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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.421 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.421
578.421 Citation of law — definitions.
Status: in_force

578.421. Citation of law — definitions. — 1. Sections 578.421 to 578.437 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Criminal Street Gangs Prevention Act".

2. As used in sections 578.421 to 578.437 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Criminal street gang" , any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its motivating activities the commission of one or more of the criminal acts enumerated in subdivision (2) of this subsection, whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity;

(2) "Pattern of criminal street gang activity" , the commission, attempted commission, or solicitation of two or more of the following offenses, provided at least one of those offenses occurred after August 28, 1993, and the last of those offenses occurred within three years after a prior offense, and the offenses are committed on separate occasions, or by two or more persons:

(a) Assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force likely to cause serious physical injury, as provided in sections 565.050 and 565.052 ;

(b) Robbery, arson and those offenses under chapter 569 which are related to robbery and arson;

(c) Murder or manslaughter, as provided in sections 565.020 to 565.024 ;

(d) Any violation of the provisions of chapter 579 which involves the distribution, delivery or manufacture of a substance prohibited by chapter 579 ;

(e) Unlawful use of a weapon which is a felony pursuant to section 571.030 ;

(f) Tampering with witnesses and victims, as provided in section 575.270 ;

(g) Promoting online sexual solicitation, as provided in section 566.103 ;

(h) Sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree, as provided in section 566.210 ;

(i) Sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree, as provided in section 566.211 ;

(j) Patronizing prostitution, as provided in subsection 4 of section 567.030 ;

(k) Promoting prostitution in the first degree, as provided in section 567.050 ;

(l) Promoting prostitution in the second degree, as provided in section 567.060 ;

(m) Abuse or neglect of a child, as provided in subsection 7 of section 568.060 ;

(n) Sexual exploitation of a minor, as provided in section 573.023 ;

(o) Child used in sexual performance, as provided in section 573.200 ;

(p) Promoting sexual performance by a child, as provided in section 573.205 ; or

(q) Any dangerous felony, as defined in section 556.061 .

(L. 1993 H.B. 562 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397, A.L. 2020 S.B. 600, §§ 578.419, 578.421, A.L. 2025 H.B. 737 & 486)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.010 — MO Code / Chapter 431 / Section 431.010
431.010 Private seals abolished.
Status: in_force

431.010. Private seals abolished. — The use of private seals in written contracts, conveyances of real estate, and all other instruments of writing heretofore required by law to be sealed (except the seals of corporations), is hereby abolished, but the addition of a private seal to any such instrument shall not in any manner affect its force, validity or character, or in any way change the construction thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 3344) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2957; 1919 § 2159; 1909 2773
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 383.081 — MO Code / Chapter 383 / Section 383.081
383.081 Immunity granted person reporting and director.
Status: in_force

383.081. Immunity granted person reporting and director. — There shall be no liability or cause of action of any nature against any insurer's agents or employees, or the director or his representatives, for any action taken pursuant to sections 383.075 to 383.083 .

(L. 1985 H.B. 657 & 337 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.600 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.600
379.600 Special meeting to be called — notice.
Status: in_force

379.600. Special meeting to be called — notice. — After drafting the proposed articles of association, it shall be the duty of the directors of said company to call a special meeting, if a stock company, of its stockholders, if a mutual company, of its policyholders, or if a stock and mutual company, of its stockholders and its policyholders in the mutual department, by a notice, which shall be published at least once a week in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, county or town in which said company is located, the first insertion to be not less than sixty days, the last to be not less than one or more than six days previous to the day on which such meeting shall be held, but if there be no newspaper published therein, then in some newspaper published in the next nearest county, and by posting up a handbill in the office of said company; said notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and the objects thereof, and shall further state where a draft of the proposed articles of association can be seen and examined.

(RSMo 1939 § 5944) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5833; 1919 § 6243; 1909 § 70334
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.620 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.620
84.620 Board of police — enforcement of regulations.
Status: in_force

84.620. Board of police — enforcement of regulations. — All lawful rules and regulations made by the board shall be obeyed by the members of the police force on pain of dismissal, suspension, fine or reduction in rank or pay, or forfeiture of pay, as the board may provide.

