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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.196 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.196
301.196 Transferors of interest in motor vehicles or trailers, notice to revenue, ...
Status: in_force

301.196. Transferors of interest in motor vehicles or trailers, notice to revenue, when, form — exceptions. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided in this section, the transferor of an interest in a motor vehicle or trailer listed on the face of a Missouri title, excluding salvage titles and junking certificates, shall notify the department of revenue of the transfer within thirty days of the date of transfer. The notice shall be in a form determined by the department by rule and shall contain:

(1) The name of the transferor;

(2) A description of the motor vehicle or trailer sufficient to identify it;

(3) The vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle or trailer;

(4) The name and address of the transferee;

(5) The date of birth of the transferee, unless the transferee is not a natural person;

(6) The date of the transfer or sale;

(7) The purchase price of the motor vehicle or trailer, if applicable;

(8) The number of the transferee's drivers license, unless the transferee does not have a drivers license;

(9) The transferor's electronic signature if transmitted electronically or the signatures of the transferee and transferor if not submitted electronically. For the purposes of this section, "transmitted electronically" shall have the same meaning as an electronic signature as defined in section 432.205 ;

(10) Any other information required by the department by rule.

2. A notice of sale substantially complying with the requirements of this section is effective even though it contains minor errors which are not materially misleading.

3. For purposes of giving notice under this section, if the transfer occurs by operation of law, the personal representative, receiver, trustee, sheriff, or other representative or successor in interest of the person whose interest is transferred shall be considered the transferor. Repossession by a creditor shall not be considered a transfer of ownership requiring such notice.

4. The requirements of this section shall not apply to transfers when there is no complete change of ownership interest or upon award of ownership of a motor vehicle or trailer made by court order, or transfers of ownership of a motor vehicle or trailer to or between vehicle dealers, or transfers of ownership of a motor vehicle or trailer to an insurance company due to a theft or casualty loss, or transfers of beneficial ownership of a motor vehicle owned by a trust.

5. Notification under this section is only required for transfers of ownership that would otherwise require registration and an application for certificate of title in this state under section 301.190 , and is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an assignment or release of any interest in the vehicle.

6. Retail sales made by licensed dealers including sales of new vehicles shall be reported pursuant to the provisions of section 301.280 .

(L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 82, A.L. 2015 H.B. 686 merged with S.B. 254)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.440 — MO Code / Chapter 290 / Section 290.440
290.440 Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof.
Status: in_force

290.440. Female may recover wages, when — burden of proof. — 1. Any employer who violates section 290.410 is liable to the female employee affected in the amount of the wages of which the female employee is deprived by reason of the violation.

2. Any female employee receiving less than the wage to which she is entitled under sections 290.400 to 290.450 may recover in a civil action the balance of the wages, together with the costs of suit, notwithstanding any agreement to work for a lesser wage.

3. The burden of proof shall be upon the person bringing the claim to establish that the differentiation in rate of pay is based upon the factor of sex and not upon other differences or factors.

(L. 1963 p. 416 §§ 3, 6, 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 541.100 — MO Code / Chapter 541 / Section 541.100
541.100 Wounded in another state and dying in this.
Status: in_force

541.100. Wounded in another state and dying in this. — If any such wound or mortal injury shall have been inflicted in another state on any human being who shall die thereof within this state, an indictment may be found and a trial and conviction thereon had, in the county in which the death happened, in all respects as if the wound or injury had been inflicted in such county.

(RSMo 1939 § 3772) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3382; 1919 § 3727; 1909 § 4938
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.040 — MO Code / Chapter 214 / Section 214.040
214.040 Plots and records of cemeteries to be maintained, where — requirements.
Status: in_force

214.040. Plots and records of cemeteries to be maintained, where — requirements. — 1. Every person or association which owns any cemetery in which dead human remains are or may be buried or otherwise interred, except a private or family cemetery, shall cause to be maintained in an office in the cemetery, or in an office within a reasonable distance of the cemetery, a plat of such cemetery showing the entire area and location of the cemetery, the portion thereof which is formally dedicated for the burial of dead human remains, all burial lots or interment spaces, and all walks, roads, improvements and features. The cemetery operator shall cause the plat to be updated from time to time as is necessary to cause the plat to remain current.

