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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.460 - Union stations — construction corporations — who may construct.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
388.460. Union stations — construction corporations — who may construct. —
1. In order to facilitate the public convenience and safety in the transmission of goods and passengers in, and in the neighborhood of, large cities, from one railroad to another, and to prevent the unnecessary expense, inconvenience and loss attending the accumulation of a number of stations, any number of persons not less than five, or any such number of persons, not less than five, and any railroad company or companies are hereby authorized to form themselves into a corporation under the general laws of this state, relating to private corporations for the purpose of constructing, establishing and maintaining a union station for passengers or freight depots, or for both, in or in the neighborhood of any city of this state, with the necessary offices and rooms convenient therefor, and the appurtenances thereto, and, for that purpose, may make and sign articles in which shall be stated the number of years the same is to continue, the city in which the same is to be located, the amount of the capital stock of said company, which shall not exceed ten millions of dollars, the amount of each share of stock, the names and places of residence of its directors who shall manage its affairs for the first year and until others are chosen in their place, the number of its directors, which shall not be less than five nor more than twenty, and shall also state the amount of stock taken by each subscriber.
2. And any railroad company may construct, build, operate and maintain a union station in, or in the neighborhood of any city of this state, for passengers or freight depots, or for both, with the necessary offices and rooms convenient therefor and the appurtenances thereto, and shall have like powers in connection with any such union station or depots, or both, as are possessed by union depot companies formed under this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5251)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4813; 1919 § 10002; 1909 § 3215
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.480 - Formation of corporation to build line from county seat to railroad or river.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
388.480. Formation of corporation to build line from county seat to railroad or river. —
For the sole purpose of connecting county seats in the state of Missouri with railroads, or with the Missouri or Mississippi rivers, where such connection does not already exist, it shall be lawful for any number of citizens of such county, not less than five in number, to form a corporation, with whatever amount of capital stock may be deemed necessary by such citizens, for the purpose of building an electric railroad from such county seat to some other railroad, or to the Missouri or Mississippi rivers, as before stated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5259)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4821; 1919 § 10010; 1909 § 3226
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.490 - Powers and duties of such corporation.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
388.490. Powers and duties of such corporation. —
Such incorporation shall possess all the rights, privileges and powers given to any railroad corporation by the laws of this state, and in addition thereto, shall not be required to have any greater amount of stock than to the incorporators thereof may seem necessary; and provided further, that said corporation shall have power to create whatever amount of bonded indebtedness such corporation may deem necessary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5260)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4822; 1919 § 10011; 1909 § 3227
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.500 - Interurban railroads — powers of company.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
388.500. Interurban railroads — powers of company. —
Any corporation now existing, or that may hereafter be incorporated, for the purpose of constructing, building, owning, operating and maintaining an interurban electric railroad, shall have and possess the same rights and be subject to the same liabilities and shall be governed by the same powers, laws, limitations, restrictions and proceedings now governing railroads in this chapter for the condemnation of lands for right-of-way, and the fencing thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5261)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4823; 1919 § 10012; 1909 § 3228
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.510 - Foreign and nonresident railroad companies, license required — penalty.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
388.510. Foreign and nonresident railroad companies, license required — penalty. —
If any foreign or nonresident railway corporation of whatever kind, incorporated, created and existing under the laws of any other state, territory or country, and doing business as a carrier of freight or passengers shall carry, or attempt to carry, or hold itself out to carry passengers or freight of any kind from one point in this state to another point in this state, without a license, permit or certificate of authority therefor, first had and obtained from the state of Missouri, to be issued by the secretary of state, it shall forfeit and pay to the state of Missouri for each offense a penalty of not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, suit to be brought therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction by the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of any county in the state in which such offense shall have been committed. Such offense shall be deemed to have been committed either in the county where such transportation originated or in the county where it terminated. The governor may, whenever he shall deem it necessary, appoint special counsel to assist the attorney general or any prosecuting attorney to enforce and carry out the provisions of this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5262, A. 1949 H.B. 2101)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4824; 1919 § 10013; 1909 § 3230
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.600 - Railroad police authorized.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006
388.600. Railroad police authorized. —
