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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.700 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.700
478.700 Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Status: in_force

478.700. Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected. — 1. There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Texas. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.

2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in 1982.

(L. 1973 H.B. 69, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79 Revisor's note: Pursuant to section 478.330, in 2025 a new circuit judge position was authorized in the 25th judicial circuit and funded in H.B. 12, 2025.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.5026 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.5026
67.5026 Qualifications of board members.
Status: in_force

67.5026. Qualifications of board members. — Board members shall be citizens of the United States and shall reside within the county or city, as the case may be, from which they are appointed. No board member shall receive compensation for performance of duties as a board member. No board member shall be financially interested directly or indirectly in any contract entered into pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 .

(L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1290 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1290
375.1290 Policyholder's right to reject, procedures — second and third notices, when ...
Status: in_force

375.1290. Policyholder's right to reject, procedures — second and third notices, when — response deemed received, when. — 1. Every policyholder shall have the right to reject the transfer and novation of their contract of insurance. Policyholders electing to reject the assumption transaction shall return to the transferring insurer the preaddressed postage-paid response card or other written notice and indicate thereon that the assumption is rejected.

2. Payment of the next premium to the assuming company after the notice of transfer is received shall be deemed to indicate the policyholder's acceptance of the transfer to the assuming insurer, and a novation shall be deemed to have been effected, provided that the premium notice clearly states that payment of the premium to the assuming insurer shall constitute acceptance of the transfer. However, the premium notice shall also provide a method for the insured to pay the premium while reserving the right to reject the transfer.

3. After no fewer than twelve months from the mailing of the initial notice of transfer required under subsection 1 of section 375.1287 , if positive consent to the transfer and assumption has not been received and consent has not been deemed to have occurred under subsection 2 of this section, the transferring company shall send to the policyholder a second notice of transfer as specified in subsection 1 of section 375.1287 . After no fewer than twenty-four months from the mailing of the initial notice of transfer, if positive consent to the transfer and assumption has not been received and consent has not been deemed to have occurred under subsection 2 of this section, the transferring company shall send to the policyholder a third and final notice of transfer. If the policyholder does not reject the transfer during the six-month period immediately following the date on which the transferring insurer mails the third and final notice of transfer, the policyholder's consent will be deemed to have occurred and novation of the contract will be effected.

4. The transferring insurer will be deemed to have received the response card or other written notice on the date it is postmarked. A policyholder may also send a response card or other written notice by facsimile or other electronic transmission or by registered mail, express delivery or courier service, in which case the response card shall be deemed to have been received by the assuming insurer on the date of actual receipt by the transferring insurer.

(L. 1993 H.B. 709 § 17)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.1215 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.1215
376.1215 Immunizations, mandated coverage, exceptions, rulemaking.
Status: in_force

376.1215. Immunizations, mandated coverage, exceptions, rulemaking. — 1. All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis, individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a health services corporation, individual and group service contracts issued by a health maintenance organization and all self-insured group arrangements to the extent not preempted by federal law and all managed health care delivery entities of any type or description shall provide coverage for immunizations of a child from birth to five years of age as provided by department of health and senior services regulations.

2. Such coverage shall not be subject to any deductible or co-payment limits.

3. The contract issued by a health maintenance organization may provide that the benefits required pursuant to this section shall be covered benefits only if the services are rendered by a provider who is designated by and affiliated with the health maintenance organization, except that the health maintenance organization shall, as a condition of participation, comply with the immunization requirements of state or federally funded health programs.

4. This section shall not apply to supplemental insurance policies, including life care contracts, accident-only policies, specified disease policies, hospital policies providing a fixed daily benefit only, Medicare supplement policies, long-term care policies, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, short-term major medical policies of six months or less duration and other supplemental policies as determined by the department of commerce and insurance.

5. The department of health and senior services shall promulgate rules and regulations to determine which immunizations shall be covered by policies, plans or contracts described in this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

6. No health care provider shall charge more than one hundred percent of the reasonable and customary charges for providing any immunization.

(L. 1996 H.B. 904, et al. § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 563.021 — MO Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.021
563.021 Execution of public duty.
Status: in_force

563.021. Execution of public duty. — 1. Unless inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter defining the justifiable use of physical force, or with some other provision of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when such conduct is required or authorized by a statutory provision or by a judicial decree. Among the kinds of such provisions and decrees are:

(1) Laws defining duties and functions of public servants;

(2) Laws defining duties of private persons to assist public servants in the performance of their functions;

(3) Laws governing the execution of legal process;

(4) Laws governing the military services and the conduct of war;

(5) Judgments and orders of courts.

2. The defense of justification afforded by subsection 1 of this section applies:

(1) When a person reasonably believes his or her conduct to be required or authorized by the judgment or directions of a competent court or tribunal or in the legal execution of legal process, notwithstanding lack of jurisdiction of the court or defect in the legal process;

(2) When a person reasonably believes his or her conduct to be required or authorized to assist a public servant in the performance of his or her duties, notwithstanding that the public servant exceeded his or her legal authority.

3. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of justification under this section.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.755 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.755
486.755 Jurat certificate form.
Status: in_force

486.755. Jurat certificate form. — A notary shall use a jurat certificate in substantially the following form in notarizing a signature or mark on an affidavit or other sworn or affirmed written declaration:

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.139 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.139
473.139 Resignation by executor or administrator, procedure, effect.
Status: in_force

473.139. Resignation by executor or administrator, procedure, effect. — Upon petition of an executor or administrator, and after the filing of his final settlement as required by subdivision (3) of subsection 2 of section 473.540 , the court, for good cause shown, may permit him to resign and upon accepting his resignation shall revoke his letters. The effect of the resignation and revocation is the same as in other cases of revocation of letters. The petition may be heard without notice or after giving notice to the persons and in the manner directed by the court.

(L. 1957 p. 829)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.651 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.651
411.651 Fraudulent deposit of grain and negotiation of receipt — penalty.
Status: in_force

411.651. Fraudulent deposit of grain and negotiation of receipt — penalty. — Any person who deposits grain to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the grain a negotiable receipt which he afterward negotiated for value with intent to defraud, or without disclosing his want of title, or the existence of the lien or mortgage, is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources not exceeding five years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both.

(L. 1965 p. 606)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.200 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.200
452.200 Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse.
Status: in_force

452.200. Married person enjoined from squandering property at suit of spouse. — Any married person may file a petition in the circuit court, setting forth that his or her spouse, from habitual intemperance, or any other cause, is about to squander and waste the property, money, credits or choses in action to which he or she is entitled in his or her own right, or any part thereof, or is proceeding fraudulently to convert the same, or any part thereof, to the spouse's own use, for the purpose of placing the same beyond his or her reach, and depriving him or her of the benefit thereof; and the court, upon the hearing of the case, may enjoin the spouse from disposing of or otherwise interfering with such property, moneys, credits and choses in action, and may appoint a receiver to control and manage the same for the benefit of the petitioner, and may also make such other order in the premises as they may deem just and proper, and upon the filing of such petition an injunction may be allowed as in other cases, and such petition shall be filed in the county where said petitioner resides, and the spouse of said petitioner shall be made a party defendant to said petition.

(RSMo 1939 § 1682, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1518; 1919 § 1968; 1909 § 2533
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.219 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.219
369.219 Approved investments.
Status: in_force

369.219. Approved investments. — An association may invest in the following securities:

(1) Obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or the state of Missouri;

(2) Stock or obligations of any Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor thereto, of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto, of the Federal National Mortgage Association, of the Government National Mortgage Association, of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Student Loan Marketing Association, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal Farm Credit Banks or of any corporation or agency of the United States or of this state succeeding any of such corporations or performing similar functions;

(3) Demand, time, or savings deposits, or accounts of any state or federally chartered financial institution, but such deposits or accounts in institutions not insured by a federal agency shall be limited to amounts permitted by regulation of the director of the division of finance;

(4) Stock of a not-for-profit industrial or community development corporation established for the general welfare of the area but not in excess of a total investment of one-half of one percent of its assets;

(5) Obligations of any city, county, town, school district or other political subdivisions of any state including any agency, corporation, or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision in an amount to any one issuer not greater than ten percent of the capital of the association exclusive of investments in general obligations of any issuer, but each such investment shall, when made, meet any requirements as to quality which the director of the division of finance may prescribe; provided, that any obligations of a political subdivision of any state, including an agency, corporation or instrumentality of a political subdivision may be purchased without regard to such quality requirements in an aggregate amount not exceeding an additional one percent of the association's assets if the association's home office, branch office or agency is located in such county;

(6) Capital stock obligations or other securities of any service corporation, as defined by the director of the division of finance, organized under the laws of any state in which all stock is owned by one or more associations or federal associations in an aggregate amount not exceeding that percent of the assets of the association fixed from time to time by the director of the division of finance; and

(7) Such other securities and in such amounts as may be approved from time to time by the director of the division of finance, and any securities purchased while so approved may be retained if the approval is later withdrawn.

(L. 1971 S.B. 3 § 43, A.L. 1983 H.B. 570, A.L. 1989 S.B. 40, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1165, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896) CROSS REFERENCE: Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.355 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.355
238.355 Dissolution by commission, procedures, limitations.
Status: in_force

238.355. Dissolution by commission, procedures, limitations. — 1. The commission may alter the organization, project or activities of the corporation by written directions to the board.

2. The commission may dissolve the corporation. The commission shall not dissolve the corporation until all outstanding debts and obligations of the corporation have been paid in full, or until any receivership or other appropriate action to conclude the affairs of an insolvent corporation has been completed. The commission shall only dissolve a corporation by judicial proceedings as specified in chapter 355 .