2. The cemetery operator shall also cause to be maintained at such office a record of the owner of each burial lot or interment space described in the current plat of the cemetery and a record of all dead human remains buried or interred at the cemetery, which record shall include the name of each deceased person buried or interred at the cemetery, the date of burial or interment, the location of burial or interment and, if known, the name and address of the funeral director who provided the memorial service or other final arrangements for the deceased person. The cemetery operator shall cause reasonable assistance to be provided to burial lot or interment space owners in locating their lots or spaces and to the family or other interested persons in locating the place of burial or interment of deceased persons whose remains are buried or interred in the cemetery.

(RSMo 1939 § 15261, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1079) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14052; 1919 § 1080; 1909 § 1302 (1959) The fact that the purchaser's name was not placed upon the plat of the cemetery lot as required by this section does not cause the purchaser to lose title to the lot. The burden of placing the name on the plat was upon the owner of the cemetery and not upon the purchaser. Billings v. Paine (Mo.), 319 S.W.2d 653.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.040 — MO Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10.040
10.040 State arboreal emblem.
Status: in_force

10.040. State arboreal emblem. — The flowering dogwood scientifically designated as Cornus Florida L. is declared to be the arboreal emblem of Missouri and the state department of agriculture shall recognize it as the official state tree and encourage its cultivation on account of the beauty of its flower and foliage.

(L. 1955 p. 769 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 726)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 171.151 — MO Code / Chapter 171 / Section 171.151
171.151 Daily register required, contents of.
Status: in_force

171.151. Daily register required, contents of. — Each public school of the state shall keep a daily register in which shall be entered the name, age, date of entrance and record of attendance of each pupil and the studies pursued by the pupil.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 11-15, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.140)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.785 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.785
374.785 Apprehension of defendant, permitted where.
Status: in_force

374.785. Apprehension of defendant, permitted where. — For the purpose of surrender of the defendant, a surety recovery agent may apprehend the defendant anywhere within the state of Missouri before or after the forfeiture of the undertaking without personal liability for false imprisonment or may empower any surety recovery agent to make apprehension by providing written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the undertaking and paying the lawful fees.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122, A.L. 2018 S.B. 840)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1047 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1047
375.1047 Unremediated material weaknesses to be furnished to director, requirements ...
Status: in_force

375.1047. Unremediated material weaknesses to be furnished to director, requirements — insurer to communicate remedial actions taken. — 1. In addition to the annual audited financial report, each insurer shall furnish the director with a written communication as to any unremediated material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting noted during the audit. Such communication shall be prepared by the accountant within sixty days after the filing of the annual audited financial report and shall contain a description of any unremediated material weakness, as the term material weakness is defined by Statement on Auditing Standard 60, Communication of Internal Control Related Matters Noted in an Audit, or its replacement, as of December thirty-first immediately preceding in the insurer's internal control over financial reporting noted by the accountant during the course of their audit of the financial statements. If no unremediated material weaknesses were noted, the communication shall so state.

2. The insurer is required to provide a description of remedial actions taken or proposed to correct unremediated material weaknesses, if the actions are not described in the accountant's communication.

(L. 1991 H.B. 385, et al. § 11, A.L. 2009 H.B. 577)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 356.051 — MO Code / Chapter 356 / Section 356.051
356.051 Purposes.
Status: in_force

356.051. Purposes. — Professional corporations may be incorporated for the purpose of rendering one or more types of professional service, and services ancillary thereto, and in addition, for any purpose or purposes for which corporations may be organized under the general and business corporation law of Missouri, chapter 351 , to the extent that such combination of professional services or of professional services and business purposes is expressly permitted by the licensing authorities that regulate each of such professions. Except to the extent that such a combination is permitted by such licensing authorities, a professional corporation may be organized under sections 356.011 to 356.261 only for the purpose of rendering a single type of professional service and services ancillary thereto.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1230)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.254 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.254
86.254 Special advisors, qualifications, duties, compensation — effective, when — ...
Status: in_force

86.254. Special advisors, qualifications, duties, compensation — effective, when — surviving spouses as advisors, when, compensation. — 1. Beginning July 1, 1994, in addition to any other annuity, benefits, or retirement allowance provided pursuant to sections 86.200 to 86.366 , each present and future retired member after attaining the age of sixty years shall, upon application to the board of trustees, be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board of trustees as an advisor on the problems of retirement, aging and other matters, for the remainder of the retired member's life, and upon request of the board of trustees shall give opinions in writing or orally in response to such requests as may be required.

2. For the performance of duties required in subsection 1 of this section, each retired member employed as an advisor by the board of trustees shall be compensated monthly in an amount of ten dollars per month multiplied by the number of years the retired member is past the age of sixty years. The compensation provided by this subsection shall be adjusted annually. No funding shall be required prior to the effective date of this benefit.