Any railroad company may apply to the director of the department of public safety for appointment of one or more of its employees of the age twenty-one or over, who regularly work in this state and who are residents of this state, or of an adjoining state, as railroad policemen for the purpose of protecting the property of the railroad, or property for which it is responsible, and for the purpose of protecting the persons and property of its passengers and employees.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 432, A.L. 2006 S.B. 933)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.605 - Application, contents, how made, fee.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 2006
388.605. Application, contents, how made, fee. —
The application for the appointment of railroad policemen shall be in such form as the director of the department of public safety may prescribe and shall include a statement in such detail as the director of the department of public safety may require as to the age, education, training in law enforcement and experience of each employee for whom appointment is requested. Each application shall be signed by an officer of the railroad company and by each employee for whom appointment is requested. Each application shall be accompanied by the statements of three reputable citizens of the state of Missouri attesting to the moral character of each employee for whom appointment is requested. A fee of fifteen dollars for each employee for whom appointment is requested shall be filed with the application to defray the expenses of processing the application.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 2, A.L. 2006 S.B. 933)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.610 - Director of department of public safety to appoint — commissions, oath, bond of appointees.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 2002
388.610. Director of department of public safety to appoint — commissions, oath, bond of appointees. —
The director of the department of public safety shall approve applications and appoint such railroad policemen as he deems proper, taking into consideration, among other things, the education, training and experience of each person so appointed concerning the powers of peace officers and the limitations on powers of peace officers in regard to the constitutional rights of citizens to be secure in their persons and property. Those approved, appointed, and commissioned by the director of the department of public safety shall be issued commissions by the director of the department of public safety, and each of them, before entering into the performance of his duties, shall subscribe before the clerk of a circuit court of this state, an oath in the form prescribed by Section 11, Article VII, of the Constitution of this State, to support the constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Missouri, to faithfully demean himself in the office and to faithfully perform the duties of the office, and each of them shall enter into a surety bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars payable to the state of Missouri, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The executed oath of office, together with a copy of the commission and the bond, shall be filed with the director of the department of public safety until the commission is terminated or revoked as provided in this section. As used in this section relating to railroad policemen, the word
"commission"
means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 3, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1213)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.615 - Identification filed with director of department of public safety.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 2006
388.615. Identification filed with director of department of public safety. —
Each railroad policeman shall file with the director of the department of public safety his photograph, fingerprints and signature.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 4, A.L. 2006 S.B. 933)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.620 - Identification to be carried.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
388.620. Identification to be carried. —
Every railroad policeman shall have in his possession, while on duty, a badge and identification card with photograph identifying him as a member of the police department of his railroad. Such badge shall be openly displayed except when an officer is conducting investigations and such badge or identification card shall at all times be exhibited upon demand and upon making an arrest.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.625 - Railroad police, powers of.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
388.625. Railroad police, powers of. —
Railroad policemen, while engaged in the pursuit of their purposes in regard to violations of the law which occurred on railroad property, shall have in every county and city in this state all law enforcement powers which county and city peace officers have except for the serving and execution of civil process, provided, however, that a railroad policeman shall not apply for or serve search warrants.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.630 - Arrested persons, how treated.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
388.630. Arrested persons, how treated. —
The rights of persons arrested by railroad policemen shall be carefully respected and such persons shall be taken before the court having jurisdiction of the crime whereof the person arrested is charged, there to be dealt with according to law.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.635 - Railroad police, how compensated.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
388.635. Railroad police, how compensated. —
The compensation for railroad policemen shall be paid by their respective railroads.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.640 - License as peace officer required.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 2002
388.640. License as peace officer required. —
All railroad policemen who become employed after September 28, 1971, shall, before appointment, be a licensed peace officer in accordance with the provisions of chapter 590.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 9, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1213)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.645 - Termination of appointment, procedure.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 2006
388.645. Termination of appointment, procedure. —
When a railroad no longer requires the services of a policeman so appointed, it shall file a notice of termination of employment with the director of the department of public safety, or at any time the director of the department of public safety may revoke the appointment by giving notice to the railroad and to the railroad policeman. Thereupon, the powers of such policeman shall cease.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 10, A.L. 2006 S.B. 933)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.655 - Powers, where exercised.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
