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MO Rev Stat § 325.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.015 - License required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.015. License required. — No person, partnership, association or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, act as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor within this state, or receive for or because of services rendered in the adjustment of any claim or claims for loss or damage by fire or other casualty within the provisions of fire or allied insurance policies any money or commission or other thing of value, without first securing a license to act as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor from the director as hereinafter prescribed. No such license shall permit the holder thereof to engage in the practice of law or to conduct law business as defined in section 484.010. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 325.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.020 - Application for license, contents of — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.020. Application for license, contents of — bond. — 1. Any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring to be licensed as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor shall submit an application therefor to the director upon forms adopted by the director, and shall file corporate surety bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars and for each employee engaged as a public adjuster or solicitor a separate corporate surety bond in the amount of one thousand dollars; said bonds shall be conditioned upon a satisfactory accounting of any funds received in settlement of losses or claims for holders of insurance policies within the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of the surety for all breaches of the conditions of the bond shall, in no event, exceed the sum of such bond. The surety on the bond shall have the right to cancel such bond upon giving thirty days' notice to the director and thereafter shall be relieved of liability for any breach of condition occurring after the effective date of said cancellation.  2. Each application shall be signed and verified under oath by the applicant, shall contain the name and address of the applicant and the address of the place where the applicant will conduct an adjusting business, whether any adjuster's license has previously been issued to the applicant, the applicant's occupation or business for the five years next preceding the date of the application, including names and addresses of employers within this period, and such other information as the director may require to enable him to determine the experience, education and training of the applicant to engage in this type of business.  3. If the applicant is a partnership, association or corporation, the application shall contain the above information for each partner, member, officer or director as may be applicable. The license issued shall entitle only those persons named in the application to engage in the adjusting business. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 325.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.025 - Application fee — annual renewal fee, failure to pay, license terminates — supplemental application.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   325.025. Application fee — annual renewal fee, failure to pay, license terminates — supplemental application. — 1. Each applicant shall pay an initial application fee of one hundred dollars for each individual who will act as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor. Each license issued shall be renewed annually on the anniversary date of issuance and continue in effect until refused, revoked or suspended by the director in accordance with section 325.035; except that if the annual renewal fee for the license is not paid on or before the anniversary date the license terminates.  2. The annual renewal fee for a public adjuster's or public adjuster solicitor's license if fifty dollars for each license.  3. Supplemental applications may be made for others becoming associated with or employed by a licensee upon the payment of the proper additional fee or fees and the filing of a completed application. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 4, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1739)
MO Rev Stat § 325.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.030 - License issued, when — titles — license refused, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.030. License issued, when — titles — license refused, when. — 1. The director shall issue the proper license when the requirements of sections 325.010 to 325.055 have been met, and a person receiving the license shall thereafter be known and styled a "licensed public adjuster", or "licensed public adjuster solicitor", as the case may be.  2. The director shall require an applicant to submit to a written examination to determine his qualifications to engage in the adjustment business.  3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the director shall not issue a license to any person who has been convicted of a felony or other crime involving fraudulent or dishonest practices; and shall have the power to revoke, suspend or refuse a license as hereinafter provided. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 325.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.035 - Refusal to license, revocation or suspension, grounds for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   325.035. Refusal to license, revocation or suspension, grounds for. — 1. Whenever the director shall be satisfied that an applicant for a license does not have the necessary qualifications to engage in the public adjustment business, or when he shall be satisfied that a holder of such license has engaged in false, fraudulent or misleading business practices, the director may refuse to issue the license or may revoke or suspend the license. Such refusal, revocation or suspension shall be accomplished pursuant to the provisions of chapter 621 and shall be based on one or more of the following grounds:  (1) A violation of any provision of chapter 325; or  (2) Any ground under subdivisions (2) to (12) of subsection 1 of section 375.141.  2. The director may suspend the license of any holder thereof for such period as he may determine proper or revoke such license if as a result of his disciplinary hearing he deems such action to be necessary as being in the public interest. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 6, A.L. 1991 S.B. 53 merged with S.B. 283)
