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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.240 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.240
565.240 Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — ...
Status: in_force

565.240. Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet if he or she knowingly posts the name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any person on the internet intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death to such person.

2. The offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet is a class C misdemeanor, unless the person knowingly posts on the internet the name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any law enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, judge, commissioner, or prosecuting attorney, or of any immediate family member of such law enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, judge, commissioner, or prosecuting attorney, intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death, in which case it is a class E felony, and if such intention or threat results in bodily harm or death to such person or immediate family member, the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet is a class D felony.

(L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 1, A.L. 2005 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60, A.L. 2023 S.B. 103) Transferred 2014; formerly 578.450 ; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.121 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.121
144.121 Records of department of revenue and certain counties may be inspected and ...
Status: in_force

144.121. Records of department of revenue and certain counties may be inspected and audited by political subdivisions imposing taxes — request, procedure — charge. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057 , any county or other political subdivision imposing a sales tax which is administered by the state department of revenue, and any political subdivision which is part of group A or group B, as defined in section 66.620 , may inspect or audit any and all records of the state director of revenue pertaining to the administration, collection and enforcement of its sales taxes, or, in the case of a political subdivision which is a part of group A or group B, of the sales taxes imposed pursuant to sections 66.600 to 66.630 and section 94.577 or 94.850 to 94.857 . The request for inspection or audit of sales tax records and reports shall be made by written application signed by the chief executive of the county or other political subdivision and shall be filed with the director of revenue. The date for the inspection or audit shall be determined by the director of revenue and the inspection or audit shall be performed in the premises of the director of revenue and during normal office hours. The date set shall be no more than thirty days after receipt by the director of revenue of such written application. The director of revenue shall notify the county or other political subdivision in writing of the date and place for the inspection or audit. Any county or other political subdivision may make as many requests for inspection of the sales tax records as it deems necessary. The director of revenue may make a charge of not more than fifty dollars per day for each of the facilities of the department which are used in connection with such an inspection or audit. The director of revenue is authorized to provide reports of sales tax data to any county or other political subdivision filing requests according to the provisions of this section and section 32.057 .

2. If 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 within a county of the first classification having a charter form of government and having a population of nine hundred thousand or more inhabitants are delegated to the county as provided in section 66.601 , any city, town or village within such county may inspect and audit all records of the county relating to allocation, division and distribution of sales and use tax proceeds in the same manner and on the same conditions as provided for taxing entities in subsection 1 of this section.

(L. 1973 H.B. 46, A.L. 1979 H.B. 296, A.L. 1980 S.B. 910, A.L. 1993 H.B. 618, A.L. 1994 S.B. 685) Effective 5-10-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 378.630 — MO Code / Chapter 378 / Section 378.630
378.630 Powers of director to order changes, when — may enjoin further business, ...
Status: in_force

378.630. Powers of director to order changes, when — may enjoin further business, when, duration — liquidation, effect. — 1. When the director upon investigation finds that a domestic society:

(1) Has exceeded its powers;

(2) Has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter;

(3) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith;

(4) Has a membership of less than four hundred after an existence of one year or more; or

(5) Is conducting business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members, creditors, the public or the business, the director shall notify the society of such deficiency or deficiencies and state in writing the reasons for his dissatisfaction. The director shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency or deficiencies which exist are corrected. After such notice the society shall have a thirty-day period in which to comply with the director's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply, the director shall notify the society of such findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why it should not be enjoined from carrying on any business until the violation complained of shall have been corrected, or why an action in quo warranto should not be commenced against the society.

2. If on such date the society does not present good and sufficient reasons why it should not be so enjoined or why such action should not be commenced, the director may commence an action to enjoin the society from transacting business or in quo warranto.

3. The court shall thereupon notify the officers of the society of a hearing. If after a full hearing it appears that the society should be so enjoined or liquidated or a receiver appointed, the court shall enter the necessary order. No society so enjoined shall have the authority to do business until:

(1) The director finds that the violation complained of has been corrected;

(2) The costs of such action shall have been paid by the society if the court finds that the society was in default as charged;

(3) The court has dissolved its injunction; and

(4) The director has reinstated the certificate of authority.

