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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 234.230 — MO Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.230
234.230 Highways and transportation commission may contribute to cost — amount.
Status: in_force

234.230. Highways and transportation commission may contribute to cost — amount. — The state highways and transportation commission may, when in its opinion the best interests of the state require, contribute not to exceed thirty percent of the cost of construction of such bridge or bridges when constructed under the provisions of sections 234.210 and 234.220 and when such bridges form a part of or a continuation of the state highway system, and may incorporate any such toll bridge into the state highway system and maintain such bridge as a part of the state highway system; provided, however, that such law shall create no obligation or responsibility on the part of the state highways and transportation commission to make any refund for any moneys expended in the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of such bridge.

(RSMo 1939 § 8549)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.266 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.266
436.266 Uniformity considered in applying law.
Status: in_force

436.266. Uniformity considered in applying law. — In applying and construing sections 436.215 to 436.272 , consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of sections 436.215 to 436.272 among states that enact it.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.220 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.220
137.220 Assessor to prepare plats to all tracts and lots.
Status: in_force

137.220. Assessor to prepare plats to all tracts and lots. — The assessor of St. Louis City shall cause to be prepared plats covering all tracts and lots of land in said city, and the county assessor in every county where the county commission shall have passed an order requiring an alphabetical arrangement of the land list, shall cause to be prepared plats covering all tracts and lots of lands in such county, showing upon the respective pieces of property, as marked down on said plats, the names of the persons to whom each tract or lot was assessed for each year; he shall cause the changes for the assessment of the following years to be marked in different inks, stating on the first leaf of each plat book for what years the different inks were used, and such plats shall not be used to record the changes for a longer period than seven assessment years on each set of plats; and in every such county where an alphabetical arrangement of the land list shall be adopted by order of the county commission, such commission shall allow to the assessor a reasonable compensation for preparing such plat and procuring the books therefor.

(RSMo 1939 § 10972, A.L. 1945 p. 1782 § 35) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9781; 1919 § 12791; 1909 § 11373
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.521 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.521
475.521 Definitions — significant connection factors.
Status: in_force

475.521. Definitions — significant connection factors. — 1. In this article, the following terms mean:

(1) "Emergency" , a circumstance that likely will result in substantial harm to a respondent's health, safety, or welfare, and for which the appointment of a guardian is necessary because no other person has authority and is willing to act on the respondent's behalf;

(2) "Home state" , the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months immediately before the filing of a petition for a protective order or the appointment of a guardian; or if none, the state in which the respondent was physically present, including any period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months ending within the six months prior to the filing of the petition;

(3) "Significant-connection state" , a state, other than the home state, with which a respondent has a significant connection other than mere physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the respondent is available.

2. In determining under section 475.523 and subsection 5 of section 475.531 whether a respondent has a significant connection with a particular state, the court shall consider:

(1) The location of the respondent's family and other persons required to be notified of the guardianship or protective proceeding;

(2) The length of time the respondent at any time was physically present in the state and the duration of any absence;

(3) The location of the respondent's property; and

(4) The extent to which the respondent has ties to the state such as voting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle registration, driver's license, social relationship, and receipt of services.

(L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.206 — MO Code / Chapter 573 / Section 573.206
573.206 Patronizing a sexual performance of a child, offense of — penalty.
Status: in_force

573.206. Patronizing a sexual performance of a child, offense of — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of patronizing a sexual performance by a child if such person obtains, solicits, or participates in a sexual performance by a child under eighteen years of age.

2. The offense of patronizing a sexual performance by a child is a class C felony.

(L. 2022 S.B. 775, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.160 — MO Code / Chapter 521 / Section 521.160
521.160 Separate writs may issue to different counties, when.
Status: in_force

521.160. Separate writs may issue to different counties, when. — When there are several defendants, who reside or have property in different counties, and when a single defendant in any such action has property or effects in different counties, separate writs may issue to every such county.

(RSMo 1939 § 1458) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1294; 1919 § 1745; 1909 § 2314
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.360 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.360
301.360 Record established by chapter 301 to be retained or destroyed, when.
Status: in_force

301.360. Record established by chapter 301 to be retained or destroyed, when. — Records established pursuant to this chapter shall be retained or destroyed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 109 .

(RSMo 1939 § 8368, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380; L. 1945 p. 1222 § 1; A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1987 S.B. 3) Prior revision: 1929 § 7760
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.460 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.460
99.460 Power of eminent domain — procedure.
Status: in_force

99.460. Power of eminent domain — procedure. — 1. An authority whose board members are appointed by one or more elected officials shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for a land clearance project or for its purposes under this law after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner and under the procedure provided for corporations in chapter 523 and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

2. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to the municipality, the county or the state may be acquired without its consent.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 8, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 53.030 — MO Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53.030
53.030 Oath.
Status: in_force

53.030. Oath. — Every assessor shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to demean himself faithfully in office and to assess all of the real and tangible personal property in the county in which he assesses at what he believes to be the actual cash value. He shall endorse this oath on his certificate of election or appointment before entering upon the duties of his office.

