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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.497 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.497
473.497 Creditor or other person may file petition, when.
Status: in_force

473.497. Creditor or other person may file petition, when. — If the executor or administrator does not make such application, a creditor or other person interested in the estate may file a like petition, giving twenty days' notice to the executor or administrator. On the filing of the petition the court may order the executor or administrator to furnish such information and records as the court deems necessary. On the petition the court shall proceed in the same manner as provided in section 473.493 .

(RSMo 1939 § 145, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 180) Prior revisions: 1929 § 146; 1919 § 145; 1909 § 154
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.1000 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.1000
476.1000 Mandatory electronic filing jurisdictions, notice of entry of appearance to ...
Status: in_force

476.1000. Mandatory electronic filing jurisdictions, notice of entry of appearance to be accepted, when — expiration date. — All courts that require mandatory electronic filing shall accept, file, and docket a notice of entry of appearance filed by an attorney in a criminal case if such filing does not exceed one page in length and was sent by fax or regular mail. The provisions of this section shall expire on December 31, 2016.

(L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335 § 1) Expires 12-31-16
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.705 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.705
630.705 Rules for standards for facilities and programs for persons affected by ...
Status: in_force

630.705. Rules for standards for facilities and programs for persons affected by mental disorder, mental illness, or developmental disability — classification of facilities and programs — certain facilities and programs not to be licensed. — 1. The department shall promulgate rules setting forth reasonable standards for residential facilities and day programs for persons who are affected by a mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability.

2. The rules shall provide for the facilities and programs to be reasonably classified as to resident or client population, size, type of services or other reasonable classification. The department shall design the rules to promote and regulate safe, humane and adequate facilities and programs for the care, treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation of persons described in subsection 1 of this section.

3. The following residential facilities and day programs shall not be licensed by the department:

(1) Any facility or program which relies solely upon the use of prayer or spiritual healing;

(2) Any educational, special educational or vocational program operated, certified or approved by the state board of education pursuant to chapters 161 , 162 and 178 , and regulations promulgated by the board;

(3) Any hospital, facility, program or entity operated by this state or the United States; except that facilities operated by the department shall meet these standards;

(4) Any hospital, facility or other entity, excluding those with persons who are intellectually disabled and developmentally disabled as defined in section 630.005 otherwise licensed by the state and operating under such license and within the limits of such license, unless the majority of the persons served receive activities and services normally provided by a licensed facility pursuant to this chapter;

(5) Any hospital licensed by the department of social services as a psychiatric hospital pursuant to chapter 197 ;

(6) Any facility or program accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, the American Osteopathic Association, the Council on Quality and Leadership, Council on Accreditation of Services for Children and Families, Inc., or the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities;

(7) Any facility or program caring for less than four persons whose care is not funded by the department.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1565, A.L. 1984 S.B. 575, A.L. 1985 S.B. 266, A.L. 1990 S.B. 808 & 672, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1085, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.187 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.187
198.187 Criminal background checks for residents permitted.
Status: in_force

198.187. Criminal background checks for residents permitted. — Any long-term care facility licensed under this chapter may request criminal background checks under chapter 43 of a resident in such facility.

(L. 2009 H.B. 395)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.525 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.525
144.525 Motor vehicles, haulers, boats and outboard motors, state and local tax, ...
Status: in_force

144.525. Motor vehicles, haulers, boats and outboard motors, state and local tax, rate, how computed, exception — outboard motors, when, computation. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of any state and local sales taxes due on the purchase of a motor vehicle, trailer, boat or outboard motor required to be registered under the provisions of sections 301.001 * to 301.660 and sections 306.010 to 306.900 shall be computed on the rate of such taxes in effect on the date the purchaser submits application for a certificate of ownership to the director of revenue; except that, in the case of a sale at retail of an outboard motor by a retail business which is not required to be registered under the provisions of section 301.251 ** , the amount of state and local taxes due shall be computed on the rate of such taxes in effect as of the calendar date of the retail sale.