(RSMo 1939 § 7662, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7665) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7531; 1919 § 8942; 1909 § 9794
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.146 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.146
210.146 Evaluation by SAFE CARE provider required, when--referral to juvenile ...
Status: in_force

210.146. Evaluation by SAFE CARE provider required, when--referral to juvenile officer, when. — 1. Upon receipt of a report of child abuse or neglect concerning a child three years of age or younger and the children's division's determination that such report merits an investigation, such investigation shall include an evaluation of the child by a SAFE CARE provider, as defined in section 334.950 , or a review of the child's case file and photographs of the child's injuries by a SAFE CARE provider.

2. When a SAFE CARE provider makes a diagnosis that a child three years of age or younger has been subjected to physical abuse, including but not limited to symptoms indicative of abusive bruising, fractures, burns, abdominal injuries, or head trauma, and reports such diagnosis to the children's division, the division shall immediately submit a referral to the juvenile officer. The referral shall include the division's recommendations to the juvenile officer regarding the care, safety, and placement of the child and the reasons for those recommendations.

(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.480 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.480
82.480 Financing of parking lots, methods.
Status: in_force

82.480. Financing of parking lots, methods. — 1. Any such constitutional charter city is empowered to finance and pay for the planning, designing, acquisition, construction, equipment and improvement of property for parking motor vehicles by any one or combination of the following methods:

(1) General revenue funds, including any proceeds derived from the leasing of the parking facilities;

(2) General obligation bonds within legal debt limitations;

(3) Negotiable interest-bearing revenue bonds, the principal and interest of which shall be payable from the revenues derived by such municipality from the leasing of the parking facilities, and when the existing facility is located within five hundred feet of a municipally owned and operated auditorium and convention hall, then the interest and principal of the bonds may be payable from any parking meter receipts or revenues from municipal parking meters located on any streets or facility and designated by ordinance to be used for that purpose, which proceeds or any part thereof may be pledged by the city to the retirement of negotiable interest-bearing bonds, which revenue bonds may be issued and sold by the municipality when authorized by the legislative authority of the city;

(4) Special benefit assessments, equal to the total cost of land and improvements or only a portion thereof, to be assessed against benefitted property in proportion to the benefit derived, to be paid entirely or in such installments and at such rate of interest as the legislative authority of any such city may prescribe.

2. The benefit assessments shall be determined in accordance with established local special assessment practice after proper notice and hearing, subject to the approval of the legislative authority of the city.

(L. 1949 p. 556 § 7411d, A.L. 1967 p. 160) (1954) Ordinance authorizing bonds under this section was not violative of St. Louis City Charter provision which required assent of the voters for bonded indebtedness because such bonds are not obligations of the taxpaying public. Petition of City of St. Louis, 364 Mo. 700, 266 S.W.2d 753. (1960) Funds of city derived from onstreet parking meters held properly used as a means of financing offstreet parking facilities. Automobile Club of Missouri v. City of St. Louis (Mo.), 334 S.W.2d 355.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.275 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.275
87.275 Amount kept on deposit.
Status: in_force

87.275. Amount kept on deposit. — For the purpose of meeting disbursements for benefits and other payments there may be kept available cash not exceeding ten percent of the total amount in the several funds of the retirement system on deposit in one or more banks or trust companies in the city, organized under the laws of the state of Missouri, or of the United States. The amount on deposit in any one bank or trust company shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the paid up capital and surplus of the bank or trust company.

(L. 1943 p. 708 § 7, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.563)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.460 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.460
292.460 Outside ladder not to be used, when.
Status: in_force

292.460. Outside ladder not to be used, when. — No outside ladder shall be used in connection with the construction, repairing, alteration, removal, or any work whatsoever on any building more than two stories in height, as a stairway.

(RSMo 1939 § 10227) Prior revision: 1929 § 13270
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.379 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.379
227.379 Cpl. Jay Sampietro MO State Hwy. Patrol Memorial Highway designated for a ...
Status: in_force

227.379. Cpl. Jay Sampietro MO State Hwy. Patrol Memorial Highway designated for a portion of I-44 in Webster County. — The portion of Interstate Highway 44 from mile marker 91 to mile marker 94, contained in Webster County, shall be designated the "Cpl. Jay Sampietro MO State Hwy. Patrol Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid for by the Missouri State Troopers Association.

(L. 2006 S.B. 667, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.507 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.507
644.507 Exception to limitations on bond interest rates.
Status: in_force

644.507. Exception to limitations on bond interest rates. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 644.505 or any other provision to the contrary, bonds evidencing the indebtedness heretofore authorized by the general assembly pursuant to Article III, Section 37(b), but not yet issued, may, after December 20, 1982, be issued bearing such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the board of fund commissioners.