388.655. Powers, where exercised. —
All law enforcement powers granted to railroad police shall apply only on railroad rights-of-way or the immediate vicinity thereof, except that railroad police may investigate in any location incidents occurring on railroad property, and except such railroad police may pursue a person violating the law on railroad property off railroad property while in fresh pursuit of such person.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 12, A.L. 1995 S.B. 387 & 289)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 388 - Railroad Corporations › Section 388.660 - Investigations, how limited.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 388
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
388.660. Investigations, how limited. —
No railroad policeman may participate in any accident investigation which resulted from personal injury to, or property damage of, a third person, if such investigation is conducted away from railroad property.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 232 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.005 - Division, transferred to department of transportation.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
• Effective - 11 Jul 2002, see footnote
389.005. Division, transferred to department of transportation. —
Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 104.805, 226.008, 389.610, and 621.040, all the powers, duties and functions of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety relating to rail transportation activities, including all rules and orders, as provided in this chapter and chapters 388, 391 and 622, are hereby transferred to the department of transportation, which is in the charge of the highways and transportation commission, by type I transfer as set forth in the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974. Except as otherwise provided, all personnel of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety are transferred to the department of transportation by section 226.008, except that the administrative law judge is transferred by section 226.008 to the administrative hearing commission.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 676, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1202)
Effective 7-11-02
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.007 - Official Missouri railroad, when designated.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
389.007. Official Missouri railroad, when designated. —
Any railroad which transverses the boundaries of Missouri and is domiciled within Missouri may be designated by the division of tourism as an official Missouri railroad.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 529 § 389.1020)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.060 - Ejection of passengers, when lawful.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.060. Ejection of passengers, when lawful. —
If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare, or shall behave in an offensive manner, or be guilty of repeated violations of the rules of the company, it shall be lawful for the conductor of the train and the servants of the corporation to put him and his baggage out of the cars, using no unnecessary force, at any usual stopping place, or near any dwelling house, as the conductor shall elect, on stopping the train.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5173)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4708; 1919 § 9898; 1909 § 3093
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.300 - To deliver and receive freight at crossing of other roads — to maintain switches — penalty for failure.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.300. To deliver and receive freight at crossing of other roads — to maintain switches — penalty for failure. —
1. Every railroad corporation organized or doing business under the laws of this state, or by the authority thereof, shall receive and deliver all grain or other freight consigned to its care for transportation at the crossings and junctions of all other railroads, canals and navigable rivers; and shall, at all cities and at all towns along the line of their railroad having a population of two hundred inhabitants or more, construct and maintain switches and freight houses for the receipt and delivery of grain and other freight that may be tendered to such railroad for transportation; and shall stop at least one train daily thereat to receive and unload freight. And whenever in the opinion of the motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development of this state the amount of business is such as to require the same, such railroad, after due notice from such motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development to do so, shall maintain a freight agent at such station for the purpose of receiving and delivering freight.
2. Any railroad corporation failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section, after thirty days' notice given, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by indictment or information in any court having jurisdiction thereof, and each day that said railroad corporation shall so fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section after the expiration of thirty days after such notice, shall constitute a separate offense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5229)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4772; 1919 § 9960; 1909 § 3158
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.310 - Upon failure to furnish cars, shippers may furnish them — penalty for failure to return.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.310. Upon failure to furnish cars, shippers may furnish them — penalty for failure to return. —
1. Whenever any railroad corporation shall fail, neglect or refuse to furnish, within a reasonable time after demand of a station agent, sufficient cars to supply any party desiring to ship property, then such party shall have the right to furnish cars, which shall be switched and hauled to their destination without unreasonable delay or discrimination in any manner between such cars and cars belonging to the corporation or any other person.
2. Any party furnishing cars as aforesaid shall pay to the railroad corporation a reasonable compensation for the service rendered, and in case an agreement cannot be reached as to such compensation, the motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development shall fix the same, and when such compensation has been so fixed, it shall be prima facie evidence that the same is reasonable.
