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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.340 — MO Code / Chapter 660 / Section 660.340
660.340 Cost of record search.
Status: in_force

660.340. Cost of record search. — The department shall reimburse any entity for the cost of computer time expended by the entity in making a search of its records as a result of a request made pursuant to sections 660.325 to 660.355 , at a reasonable rate. If the request asks for records of any deposits and withdrawals during the past five years, and the entity cannot obtain such information by automated search of its records, the department shall reimburse the entity at the rate of six dollars per man hour expended.

(L. 1983 S.B. 285 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 508.310 — MO Code / Chapter 508 / Section 508.310
508.310 Further causes for change of venue.
Status: in_force

508.310. Further causes for change of venue. — Changes of venue may be awarded in civil cases pending in the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County at Cape Girardeau for the following causes:

(1) That the inhabitants of the city of Cape Girardeau are prejudiced against the applicant;

(2) That the opposite party has an undue influence over the inhabitants of said city; provided, that in such cases a change of venue shall be awarded to the circuit court of Cape Girardeau County at Jackson.

(RSMo 1939 § 2350, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14521; 1919 § 13699; 1909 § 4248 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.270 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.270
321.270 Duty to levy and collect taxes — delinquent taxes constitute a lien.
Status: in_force

321.270. Duty to levy and collect taxes — delinquent taxes constitute a lien. — 1. The body having authority to levy taxes within each county in which all or part of a district lies shall levy the taxes provided in this chapter, and all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes in each such county shall collect such taxes at the time and in the manner and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected. When collected such taxes shall be paid to the district ordering the levy and collection, or entitled to the same, and the payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depositary thereof to the credit of the district. All funds received by the district shall be deposited in a depositary and secured in the manner provided by law for the deposit of county funds.

2. All taxes levied under the provisions of this chapter, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall, until paid, constitute a lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of general taxes, and no sale of such property to enforce any general tax or other lien shall extinguish the lien of district taxes.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 28, A.L. 1955 p. 756, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 80.060 — MO Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80.060
80.060 Trustees — oath — organization — meetings.
Status: in_force

80.060. Trustees — oath — organization — meetings. — Every trustee, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution of this state, and that he will faithfully demean himself in office. Every board of trustees shall assemble within twenty days after their appointment or election, and choose a chairman of their number, and some other person as clerk. The chairman may vote on any proposition before the board. The board of trustees, by ordinance, shall fix the time and place of holding their stated meetings, and may be convened by the chairman at any time.

(RSMo 1939 § 7245, A.L. 1957 p. 274) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7094; 1919 § 8544; 1909 § 9433
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 85.005 — MO Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.005
85.005 Mayor and police authorities can appoint none but residents.
Status: in_force

85.005. Mayor and police authorities can appoint none but residents. — The mayor, chief of police and members of the board of police commissioners of any city in this state shall be governed by the same restrictions and subject to the same penalties as a sheriff of any county, under the provisions of section 57.117 .

(RSMo 1939 § 4628) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4239; 1919 § 3486; 1909 § 4701
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.625 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.625
478.625 Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Status: in_force

478.625. Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. — 1. There shall be four circuit judges in the nineteenth judicial circuit.

2. One circuit judge shall be first elected in 1982. The second circuit judge shall be first elected in 1984. The third circuit judge shall be first elected in 2002. The fourth circuit judge shall be elected in 2030, and every six years thereafter.

3. Effective January 1, 2021, in compliance with section 478.320 , there shall be two associate circuit judges in Cole County. The second associate circuit judge shall be first elected in 2020.

(L. 1971 S.B. 219 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 871, A.L. 2025 S.B. 218)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.047 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.047
374.047 Willful violation of state law, order — notice.
Status: in_force

374.047. Willful violation of state law, order — notice. — 1. If the director determines, based on substantial and competent evidence, that a corporation or insurer with a certificate of authority under the laws relating to insurance willfully has engaged in an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a level three, four, or five violation of the laws of this state relating to insurance in this chapter, chapter 354 and chapters 375 to 385 , or been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor under any state or federal law, the director may, after hearing, issue an order suspending or revoking the certificate of authority.

