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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.452 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.452
57.452 St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements.
Status: in_force

57.452. St. Louis City, sheriffs exempt from certification requirements. — The provisions of section 590.180 shall not apply to any elected or appointed sheriff of a * city not within a county.

(L. 1989 S.B. 196 § 57.447) Effective 5-25-89 *Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.140 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.140
442.140 Execution of deeds in foreign language — translation — recording.
Status: in_force

442.140. Execution of deeds in foreign language — translation — recording. — 1. All deeds, mortgages or other instruments of writing conveying or affecting real estate, and all proofs and acknowledgments of the same executed in a foreign country, and in accordance with the laws of this state, may be made and taken in the language of such country.

2. And the same, accompanied with a sworn translation in English of the same, by the recorder of land titles in the county where recorded, shall be entitled to record and be received in evidence in any court in this state, in like manner as if the same were originally written in the English language.

(RSMo 1939 § 3412) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3025; 1919 § 2184; 1909 § 2795
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.061 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.061
311.061 Stock ownership not deemed financial interest, when.
Status: in_force

311.061. Stock ownership not deemed financial interest, when. — Notwithstanding the definition of "financial interest" contained in section 311.060 , service as a member of the board of directors of a corporation, the stock of which is traded on the New York or American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ, or ownership of less than ten percent of the outstanding shares in such corporation, shall not constitute a financial interest in such corporation or a subsidiary thereof.

(L. 1985 H.B. 166, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.070 — MO Code / Chapter 527 / Section 527.070
527.070 Review.
Status: in_force

527.070. Review. — All orders, judgments and decrees under sections 527.010 to 527.130 may be reviewed as other orders, judgments and decrees.

(RSMo 1939 § 1132)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1006 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1006
351.1006 Formation and organization authorized.
Status: in_force

351.1006. Formation and organization authorized. — A cooperative may be formed and organized under sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 and may conduct or promote any lawful business or purpose for the mutual welfare of its members within or without this state, which may include:

(1) Providing, directly or indirectly, products, supplies, advertising, and marketing programs, or other services to such cooperative's members, and acting as the cooperative members' agent in the negotiation for and procurement of such products, supplies, programs, or services;

(2) Marketing, processing, or otherwise changing the form or marketability of products, supplies, programs, or services, either directly or indirectly; manufacturing and further processing of such products, supplies, programs, or services; other purposes that are necessary or convenient to facilitate the production, distribution or marketing of products, supplies, programs, or services by patron members and others; and other purposes that are related to the business of the cooperative;

(3) Any other lawful purpose that aids, assists, or is beneficial to the cooperative; and

(4) Any other lawful purpose.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.018 — MO Code / Chapter 417 / Section 417.018
417.018 Additional fee — expiration date.
Status: in_force

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

(L. 1994 S.B. 635, A.L. 2001 H.B. 453 merged with S.B. 288, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1150, A.L. 2017 S.B. 95, A.L. 2020 S.B. 631) Expires 12-31-26
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.230 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.230
115.230 Voter verification, electronic system or pad authorized.
Status: in_force

115.230. Voter verification, electronic system or pad authorized. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any election authority may use an electronic voter identification system or an electronic signature pad to verify a voter's address, registration status, and signature information at any polling place. Any such system or pad shall be able to read identifying information from an official Missouri driver's license or nondriver's license issued by the department of revenue, and shall be capable of allowing an election authority to manually enter the voter's information from a valid form of personal identification containing the voter's signature.