(L. 1987 S.B. 3 § 1, A.L. 2013 H.B. 184 merged with S.B. 23 merged with S.B. 99) Effective 7-05-13 (S.B. 23); 7-05-13 (S.B. 99); 8-28-13 (H.B. 184) *Section 301.001 was repealed by S.B. 52, 1993 **Section 301.251 was repealed by H.B. 1512, 1988 CROSS REFERENCE: Nonseverability clause, 144.008
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.661 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.661
355.661 Prohibited and authorized distributions.
Status: in_force

355.661. Prohibited and authorized distributions. — 1. Except as authorized by subsections 2, 3 and 4 of this section, a corporation shall not make any distributions.

2. A mutual benefit corporation may purchase its memberships if after the purchase is completed:

(1) The corporation would be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of its activities; and

(2) The corporation's total assets would at least equal the sum of its total liabilities.

3. Corporations may make distributions upon dissolution in conformity with sections 355.666 to 355.746 .

4. Business entities established for the purpose of providing insurance pursuant to sections 537.620 and 537.635 may make distributions in conformity with those sections.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1544)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.470 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.470
95.470 Certain cities may issue bonds to pay judgment debts — form, conditions of ...
Status: in_force

95.470. Certain cities may issue bonds to pay judgment debts — form, conditions of bonds (cities over 100,000). — The mayor and the two houses of legislation of any city having more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, for the purpose of paying any sums of money which it may now or hereafter be required to pay by the judgment or decree of any court, may issue coupon bonds of the city, payable in such lawful money of the United States as they may provide, which shall run for a period not exceeding twenty years, may carry interest payable annually or semiannually, at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, shall be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the comptroller, attested by the clerk or register, and shall bear the seal of the city.

(RSMo 1939 § 7577) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7434; 1919 § 8842; 1909 § 9691
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.614 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.614
334.614 Licensed physical therapists, board to publish list of and make a report on ...
Status: in_force

334.614. Licensed physical therapists, board to publish list of and make a report on disciplinary actions available to the public. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of section 620.010 to the contrary, the board shall at least quarterly publish a list of the names and addresses of all physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who hold licenses under the provisions of this chapter, and shall publish a list of all physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose licenses have been suspended, revoked, surrendered, restricted, denied, or withheld.

2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of section 620.010 to the contrary, in addition, the board shall prepare and make available to the public a report upon the disciplinary matters submitted to them where the board recommends disciplinary action, except in those instances when physical therapists and physical therapist assistants possessing licenses voluntarily enter treatment and monitoring programs for purposes of rehabilitation and, in such instances, only such specific action shall not be reported with any other actions taken prior to, as part of, or following voluntary entrance into such treatment programs. The report shall set forth findings of fact and any final disciplinary actions of the board. If the board does not recommend disciplinary action, a report stating that no action is recommended shall be prepared and forwarded to the complaining party.

(L. 2008 S.B. 788)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 348.190 — MO Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.190
348.190 Loan guarantee program — rules, regulations, promulgation, procedure.
Status: in_force

348.190. Loan guarantee program — rules, regulations, promulgation, procedure. — In addition to the duties and powers established in sections 348.005 to 348.180 , the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority shall develop and implement a single-purpose animal facilities loan guarantee program as provided in sections 348.185 to 348.225 . The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 348.185 to 348.225 . The rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections 348.185 to 348.225 shall be designed to encourage maximum involvement and participation by lenders and financial institutions in the loan guarantee program. The authority shall be the administrative agency for the implementation of the loan guarantee program, and may employ such persons as necessary, within the limits of appropriations made for that purpose, to administer the loan guarantee program. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 348.185 to 348.225 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

(L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 221.425 — MO Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.425
221.425 Regional jail district solely liable for its debts — income exempt from ...
Status: in_force

221.425. Regional jail district solely liable for its debts — income exempt from state taxes. — 1. All bonds, notes and other obligations of the district are payable solely out of the contributions made by the member counties or from revenues and receipts derived from the operation of the district's facilities.