3. Beginning October 1, 1999, in addition to any other benefit provided to any surviving spouse pursuant to sections 86.200 to 86.366 , each present and future surviving spouse of a member after attaining the age of sixty years shall upon application to the board of trustees, be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board of trustees as an advisor on the problems of retirement, aging and other matters for the remainder of the surviving spouse's life, and upon request of the board of trustees shall give opinions in writing or orally in response to such requests as may be required.

4. For the performance of duties required in subsection 3 of this section, each surviving spouse of a member employed as an advisor by the board of trustees shall be compensated monthly in an amount of ten dollars per month multiplied by the number of years the surviving spouse is past the age of sixty years. The compensation provided by this subsection shall be adjusted annually.

(L. 1990 S.B. 593, A.L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.110 — MO Code / Chapter 515 / Section 515.110
515.110 Power to compel attendance of witnesses.
Status: in_force

515.110. Power to compel attendance of witnesses. — They shall have the same power that may be given by law to associate circuit judges, to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and to compel their attendance by attachment, to administer oaths, and punish contempts committed in their presence during the hearing of the cause, and commit to the jail of the county such witnesses as refuse to testify.

(RSMo 1939 § 1149) Prior revisions: 1929 § 983; 1919 § 1433; 1909 § 2003
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 23.020 — MO Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23.020
23.020 Duties of committee.
Status: in_force

23.020. Duties of committee. — The committee shall perform the following services for the members of the general assembly:

(1) Provide a research and reference service on legislative problems;

(2) Upon written request, make investigation into legislative and governmental institutions of this state or other states to aid the general assembly;

(3) Upon written request, assist and cooperate with any interim legislative committee or commission created by the general assembly;

(4) Upon written request, draft or aid in drafting bills, resolutions, memorials and amendments and render any other service in connection therewith for any member of the general assembly.

(L. 1943 p. 632 § 14743A, A.L. 1957 p. 595) CROSS REFERENCE: Revision of statutes, duties of committee, Chap. 3
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 472.190 — MO Code / Chapter 472 / Section 472.190
472.190 Appeals stayed or consolidated, when.
Status: in_force

472.190. Appeals stayed or consolidated, when. — When an appeal is taken from any appealable order, judgment or decree in the administration of a decedent's estate, made prior to the decree of final settlement and distribution, the probate division of the circuit court, in its discretion, and if no person is prejudiced thereby, may order that the appeal be stayed until the decree of final distribution is made and that the appeal be heard only as a part of any appeal which may be taken from the decree of final settlement and distribution. This section does not apply to guardianships.

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 19, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 138.015 — MO Code / Chapter 138 / Section 138.015
138.015 Representation of constitutional charter cities under 300,000 on board — ...
Status: in_force

138.015. Representation of constitutional charter cities under 300,000 on board — compensation. — For the purpose of giving cities organized under the provisions of Article VI, Section 19, of the Constitution having less than three hundred thousand inhabitants representation on the county board of equalization when the board is sitting for the purpose of equalizing the assessment of property in such cities the cities shall have the same number of representatives thereon as such city was entitled to prior to the adoption of such constitutional charter. The representatives of the cities shall be appointed by the council, one of whom may be the director of finance. The city council may prescribe the compensation the city members of the board of equalization shall receive from the city treasury.

(L. 1955 p. 845 § 1, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1155)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.620 — MO Code / Chapter 546 / Section 546.620
546.620 Power of sheriff to summon aid.
Status: in_force

546.620. Power of sheriff to summon aid. — Such sheriff or deputy, while conveying a convict to the penitentiary, shall have the same power and like authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this state in securing such convict, and retaking him if he shall escape, as if such sheriff or deputy were in the county in which he is such officer; and all persons who shall neglect or refuse to assist such sheriff or deputy, when required, shall be liable to the same penalties as if such officer were in his own county.

(RSMo 1939 § 4107) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3718; 1919 § 4062; 1909 § 5268
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 171.410 — MO Code / Chapter 171 / Section 171.410
171.410 Program may be taught to first graders, purpose.
Status: in_force

171.410. Program may be taught to first graders, purpose. — 1. Each school district and charter school may annually teach the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program to first grade students. School districts and charter schools may also teach any substantially similar program of the same qualifications or any successor program in lieu of the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

2. The purpose of the educational program shall be to promote the safety and protection of children. The educational program shall emphasize how students should respond if they encounter a firearm. School personnel and program instructors shall not make value judgments about firearms.

