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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.1218 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.1218
452.1218 Modification of agreement.
Status: in_force

452.1218. Modification of agreement. — 1. By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to sections 452.1214 to 452.1222 .

2. If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 of this section before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.

3. If an agreement is modified under subsection 1 of this section during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement.

(L. 2024 S.B. 912)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.500 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.500
490.500 Record copy of lost instrument.
Status: in_force

490.500. Record copy of lost instrument. — In all cases where the original of any bond, contract or other instrument, for the recording of which provision has been made by law, shall appear to be lost, or not within control of the party wishing to use the same, the record thereof, or a transcript of such record, certified by the custodian thereof, under the seal of his office, may be read in evidence without further proof, in like manner and with like effect as in the case of the loss of duly recorded instruments affecting real estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 1856) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1692; 1919 § 5379; 1909 § 6323
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.063 — MO Code / Chapter 571 / Section 571.063
571.063 Fraudulent purchase of a firearm, crime of — definitions — penalty — exceptions.
Status: in_force

571.063. Fraudulent purchase of a firearm, crime of — definitions — penalty — exceptions. — 1. As used in this section the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Ammunition" , any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm;

(2) "Licensed dealer" , a person who is licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923 to engage in the business of dealing in firearms;

(3) "Materially false information" , any information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal;

(4) "Private seller" , a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm, as defined in section 571.010 , or ammunition.

2. A person commits the crime of fraudulent purchase of a firearm if such person:

(1) Knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States; or

(2) Provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition; or

(3) Willfully procures another to violate the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.

3. Fraudulent purchase of a firearm is a class E felony.

4. This section shall not apply to criminal investigations conducted by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, authorized agents of such investigations, or to a peace officer, as defined in section 542.261 , acting at the explicit direction of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

(L. 2011 H.B. 294, et al., A.L. 2016 H.B. 2332) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.690 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.690
8.690 Manager-at-risk and design-build delivery methods utilized, when.
Status: in_force

8.690. Manager-at-risk and design-build delivery methods utilized, when. — 1. The office of administration shall have the authority to utilize:

(1) The construction manager-at-risk delivery method, as provided for in section 67.5050 ; and

(2) The design-build delivery method, as provided for in section 67.5060 , only as follows:

(a) For noncivil works projects, as that term is used in section 67.5060 , in excess of seven million dollars; and

(b) No more than five noncivil works projects, as that term is used in section 67.5060 , may be contracted for in any fiscal year that are less than seven million dollars.

2. The office of administration shall not be subject to subsection 4 of section 67.5060 . The office of administration shall publish its advertisement for proposals in the publications, and on the website of the officer or agency or through an electronic procurement system as set forth in subsection 3 of section 8.250 . The selection and award shall follow sections 67.5050 and 67.5060 , as applicable.

(L. 2022 S.B. 758, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.402 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.402
324.402 State and local governments prohibited from requiring use of registered ...
Status: in_force

324.402. State and local governments prohibited from requiring use of registered interior designers. — The state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall not require the use of a registered interior designer for any residential building, residential remodeling, residential rehabilitation, or residential construction purposes.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1500 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.1500
210.1500 Suspected victims of sex trafficking, law enforcement duties — division ...
Status: in_force

210.1500. Suspected victims of sex trafficking, law enforcement duties — division duties — procedure. — 1. When a child is located by a police officer or law enforcement official and there is reasonable cause to suspect the child may be a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as those terms are defined under 22 U.S.C. Section 7102, the police officer or law enforcement official shall immediately cause a report to be made to the children's division in accordance with section 210.115 . Upon receipt of a report by the children's division and if the children's division determines that the report merits an investigation, the reporting official and the children's division shall ensure the immediate safety of the child and shall coinvestigate the complaint to its conclusion.

2. If the police officer or law enforcement official has reasonable cause to believe that the child is in imminent danger of suffering serious physical harm or a threat to life as a result of abuse or neglect due to sex trafficking or sexual exploitation and such officer or official has reasonable cause to believe the harm or threat to life may occur before a juvenile court is able to issue a temporary protective custody order or before a juvenile officer is able to take the child into protective custody, the police officer or law enforcement official may take or retain temporary protective custody of the child without the consent of the child's parent or parents, guardian, or any other person legally responsible for the child's care, as provided under section 210.125 .