2. All obligations of the district constitute negotiable instruments.

3. Obligations of the district shall not be deemed a debt, liability or pledge of the faith and credit of the state, of any member county, or of any other political subdivision of the state. The issuance of district obligations shall not, directly, indirectly or contingently, obligate the state, a member county or any other political subdivision to levy any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for their payment.

4. The district is declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the member counties and to be a public instrumentality of such counties. Accordingly:

(1) The income of the district and all properties owned by the district are exempt from all taxation in the state of Missouri;

(2) For the purposes of section 409.402 , obligations of the district are deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or political subdivision of the state of Missouri; and

(3) Interest on obligations of the district is exempt from income taxation by the state of Missouri.

(L. 1997 S.B. 89 merged with S.B. 218)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.040 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.040
210.040 Blood test results — confidential.
Status: in_force

210.040. Blood test results — confidential. — As soon as the result of the test is determined, and if the test is positive or doubtfully positive for syphilis or hepatitis B, the physician, or such other obstetrical or gynecological attendant shall fill out a form to be furnished by the department of health and senior services of Missouri, with such finding noted thereon, and send it to the county or municipal department of health of the county or city in which the pregnant woman or the mother is then residing. In no event shall this finding be made public by any person.

(L. 1941 p. 367 § 2, A.L. 1993 H.B. 522)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.520 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.520
302.520 Arresting officer to serve notice of suspension or revocation, when — to ...
Status: in_force

302.520. Arresting officer to serve notice of suspension or revocation, when — to possess license, issue temporary permit, give written notice of driver's rights and responsibilities — application for hearing. — 1. Whenever the chemical test results are available to the law enforcement officer while the arrested person is still in custody, and where the results show an alcohol concentration of eight-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood or where such person is less than twenty-one years of age and the results show that there is two-hundredths of one percent or more of alcohol in the person's blood, the officer, acting on behalf of the department, shall serve the notice of suspension or revocation personally on the arrested person.

2. When the law enforcement officer serves the notice of suspension or revocation, the officer shall take possession of any driver's license issued by this state which is held by the person. When the officer takes possession of a valid driver's license issued by this state, the officer, acting on behalf of the department, shall issue a temporary permit which is valid for fifteen days after its date of issuance and shall also give the person arrested a notice which shall inform the person of all rights and responsibilities pursuant to sections 302.500 to 302.540 . The notice shall be in such form so that the arrested person may sign the original as evidence of receipt thereof. The notice shall also contain a detachable form permitting the arrested person to request a hearing. Signing the hearing request form and mailing such request to the department shall constitute a formal application for a hearing.

3. A copy of the completed notice of suspension or revocation form, a copy of any completed temporary permit form, a copy of the notice of rights and responsibilities given to the arrested person, including any request for hearing, and any driver's license taken into possession pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the department by the officer along with the report required in section 302.510 .

4. The department shall provide forms for notice of suspension or revocation, for notice of rights and responsibilities, for request for a hearing and for temporary permits to law enforcement agencies.

(L. 1983 S.B. 318 & 135 § 6, A.L. 1984 S.B. 608 & 681, A.L. 1991 S.B. 125 & 341, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2001 H.B. 302 & 38) Effective 9-29-01
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 484.020 — MO Code / Chapter 484 / Section 484.020
484.020 Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.
Status: in_force

484.020. Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty. — 1. No person shall engage in the practice of law or do law business, as defined in section 484.010 , or both, unless he shall have been duly licensed therefor and while his license therefor is in full force and effect, nor shall any association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, except a professional corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 356 , a limited liability company organized and registered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 347 , or * a limited liability partnership organized or registered pursuant to the provisions of chapter 358 , engage in the practice of the law or do law business as defined in section 484.010 , or both.

2. Any person, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation who shall violate the foregoing prohibition of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution and shall be subject to be sued for treble the amount which shall have been paid him or it for any service rendered in violation hereof by the person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation paying the same within two years from the date the same shall have been paid and if within said time such person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation shall neglect and fail to sue for or recover such treble amount, then the state of Missouri shall have the right to and shall sue for such treble amount and recover the same and upon the recovery thereof such treble amount shall be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.