3. Any railroad company failing or refusing to transport and return the cars furnished by said party or corporation mentioned in this section, shall pay to the party or corporation aggrieved the sum of five hundred dollars for each and every such offense, together with a reasonable attorney's fee, to be recovered by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and every day of such refusal on the part of any railroad company to transport and return such cars as aforesaid after demand is made, shall be deemed a separate offense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5230)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4773; 1919 § 9961; 1909 § 3160
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.320 - Pooling prohibited.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.320. Pooling prohibited. —
It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to enter into any contract, agreement or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof; and in case of an agreement for the pooling of freights as aforesaid, each day of its continuance shall be deemed a separate offense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5243)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4798; 1919 § 9987; 1909 § 3186
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.540 - Shipments of grain in bulk.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.540. Shipments of grain in bulk. —
1. Every railroad corporation which shall receive any grain in bulk for transportation to any place within the state shall transport and deliver the same to any consignee, elevator, warehouse or place to whom or to which it may be consigned and directed; provided, such person, warehouse or place can be reached by any track owned, leased or used, or which can be used by such corporation; and every such corporation shall permit connections to be made and maintained with its track to and from any and all public warehouses where grain is or may be stored.
2. Any such corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable to all persons injured thereby for all damages which they may sustain on that account, whether such damages result from any depreciation in the value of such property, by such neglect or refusal to deliver such grain as directed, or in loss to the proprietor or manager of any public warehouse to which it is directed to be delivered and costs of suit, including such reasonable attorney's fees as shall be taxed by the court.
3. And in case of any second or later refusal of such railroad corporation to comply with the requirements of this section, such corporation shall be, by the court, in an action on which such failure or refusal shall be found, adjudged to pay, for the use of the people of this state, a sum of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, for each and every such failure or refusal, and this may be a part of the judgment of the court in any second or later proceeding against such corporation.
4. In case any railroad corporation shall be found guilty of having violated, failed or omitted to observe and comply with the requirements of this section, or any part thereof, three or more times, it shall be lawful for any person interested to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction, and obtain the appointment of a receiver to take charge of and manage such railroad corporation until all damages, penalties, costs and expenses adjudged against such corporation for any and every violation shall, together with interest, be fully satisfied.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5225)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4768; 1919 § 9956; 1909 § 3153
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.550 - Consignments to elevators declared temporary.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.550. Consignments to elevators declared temporary. —
All consignments of grain to any elevator or public warehouse shall be held to be temporary, and subject to change by the consignee or consignor, at any time previous to the actual unloading of such property from the cars in which it is transported. Notice of any change in consignment may be served by the consignee on any agent of the railroad corporation having the property in possession, who may be in charge of the business of such corporation at the point where such property is to be delivered; and if, after such notice, and while the same remains uncancelled, such property is delivered in any way different from such altered or changed consignment, such railroad corporation shall, at the election of the consignee or person entitled to control such property, be deemed to have illegally appropriated such property to its own use, and shall be liable to pay the owner or consignee of such property the value of the property, and shall forfeit and pay to the owner or consignee the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by civil action before any court of competent jurisdiction; and no extra charge shall be permitted by the corporation having the custody of such property in consequence of such change of consignment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5226)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4769; 1919 § 9957; 1909 § 3154
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.560 - Time allowed for removing grain from cars.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.560. Time allowed for removing grain from cars. —
Any consignee or person entitled to receive the delivery of grain transported in bulk by any railroad shall have forty-eight hours, free of expense, after actual notice of arrival by the corporation to the consignee, in which to remove the same from the cars of such railroad corporation if he shall desire to receive it from the cars on the track, which forty-eight hours shall be held to embrace such time as the car containing such property is placed and kept by such corporation in a convenient and proper place for unloading. And it shall not be held to have been placed in a proper place for unloading unless it can be reached by the consignee or person entitled to receive it, with teams or other suitable means for removing the property from the car, and reasonably convenient to the depot of such railroad corporation at which it is accustomed to receive and unload merchandise consigned to that station or place. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be held to authorize the changing of any consignment of grain except as to the place at which it is to be delivered or unloaded, nor shall such change of consignment in any degree affect the ownership or control of property in any other way.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5227)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4770; 1919 § 9958; 1909 § 3155