3. If the child is already under the jurisdiction of the court under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 211.031 and in the legal custody of the children's division, the police officer or law enforcement official, along with the children's division, shall secure placement for the child in the least restrictive setting in order to ensure the safety of the child from further sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking.

4. The children's division and the reporting officer or official shall ensure a referral is made to the child advocacy center for a forensic interview and an evaluation, as necessary to ensure the medical safety of the child, by a SAFE CARE provider as defined under section 334.950 . The child shall be assessed utilizing a validated screening tool specific to sex trafficking to ensure the appropriate resources are secured for the treatment of the child.

5. For purposes of this section, multidisciplinary teams shall be used when conducting an investigation. Multidisciplinary teams shall be used in providing protective or preventive social services, including the services of law enforcement upon the request by the department of social services, a liaison of the local public school, the juvenile officer, the juvenile court, and other agencies, both public and private, to secure appropriate services to meet the needs of the child.

(L. 2022 S.B. 775, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.550 — MO Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.550
60.550 Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty ...
Status: in_force

*60.550. Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty to prosecute. — The custody and ownership of the original United States public land survey corners and accessories, including all restoration and replacements thereof and all accessories, belonging to the state of Missouri is hereby transferred to the department of agriculture. The department of agriculture shall see that the markers are maintained, and the alteration, removal, disfiguration or destruction of any of the corners or accessories, without specific permission of the department of agriculture, is an act of destruction of state property and is a misdemeanor. Any person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by law. Each of the several prosecuting attorneys is specifically directed to prosecute for the violation of this section for any act of destruction which occurs in his county.

(L. 1969 S.B. 22 § 10, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650) Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650) *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 64.275 — MO Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64.275
64.275 Powers of county commission on review of report of planning board ...
Status: in_force

64.275. Powers of county commission on review of report of planning board (noncharter first class counties). — The planning board shall file a recommendation and report with the county commission. The scope of review by the county commission shall be limited to the recommendation and report of the board; except that the county commission may hear and consider additional evidence, if the county commission finds that the evidence in the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have been produced, or was improperly excluded at the hearing before the board. The county commission may in any case hear and consider evidence of alleged irregularities in procedure, or of unfairness by the board, not shown in the record. The county commission in determining the result reached by the board shall give due weight to the opportunity of the board to observe the witnesses and to the expertness and experience of the board. Whenever the county commission finds there is competent and material evidence, which in the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have been produced, or was improperly excluded at the hearing before the board, the county commission may remand the case to the board with directions to reconsider the same in the light of the evidence. The report shall consist of a complete transcript of the entire record, proceedings and evidence before the board. The county commission before deciding the case shall personally consider the whole record, or such portions thereof as may be cited by the parties, and shall personally consider any oral or written arguments presented by all interested parties.

(L. 1959 S.B. 309 § 13, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1175)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.051 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.051
701.051 Inspections by department, who may request — fee — department may license ...
Status: in_force

701.051. Inspections by department, who may request — fee — department may license contractors to inspect. — The department of health and senior services may charge a fee of up to fifty dollars for an inspection of an on-site sewage disposal system conducted pursuant to a request from a lending institution, a prospective purchaser, the owner of the property, a real estate agent or a real estate broker. The fee for such inspection shall be paid by the requesting party. The fees collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Missouri public health services fund. The department of health and senior services may license and use private contractors to carry out the provisions of this section.

(L. 1994 S.B. 446, A.L. 1997 H.B. 402)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 622.120 — MO Code / Chapter 622 / Section 622.120
622.120 Administrative law judges and employees, oath, eligibility for office.
Status: in_force

622.120. Administrative law judges and employees, oath, eligibility for office. — Each administrative law judge and each person appointed to office or employment by the governor or by the division shall, before entering upon the duties of such person's office or employment, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of such office. No person shall be eligible to appointment or shall hold the office of administrative law judge, or be appointed by the division, or hold any office or position under the division, who holds any official relation to any common carrier, railroad corporation, street railroad corporation, transportation of freight or property company, carrier, corporation or person subject to any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 or 391 , or who owns stocks or bonds therein, or who has any pecuniary interest therein.