(RSMo 1939 § 10946, A.L. 1945 p. 1782 § 4) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9752; 1919 § 12762; 1909 § 11344
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.485 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.485
87.485 Funds exempt from garnishment or other legal process.
Status: in_force

87.485. Funds exempt from garnishment or other legal process. — No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, and before the actual payment thereof to such persons, be held, seized, taken, subjected to, or detained or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever issued out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damages, claim, demand or judgment against the beneficiary of said funds; but the said funds shall be held and distributed for the purposes of sections 87.380 to 87.490 , and for no other purpose whatever.

(RSMo 1939 § 9540) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8975; 1919 § 9076; 1909 § 9901
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 472.445 — MO Code / Chapter 472 / Section 472.445
472.445 Catalogue of electronic communications, disclosure to agent, when.
Status: in_force

472.445. Catalogue of electronic communications, disclosure to agent, when. — Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the principal, or provided by a power of attorney, a custodian shall disclose to an agent with specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of a principal a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, of the principal if the agent gives the custodian:

(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

(2) An original or a copy of the power of attorney that gives the agent specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of the principal;

(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect; and

(4) If requested by the custodian for the purpose of identifying the correct account of the correct user:

(a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal's account; or

(b) Evidence linking the account to the principal.

(L. 2018 H.B. 1250)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.170 — MO Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.170
451.170 Lost record of marriage supplied, how.
Status: in_force

451.170. Lost record of marriage supplied, how. — In any county in this state where the record of any marriage has been lost or destroyed, such record may be supplied by the minister or officer who solemnized any such marriage, by filing in the recorder's office of such county a certificate showing the names of the persons by him married, the date of such marriage, and the county in which the same was solemnized.

(RSMo 1939 § 3641) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3251; 1919 § 10613; 1909 § 10424
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.140 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.140
570.140 Deceptive business practice — penalty.
Status: in_force

570.140. Deceptive business practice — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he or she recklessly:

(1) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;

(2) Sells, offers, displays for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service;

(3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he or she furnishes the weight or measure;

(4) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities;

(5) Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit;

(6) Promotes the sale of property or services by a false or misleading statement in any advertisement; or

(7) Advertises in any manner the sale of property or services with the purpose not to sell or provide the property or services:

(a) At the price which he or she offered them;

(b) In a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonably expected public demand, unless the quantity is specifically stated in the advertisement; or

(c) At all.

2. The offense of deceptive business practice is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.620 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.620
447.620 Definitions.
Status: in_force

447.620. Definitions. — As used in sections 447.620 to 447.640 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Housing code" , a local building, fire, health, property maintenance, nuisance, or other ordinance which contains standards regulating the condition or maintenance of residential buildings;

(2) "Last known address" , the address where the property is located or the address as listed in the property tax records;

(3) "Municipality" , any incorporated city, town, or village;

(4) "Nuisance" , any property which because of its physical condition or use is a public nuisance or any property which constitutes a blight on the surrounding area or any property which is in violation of the applicable housing code such that it constitutes a substantial threat to the life, health, or safety of the public. For purposes of sections 447.620 to 447.640 , any declaration of a public nuisance by a municipality pursuant to an ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 67.400 to 67.450 shall constitute prima facie evidence that the property is a nuisance;

(5) "Organization" , any Missouri not-for-profit organization validly organized pursuant to law and whose purpose includes the provision or enhancement of housing opportunities in its community and which has been incorporated for at least six months;

(6) "Parties in interest" , any owner or owners of record, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, personal representative, agent, or other party having an interest in the property as shown by the land records of the recorder of deeds of the county wherein the property is located, except in any municipality contained wholly or partially within a county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, "parties in interest" shall mean owners, lessees, mortgagees, or lienholders whose interest has been recorded or filed in the public records;

(7) "Rehabilitation" , the process of improving the property, including, but not limited to, bringing the property into compliance with the applicable housing code.

(L. 1993 S.B. 376 § 1, A.L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634 merged with S.B. 1086 & 1126, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.200 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.200
545.200 Instruments, how described.
Status: in_force

545.200. Instruments, how described. — In all other cases, whenever it shall be necessary to make any averment in any indictment as to any instrument, whether the same consists wholly or in part of writing, print or figures, it shall be sufficient to describe such instrument by any name or designation by which the same may be usually known, or by the purport thereof, without setting out any copy or facsimile of the whole or any part thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 3947) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3558; 1919 § 3903; 1909 § 5110
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.501 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.501
334.501 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

334.501. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The state board of registration for the healing arts may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a license or temporary license as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, as such terms are defined in section 334.500 and as provided in section 334.550 .