4. If the court orders the society liquidated, it shall be enjoined from carrying on any further business, whereupon the receiver of the society shall proceed at once to take possession of the books, papers, money and other assets of the society and, under the direction of the court, proceed forthwith to close the affairs of the society and to distribute its funds to those entitled thereto, as provided by sections 375.1150 to 375.1246 .

5. The provisions of this section relating to hearing by the director, hearing by the court, injunction and receivership shall be applicable to a society which shall voluntarily determine to discontinue business.

(L. 1992 S.B. 831) Effective 1-01-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.610 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.610
198.610 Citation of law — definitions.
Status: in_force

198.610. Citation of law — definitions. — 1. The provisions of sections 198.610 to 198.632 shall be known and may be cited as the "Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act".

2. For purposes of sections 198.610 to 198.632 , the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Authorized electronic monitoring" , the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in his or her room in accordance with the provisions of sections 198.610 to 198.632 ;

(2) "Department" , the department of health and senior services;

(3) "Electronic monitoring device" , a surveillance instrument capable of recording or transmitting audio or video footage of any activity occurring in a resident's room;

(4) "Facility" or "long-term care facility" , any residential care facility, assisted living facility, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing facility, as such terms are defined under section 198.006 ;

(5) "Guardian" , the same meaning as defined under section 475.010 ;

(6) "Legal representative" , a person authorized under a durable power of attorney that complies with sections 404.700 to 404.737 to act on behalf of a resident of a facility;

(7) "Resident" , a person residing in a facility.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1387 & 1482)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.017 — MO Code / Chapter 456 / Section 456.017
456.017 Applicability of sections 456.011, 456.013, and 456.014.
Status: in_force

456.017. Applicability of sections 456.011, 456.013, and 456.014. — The provisions of sections 456.011 , 456.013 , and 456.014 shall apply to every trust of the kind described in such sections hereafter created or heretofore created or attempted to be created as if such sections had been effective on and after the date of the creation, or attempted creation, of each such trust.

(L. 1957 p. 868, A.L. 1992 S.B. 447, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511) Transferred 2004; formerly 456.075
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.1081 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.1081
620.1081 Determination of basic policy, rules.
Status: in_force

620.1081. Determination of basic policy, rules. — The department of economic development shall determine the basic policies for the microenterprise loan program and shall promulgate rules and regulations, if necessary, to establish the loan program and implement the provisions of sections 620.1069 to 620.1081 . Such rules and regulations shall be drafted so as to encourage maximum involvement and participation by eligible lenders in the microenterprise loan program.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048 § 14)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 477.004 — MO Code / Chapter 477 / Section 477.004
477.004 Supreme court may answer questions of law certified to it by certain ...
Status: in_force

477.004. Supreme court may answer questions of law certified to it by certain courts, procedure — fees and costs. — 1. The Missouri supreme court may answer questions of Missouri law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, a United States District Court or a United States Bankruptcy Court if there are involved in any proceeding before the certifying court questions of Missouri law which may be relevant to the cause then pending and as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in this state.

2. This section may be invoked by an order of any of the courts referred to in subsection 1 of this section upon the court's own motion or upon the motion of any party to the cause.

3. A certification order issued under this section shall set forth the questions of law to be answered and a statement of all facts relevant to the questions certified and showing fully the nature of the controversy in which the questions arose. The certification order shall be prepared by the certifying court, signed by the judge presiding at the hearing and forwarded to the Missouri supreme court by the clerk of the certifying court under its official seal. The Missouri supreme court may request the original or copies of all or of any portion of the record before the certifying court to be filed with the certification order, if in the opinion of the Missouri supreme court, the record or portion thereof may be necessary in answering the questions.

4. Nothing contained in this section shall require the Missouri supreme court to accept the certified case.

5. Fees and costs shall be the same as in civil appeals docketed before the Missouri supreme court and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court in its order of certification.

6. Any written opinion of the Missouri supreme court stating the law governing the questions certified shall be sent by the clerk under the seal of the Missouri supreme court to the certifying court and to the parties.