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 32) Effective 5-30-90
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 136.100 — MO Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136.100
136.100 Testimony — witnesses — subpoenas.
Status: in_force

136.100. Testimony — witnesses — subpoenas. — 1. The director of revenue may invoke the aid of the circuit court of any county of the state of Missouri, or of the city of St. Louis, having jurisdiction over such witness in requiring the attendance and testimony of such witness and the production of books, records and papers. The circuit court of the city of St. Louis or the circuit court of any county of the state of Missouri within which such witness may be served may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring such person to appear before the director of revenue, or his deputy, and to produce books, records and papers if so ordered and any evidence touching the matter in question within the scope of authority of the state director of revenue; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

2. No person shall be excused from testifying or producing any books, papers, records or documents in any investigation, or upon any hearing in which a subpoena shall be issued by the director of revenue, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate or subject him to a criminal penalty; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty for or on account of any transaction made or thing concerning which he may be compelled to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before the director of revenue or his agent. No person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.

(L. 1945 p. 1428 § 19)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.360 — MO Code / Chapter 510 / Section 510.360
510.360 When motion for new trial deemed denied.
Status: in_force

510.360. When motion for new trial deemed denied. — If the motion for new trial is not passed on within ninety days after the motion is filed, it is deemed denied for all purposes.

(L. 1943 p. 353 § 118)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.250 — MO Code / Chapter 288 / Section 288.250
288.250 Records confidential — privileged communications — violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

288.250. Records confidential — privileged communications — violation, penalty. — 1. Information obtained from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of this law shall be held confidential and shall not be published, further disclosed, or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity, but any claimant or employing unit or their authorized representative shall be supplied with information from the division's records to the extent necessary for the proper preparation and presentation of any claim for unemployment compensation benefits or protest of employer liability. Further, upon receipt of a written request from a claimant or his or her authorized representative, the division shall supply information previously submitted to the division by the claimant, the claimant's wage history and the claimant's benefit payment history. In addition, upon receipt of a written request from an authorized representative of an employing unit, the division shall supply information previously submitted to the division by the employing unit, and information concerning the payment of benefits from the employer's account and the unemployment compensation fund, including amounts paid to specific claimants. A state or federal official or agency may receive disclosures to the extent required by federal law. In the division's discretion, any other party may receive disclosures to the extent authorized by state and federal law. Any information obtained by the division in the administration of this law shall be privileged and no individual or type of organization shall be held liable for slander or libel on account of any such information.

2. Any person who intentionally discloses or otherwise fails to protect confidential information in violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. For a second or subsequent violation, the person shall be guilty of a class E felony.

(L. 1951 p. 564 § 288.190, A.L. 1979 S.B. 477, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2041, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (1980) Language referring to "a way of strict necessity" must refer to a standard determining the necessity for widening in order to give the language any meaning. Reed v. Jones (A.), 594 S.W.2d 339.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.114 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.114
301.114 Service agent required to obtain license, form, qualifications, fee.
Status: in_force

301.114. Service agent required to obtain license, form, qualifications, fee. — 1. No person shall carry on or conduct a business, the purpose of which is to act as an agent for a fee in obtaining a certificate of ownership of a motor vehicle, unless licensed to do so by the department of revenue.

2. Application for license shall be submitted by July first of each year and shall be made on the form the department prescribes, containing the name of the applicant, the address where business is to be conducted, the resident's address, if the applicant is an individual, the names and residents' addresses of the partners of the applicant, if a partnership, the names and residents' addresses of the principal officers of the applicant and the state of its incorporation, if a corporation. The application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant, or if the applicant is a partnership or a corporation, by a partner or officer of the applicant and shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars.

3. The department shall file each application received by it with the required fee, and when satisfied that the applicant, if an individual, or each of the partners or principal officers of the applicant, if a partnership or a corporation, is of good moral character and that the applicant, so far as can be ascertained, has complied and will comply with the laws of this state relating to certificates of title of vehicles, shall issue to the applicant a license to carry on and conduct business at the address specified in the application until July first next following the date on which the license is issued.

(L. 1984 S.B. 416 §§ 2, 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.858 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.858
70.858 Jurisdiction for disputes, circuit court of Cole County.
Status: in_force

70.858. Jurisdiction for disputes, circuit court of Cole County. — Jurisdiction over any dispute regarding the interpretation of sections 70.840 to 70.858 and the determinations required hereunder shall lie in the circuit court of Cole County.

(L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 31)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 52.090 — MO Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52.090
52.090 Failure to give additional bond — penalty.
Status: in_force

52.090. Failure to give additional bond — penalty. — If such collector shall fail to give such additional bond and security for ten days after he shall be required to do so by law, his office of collector shall be vacant.

(RSMo 1939 § 11064) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9893; 1919 § 12885; 1909 § 11442