2. If the state board of registration for the healing arts requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the state board of registration for the healing arts 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 state board of registration for the healing arts 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 state board of registration for the healing arts.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.220 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.220
478.220 Circuit and associate circuit judges, jurisdiction, restrictions.
Status: in_force

478.220. Circuit and associate circuit judges, jurisdiction, restrictions. — Circuit judges and associate circuit judges may hear and determine all cases and matters within the jurisdiction of their circuit courts, subject however, to the following restrictions:

(1) Circuit judges shall not hear and determine municipal ordinance violation cases, except upon trial de novo, unless the judge be transferred or assigned to hear and determine the case or that class of case pursuant to section 478.240 or 478.245 , or Section 6 of Article V of the Constitution; and

(2) Each circuit judge or associate circuit judge who serves as the judge of the probate division of the circuit court may hear and determine all cases and matters within the probate division of the circuit court in the county for which he is judge in accordance with the rules of civil procedure, except where specific statutes govern procedure in the probate division; and

(3) The provisions of this section authorizing the hearing and determination of particular cases or classes of cases by circuit judges and associate circuit judges shall be subject to the transfer, assignment, and disqualification provisions contained in Article V of the Constitution, in provisions of law, or in court rules which are authorized by the constitution or by law.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.600 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.600
99.600 Community may issue and sell bonds to aid project.
Status: in_force

99.600. Community may issue and sell bonds to aid project. — Any community located in whole or in part within the area of operation of an authority may grant funds to an authority for the purpose of aiding such authority in carrying out any of its powers and functions under this law. To obtain funds for this purpose the community may levy taxes or may issue and sell its bonds. Any bonds to be issued by the community pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations, except as herein otherwise provided, prescribed by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of such bonds for public purposes generally.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 19)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 364.030 — MO Code / Chapter 364 / Section 364.030
364.030 Financial institutions to obtain license, exceptions — application — fee.
Status: in_force

364.030. Financial institutions to obtain license, exceptions — application — fee. — 1. No person shall engage in the business of a financing institution in this state without a license therefor as provided in this chapter; except, however, that no bank, trust company, loan and investment company, licensed sales finance company, licensee under the provisions of sections 367.100 to 367.200 , or person who makes only occasional purchases of retail time contracts or accounts under retail charge agreements and which purchases are not being made in the course of repeated or successive purchase of retail installment contracts from the same seller, shall be required to obtain a license under this chapter but shall comply with all the laws of this state applicable to the conduct and operation of a financing institution.

2. The application for the license shall be in writing, under oath and in the form prescribed by the director. At the time of filing an application for licensure, the applicant shall pay a licensing fee, to be determined by the director from time to time, not to exceed five thousand dollars and a fee for each additional location where such applicant conducts business, to be determined by the director from time to time, not to exceed one thousand dollars. Applicants who have not exceeded one hundred active accounts at any point in the previous licensing year, shall pay a licensing fee, to be determined by the director from time to time, not to exceed one thousand dollars and a fee for each additional location where such applicant conducts business, to be determined by the director from time to time, not to exceed one thousand dollars. The licensing period shall run from January first to December thirty-first. Thereafter, every licensee shall pay a like fee on or before December thirty-first of each year. All license fees paid pursuant to this section shall be credited to the consumer licensing fund, established pursuant to section 361.170 .

3. Each license shall specify the location of the office or branch and must be conspicuously displayed therein. In case the location is changed, the director shall either endorse the change of location of the license or mail the licensee a certificate to that effect, without charge.

(L. 1963 p. 463 § 3, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1195, A.L. 2003 S.B. 346, A.L. 2015 H.B. 587 merged with S.B. 345, A.L. 2023 S.B. 13, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2423)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 55.110 — MO Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55.110
55.110 Appointment of clerical assistants (second class and certain first class ...
Status: in_force

55.110. Appointment of clerical assistants (second class and certain first class counties). — The county auditor in counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and in counties of the second class may also employ the office and clerical assistants, with the approval of the county commission, that are deemed necessary for the proper and efficient operation of his office, at the salaries fixed by the county auditor, with the approval of the county commission.

(L. 1945 p. 1406 § 13885a, A.L. 1959 S.B. 60, A.L. 1973 H.B. 678)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 7.240 — MO Code / Chapter 7 / Section 7.240
7.240 Governor to convene commission.
Status: in_force

7.240. Governor to convene commission. — The Missouri boundary commission shall be convened by the governor when there is a need to conduct boundary negotiations with any adjoining state. The general public commission members shall be selected when the commission is convened for such negotiation.

(L. 1992 S.B. 571 § 5, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 94.240 — MO Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.240
94.240 Board shall not exempt any person from any tax.
Status: in_force

94.240. Board shall not exempt any person from any tax. — The mayor and board of aldermen shall have no power to release any person from the payment of any tax, or exempt any person from any burden imposed by law.

(RSMo 1939 § 7163) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7013; 1919 § 8464; 1909 § 9366
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.350 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.350
178.350 District may be excused from maintaining part-time school.
Status: in_force

178.350. District may be excused from maintaining part-time school. — The state board of education may, upon special hearing in each case, excuse a school district from either establishing or maintaining part-time schooling.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-35) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 162.250)