(L. 2011 H.B. 217)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.093 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.093
46.093 Holt.
Status: in_force

46.093. Holt. — Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River, where a prolongation south of the range line between ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven would intersect the same; thence north with said line to the middle of the main channel of the Nodaway River; thence following the middle of Nodaway River up north, until it strikes the subdivision line dividing into two equal parts township sixty-three; thence west on said line to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River; thence down said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13567) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11908; 1919 § 9310; 1909 § 3527
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.459 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.459
67.459 Apportionment of improvement costs — governing body to establish ...
Status: in_force

67.459. Apportionment of improvement costs — governing body to establish classifications. — The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed against the real property in a neighborhood improvement district shall be apportioned against such property in accordance with the benefits accruing thereto by reasons of such improvement. The cost may be assessed equally per front foot or per square foot against property within the district or by any other reasonable assessment plan determined by the governing body of the city or county which results in imposing substantially equal burdens or share of the cost upon property similarly benefitted and which may include, in the case of condominium or equitable owner association ownership, a determination that all units within the condominium or equitable owner association are equally benefitted. The governing body of the city or county may from time to time determine and establish by ordinance or resolution reasonable general classifications and formulae for the methods of assessing the benefits.

(L. 1991 S.B. 8 § 4, A.L. 1995 H.B. 87, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.2050 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.2050
407.2050 Debt waiver cancellation — free-look period — default.
Status: in_force

407.2050. Debt waiver cancellation — free-look period — default. — 1. Debt waivers shall provide that if a borrower cancels a debt waiver within the free-look period, the borrower shall be entitled to a full refund of the amount the borrower paid, if any, so long as no benefits have been provided.

2. If, after the debt waiver has been in effect beyond the free-look period, the borrower cancels the debt waiver or there is an early termination of the finance agreement, the borrower may be entitled to a refund of the amount the borrower paid of the unearned portion of the purchase price, if any, less a cancellation fee up to seventy-five dollars, if no benefit has been or will be provided.

3. If the cancellation of a debt waiver occurs as a result of a default under the finance agreement, the repossession of the motor vehicle associated with the finance agreement, or any other termination of the finance agreement, any refund due may be paid directly to the creditor or administrator and applied as a reduction of the amount owed under the finance agreement unless the borrower can show that the finance agreement has been paid in full.

(L. 2023 S.B. 398)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.330 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.330
262.330 Constitution and bylaws, enforcement of — quorum.
Status: in_force

262.330. Constitution and bylaws, enforcement of — quorum. — The said board, a majority of whom shall form a quorum, shall have power to make, ordain and adopt a constitution and all necessary bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations for the government of the board of directors and of the society, and for the promotion of the objects for which it is designed; such constitution, rules, bylaws, ordinances and regulations of the society and of the board of directors shall be printed and circulated among the members of the society within six months after their adoption; and the president of the board shall cause the same to be carried into effect; provided, such constitution, bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 14165) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12488; 1919 § 12057; 1909 § 689
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 340.312 — MO Code / Chapter 340 / Section 340.312
340.312 Technician certification, inactive status, when — notification of ...
Status: in_force

340.312. Technician certification, inactive status, when — notification of termination of employment — continuing education required, when. — 1. If the technician leaves the employment or supervision of the licensed veterinarian and is not employed by or supervised by another licensed veterinarian within thirty days of the termination of his or her employment, the technician's certificate shall be placed on inactive status. It is the responsibility of the technician to inform the executive director within thirty days of termination of his or her employment. It is grounds for revocation of the technician's certificate if he or she fails to notify the executive director of such termination.

2. Any veterinary technician in the state of Missouri whose certificate has been on inactive status will be required to complete the required continuing education credits in accordance with rules of the board, pay all fees and meet all other requirements of sections 340.200 to 340.330 and board rules for registration as a veterinary technician.

(L. 1992 H.B. 878 § 56, A.L. 1999 S.B. 424, A.L. 2004 H.B. 869)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.603 — MO Code / Chapter 327 / Section 327.603
327.603 License required to use title of professional landscape architect.
Status: in_force