3. No school district or charter school shall include or use a firearm or demonstrate the use of a firearm when teaching the program.

4. Students with disabilities shall participate to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

5. School districts and charter schools may seek grant funding for the program from public, private, and nonprofit entities.

(L. 2013 S.B. 75)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 274.210 — MO Code / Chapter 274 / Section 274.210
274.210 Marketing contracts — enforcement.
Status: in_force

274.210. Marketing contracts — enforcement. — 1. The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the members to the association upon the breach by him of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products; and may further provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses and fees, in case any action is brought upon the contract by the association; and any such provisions shall be valid and enforceable as such and shall not be regarded as penalties.

2. In event of any such breach or threatened breach of such marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a decree of specific performance thereof. Pending the adjudication of such an action and upon filing a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach, and upon filing a sufficient bond, the association shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order against the member.

3. In any action upon such marketing agreement, it shall be conclusively presumed that landowner or landlord or lessor is able to control the delivery of products produced on his land by tenants or others, whose tenancy or possession or work on such land or the terms of whose tenancy or possession or labor thereon were created or changed after execution by the landowner or landlord or lessor, of such a marketing agreement; and in such actions the foregoing remedies for nondelivery or breach shall lie and be enforceable against such a landowner, landlord or lessor.

(RSMo 1939 § 14349, A. 1949 S.B. 1098) Prior revision: 1929 § 12691
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.444 — MO Code / Chapter 211 / Section 211.444
211.444 Termination of parental rights, when.
Status: in_force

211.444. Termination of parental rights, when. — The juvenile court may, upon petition of the juvenile officer or a child-placing agency licensed under sections 210.481 to 210.536 in conjunction with a placement with such agency under subsection 6 of section 453.010 or a private attorney filing a petition for adoption under the provisions of chapter 453 , terminate the rights of a parent or receive the consent to a specific adoption or waiver of consent to adoption executed by a parent or named father to a child, including a child who is a ward of the court, if the court finds that such termination, consent to a specific adoption, or waiver of consent to adoption is in the best interests of the child, and the parent or named father has, in a properly executed writing under section 453.030 or 453.050 , consented to the termination of his or her parental rights, consented to a specific adoption, or waived consent to adoption.

(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 343, A.L. 1998 S.B. 674, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84, A.L. 2018 S.B. 800) CROSS REFERENCE: Application of law to adoption petitions filed on or after August 28, 1997, 453.012 (1987) Termination of parental rights of father was not in the best interest of adopted child even though father consented to termination where father sought termination of parental rights pursuant to this section in order to be relieved of financial obligations toward child imposed on him by divorce decree. In Interest of B.L.G., 731 S.W.2d 492 (Mo. App.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 173.2520 — MO Code / Chapter 173 / Section 173.2520
173.2520 Pilot program established — report.
Status: in_force

173.2520. Pilot program established — report. — 1. As used in this section, the term "concurrent postsecondary enrollment" shall mean coordinated enrollment in coursework at both a four-year and a two-year postsecondary institution at the same time and for which the coursework is officially recorded by both institutions.

2. The coordinating board for higher education shall establish a concurrent enrollment pilot program for the purpose of providing students with a broader range of academic and student support services while streamlining the path to degree completion. The pilot project will be implemented in one or more public four-year institutions and one or more public two-year institutions. The pilot program is intended to determine the feasibility of extending a concurrent enrollment option to other institutions in the state.

3. By January 1, 2020, the coordinating board shall provide a report to the governor and the general assembly on the outcomes of the pilot program and provide a recommendation regarding the expansion of the program statewide.

(L. 2016 S.B. 997)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.067 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.067
88.067 Condemnation of property — change of venue.
Status: in_force

88.067. Condemnation of property — change of venue. — No change of venue shall be allowed in any of the proceedings under sections 88.010 to 88.070 to which any city having not less than ten thousand inhabitants and not more than thirty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter is a party except where the judge of the court shall be disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statute of this state relating to change of venue in civil cases. If the judge of such court is disqualified or is charged by any person interested in such proceedings with being disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statute, it shall be the duty of said judge to call in a judge from some other judicial circuit of this state to sit and hear the proceedings and render his decree and judgment the same as the regular judge could have done. Said judge so called shall receive for his services mileage and ten dollars per day for each day engaged, to be taxed as cost in the cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 7496, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7343; 1919 § 8757