the arrest of criminals.

3. The director of the department of public safety may authorize expenditures to reimburse a crime tip organization if such organization satisfies the following requirements:

(1) The organization must demonstrate that it has an active board of directors including at least one representative of the community's municipal or county law enforcement agency;

(2) The organization must be registered with the department of public safety prior to application for funds; and

(3) The organization must provide documentation of payment for a drug-related tip involving the sale or manufacture of methamphetamine and proof that the tip led to a methamphetamine and proof that the tip led to a methamphetamine seizure.

4. Under no circumstance may a crime tip organization receive more than five thousand dollars during any fiscal year.

5. The department of public safety shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the administration of this section, pursuant to chapter 536 and section 650.005 .

(L. 1998 H.B. 1147, et al. § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.105 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.105
578.105 Additional counties may be exempted from provisions of section 578.100, ...
Status: in_force

578.105. Additional counties may be exempted from provisions of section 578.100, procedure. — If any county of the first class having a charter form of government containing the major portion of a city of over four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants exempts itself from the application of section 578.100 by a vote of the voters of the county pursuant to provisions of law permitting such vote, then a county in the following classification may also exempt itself from the application of section 578.100 : Any county of the second class as of 1977 that is adjacent to any county containing a portion of a city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants in the 1970 census. The county may exempt itself from the provisions of section 578.100 by submission of the proposition to the voters of the county at a general election or a primary election, and the proposition receiving a majority of the votes cast therein. The proposal to exempt the county from the provisions of section 578.100 shall be submitted to the voters of the county upon a majority vote of the governing body of the county or when a petition requesting the submission of the proposal to the voters and signed by a number of qualified voters residing in the county equal to eight percent of the votes cast in the county in the next preceding gubernatorial election is filed with the governing body of the county. The ballot of submission shall contain, but not be limited to, the following language:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon in the county are in favor of the proposal, then the provisions of section 578.100 shall no longer apply within that county. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon in the county are opposed to the proposal, then the provisions of section 578.100 shall continue to apply and be enforced within that county. The exemption of any county from the provisions of section 578.100 shall not become effective in that county until the results of the vote exempting the county have been filed with the secretary of state and with the revisor of statutes and have been certified as received by those officers. The revisor of statutes shall note which counties are exempt from the provisions of section 578.100 in the Missouri revised statutes.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1043 § 1) Revisor's Note: On November 9, 1978, the results of the election held in Buchanan County on November 7, 1978, were filed with the Revisor's office showing that the electors of Buchanan County had voted to exempt that county from the provisions of this section. On April 6, 1979, the results of the election held in Cass County on November 7, 1978, were filed with the Revisor's office showing that the electors of Cass County had voted to exempt that county from the provisions of this section.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 265.460 — MO Code / Chapter 265 / Section 265.460
265.460 Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty.
Status: in_force

265.460. Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty. — Any person who shall operate a commercial plant without a license, or sell or offer for sale any adulterated or misbranded meat or meat product is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a first violation he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement. Persons found guilty of subsequent offenses shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement.

(L. 1967 p. 371 § 18, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 455.027 — MO Code / Chapter 455 / Section 455.027
455.027 No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required.
Status: in_force

455.027. No filing fee, court cost, or bond shall be required. — No filing fees, court costs, or bond shall be assessed to the petitioner in an action commenced pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.090 .

(L. 1989 S.B. 420, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1814, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613, A.L. 2011 S.B. 320)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.100 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.100
67.100 Applicability of law.
Status: in_force

67.100. Applicability of law. — Each political subdivision covered by the provisions of this chapter shall prepare and approve a budget and shall authorize expenditures in the manner provided herein for each fiscal year which begins after June 30, 1962, and this chapter shall apply to each such budget and expenditure authorization.

(L. 1961 p. 282 § 12)