2. Prior to issuance of the order under this section, the director shall give at least thirty days' notice with a statement of reasons for the action and afford such corporation or insurer the opportunity for a hearing upon written request. If such corporation or insurer requests a hearing in writing, a final order of suspension or revocation may not be issued unless the director makes findings of fact and conclusions of law in a record in accordance with the contested case provisions of chapter 536 and procedural rules promulgated by the director.

3. The enforcement authority of the director under this section is cumulative to any other statutory authority of the director.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1837)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 23.040 — MO Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.040
23.040 Service concerning bills.
Status: in_force

23.040. Service concerning bills. — From the time the general assembly of the state convenes until it is adjourned finally, the committee on legislative research, through its representatives, shall give consideration to and service concerning any bill before the general assembly requested by any member of the senate or the house of representatives or any committee of the general assembly having the bills before it for consideration. This service shall continue after adjournment and during any recess or vacation. Employees of the committee shall not oppose or urge legislation but, upon request, shall assist members of the general assembly as to bills, resolutions and measures, draft them in proper form and furnish to members any available information upon matters which fall within the scope of the duties of the committee.

(RSMo 1939 § 14745, A.L. 1943 p. 632, A.L. 1957 p. 595)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.155 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.155
473.155 Compensation of accountants and attorneys (first class counties and St. ...
Status: in_force

473.155. Compensation of accountants and attorneys (first class counties and St. Louis City). — 1. In all counties of the first class and St. Louis City, other provisions of law notwithstanding, attorneys performing services for the estate at the instance of the personal representative shall be allowed out of the estate as the minimum compensation for their services sums equal to the percentages set forth in the schedule contained in subsection 1 of section 473.153 . In any case where reasonable compensation to the attorneys is in excess of the minimum provided in the schedule the court shall allow such additional compensation as will make the compensation of the attorneys reasonable and adequate. Performance by the attorneys of extraordinary service is not necessary to entitle them to such additional compensation.

2. If the personal representative is an attorney, no allowance shall be made for legal services performed by him or at his instance unless such services are authorized by the will or by order of the court or are consented to by all heirs and devisees whose rights may be adversely affected by the allowance. In addition, when one member of a law firm or professional corporation serves as personal representative of the estate and another member of the same law firm or professional corporation serves as the attorney for the estate, only one fee as set forth in subsection 1 of section 473.153 shall be allowed.

3. A personal representative may employ independent accountants, certified public accountants, or tax specialists holding a valid permit to practice before the United States Treasury Department to assist him in filing estate tax returns, federal and state income tax returns, or establishing records of account and reporting on financial results in those estates requiring this service and such person shall be allowed reasonable compensation for such service as determined by the court. If the personal representative is a certified public accountant, tax specialist holding a valid permit to practice before the United States Treasury Department or an independent accountant, no allowance shall be made for accountant services performed by him or at his instance unless such services are authorized by will or by order of the court or are consented to by all heirs and devisees whose rights may be adversely affected by the allowance. In addition, when one member of an accounting firm or professional corporation serves as an accountant for the estate, only one fee as set forth in subsection 1 of this section will be allowed.

4. Nothing in subsection 2 of this section shall apply to attorneys employed by any duly elected public administrator who is an attorney.

(L. 1965 p. 634 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637, A.L. 1989 H.B. 145)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.750 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.750
478.750 Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election.
Status: in_force

478.750. Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election. — 1. As of January 1, 1983, there shall be two circuit judges in the forty-third judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Clinton, Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, and DeKalb. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.

2. A circuit judge shall be elected for each division in 1982. Candidates for the office of circuit judge shall file by division.

