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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 579.103 — MO Code / Chapter 579 / Section 579.103
579.103 Selling or transferring solvents to cause certain symptoms, penalty — ...
Status: in_force

579.103. Selling or transferring solvents to cause certain symptoms, penalty — certain businesses prohibited from selling, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of selling or transferring solvents to cause certain symptoms if he or she knowingly and intentionally sells or otherwise transfers possession of any solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite, and propyl nitrite and their iso-analogues to any person for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of senses or nervous system, or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes.

2. No person who owns or operates any business which receives over fifty percent of its gross annual income from the sale of alcoholic beverages or beer, or which operates as a venue for live entertainment performance or receives fifty percent of its gross annual income from the sale of recorded video entertainment, shall sell or offer for sale toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite, and propyl nitrite and their iso-analogues, or any toxic glue.

3. Violation of this section is a class D felony.

(L. 1982 S.B. 522 §§ 7, 8, A.L. 1987 H.B. 51 & 49, A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 578.265; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.020 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.020
82.020 Constitutional charter, certain cities and towns may adopt or amend, procedure.
Status: in_force

82.020. Constitutional charter, certain cities and towns may adopt or amend, procedure. — Any city or town under special charter, as defined in section 81.010 , and any other city in this state which now has or which may hereafter have a population of more than five thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census may frame and adopt or amend a charter for its own government by complying with the provisions of Sections 19 and 20 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state, or any amendments thereof.

(L. 1945 p. 1309 § 1, A.L. 1980 H.B. 991, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1804) Effective 6-25-08
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.760 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.760
537.760 Products liability claim defined.
Status: in_force

537.760. Products liability claim defined. — As used in sections 537.760 to 537.765 , the term "products liability claim" means a claim or portion of a claim in which the plaintiff seeks relief in the form of damages on a theory that the defendant is strictly liable for such damages because:

(1) The defendant, wherever situated in the chain of commerce, transferred a product in the course of his business; and

(2) The product was used in a manner reasonably anticipated; and

(3) Either or both of the following:

(a) The product was then in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of such defective condition as existed when the product was sold; or

(b) The product was then unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use without knowledge of its characteristics, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of the product being sold without an adequate warning.

(L. 1987 H.B. 700 § 33) Effective 7-01-87
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 459.025 — MO Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.025
459.025 Declaration operative, when.
Status: in_force

459.025. Declaration operative, when. — The directions of a declarant able to make treatment decisions shall at all times supersede the declaration. The declaration shall be given operative effect only if the declarant's condition is determined to be terminal and the declarant is not able to make treatment decisions. Such determinations shall be recorded in the declarant's medical record. A physician, health care professional or facility or other person shall not act contrary to the declarant's expressed intent to withhold or withdraw death-prolonging procedures without serious reason therefor consistent with the best interest of the declarant. Such reason shall be recorded in the declarant's medical record. The declaration to withdraw or withhold treatment by a patient diagnosed as pregnant by the attending physician shall have no effect during the course of the declarant's pregnancy.

(L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.440 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.440
260.440 Registry of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, contents — ...
Status: in_force

260.440. Registry of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, contents — investigation — department's powers and duties. — 1. The department shall maintain and make available for public inspection a registry of confirmed abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste disposal sites in the state. The department shall take all necessary action to insure that the registry provides a complete listing of all such sites. The registry shall contain the exact location of each site and identify the types of waste found at each site.

2. The department shall investigate all known or suspected abandoned or uncontrolled sites and determine whether each site should be included in the registry. In the evaluation of known or suspected abandoned or uncontrolled sites, the department shall have the power to enter private property and perform tests and analyses in the manner provided in section 260.375 .