327.603. License required to use title of professional landscape architect. — 1. No person shall practice or offer to practice, or hold himself or herself out as a professional landscape architect or as being able to practice landscape architecture in this state or to use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume, or advertise unless he or she is licensed as required by this chapter. Nothing in sections 327.600 to 327.635 shall be construed to require licensing of employees of the state of Missouri or its political subdivisions while performing duties for the state of Missouri or a political subdivision, provided the project does not jeopardize the public health, safety and welfare. Sections 327.600 to 327.635 shall not be construed to prohibit those persons engaged in nursery occupations, gardeners, landscape contractors, home builders or residential developers from preparing planting plans and items incidental thereto, provided the project scope does not jeopardize the public health, safety and welfare; nor shall sections 327.600 to 327.635 be construed to prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession as governed by applicable law. Nothing contained in this section shall under any circumstances be construed as in anyway affecting the laws relating to the practice, licensing, certification or registration of architects, professional engineers and professional land surveyors. An architect, professional engineer or professional land surveyor licensed, certified or registered to practice his or her profession or occupation pursuant to the provisions of any law to regulate the practice of such profession or occupation is exempt from licensing as a professional landscape architect, and nothing contained in this section shall under any circumstances be construed as in anyway precluding an architect or professional engineer from performing any of the services included within the definition of the term landscape architecture in section 327.600 .

2. Professional landscape architects shall be in responsible charge of all landscape architectural designs that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al. § 2, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.351 — MO Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.351
60.351 Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report.
Status: in_force

60.351. Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report. — It shall be the duty of every county surveyor and every deputy county surveyor to report as soon as practicable all violations of law relative to the destruction of landmarks that come under their observation, or of which they have knowledge, to the grand jury or to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurs.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 494.415 — MO Code / Chapter 494 / Section 494.415
494.415 Qualified jury list — juror qualification form, contents — postponement of ...
Status: in_force

494.415. Qualified jury list — juror qualification form, contents — postponement of service. — 1. From time to time and in a manner prescribed by the board of jury commissioners there shall be drawn at random from the master jury list the names or identifying numbers of as many prospective jurors as the court may require. The board of jury commissioners shall cause to be served in a manner prescribed by law for the service of summons or by ordinary mail, as determined by the board, a summons for jury service and a juror qualification form. The juror qualification form shall be approved by the circuit court en banc and shall:

(1) Contain instructions to fill out and return the form within ten days;

(2) Contain the prospective juror's declaration that his responses are true to the best of his knowledge; and

(3) Elicit information concerning the prospective juror's qualifications. Notarization of the juror qualification form shall not be required. If the prospective juror is unable to fill out the juror qualification form, another person may do it for the prospective juror and shall so indicate and the reason therefor. Any prospective juror who fails to return a completed juror qualification form as instructed may be directed by the board of jury commissioners to appear forthwith to fill out a juror qualification form.

2. If it is determined from an examination of the juror qualification form that a person is not qualified to serve as a juror, that prospective juror shall be notified in a manner directed by the board of jury commissioners and shall not be required to comply with the summons for jury service. Such names shall be deleted from the master jury list.

3. Upon application by a prospective juror, the jury supervisor or board of jury commissioners, acting in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the circuit court, may postpone that prospective juror's service to a later date.

4. Those prospective jurors not disqualified from jury service shall constitute the qualified jury list. If any prospective juror is later determined to be ineligible or disqualified, such name shall be deleted from the qualified jury list and the master jury list.

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.926 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.926
115.926 Electronic-mail address to be requested, use, confidentiality of.
Status: in_force

115.926. Electronic-mail address to be requested, use, confidentiality of. — 1. The election authority shall request an electronic-mail address from each covered voter who registers to vote. An electronic-mail address provided by a covered voter shall not be made available to the public or any individual or organization other than an authorized agent of the local election authority and is exempt from disclosure under the Missouri sunshine law contained in chapter 610 . The address shall be used only for official communication with the voter about the voting process, including transmitting military-overseas ballots and election materials if the voter has requested electronic transmission, and verifying the voter's mailing address and physical location. The request for an electronic-mail address shall describe the purposes for which the electronic-mail address may be used and include a statement that any other use or disclosure of the electronic-mail address is prohibited.

2. A covered voter who provides an electronic-mail address may request that the voter's application for a military-overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December thirty-first of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the voter specifies. An election authority shall provide a military-overseas ballot to a voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable. A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for a primary election under this subsection is entitled to receive a military-overseas ballot for the general election.