(L. 1981 S.B. 24) Effective 1-01-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.600 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.600
84.600 Police force — probationary term — removal and alternatives.
Status: in_force

84.600. Police force — probationary term — removal and alternatives. — The first employment of policemen and every police officer shall be for a probationary term of six months, after which the chief may at his discretion extend the probationary period for an additional term of six months, but no longer. During said probationary period the chief may at his discretion or at the direction of the police board discontinue their services at any time. Having served at least six months' probationary service to the satisfaction of the board and the chief, such policemen and police officers shall be appointed to the police force of said city and shall thereafter be subject to discharge or removal only for cause and upon complaint being made or charges being preferred against them, a copy of which complaint or charges setting forth the ground thereof shall be given to such policemen or police officers, not less than forty-eight hours prior to the time the complaints or charges are to be heard by the board, and they shall have the right to appear before the board at a public hearing to be held within fifteen days after the filing of such complaint or charges, and be confronted by the witnesses against them and to be defended by counsel and the board after hearing the charges shall take a vote of yeas and nays to be entered upon the records whether or not the charges have been sustained and what punishment, if any, shall be imposed. If the charges are found by the board to be sustained by the evidence, the board may remove such policemen or police officers, or the board may, instead of removal, suspend, reprimand or impose a fine upon the policemen or police officers, and in any case any fine so imposed is not paid the same shall be deducted from the salary of such policemen or police officers. If complaint is made or charges preferred against a policeman or police officer which, in the opinion of the board, does not constitute an offense of which the board shall take cognizance, the board shall dismiss such complaint or charges. The board shall report all decisions on any such complaint or charges in writing to the chief of police and to the officer or policeman. Each decision of the police board in such cases shall be final and not subject to review by any court.

(RSMo 1939 § 7660, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7663) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7521; 1919 § 8932; 1909 § 9784
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 380.051 — MO Code / Chapter 380 / Section 380.051
380.051 Financial statement filed annually, fee.
Status: in_force

380.051. Financial statement filed annually, fee. — Every such company shall, on or before the first day of March in each year, file a statement with the director of the department of commerce and insurance, verified by the affidavit of its president and secretary reporting the financial condition of the company for the preceding calendar year. The statement of financial condition shall provide such information and be in such form as may be prescribed by the director of the department of commerce and insurance. Each company shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars to the director of the department of commerce and insurance at the time of filing the annual statement.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 213.070 — MO Code / Chapter 213 / Section 213.070
213.070 Additional unlawful discriminatory practices.
Status: in_force

213.070. Additional unlawful discriminatory practices. — 1. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or place of public accommodation:

(1) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the commission of acts prohibited under this chapter or to attempt to do so;

(2) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against any other person because such person has opposed any practice prohibited by this chapter or because such person has filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or hearing conducted pursuant to this chapter;

(3) For the state or any political subdivision of this state to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, age, as it relates to employment, disability, or familial status as it relates to housing; or

(4) To discriminate in any manner against any other person because of such person's association with any person protected by this chapter.

2. This chapter, in addition to chapter 285 and chapter 287 , shall provide the exclusive remedy for any and all claims for injury or damages arising out of an employment relationship.

(L. 1986 S.B. 513, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1619, A.L. 1998 S.B. 786, A.L. 2017 S.B. 43)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.501 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.501
337.501 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

337.501. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The committee for professional counselors may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as a licensed professional counselor and provisional licensed professional counselor, as defined in section 337.500 .

2. If the committee for professional counselors requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the committee for professional counselors shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the committee for professional counselors of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the committee for professional counselors.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.360 — MO Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.360
60.360 United States field notes on county surveys obtained by county surveyor — ...
Status: in_force

60.360. United States field notes on county surveys obtained by county surveyor — cost, how paid. — In all cases where the county surveyor shall have, at his own expense, obtained a certified copy, as provided for in section 60.195 , the county commission shall make a reasonable allowance to such surveyor for such copy, which shall thereafter become the property of the county, and be filed; except that no county surveyor thus furnished with the field notes shall, when called upon to execute any survey, make any additional charge therefor.