MO Rev Stat § 325.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.040 - Penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.040. Penalty. — Anyone violating the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055 is guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 325.045 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.045 - Limit on expenditure by state — fees raised, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.045. Limit on expenditure by state — fees raised, when. — No more general revenues of the state of Missouri shall be used to carry out the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055 than* the amount collected in fees. The director may from time to time raise the amount of such fees as are provided in sections 325.010 to 325.055 in order to make said act self-sustaining. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 8)  *Word "that" appears here in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 325.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.050 - Cancellation of agreement, when, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.050. Cancellation of agreement, when, how. — 1. The owner of damaged property has the right to cancel any agreement entered into with a licensed public adjuster or licensed public adjuster solicitor until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the agreement was signed.  2. Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the licensed public adjuster or licensed public adjuster solicitor at the address stated in the agreement between the parties. Notice of cancellation may be given by mail and is given when deposited in a United States mail box properly addressed and postage prepaid. Notice of cancellation must contain the written intention of the owner to cancel the agreement. No liability accrues to the owner when the agreement is cancelled within said period, except for reasonable expenses incurred in preserving the damaged premises during the said three-day period. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 325.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 325 - Public Adjusters and Adjuster Solicitors|Section 325.055 - Contracts to repair or replace prohibited, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   325.055. Contracts to repair or replace prohibited, when. — No person, partnership, association or corporation, directly or indirectly, acting as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor licensed under the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055, may solicit, or enter into, an agreement for the repair or replacement of damaged property on which said public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor has been engaged to adjust or settle claims for losses or damages arising out of policies of fire or allied lines of insurances. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 326.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.250 - Citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.250. Citation of law. — The provisions of sections 326.250 to 326.331 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Accountancy Act". ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)
MO Rev Stat § 326.253 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.253 - Policy statement, purpose clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.253. Policy statement, purpose clause. — It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to promote the reliability of information that is used for guidance in financial transactions or for accounting for or assessing the financial status or performance of commercial, noncommercial and governmental enterprises. The protection of the public interest requires that persons professing special competence in accountancy or offering assurance as to the reliability or fairness of presentation of such information shall have demonstrated their qualifications to do so, and that persons who have not demonstrated and maintained such qualifications not be permitted to represent themselves as having such special competence or to offer such assurance; that the conduct of persons licensed as having special competence in accountancy be regulated in all aspects of their professional work; that a public authority competent to prescribe and assess the qualifications and to regulate the conduct of certified public accountants be established; and that the use of titles that have a capacity or tendency to deceive the public as to the status or competence of the persons using such titles be prohibited. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)
MO Rev Stat § 326.262 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.262 - Rulemaking authority — office maintained in Jefferson City.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.262. Rulemaking authority — office maintained in Jefferson City. — 1. The Missouri state board of accountancy shall have power by rule to adopt and use a seal; make and amend all rules deemed necessary for the proper administration of this chapter; conduct examinations; administer oaths and hear testimony regarding complaints, investigations and disciplinary actions or in pursuing settlement as provided by section 621.110, or preparatory to the filing of a complaint pursuant to section 621.045; require by summons or subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books, papers and documents with respect to testimony regarding complaints, investigations and disciplinary actions or in pursuing settlement; and do and perform all other acts and things committed to its charge and administration, or incidental thereto.  2. The board shall maintain its office in Jefferson City, Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)
MO Rev Stat § 326.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.265 - Officers elected by board, employment of legal counsel and personnel — continuing education committee, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   326.265. Officers elected by board, employment of legal counsel and personnel — continuing education committee, duties. — 1. The board shall elect annually one of its members as president, one as vice president, one as secretary and one as treasurer, and shall make an annual report to the governor and the general assembly. The board shall file and preserve all written applications, petitions, complaints, charges or requests made or presented to the board and all affidavits and other verified documents, and shall keep accurate records and minutes of its proceedings. A copy of any entry in the register, or of any records or minutes of the board, certified by the president or secretary of the board under its seal shall constitute and have the full force and effect of the original.  2. The board may employ legal counsel and board personnel as defined in section 324.001 and incur such travel and other expense as in its judgment shall be necessary for the effective administration of this chapter.  3. The board may also appoint a continuing education committee of not less than five members consisting of certified public accountants of this state. Such committee shall:  (1) Evaluate continuing education programs to determine if they meet continuing education regulations adopted by the board;  (2) Consider applications for exceptions to continuing education regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 326.271; and  (3) Consider other matters regarding continuing education as may be assigned by the board. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788, A.L. 2017 S.B. 395)
