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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 432.270 — MO Code / Chapter 432 / Section 432.270
432.270 Time and place of sending and receipt.
Status: in_force

432.270. Time and place of sending and receipt. — 1. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:

(1) Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;

(2) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and

(3) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.

2. Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:

(1) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and

(2) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.

3. Subsection 2 of this section applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under subsection 4 of this section.

4. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this subsection, the following rules apply:

(1) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction;

(2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.

5. An electronic record is received under subsection 2 of this section even if no individual is aware of its receipt.

6. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subsection 2 of this section establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.

7. If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subsection 1 of this section or purportedly received under subsection 2 of this section was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this subsection shall not be varied by agreement.

(L. 2003 H.B. 254)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 479.375 — MO Code / Chapter 479 / Section 479.375
479.375 Severability clause.
Status: in_force

479.375. Severability clause. — If any provision of this act * or their application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act * which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act * are severable.

(L. 2015 S.B. 5) *"This act" (S.B. 5, 2015) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.060 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.060
245.060 Election of board of supervisors — term of office.
Status: in_force

245.060. Election of board of supervisors — term of office. — Within thirty days after any levee district shall have been organized and incorporated under the provisions of section 245.025 the circuit clerk of the court organizing such district shall, upon giving notice by causing publication to be made once a week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county in which lands of the district are located, the last insertion to be at least ten days before the day of such meeting, call a meeting of the owners of real estate or other property located in such district, including the authorized representative of any corporation which owns real estate or other property located in such district, at a day and hour specified in some public place in the county in which the district was organized, for the purpose of electing a board of five supervisors, to be composed of owners of real estate in the district, which may include the authorized representative of any corporation which owns real estate or other property in the district, two of whom at least shall be residents of the county or counties in which the district is located, or some adjoining counties; the landowners, when assembled, shall organize by the election of a chairman and secretary of the meeting, who shall conduct the election; at such election each and every acre of land and each and every mile of right-of-way of every corporation owning a franchise in the district shall represent one share, and each owner shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for every acre of land or mile of right-of-way owned by him or her in such district, and the five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected as supervisors; and the supervisors shall immediately by lot determine the terms of their office, which shall be respectively one, two, three, four and five years, and they shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified; provided, that if the levee district be located wholly within a third or fourth class city of this state, or within any city in this state under fifty thousand population operating under a special charter then the owner of each lot, tract, parcel or subdivision thereof, as set forth in the final decree of the court creating and incorporating such levee district, shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each lot, tract, parcel or subdivision thereof, owned by him or her.

(RSMo 1939 § 12496, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 226, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with H.B. 1207) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10906; 1919 § 4600; 1909 § 5705
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.840 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.840
379.840 Standard policy coverage and rating procedure.
Status: in_force

379.840. Standard policy coverage and rating procedure. — All policies issued shall be for basic property insurance on the forms and in accordance with the rate or rating procedures approved by the director for use with the program. Such policies shall be issued for a term of one year.

(L. 1969 H.B. 772 § 379.131)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 258.010 — MO Code / Chapter 258 / Section 258.010
258.010 Committees, councils and boards authorized — staffing by department.
Status: in_force

*258.010. Committees, councils and boards authorized — staffing by department. — 1. The department of natural resources shall be responsible for convening any committee, council, or board the department deems necessary or advisable in order for the department to perform any functions or duties related to state parks or historic sites, recreational trails, outdoor recreation, any federal grant program pursuant to chapters 253 and 258 , any federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, 23 U.S.C. 206 ** , or any other law.

2. The department of natural resources shall provide all staff support and office space for any such bodies.

(L. 1965 p. 391 § 1, A.L. 1967 p. 367, A.L. 1973 H.B. 259, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650) Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650) *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013. **Citation "28 U.S.C. 206" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.320 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.320
387.320 Power of division of motor carrier and railroad safety to require ...
Status: in_force

387.320. Power of division of motor carrier and railroad safety to require depreciation account of motor carriers. — The division of motor carrier and railroad safety shall have power, after hearing, to require any or all motor carriers to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with such rules, regulations and forms of account as the division may prescribe. The division may, from time to time, ascertain and determine and by order fix the proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the several classes of property of such corporation, person or public utility. Each motor carrier shall conform its depreciation accounts to the rates so ascertained, determined and fixed, and shall set aside the moneys so provided for out of earnings and carry the same in a depreciation fund and expend such fund only for such purposes and under such rules and regulations, both as to original expenditure and subsequent replacement as the division may prescribe. The income from investments of moneys in such fund shall likewise be carried in such fund.

(RSMo 1939 § 5638, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5182; 1919 § 10470
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 403.290 — MO Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.290
403.290 Adverse claims.
Status: in_force

403.290. Adverse claims. — 1. A person asserting a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer of a security pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary may give the corporation or transfer agent written notice of the claim. The corporation or transfer agent is not put on notice unless the written notice identifies the claimant, the registered owner and the issue of which the security is a part, provides an address for communications directed to the claimant and is received before the transfer. Nothing in sections 403.250 to 403.350 relieves the corporation or transfer agent of any liability for making or refusing to make the transfer after it is so put on notice, unless it proceeds in the manner authorized in subsection 2.