(L. 1982 2nd Ex. Sess. S.B. 4, A.L. 1991 S.B. 185) Effective 6-18-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.315 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.315
227.315 Payne Stewart Highway, portion of Interstate Highway 44 in Springfield ...
Status: in_force

227.315. Payne Stewart Highway, portion of Interstate Highway 44 in Springfield (Greene County) designated as. — The portion of Interstate Highway 44, from the Highway 65 exit on the east side of a city having a population of at least one hundred forty-nine thousand which is located in a noncharter county of the first classification with a population of at least two hundred seven thousand to the Highway 160 exit on the west side of a city having a population of at least one hundred forty-nine thousand which is located in a noncharter county of the first classification with a population of at least two hundred seven thousand shall be designated the "Payne Stewart Highway".

(L. 2000 H.B. 1742 § 226.783)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 428.024 — MO Code / Chapter 428 / Section 428.024
428.024 Transfers fraudulent as to present and future creditors.
Status: in_force

428.024. Transfers fraudulent as to present and future creditors. — 1. A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, whether the creditor's claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation:

(1) With actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or

(2) Without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:

(a) Was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or

(b) Intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that he would incur, debts beyond his ability to pay as they became due.

2. In determining actual intent under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section, consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether:

(1) The transfer or obligation was to an insider;

(2) The debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer;

(3) The transfer or obligation was disclosed or concealed;

(4) Before the transfer was made or obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit;

(5) The transfer was of substantially all the debtor's assets;

(6) The debtor absconded;

(7) The debtor removed or concealed assets;

(8) The value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred;

(9) The debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred;

(10) The transfer occurred shortly before or shortly after a substantial debt was incurred; and

(11) The debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor who transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.

(L. 1992 S.B. 448) (2004) Failure to specifically plead theory of piercing the corporate veil or alter ego does not preclude creditor from recovering under Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. Fischer v. Brancato, 147 S.W.3d 794 (Mo.App.E.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.740 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.740
545.740 Witnesses to enter into recognizance, when.
Status: in_force

545.740. Witnesses to enter into recognizance, when. — Whenever a criminal case shall be continued, all the witnesses in attendance shall be called by the court, and as many of them as the parties may desire shall be required to enter into recognizance for their appearance on the day of the next term on which such case shall be set for trial, which day shall be fixed and designated by the court at the time the continuance is granted; and if any such witness shall fail to appear in said court when so called, for the purpose of being recognized, such witness shall forfeit all his fees as witness in such cause, and may be compelled to appear by attachment.

(RSMo 1939 § 4045) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3656; 1919 § 3999; 1909 § 5206
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 54.110 — MO Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54.110
54.110 Shall provide books and stationery.
Status: in_force

54.110. Shall provide books and stationery. — He shall provide, under the direction of the county commission, suitable books and stationery for his office, and preserve the same; and the commission shall audit his account, and allow such sum as shall be reasonable, which shall be paid by the county.

(RSMo 1939 § 13812) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12150; 1919 § 9548; 1909 § 3769
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.010 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.010
92.010 Maximum rate of levy for general purposes — method of increase (St. Louis).
Status: in_force

92.010. Maximum rate of levy for general purposes — method of increase (St. Louis). — 1. Any constitutional charter cities in this state which may now have or hereafter acquire seven hundred thousand or more inhabitants may levy upon all subjects and objects of taxation a rate for general municipal purposes not to exceed the annual rate of one dollar on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation; provided, that the city of St. Louis may levy for county purposes, in addition to the municipal rate of taxation above provided, a rate not exceeding the rate which would be allowed for county purposes if said city of St. Louis were a county; provided, however, that the rate of taxation for general municipal purposes herein limited may be increased for not to exceed four years, when the rate and purpose of the increase are submitted to a vote and two-thirds of the voters voting thereon shall vote therefor, but such increase so voted shall be limited to a maximum rate of taxation not to exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation. The legislative body of any of said cities may submit the question of an increase of levy when, in the opinion of such legislative body, necessity therefor arises, and such question shall be submitted by such legislative body when petitioned therefor by the voters equaling in number one percent or more of the voters of the city voting for mayor at the last city election at which a mayor was elected.