(L. 1996 S.B. 780)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 66.601 — MO Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.601
66.601 Collection of sales tax may be assigned by director of revenue with consent ...
Status: in_force

66.601. Collection of sales tax may be assigned by director of revenue with consent of county to county — powers and duties of county. — The duties of the director of revenue with respect to the allocation, division and distribution of sales and use tax proceeds determined to be due any county of the first classification having a charter form of government and having a population of nine hundred thousand or more inhabitants and all municipalities within such county, resulting from taxes levied or imposed under the authority of sections 66.600 to 66.630 , section 144.748 , and sections 94.850 to 94.857 , may be delegated to the county levying the county sales tax under sections 66.600 to 66.630 , at the discretion of the director of revenue and with the consent of the county. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057 to the contrary, if such duties are so assigned, the director of revenue shall furnish the county with sufficient information to perform such duties in such form as may be agreed upon by the director and the county at no cost to the county. The county shall be bound by the provisions of section 32.057 , and shall use any information provided by the director of revenue under the provisions of this section solely for the purpose of allocating, dividing and distributing such sales and use tax revenues. The county shall exercise all of the director's powers and duties with respect to such allocation, division and distribution, and shall receive no fee for carrying out such powers and duties.

(L. 1993 H.B. 618 § 1) CROSS REFERENCE: Municipalities in St. Louis County, additional sales tax for capital improvement purposes, 94.890
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 271.260 — MO Code / Chapter 271 / Section 271.260
271.260 Taker-up not liable, when.
Status: in_force

271.260. Taker-up not liable, when. — If any stray, legally taken up, get away or die, without the fault of the taker-up, he shall not be liable for the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 14523) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12849; 1919 § 4339; 1909 § 840
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.050 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.050
174.050 Membership of board of regents.
Status: in_force

174.050. Membership of board of regents. — The board of regents for each college shall be composed of seven members, six of whom shall reside in the district in which the college for which they are appointed regents is situated, and at least one member of each board shall be a resident of the county in which the college for such district is located. The state commissioner of education shall be an ex officio member of each of said boards.

(RSMo 1939 § 10754, A.L. 1945 p. 1684, A. 1949 S.B. 1046) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9597; 1919 § 11492; 1909 § 11066
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.540 — MO Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.540
59.540 United States land patents.
Status: in_force

59.540. United States land patents. — It shall be the duty of the register of the United States land office of the state of Missouri, and he is hereby required, immediately after this section shall take effect, to forward by some convenient and safe means to the recorder of deeds in the various counties, and in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, all government land patents now on file or which may hereafter be filed in said office, affecting the title to any real estate in said counties or city, noting on the records of said office the disposition of such patents and the date when the same was forwarded.

(RSMo 1939 § 13173) Prior revision: 1929 § 11554
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 104.606 — MO Code / Chapter 104 / Section 104.606
104.606 Purchase of creditable service, required before receipt of retirement annuity.
Status: in_force

104.606. Purchase of creditable service, required before receipt of retirement annuity. — Any member of either system who purchases creditable service or credited service under this chapter or chapter 105 shall apply and complete the purchase prior to applying to receive a retirement annuity in order to receive credit for such purchase.

(L. 2007 S.B. 406)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.050 — MO Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1.050
1.050 Majority may act for all.
Status: in_force

1.050. Majority may act for all. — Words importing joint authority to three or more persons shall be construed as authority to a majority of the persons, unless otherwise declared in the law giving the authority.

(RSMo 1939 § 655, A. 1949 S.B. 1001, A.L. 1957 p. 587) Prior revisions: 1929 § 655; 1919 § 7058; 1909 § 8057
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.076 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.076
351.076 Certificate of good standing.
Status: in_force

351.076. Certificate of good standing. — 1. Anyone may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of good standing for a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation.