7. If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person, court, or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this section are severable.

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al. § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.130 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.130
307.130 Safety glass defined.
Status: in_force

307.130. Safety glass defined. — The term "safety glass" , as used in sections 307.130 to 307.160 , shall be construed as meaning glass so treated or combined with other materials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects from external sources or by glass when the glass is cracked or broken.

(RSMo 1939 § 8391)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 3.145 — MO Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3.145
3.145 Temporary laws, how printed.
Status: in_force

3.145. Temporary laws, how printed. — The committee on legislative research, through the revisor of statutes, shall cause all temporary laws to be printed in the revised statutes, and all supplements, with the termination date clearly shown. Appropriation bills shall not be printed.

(L. 1977 S.B. 419)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.920 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.920
162.920 Tax rate — how increased.
Status: in_force

162.920. Tax rate — how increased. — 1. The initial tax imposed on property subject to the taxing power of a special school district under Article X, Section 11(a) of the Constitution of Missouri shall not exceed the annual rate of twenty-five cents on each hundred dollars assessed valuation, which tax rate shall be used for the district's programs for the education and training of handicapped and severely handicapped children and for vocational education as provided by sections 162.670 to 162.995 .

2. Increases in the tax rate may be made with voter approval in the same manner as provided in chapter 164 for other school districts.

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 55, A.L. 1974 S.B. 571)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.515 — MO Code / Chapter 513 / Section 513.515
513.515 If another homestead is acquired prior homestead is liable for debt.
Status: in_force

513.515. If another homestead is acquired prior homestead is liable for debt. — Whenever any person shall acquire another homestead in the manner provided in section 513.510 , the prior homestead shall thereupon be liable for his debts, but such other homestead shall not be liable for causes of action against him to which such prior homestead would not have been liable; provided, that such other homestead shall have been acquired with the consideration derived from the sale or other disposition of such prior homestead, or with other means not derived from the property of such person.

(RSMo 1939 § 616, A.L. 1982 S.B. 490) Prior revisions: 1929 § 616; 1919 § 5861; 1909 § 6712
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.600 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.600
454.600 Definitions.
Status: in_force

454.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 454.600 to 454.645 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Court" , any circuit court establishing a support obligation pursuant to an action under this chapter, chapter 210 , chapter 211 or chapter 452 ;

(2) "Director" , the director of the family support division of the department of social services;

(3) "Division" , the family support division of the department of social services;

(4) "Employer" , any individual, organization, agency, business or corporation hiring an obligor for pay;

(5) "Health benefit plan" , any benefit plan or combination of plans providing medical or dental care or benefits through insurance or otherwise, including but not limited to, health service corporations, as defined in section 354.010 ; prepaid dental plans, as defined in section 354.700 ; health maintenance organization plans, as defined in section 354.400 ; and self-insurance plans, to the extent allowed by federal law;

(6) "Minor child" , a child for whom a support obligation exists under law;

(7) "Obligee" , a person to whom a duty of support is owed or a person, including any division of the department of social services, who has commenced a proceeding for enforcement of an alleged duty of support or for registration of a support order, regardless of whether the person to whom a duty of support is owed is a recipient of public assistance;

(8) "Obligor" , a person owing a duty of support or against whom a proceeding for the enforcement of a duty of support or registration of a support order is commenced;

(9) "IV-D case" , a case in which support rights have been assigned to the state of Missouri pursuant to section 208.040 , or in which the family support division is providing support enforcement services pursuant to section 454.425 .

(L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 96.210 — MO Code / Chapter 96 / Section 96.210
96.210 Bequests, donations — board to be special trustees.
Status: in_force

96.210. Bequests, donations — board to be special trustees. — Any person making bequests or donations to such facility shall have the right to vest the title to the real estate or personal property so bequeathed or donated in the board and to be held and controlled by the board, and to all such property the board shall be held to be special trustees.

(RSMo 1939 § 7042, A.L. 1969 p. 171) Prior revision: 1929 § 6896
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.410 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.410
144.410 Remedies of state, cumulative.
Status: in_force

144.410. Remedies of state, cumulative. — It is expressly provided that the foregoing remedies of the state shall be cumulative, and that no action taken by the director of revenue or the attorney general shall be construed to be an election on the part of the state or any of its officers to pursue any remedy hereunder to the exclusion of any other remedy for which provision is made in sections 144.010 to 144.510 .