MO Rev Stat § 326.268 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.268 - Meetings — examination of applicants, content, fees — compensation of board members.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.268. Meetings — examination of applicants, content, fees — compensation of board members. — 1. The board may prescribe by rule the dates and places for holding regular meetings and regulate the call, notice and holding of special meetings. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum at any regular meeting or special meeting.  2. The board shall determine by rule the dates and times of examination of applicants. Examination of applicants shall be held at least twice annually. The board may determine by rule the method for publicizing the times and places of the examination. The board may require any or all applicants to appear in person before the board to answer questions regarding their qualifications and may, in the board's discretion, require evidence in support of the statements of the applicant.  3. The required examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of the subjects of accounting and auditing, and such other related subjects as the board may specify by rule, including but not limited to business law and taxation. The board shall prescribe by rule the methods of applying for and conducting the examination, including methods for grading and passing grades; provided, however, that the board shall, to the extent possible, ensure the examination, grading of the examination and the passing grades are uniform with those applicable in other states. The board may make use of all or any part of the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and Advisory Grading Service of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and may contract with third parties to perform administrative services with respect to the examination as the board deems appropriate.  4. The board may determine by rule the examination fee.  5. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation an amount set by the board not to exceed seventy dollars for each day devoted to the affairs of the board, and shall be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties. All claims for compensation and expenses shall be presented and allowed in open meetings of the board. No compensation or expenses of members of the board, its officers or employees shall be charged against the general funds of the state, but shall be paid out of the state board of accountancy fund. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)
MO Rev Stat § 326.271 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.271 - Rulemaking authority, conduct of matters and continuing education.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   326.271. Rulemaking authority, conduct of matters and continuing education. — 1. The board shall promulgate rules of procedure for governing the conduct of matters before the board.  2. The board shall promulgate rules of professional conduct for establishing and maintaining high standards of competence and integrity in the profession of public accounting.  3. In promulgating rules and regulations regarding the requirements of continuing education, the board:  (1) May use and rely upon guidelines and pronouncements of recognized educational and professional associations;  (2) May prescribe for content, duration and organization of courses;  (3) Shall consider applicant accessibility to continuing education as required by the board, and any impediments to the interstate practice of public accounting which may result from differences in requirements in states;  (4) May in its discretion relax or suspend continuing education requirements for instances of individual hardship;  (5) Shall not require the completion of more than one hundred twenty hours of continuing education or its equivalent in any three-year period, not more than one-third of which shall be required in any one year. The continuing education requirements must be capable of being fulfilled in programs or courses reasonably available to licensees within the state.  4. The board may require by rule licensees to submit any continuing education reporting as the board deems necessary.  5. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this chapter shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This chapter and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1600)
MO Rev Stat § 326.274 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.274 - Investigation of complaints by board.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.274. Investigation of complaints by board. — Upon receipt of a complaint or other information suggesting violations of this chapter or the rules of the board, the board may conduct investigations to determine if probable cause exists to institute proceedings pursuant to sections 326.295 to 326.316 against any person or firm for the violation, but an investigation pursuant to this section shall not be a prerequisite to initiate proceedings where a determination of probable cause can be made without investigation. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)
MO Rev Stat § 326.277 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.277 - Eligibility for examination, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   326.277. Eligibility for examination, requirements. — 1. Prior to June 30, 2021, for an applicant to be eligible to apply for the examination, the applicant shall fulfill the education requirements of subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 326.280.  2. On or after June 30, 2021, for an applicant to be eligible to apply for the examination, the applicant shall:  (1) Provide proof that the applicant has completed at least one hundred twenty semester hours of college education at an accredited college or university recognized by the board, with an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by the board by rule;  (2) Be at least eighteen years of age; and  (3) Be of good moral character. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)
MO Rev Stat § 326.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Occupations and Professions|Chapter 326 - Accountants|Section 326.295 - Confidential information, peer review — immunity from civil liability, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   326.295. Confidential information, peer review — immunity from civil liability, when. — 1. To assure a free flow of information for peer review pursuant to section 326.286 or 326.289, or proceedings before the board pursuant to section 326.310, all complaint files, investigation files, and all other investigation reports and other investigative information in the possession of the board or peer review committee or firm, acting pursuant to the authority of section 326.286, 326.289 or 326.310, or its employees or agents, which relate to the hearings or review shall be privileged and confidential, and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to any person, other than the licensee and the board or peer review committee or firm or their employees and agents involved in such proceedings or be admissible in evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding, other than the proceeding for which such material was prepared or assembled. A final written decision and finding of fact of the board, pursuant to section 326.310, shall be a public record.  2. No person shall be civilly liable as a result of his or her acts, omissions or decisions in good faith as a member of the board, a peer review committee or firm, or as an employee or agent thereof, in connection with such person's duties.  3. No person shall be civilly liable as a result of filing a report or complaint with the board or a peer review committee, or for the disclosure to the board or a peer review committee or its agents or employees, whether pursuant to a subpoena, of records, documents, testimony or other forms of information which constitute privileged matter in connection with proceedings of a peer review committee, or other board proceedings pursuant to section 326.310. Immunity from civil liability shall not apply if the act is done with malice. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 567)