(L. 2013 S.B. 116) Effective 7-01-14
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 184.612 — MO Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.612
184.612 Additional indebtedness may be incurred by district with voter approval, ...
Status: in_force

184.612. Additional indebtedness may be incurred by district with voter approval, amount. — The metropolitan zoo district by a vote of the qualified voters thereof voting thereon as now or hereafter required by Section 26(b) of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution may incur an additional indebtedness for the purposes of the district. The total indebtedness authorized separately by the voters for the respective district shall not exceed five percent of the taxable tangible property therein as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes in the city and the county.

(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.210 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.210
191.210 Attendance of patient by private physician.
Status: in_force

191.210. Attendance of patient by private physician. — Any person having any relative committed to the custody of any institution under the control of the state department of social services may, at their own expense, employ a licensed physician or other qualified practitioner to administer treatments to such patients. Persons so employed shall confine such treatment to the individual patient concerned. The state shall not be liable for any additional cost incurred as a result of the employment of such persons.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 314 § 10i, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.200 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.200
40.200 Sentence, approval by convening authority — powers.
Status: in_force

40.200. Sentence, approval by convening authority — powers. — In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such part or amount of the sentence, as he finds correct in law and fact and as the convening authority in his discretion determines should be approved. Unless he indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings and sentence.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 65)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.310 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.310
473.310 Specific execution of contract of decedent, court order — warranties — ...
Status: in_force

473.310. Specific execution of contract of decedent, court order — warranties — conveyance or lease under will. — 1. If the court, after hearing all parties, believes that specific execution of such contract ought to be made, it shall make an order that the personal representative execute and deliver an instrument of conveyance to the person entitled thereto upon performance of the contract.

2. The deed of conveyance shall refer in apt and appropriate terms to the order of court under which it is made, shall convey the property according to the order and shall be acknowledged by the personal representative. If the contract for a conveyance requires the giving of warranties, the deed to be given by the personal representative shall contain the warranties required. Such warranties shall be binding on the estate as though made by the decedent but shall not bind the personal representative personally.

3. If a personal representative has been given power by will to make a conveyance or lease, he may execute, in lieu of the foregoing procedure, and without order of the court, a conveyance or lease to the person entitled thereto upon performance of the contract.

4. The deed made under this section is as effectual as if it had been executed by the decedent.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 171, 172, 173, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 120, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637, A.L. 1983 H.B. 369) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 172, 173, 174; 1919 §§ 171, 172, 173; 1909 §§ 180, 181, 182
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.025 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.025
79.025 Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill).
Status: in_force

79.025. Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill). — No city of the fourth classification with more than two thousand three hundred but fewer than two thousand four hundred inhabitants and located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than one hundred ninety-eight thousand but fewer than one hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred inhabitants shall annex any territory adjacent to the city if such adjacent territory proposed for annexation does not contain any registered voters unless the city has obtained the written consent of all the owners of real property within such adjacent territory.

(L. 2010 H.B. 1806 merged with S.B. 942) Effective 5-25-10 (H.B. 1806); 8-28-10 (S.B. 942)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.565 — MO Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.565
59.565 Electronically transmitted signature valid, when.
Status: in_force

59.565. Electronically transmitted signature valid, when. — 1. Any statutory requirement that a document be signed by any person shall be satisfied by an electronically transmitted signature that is:

(1) Unique to the person signing;

(2) Capable of verification;

(3) Under the sole control of the person signing;

(4) Linked to the document in such a manner that if data is changed, the signature is invalidated; and

(5) Intended by the person signing to have the same force and effect as a manual signature; provided that, the recorder of deeds has a security procedure in place so that the electronically transmitted signature is verified to detect forgeries and errors in transmissions, and a procedure to ensure that such signature was intended to be placed on such document by the authorized signer. A security procedure may require the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption, call back procedures, or similar security devices. Comparison of a signature on a document with an authorized specimen signature shall not by itself be security procedure.

2. The execution of any document with a properly authenticated digital signature and acknowledgment pursuant to this section constitutes an affirmation, under penalty of perjury, that the facts stated in such document are true and that such person or persons are duly authorized to execute such document.

(L. 1999 H.B. 795 § 2)