(RSMo 1939 § 13210, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11591; 1919 § 12729; 1909 § 11311
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 103.150 — MO Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.150
103.150 Coverage to terminate when person no longer employee of participating ...
Status: in_force

103.150. Coverage to terminate when person no longer employee of participating member agency — exceptions. — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and with the exception of a retiree of the participating member agency or a former employee of the participating member agency who is entitled to retirement benefits from the participating member agency, when a person is no longer an employee of a participating member agency covered by the plan, that person and his dependents shall thereupon cease to be covered by the plan.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1574 § 4 subsec. 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 381.161 — MO Code / Chapter 381 / Section 381.161
381.161 Contract of title insurance through specific agent, agency, or insurer ...
Status: in_force

381.161. Contract of title insurance through specific agent, agency, or insurer prohibited. — 1. No producer or other person, except the person paying the premium for the title insurance, shall require, directly or indirectly, or through any trustee, director, officer, agent, employee, or affiliate, as a condition, agreement, or understanding to selling or furnishing any other person any loan, or extension thereof, credit, sale, property, contract, lease or service, that such other person shall place any contract of title insurance of any kind through any particular title agent, agency, or title insurer. No title agent, agency, or title insurer shall knowingly participate in any such prohibited plan or transaction. No person shall fix a price charged for such thing or service, or discount from or rebate upon price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that any title insurance is to be obtained through a particular agent, agency, or title insurer.

2. A violation of any provision under this section is a level three violation under section 374.049 .

(L. 1987 S.B. 251 § 18, Repealed L. 2000 S.B. 894 § D, L. 2007 S.B. 66) Effective 1-01-08
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.147 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.147
46.147 Schuyler.
Status: in_force

46.147. Schuyler. — Beginning at the southeast corner of section sixteen, township sixty-four, range thirteen, west; thence north with the subdivisional lines to the northern boundary line of this state; thence west along the state line to the middle of the main channel of the Chariton River; thence down the said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point where it intersects the subdivisional line crossing and dividing into equal parts township sixty-four of range sixteen, west; thence east with the subdivisional lines to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13586) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11927; 1919 § 9329; 1909 § 3546
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.691 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.691
311.691 Review by administrative hearing commission.
Status: in_force

311.691. Review by administrative hearing commission. — Any person aggrieved by official action of the supervisor of liquor control affecting the licensed status of a person subject to the jurisdiction of the supervisor of liquor control, including the refusal to grant, the grant, the revocation, the suspension, the warning, the probation, the imposition of a civil penalty or the failure to renew a license, may seek a determination thereon by the administrative hearing commission pursuant to the provisions of section 621.045 , and it shall not be a condition to such determination that the person aggrieved seek a reconsideration, a rehearing, or exhaust any other procedure within the office of the supervisor of liquor control.

(L. 1978 S.B. 661, A.L. 1996 S.B. 933)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 275.460 — MO Code / Chapter 275 / Section 275.460
275.460 Definitions.
Status: in_force

275.460. Definitions. — As used in sections 275.460 to 275.468 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Commercial producer" , an individual or legal entity in this state who has a Missouri manufacturer's license for the production of wine;

(2) "Grape or grapes" , grapes used for the production of wine produced by commercial producers in this state;

(3) "Grape juice" , grape juice used for the production of wine produced by commercial producers in this state.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1240)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.790 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.790
84.790 Board of police — journal — records — annual report.
Status: in_force

84.790. Board of police — journal — records — annual report. — The board shall cause a full journal of their proceedings to be kept, and shall also cause all their receipts and disbursements of money to be faithfully entered in books to be procured and kept for that purpose, and said journal, and all said books, and all other documents in possession of said board, shall always be open to the inspection of the general assembly of the state of Missouri or any committee appointed by it for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the board to report to the common council or municipal assembly of the said city at each annual session thereof, the number and expenses of the police force employed by it under sections 84.350 to 84.860 , and all such other matters as may be of public interest, in connection with the duties assigned it by sections 84.350 to 84.860 .

(RSMo 1939 § 7678, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7677) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7518; 1919 § 8929; 1909 § 9781