2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall there be a ______ cent increase in tax levy on one hundred dollars valuation for general municipal purposes for ______ years?

3. If such increase in levy shall be voted, then such increased levy shall be effective for the number of years designated, and no longer, but said cities, through their legislative bodies, may submit any such proposal for continuing such increase of levy at any time for like periods not to exceed four years each.

(L. 1945 p. 1296 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.065 — MO Code / Chapter 483 / Section 483.065
483.065 Office and records, where kept.
Status: in_force

483.065. Office and records, where kept. — Each clerk shall keep his office at such places as the court shall direct, and shall there keep the records, papers, seal and property belonging to his office and transact his official business; except that, each clerk may store closed court files and the records and papers pertinent thereto at any secure place within the county wherein the court is held, if adequate provisions are made for the examination and use of same.

(RSMo 1939 § 13293, A.L. 1971 S.B. 136, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11674; 1919 § 2120; 1909 § 2683 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.230 — MO Code / Chapter 507 / Section 507.230
507.230 Who made defendants in suit against city.
Status: in_force

507.230. Who made defendants in suit against city. — 1. Whenever a city of over one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants shall be sued in any court in this state and the cause of action on account of which said city is sued shall arise from the wrongful or unauthorized acts or carelessness and negligence of any person or corporation subject to service in this state, and such wrongful or unauthorized acts or carelessness and negligence shall also make such person or corporation liable to an action by the plaintiff on the same account as such city is sued for, such city may, within fifteen days after the first day of the next term of court after the service of the writ of summons, file a motion, in writing, in said case, notifying the plaintiff therein to make such person or corporation a party defendant in said suit in accordance with the facts constituting the liability of such person or corporation, which facts said city shall set forth in said notice, and shall verify the same by affidavit.

2. The plaintiff in said suit shall then proceed to join such person or corporation as a party defendant in said suit, in accordance with the facts set forth in said notice, and such suit shall not be prosecuted against said city until such person or corporation is made a codefendant with such city; provided, however, that in case the facts set forth in said notice do not make such person or corporation named therein liable to an action on the same account as such city is sued for in such case, said plaintiff may file a motion to strike out said notice, and if said motion shall be sustained by the court, then the plaintiff in such case may proceed against defendant city alone, as if said notice had not been filed; and provided further, that if the plaintiff shall make such person or corporation as may be named in said notice a party defendant in said suit and shall have caused summons to be issued for such person or corporation, and such person or corporation cannot be served with process by the officer to whom such writ is directed, then the plaintiff in such case may proceed against the city alone.

(RSMo 1939 § 7687) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7539; 1919 § 8949; 1909 § 9801
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 201.050 — MO Code / Chapter 201 / Section 201.050
201.050 Department of health and senior services to administer children's special ...
Status: in_force

201.050. Department of health and senior services to administer children's special health care needs service — duties. — 1. The department of health and senior services is designated as the administrator of the children's special health care needs service.

2. The administrator:

(1) Shall formulate and administer a detailed plan or plans for the purpose of administering the service and to make and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary or desirable for the administration of these plans and the provisions of this chapter;

(2) Shall receive and expend, in accordance with such plans, all funds made available to the service by the federal government, by the state or its political subdivisions, or from any other sources for such purposes, and it shall cooperate with the federal government in developing, improving, and extending the services and in the administration of the plans;

(3) Shall cooperate with other state departments and agencies of this state and with medical, health, nursing, and welfare groups and organizations, private or public, and endeavor to coordinate the efforts of all persons and agencies interested in the discovery, care, and rehabilitation of children with special health care needs, and it is entitled to receive aid and assistance from other departments and agencies of this state in carrying out the plans adopted by the administrator;

(4) Shall receive title to property, real or personal, in all cases of gifts, devises, or bequests to the service and may act as trustee and as such receive title to property, real or personal, where given in trust for the benefit of the service.

(L. 1959 S.B. 368 §§ 5, 6, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1270) CROSS REFERENCE: Department of health and senior services, authority to administer children's special health care needs service, 192.005
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.600 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.600
105.600 Definitions.
Status: in_force

105.600. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 105.600 to 105.650 the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

(1) "Receiving agency" , any department or agency of the federal government or a state government which receives an employee of another government under sections 105.600 to 105.650 ;

(2) "Sending agency" , any department or agency of the federal government or a state government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under sections 105.600 to 105.650 .

(L. 1967 p. 194 § 1)