3. It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri or the prosecuting attorney of any county or city in which service of process may be had upon the person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company or corporation liable hereunder, to institute all suits necessary for the recovery by the state of Missouri of such amounts in the name and on behalf of the state.

(RSMo 1939 § 13314, A.L. 1982 S.B. 680 Revision, A.L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11693; 1919 § 667 Effective 6-24-97 (H.B. 655); 5-20-97 (S.B. 170) *Word "on" appears in original rolls. (1987) This section does not prevent a foreign insurance corporation from sending in-house counsel to defend its insureds, where such counsel is admitted to the Missouri Bar. In re. Allstate Ins. Co., 722 S.W.2d 947 (Mo. banc). (2008) Provision awarding treble damages for unauthorized practice of law or law business does not violate due process. Carpenter v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 250 S.W.3d 697 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.148 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.148
376.148 Policyholders are members of mutual — voting rights — directors may alter ...
Status: in_force

376.148. Policyholders are members of mutual — voting rights — directors may alter articles — additional assessments prohibited. — 1. The articles of agreement of any mutual life insurance corporation shall provide that each policyholder of the corporation shall be a member of the corporation.

2. As used in this section, "policyholder" means the person insured under an individual policy of life insurance, and the person to whom any annuity or pure endowment is presently or prospectively payable by the terms of an individual annuity or pure endowment contract, except where the policy or contract declares some other person to be the owner or holder thereof, in which case such owner or policyholder shall be deemed the policyholder, and except in cases of assignment. In the case of any individual policy or contract insuring two or more persons jointly or in case the policy or contract declares two or more persons to be the owner, the persons insured or declared to be the owner are considered as one policyholder. In case any such policy or contract has been assigned by an assignment absolute on its face to an assignee other than the corporation and such assignment is filed at the principal office of the corporation, then such assignee shall be deemed a policyholder, but for the purpose of determining voting rights such assignment is not effective until thirty days after it has been filed with the corporation. Except as provided in this section an assignee of a policy or contract shall not be deemed a policyholder.

3. The articles of agreement shall provide that each policyholder who is insured in the sum of at least one thousand dollars, or who is the holder of an annuity which at normal date of maturity requires the payment of one hundred dollars or more annually, and whose insurance or contract of annuity is then in force and has been in force for at least one year prior to a policyholders' meeting, shall be entitled to only one vote, irrespective of the number of policies or contracts held by him or their amount.

4. The power to make, alter, amend, or repeal the articles of agreement is vested in the board of directors or trustees, unless it is reserved to the members by the articles of incorporation.

5. The articles of agreement of a mutual legal reserve life insurance corporation shall provide that such corporation shall issue no policy of life insurance or annuity contract which provides for the payment of any assessment by any policyholder or member in addition to the regular premium charged for such insurance or annuity.

(L. 1957 p. 224 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 89.330 — MO Code / Chapter 89 / Section 89.330
89.330 Commission officers, rules, records, employees, expenditures — zoning ...
Status: in_force

89.330. Commission officers, rules, records, employees, expenditures — zoning commission to constitute planning commission. — 1. The commission shall elect its chairman and secretary from among the citizen members. The term of chairman and secretary shall be for one year with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall hold regular meetings and special meetings as they provided by rule, and shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a record of its proceedings. These records shall be public records. The commission shall appoint the employees and staff necessary for its work, and may contract with city planners and other professional persons for the services that it requires. The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of grants and gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by council.

2. Where a zoning or planning commission exists on October 13, 1963, it shall constitute the city planning commission for the purposes of sections 89.300 to 89.480 in lieu of the commission provided for herein with the same officers, membership procedures, powers and terms of office as theretofore existing, unless the council otherwise provides; except in a charter city where the provisions of the charter shall govern.

(L. 1963 p. 146 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 236.240 — MO Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.240
236.240 Dams deemed public nuisances, when.
Status: in_force

236.240. Dams deemed public nuisances, when. — All dams, stoppages and obstructions not made according to law shall be deemed to be public nuisances, and may be dealt with as such.

(RSMo 1939 § 10309) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9180; 1919 § 7422; 1909 § 5479