(RSMo 1939 § 11439, A.L. 1941 p. 698, A.L. 1943 p. 1012, A.L. 1945 p. 1865)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 404.061 — MO Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.061
404.061 Exemption of third person from liability.
Status: in_force

404.061. Exemption of third person from liability. — A third person, including an issuer of securities, transfer agent, financial institution, broker, life insurance company, benefit plan, personal representative, or trustee, in good faith and without court order, may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer under sections 404.005 to 404.094 or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian, successor custodian or legal representative of a custodian and, in the absence of actual knowledge, is not responsible for determining:

(1) The validity of the purported custodian's or successor custodian's designation;

(2) The propriety of, or the authority under sections 404.005 to 404.094 for, any act of the purported custodian;

(3) The validity or propriety under sections 404.005 to 404.094 of any instrument or instructions executed or given by the person purporting to make a transfer under sections 404.005 to 404.094 or by the purported custodian;

(4) The propriety of the application or use of any custodial property by the custodian;

(5) The validity of a delivery of custodial property by a custodian or legal representative of a custodian to a successor custodian; or

(6) The validity of a delivery of custodial property by the custodian to the minor or the age of the minor at the time of the delivery.

(L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al. § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.212 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.212
67.212 Failure of board members to attend meetings, commission's power to replace.
Status: in_force

67.212. Failure of board members to attend meetings, commission's power to replace. — The county commission of any county may replace any member on any board over which the commission has the authority to appoint members for failing without good cause to attend meetings of the board.

(L. 1998 S.B. 676)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 445.040 — MO Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.040
445.040 Duty of recorder when plat delivered — certified copies to be evidence.
Status: in_force

445.040. Duty of recorder when plat delivered — certified copies to be evidence. — 1. It shall also be the duty of the recorder to record all plats delivered to him for record, in a book to be called a "plat book", and, when necessary to preserve uniformity, he shall reduce the scale of the original plat, and on each copy so made he shall endorse the following certificate under his hand:

"This plat is truly copied from the original. (Signed)______, recorder."

2. Copies of the record of plats from said plat book, properly certified under the hand and official seal of the recorder, shall be evidence in all courts of justice.

(RSMo 1939 § 12807) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11183; 1919 § 9285; 1909 § 10292
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 247.340 — MO Code / Chapter 247 / Section 247.340
247.340 Declaration of district organization.
Status: in_force

247.340. Declaration of district organization. — Upon the said hearing if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a district has been signed and presented, as herein provided, in conformity with sections 247.230 to 247.670 , and that the allegations of the petition are true, and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if one has been filed, that the facts adduced in behalf thereof at the hearing are insufficient to sustain such protesting petition, the court shall, by order duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, determine the original maximum rate of levy for general operating purposes to be voted only if said levy shall exceed fifteen cents on the one hundred dollar valuation, or as herein provided, declare the district organized, define the boundaries thereof, and give it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known, and thereupon the district, subject to the election provided in section 247.350 , shall be a political subdivision of the state of Missouri and a body corporate with all the powers of like or similar corporations.

(L. 1949 p. 350 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.160 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.160
197.160 Infection data to be available to department of health and senior services, ...
Status: in_force

197.160. Infection data to be available to department of health and senior services, violation, effect, state payments suspended, when. — The department of health and senior services shall have access to all data and information held by hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, abortion facilities, and other facilities related to their infection control practices, rates, or treatments of infections. Failure to provide such access shall be grounds for full or partial licensure suspension or revocation pursuant to section 197.293 , sections 197.010 to 197.100 , or sections 197.200 to 197.240 . If the department determines that the hospital, ambulatory surgical center, abortion facility, or other facility is willfully impeding access to such information, the department shall be authorized to direct all state agencies to suspend all or a portion of state payments to such entity until such time as the desired information is obtained by the department.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1279, A.L. 2017 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 5) Effective 10-24-17