2. As soon as practicable after the presentation of a security for transfer pursuant to an assignment by a fiduciary, a corporation or transfer agent which has received notice of a claim of beneficial interest adverse to the transfer may send notice of the presentation by registered or certified mail to the claimant at the address given by him. If the corporation or transfer agent so mails such a notice it shall withhold the transfer for thirty days after the mailing and shall then make the transfer unless restrained by a court order.

(L. 1959 S.B. 241 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.849 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.849
454.849 Effective date of repeal of act.
Status: in_force

454.849. Effective date of repeal of act. — The repeal of sections 454.850 to 454.999 shall become effective June 15, 2016.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260 § B, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1550 merged with S.B. 905 & 992) Effective 6-15-16 (S.B. 905 & 992); 8-28-16 (H.B. 1550)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.360 — MO Code / Chapter 513 / Section 513.360
513.360 Proceedings to set aside or quash execution.
Status: in_force

513.360. Proceedings to set aside or quash execution. — If any person against whose property any execution or order of sale shall be issued, apply to any judge of the court out of which the same may have been issued, by petition, verified by oath or affirmation, setting forth good cause why same ought to be stayed, set aside or quashed, reasonable notice of such intended application being previously given to the opposite party, his attorney of record or agent, such judge shall thereupon hear the complaint.

(RSMo 1939 § 1387) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1223; 1919 § 1675; 1909 § 2244
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1225 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1225
351.1225 Amendments and repeal of act, state reserves right of.
Status: in_force

351.1225. Amendments and repeal of act, state reserves right of. — The state reserves the right to amend or repeal the provisions of sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 by law. A cooperative organized or governed by sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 is subject to this reserved right.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.295 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.295
245.295 Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body.
Status: in_force

245.295. Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body. — The county commission, or other legislative body if different from the county commission, of any county in this state forming a levee district wholly within its limits, whether of the whole county or a part of such county, may lay off such levee district at any regular meeting of such commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 12550, A.L. 1994 S.B. 633) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10960; 1919 § 4652; 1909 § 5715 Effective 7-12-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 700.076 — MO Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.076
700.076 Owner to anchor manufactured home, how, when — commission may promulgate ...
Status: in_force

700.076. Owner to anchor manufactured home, how, when — commission may promulgate rules — insurers to insure, when, must pay, when — suit against persons anchoring or tying down manufactured home, damages, equitable relief. — 1. The owner of a manufactured home shall secure the manufactured home to the ground by the use of anchors and tiedowns so as to resist wind overturning and sliding. However, nothing herein shall be construed as requiring that anchors and tiedowns be installed to secure manufactured homes which are permanently attached to a permanent structure. A permanent structure shall have a foundation and such other structural elements as assure the rigidity and stability of the manufactured home.

2. The commission shall have authority to promulgate regulations relating to manufactured home or modular unit tiedowns or anchors setting minimum standards for both the manufacture and installation of tiedowns and anchors.

3. (1) Persons licensed in this state to engage in the business of insuring manufactured homes that are subject to the provisions of this section against damage from windstorm shall issue such insurance only if the manufactured home has been anchored and tied down in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) In the event that a manufactured home is insured against damage caused by windstorm and subsequently sustains windstorm damage of a nature that indicates that the manufactured home was not anchored or tied down in the manner required by this section, the person issuing the policy shall not be relieved from meeting the obligations specified in the insurance policy with respect to such damage on the basis that the manufactured home was not properly anchored or tied down.

4. Whenever a person who engages in the business of installing anchors, tiedowns, or over-the-roof ties or who engages in the business of manufacturing such devices for use in this state does so in a manner not in accordance with the minimum standards set forth by the commission, a person aggrieved thereby may bring an action in the appropriate court for actual damages and attorney's fees. In addition, the court may provide appropriate equitable relief including the enjoining of a violator from engaging in further violations. Whenever it is established to the satisfaction of the court that a willful violation has occurred, the court shall award punitive damages to the aggrieved party.

5. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a violation of the provisions of section 407.020 .

(L. 1976 H.B. 1393, A.L. 1978 S.B. 739, A.L. 1982 S.B. 648)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.162 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.162
324.162 Complaints filed with the board, information file kept, contents.
Status: in_force

324.162. Complaints filed with the board, information file kept, contents. — 1. The board shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the board. The board's information file shall be kept current and contain a record for each complaint of:

(1) All persons contacted in relation to the complaint;

(2) A summary of findings made at each step of the complaint process;

(3) An explanation of the legal basis and reason for a complaint that is dismissed; and

(4) Other relevant information.

2. If a written complaint is filed with the board that the board has authority to resolve, the board, at least as frequently as quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.

3. The board shall adopt by rule a form to standardize information concerning complaints made to the board. The board shall prescribe by rule information to be provided to a person when the person files a complaint with the board.