(L. 1983 H.B. 528) Effective 6-27-83
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.950 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.950
137.950 Evasion of taxes — civil action to recover taxes, costs and attorney's fee.
Status: in_force

137.950. Evasion of taxes — civil action to recover taxes, costs and attorney's fee. — If any owner, shipper or agent thereof shall by misrepresentation, concealment, or violation of the provisions of sections 137.900 to 137.960 evade the assessment or the levy of taxes not defined in section 137.910 to be personal property in transit through this state, he shall be liable in the sum of the taxes evaded which would otherwise have been levied against his property, to be collected in a civil action on behalf of the tax collector of his county. This action shall be commenced and maintained by the prosecuting attorney, and the judgment, when entered, shall include all costs and an attorney's fee for the plaintiff in his official capacity not less than the amount of the taxes so evaded.

(L. 1982 S.B. 476 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.380 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.380
99.380 Commissioners — compensation — certificate of appointment.
Status: in_force

99.380. Commissioners — compensation — certificate of appointment. — A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the municipal or county clerk, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.328 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.328
311.328 Identification, acceptable forms.
Status: in_force

311.328. Identification, acceptable forms. — 1. A valid and unexpired operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the provisions of section 302.177 , or a valid and unexpired operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the laws of any state or territory of the United States to residents of those states or territories, or a valid and unexpired identification card or nondriver's license as provided for under section 302.181 , or a valid and unexpired nondriver's license issued under the laws of any state or territory of the United States to residents of those states or territories, or a valid and unexpired identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, or a valid and unexpired passport shall be presented by the holder thereof upon request of any agent of the division of alcohol and tobacco control or any licensee or the servant, agent or employee thereof for the purpose of aiding the licensee or the servant, agent or employee to determine whether or not the person is at least twenty-one years of age when such person desires to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages procured from a licensee. Upon such presentation the licensee or the servant, agent or employee thereof shall compare the photograph and physical characteristics noted on the license, identification card or passport with the physical characteristics of the person presenting the license, identification card or passport.

2. Upon proof by the licensee of full compliance with the provisions of this section, no penalty shall be imposed if the supervisor of the division of alcohol and tobacco control or the courts are satisfied that the licensee acted in good faith.

3. Any person who shall, without authorization from the department of revenue, reproduce, alter, modify, or misrepresent any chauffeur's license, motor vehicle operator's license or identification card shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and confinement for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(L. 1965 p. 503 §§ 1 to 5, A.L. 1971 H.B. 365, A.L. 1972 S.B. 462, A.L. 1982 H.B. 986, A.L. 1987 S.B. 230, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1316, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.230 — MO Code / Chapter 358 / Section 358.230
358.230 Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term.
Status: in_force

358.230. Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term. — 1. When a partnership for a fixed term or particular undertaking is continued after the termination of such term or particular undertaking without any express agreement, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at such termination, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.

2. A continuation of the business by the partners or such of them as habitually acted therein during the term, without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs, is prima facie evidence of a continuation of the partnership.

(L. 1949 p. 506 § 23)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.430 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.430
490.430 Shall not be conclusive evidence, when.
Status: in_force

490.430. Shall not be conclusive evidence, when. — Neither the certificate of the acknowledgment nor the proof of any such instrument nor the record nor the transcript of the record of such instrument, shall be conclusive, but the same may be rebutted.

(RSMo 1939 § 3437) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3050; 1919 § 2209; 1909 § 2820
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 621.040 — MO Code / Chapter 621 / Section 621.040
621.040 Administrative law judges of the division of motor carrier and railroad ...
Status: in_force

621.040. Administrative law judges of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety shall be commissioners of the administrative hearing commission — jurisdiction of administrative hearing commission. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section * 621.015 , to the contrary, after July 11, 2002, all individuals authorized on that date as administrative law judges of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety within the department of economic development shall be commissioners of the administrative hearing commission within the office of administration, and shall serve out the unexpired remainder of their terms as commissioners. They shall have the same powers, duties, functions, and compensation as provided by law for the other commissioners, and after the expiration of their terms they may be reappointed in the same manner as other commissioners. The administrative hearing commission shall have jurisdiction to conduct hearings, make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and issue orders in all applicable cases relating to motor carrier and railroad regulation transferred to the highways and transportation commission pursuant to this section and sections 104.805 , 226.008 , 389.005 , and 389.610 , except that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the highways and transportation commission may issue final agency orders without involvement of the administrative hearing commission in relation to:

(1) Uncontested motor carrier cases, and other uncontested motor carrier matters, or in which all parties have waived a hearing in writing; and

(2) Approval of settlement agreements or issuance of consent orders in motor carrier or railroad enforcement cases, if all parties have consented in writing to the issuance of the commissioner's order.