2. A certificate of good standing for a domestic corporation sets forth:

(1) The domestic corporation's corporate name;

(2) When the corporation was incorporated;

(3) That the corporation was incorporated under the laws of this state;

(4) That the corporation has complied with all the requirements of the corporation division of the secretary of state.

3. A certificate of good standing for a foreign corporation sets forth:

(1) The name of the corporation as registered in its home state;

(2) The name the foreign corporation uses in this state;

(3) The name of the state or jurisdiction it was incorporated in;

(4) That the corporation has complied with all the requirements of the corporation division of the secretary of state.

4. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of good standing issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as prima facie evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 135.300 — MO Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.300
135.300 Definitions.
Status: in_force

135.300. Definitions. — As used in sections 135.300 to 135.311 , unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Missouri forestry industry residue" , any residue that results from normal timber harvest or production to include slash, sawdust, shavings, edgings, slabs, leaves, bark, and timber thinnings from timber stand improvements;

(2) "Processed wood products" , wood pellets, cubes, flour, or any product that results from thermal, chemical, or mechanical processes that sufficiently alter the wood residue to be used as an energy source. Hogged wood and chipped wood do not qualify as processed wood energy resources under sections 135.300 to 135.311 ;

(3) "Wood energy producer" , any person, firm or corporation who engages in the business of producing processed wood products, to be used as an energy source, from Missouri forest industry residues;

(4) "Wood energy producing facility" , a Missouri facility using Missouri forest industry residue to produce processed wood products.

(L. 1985 H.B. 831 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237) Effective 1-01-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.041 — MO Code / Chapter 211 / Section 211.041
211.041 Continuing jurisdiction over child, exception, eighteen-year-old violating ...
Status: in_force

211.041. Continuing jurisdiction over child, exception, eighteen-year-old violating state or municipal laws. — When jurisdiction over the person of a child has been acquired by the juvenile court under the provisions of this chapter in proceedings coming within the applicable provisions of section 211.031 , the jurisdiction of the child may be retained for the purpose of this chapter until he or she has attained the age of twenty-one years, except in cases where he or she is committed to and received by the division of youth services, unless jurisdiction has been returned to the committing court by provisions of chapter 219 through requests of the court to the division of youth services and except in any case where he or she has not paid an assessment imposed in accordance with section 211.181 or in cases where the judgment for restitution entered in accordance with section 211.185 has not been satisfied. Every child over whose person the juvenile court retains jurisdiction shall be prosecuted under the general law for any violation of a state law or of a municipal ordinance which he or she commits after he or she becomes eighteen years of age. The juvenile court shall have no jurisdiction with respect to any such violation and, so long as it retains jurisdiction of the child, shall not exercise its jurisdiction in such a manner as to conflict with any other court's jurisdiction as to any such violation.

(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.060 , A.L. 1969 H.B. 227, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1550, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800) Effective 1-01-21
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.210 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.210
174.210 Indebtedness, how paid.
Status: in_force

174.210. Indebtedness, how paid. — Each board shall, at its annual meeting, provide for the payment of any indebtedness of its college, and for that purpose it shall set apart all moneys derived from incidental or other fees paid by students to the payment of the following:

(1) The incidental expenses of the college; and

(2) The payment of such indebtedness; and until such indebtedness shall be fully paid off no part of the fund derived from incidental fees shall be used for the payment of professors, teachers or other officers or employees of such college, nor shall the board, until such indebtedness be fully paid, make any contract for the hire, employment or payment of professors, teachers or other officers or employees of such colleges that will require a greater sum of money for the annual payment thereof than the amount of the appropriation by the state for the support of such college for that year.

(RSMo 1939 § 10770) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9613; 1919 § 11508; 1909 § 11083
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.677 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.677
8.677 Construction management services to be used when.
Status: in_force

8.677. Construction management services to be used when. — The appropriate officer, board or agency of a public owner may elect to engage the construction management services of a construction manager when planning, designing and constructing a building or structure or when improving, altering or repairing a building or structure. Construction management services may be used by the public owner in the preconstruction phase or the construction phase of public works project or in both phases of the project.

(L. 1993 S.B. 241 § 1 subsec. 2)