4. The board shall provide reasonable assistance to a person who wishes to file a complaint with the board.

(L. 1997 S.B. 141 § 28)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.981 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.981
196.981 Immunity from civil or criminal liability, when.
Status: in_force

196.981. Immunity from civil or criminal liability, when. — 1. The following persons and entities when acting in good faith shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or professional disciplinary action for matters related to donating, accepting, or dispensing prescription drugs under the prescription drug repository program:

(1) The department of health and senior services;

(2) The director of the department of health and senior services;

(3) Any prescription drug manufacturer, governmental entity, or person donating prescription drugs to the program;

(4) Any pharmacy, hospital, nonprofit clinic, out-of-state charitable repository, or health care professional that prescribes, accepts or dispenses prescription drugs under the program; and

(5) Any pharmacy, hospital, nonprofit clinic, or out-of-state charitable repository that employs or has a hospital medical staff affiliation with a health care professional who accepts or dispenses prescription drugs under the program.

2. A prescription drug manufacturer shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to criminal or civil liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property for matters related to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of a prescription drug manufactured by the prescription drug manufacturer that is donated by any person under the program, including but not limited to liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date of the donated prescription drug.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1160, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1687)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.185 — MO Code / Chapter 338 / Section 338.185
338.185 Board has access to certain court records.
Status: in_force

338.185. Board has access to certain court records. — After August 28, 1990, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board of pharmacy shall have access to records involving an applicant for a license or permit or renewal of a license or permit as provided within this chapter, where the applicant has been adjudicated and found guilty or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a prosecution under the laws of any state or of the United States for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of any profession licensed or regulated under this chapter, for any offense an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty or an act of violence or for any offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not sentence is imposed.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1287)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.210 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.210
227.210 Commission to maintain state highways, how — cost, how paid.
Status: in_force

227.210. Commission to maintain state highways, how — cost, how paid. — 1. The state highways as designated in section 227.020 shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the commission; and the commission shall maintain such roads in a state and manner consistent with the present condition of such roads; provided, that when the roads included in said state highway system have been constructed by the commission, or acquired as provided for in sections 227.120 to 227.150 and section 227.170 , they shall be maintained by the commission and kept in a good state of repair at whatever cost may be required.

2. The cost of repairing and maintaining said roads shall be paid out of the state road fund on the warrant of the state auditor, when such payment shall be ordered by the commission. For the purpose of maintaining and repairing such roads, the commission shall have authority to purchase or otherwise acquire, all necessary tools, machinery, supplies and materials, and may employ the necessary labor therefor, and the commission may provide for the proper repair and maintenance of such roads, or any portion thereof, by contract, which shall specify the nature and character of the work to be done. The commission shall also provide for a system of patrol for maintaining and repairing these state highways, so that such highways may be effectually and economically preserved and maintained.

(RSMo 1939 § 8782) Prior revision: 1929 § 8134
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.235 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.235
370.235 Employees handling funds of credit union to give surety bond.
Status: in_force

370.235. Employees handling funds of credit union to give surety bond. — As a condition precedent to qualification or entry upon the discharge of his or her duties, every person appointed or elected to any position requiring the receipt, payment of money or other personal property owned by a credit union or in its custody or control as collateral or otherwise, shall give a bond with some surety company, licensed to do business in this state, as surety thereon in such reasonably adequate sum as the director shall require and approve. The term "reasonably adequate" as used herein, requires the director to have reasonable regard for the protection of the accounts and assets of the credit union. In lieu of individual bonds, the director may accept a schedule or blanket bond which covers all of the officers and employees of any credit union whose duties include the receipt, payment or custody of money or other personal property on behalf of the credit union. All bonds shall be in the form prescribed by the director.

(L. 1959 S.B. 127, A.L. 2020 S.B. 599)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.017 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.017
324.017 Disclosure of complaints, requirements.
Status: in_force

324.017. Disclosure of complaints, requirements. — 1. Contrary provisions of the law notwithstanding, no complaint, investigatory report, or information received from any source must be disclosed prior to its review by the appropriate agency.

2. At its discretion an agency may disclose complaints, completed investigatory reports, and information obtained from state administrative and law enforcement agencies to a licensee or license applicant in order to further an investigation or to facilitate settlement negotiations.

3. Information obtained from a federal administrative or law enforcement agency shall be disclosed only after the agency has obtained written consent to the disclosure from the federal administrative or law enforcement agency.

4. At its discretion an agency may disclose complaints and investigatory reports in the course of a voluntary interstate exchange of information, or in the course of any litigation concerning a licensee or license applicant, or pursuant to a lawful request, or to other state or federal administrative or law enforcement agencies.

5. Except as disclosure is specifically provided above and in section 610.021 , deliberations, votes, or minutes of closed proceedings of agencies shall not be subject to disclosure or discovery.

(L. 2008 S.B. 788)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.135 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.135
630.135 Rules regarding patient's rights.
Status: in_force

630.135. Rules regarding patient's rights. — The department shall promulgate reasonable rules relative to the implementation of patient, resident and client rights described in this chapter.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724)