(L. 2002 S.B. 1202) Effective 7-11-02 *Word "chapter" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 30.110 — MO Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.110
30.110 Certificate — action of general assembly.
Status: in_force

30.110. Certificate — action of general assembly. — When the certificate mentioned in section 30.100 shall be laid before the general assembly, if it approve the same, it shall cause the proper entries to be made in the books of the state treasurer, and if it disapprove thereof, it shall cause another settlement to be made.

(RSMo 1939 § 13067, A.L. 1945 p. 1977 § 31) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11450; 1919 § 13356; 1909 § 11857
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 278.260 — MO Code / Chapter 278 / Section 278.260
278.260 Cooperation with federal programs authorized.
Status: in_force

278.260. Cooperation with federal programs authorized. — Nothing in sections 278.160 to 278.300 shall prevent water conservation districts, flood prevention districts, drainage districts, counties or townships or other similar units of government with taxmaking powers from cooperating with the federal government through their program as outlined in Public Law 566, 83rd Congress (16 U.S.C.A. Section 1001 et seq.), and amended in Public Law 1018, 84th Congress, in areas where there is at present no soil and water conservation district.

(L. 1957 p. 4 § 278.230, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 107.060 — MO Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.060
107.060 Bond — cost paid by county (first class counties).
Status: in_force

107.060. Bond — cost paid by county (first class counties). — In all counties of class one, as provided by law, the officers thereof shall be required to furnish a bond as required by law, the cost thereof to be paid by the county.

(RSMo 1939 § 13535, A.L. 1945 p. 1576 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.475 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.475
407.475 No additional annual filing or reporting requirements, when — inapplicability.
Status: in_force

407.475. No additional annual filing or reporting requirements, when — inapplicability. — 1. Except when specifically required or authorized by federal law, no state agency or state official shall impose any additional annual filing or reporting requirements on an organization regulated or specifically exempted from regulation under sections 407.450 to 407.478 that are more stringent, restrictive, or expansive than the requirements authorized under section 407.462 .

2. This section shall not apply to state grants or contracts, nor investigations under section 407.472 , and shall not restrict enforcement actions against specific charitable organizations. This section shall not apply to labor organizations, as that term is defined in section 105.500 .

3. This section shall not apply when an organization regulated or specifically exempted from regulation under sections 407.450 to 407.475 is providing any report or disclosure required by state law to be filed with the secretary of state.

(L. 2022 H.B. 2400)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.170 — MO Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.170
60.170 Surveyor to execute orders of court.
Status: in_force

60.170. Surveyor to execute orders of court. — The county surveyor shall execute all orders given to him directly by any court of record, for surveying or resurveying any tract of land, the title of which is in dispute before such court, and all orders of survey for the partition of real estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 13198, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11579; 1919 § 12717; 1909 § 11299
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.813 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.813
287.813 Retirement, administrative law judges and legal advisors — participation in ...
Status: in_force

287.813. Retirement, administrative law judges and legal advisors — participation in state employees' retirement system required, when. — Any administrative law judge or legal advisor who is originally employed as such on or after April 26, 2005, and who has not previously been covered by the administrative law judge's and legal advisor's retirement system under sections 287.812 to 287.856 , shall not be eligible to participate in that system. Such administrative law judge or legal advisor shall participate in the state employees' retirement system under chapter 104 if otherwise eligible under the applicable provisions of law contained in that chapter.

(L. 2005 S.B. 202, et al.) Effective 4-26-05
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.520 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.520
447.520 Stock, certificates and ownership — dividend profit — distribution or ...
Status: in_force

447.520. Stock, certificates and ownership — dividend profit — distribution or interest payment, held or owing by business association presumed abandoned, when. — 1. Any stock or other certificate of ownership, or any dividend, profit, distribution, interest, payment on principal, or other sum held or owing by a business association for or to a shareholder, certificate holder, member, bondholder, or other security holder, or a participating patron of a cooperative, who has not claimed it, or corresponded in writing with the business association concerning it, within seven years or five years as provided in section 447.536 after the date prescribed for payment or delivery, is presumed abandoned if:

(1) It is held or owing by a business association organized pursuant to the laws of or created in this state; or

(2) It is held or owing by a business association doing business in this state, but not organized pursuant to the laws of or created in this state, and the records of the business association indicate that the last known address of the person entitled thereto is in this state.

2. Any intangible interest in a business association, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned if:

(1) The interest in the association is owned by a person who for more than seven years or five years as provided in section 447.536 has neither claimed a dividend or other sum nor corresponded in writing with the association or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the association; and

(2) The association does not know the location of the owner at the end of such seven-year period or five-year period as provided in section 447.536 . With respect to such interest, the business association shall be deemed the holder.

3. Any dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a person at the time the stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution attaches is considered abandoned at the same time.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1088 § 5, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1510)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.302 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.302
260.302 County may apply for change in region, when, procedures.
Status: in_force

260.302. County may apply for change in region, when, procedures. — On June 19, 1992, and for three months thereafter and for the last three months of the year 1994 and every third year thereafter, the governing body of a county may apply to the department to request that the county be placed with another regional grouping or, if necessary, in a new regional grouping. After public notice and comment and within no more than ninety days after the completed application has been submitted, the department shall authorize any such change if the county clearly and convincingly demonstrates that the change is necessary for effective solid waste management within the county and will not negatively affect the solid waste management system of either region. The procedure for establishing solid waste management regions set forth in section 260.300 shall take priority over and be followed in exclusion to the rulemaking procedure set forth in chapter 536 and section 260.225 .

(L. 1992 H.B. 1732) Effective 6-19-92
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.772 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.772
630.772 Emergency procedure.
Status: in_force

630.772. Emergency procedure. — If it appears from the petition filed under section 198.105 , or from an affidavit or affidavits filed with the petition, or from testimony of witnesses under oath when the court determines that this is necessary, that there is probable cause to believe that an emergency exists in the residential facility, the court shall immediately issue the requested order for appointment of a receiver, ex parte and without further hearing. Notice of the petition and order shall be served on the head of the facility or, if personal service is impossible, shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility within twenty-four hours after issuance of the order. If the petition is not filed by the attorney general, a copy of the petition shall be served on the department and upon the attorney general. A hearing on the petition shall be held within three days after notice is served or posted unless the head of the facility consents to a later date. After the hearing, the court may terminate, continue or modify the temporary order.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.050 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.050
139.050 Taxes payable in installments — exemption for property taxes paid by ...
Status: in_force

139.050. Taxes payable in installments — exemption for property taxes paid by financial institutions. — 1. In all constitutional charter cities in this state which have seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more, all current and all delinquent general, school and city taxes may be paid entirely, or in installments of at least twenty-five percent of the taxes, and the delinquent taxes shall bear interest at the rate provided by section 140.100 and shall be subject to the fees provided by law.

2. The director of revenue shall issue receipts for the partial payments.

3. Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to payment for real property taxes by financial institutions, as defined in section 381.410 , who pay tax obligations which they service from escrow accounts, as defined in Title 24, Part 3500, Section 17, Code of Federal Regulation, as amended.

(RSMo 1939 § 11208, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 538, A.L. 1959 H.B. 106, A.L. 2001 H.B. 738 merged with S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 343.060 — MO Code / Chapter 343 / Section 343.060
343.060 County commission to settle with collector, when.
Status: in_force

343.060. County commission to settle with collector, when. — The county commission shall, at every term, settle with the collector for all blank licenses delivered to him and not before accounted for, and give him credit for all blank licenses returned, and charge him with all not returned; and, as soon as may be, the clerk shall, under the direction of the county commission, certify to the state auditor the amount with which each collector stands charged, who shall charge such collector therewith.

(RSMo 1939 § 14917) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13723; 1919 § 10365; 1909 § 1053