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.570 - No discrimination allowed in shipping grain — grain to be weighed and shortage made up.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.570. No discrimination allowed in shipping grain — grain to be weighed and shortage made up. —
Every railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of this state, or doing business within the limits of the same, when desired by any person wishing to ship any grain over its road, shall receive and transport such grain, in bulk or otherwise, within a reasonable time, and load the same either upon its track, at its depot, or at any warehouse adjoining its track or sidetrack, without distinction, discrimination or favor between one shipper and another, and without distinction or discrimination as to the manner in which such grain is offered to it for transportation, or as to the person, warehouse or place to whom or to which it may be consigned; and at all stations where scales are required to be kept, at the time such grain is received by it for transportation, such corporation shall carefully and correctly weigh the same, and issue to the shipper thereof a receipt or bill of lading for such grain, in which shall be stated the true and correct weight, and such corporation shall weigh out and deliver to such shipper, his consignee or other person entitled to receive the same, at the place of delivery, the full amount of such grain, without any deduction for leakage, shrinkage or other loss in the quantity of the same, except that one-half of one percent shall be allowed for leakage, shrinkage or other loss on bulk grain. In default of such delivery, the corporation so failing to deliver the full amount of such grain shall pay to the person entitled thereto the full market value of any such grain not delivered at the time and place when and where the same should have been delivered.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5228)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4771; 1919 § 9959; 1909 § 3156
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.614 - Warning signals for crossings presumed adequate — duty of reasonable care required of railroads.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
389.614. Warning signals for crossings presumed adequate — duty of reasonable care required of railroads. —
Railroad warning devices which are installed or maintained by order or by rule of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety are presumed to be adequate and appropriate warning devices for the crossing. All railroads shall continue to exercise reasonable care at railroad crossings for the safety of the members of the public using the crossing.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 765 § 2)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.615 - Study on grade crossing closures — due when — division may employ additional track safety specialists, when.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
389.615. Study on grade crossing closures — due when — division may employ additional track safety specialists, when. —
The division of motor carrier and railroad safety shall conduct a study to establish priorities for grade crossing closures and a plan for implementing grade crossing closures. The study is to be completed by January 1, 1994, and is not to be paid for from the grade crossing safety account. To promote the safety of railroad tracks at crossings, the division may employ additional track safety specialists, subject to appropriations, or available federal or private funding.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 765 § 3)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.620 - Railroads required to pave right-of-way at street crossings.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1988
389.620. Railroads required to pave right-of-way at street crossings. —
Whenever any city, town or village in this state, whether acting under special charter or organized under the general incorporation laws relating to cities, towns and villages, shall, by ordinance duly enacted order any street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk now existing therein or which may hereafter be created and opened for public use, or any part or parts thereof, to be graded, constructed, reconstructed, paved, guttered, curbed or otherwise improved or repaired, it shall be the duty of every railroad corporation owning, operating or leasing any railroad which abuts or adjoins any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve and repair the part or parts of such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk upon which the right-of-way of such railroad so abuts or adjoins, to the same extent, of like materials and of as good quality, as such city, town or village has required, or shall in such ordinance require, of the other property owners abutting upon such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk in the grading, constructing, reconstructing or otherwise improving or repairing of such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5215, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4758; 1919 § 9945; 1909 § 3142
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.630 - Railroad failing to pave, city to proceed, how.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.630. Railroad failing to pave, city to proceed, how. —
If any such railroad corporation fail, neglect or refuse to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb, or otherwise improve or repair any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, or part or parts thereof, as provided in the foregoing section, the city, town or village ordering any such work to be done, or the authorities thereof having legal control or charge of said street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk therein, shall notify such railroad corporation to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair the part or parts of any such street, alley, avenue, public highway, or sidewalk in accordance with the terms of the ordinance requiring the same to be done, which notice shall be in writing and shall be served by delivering a copy of the same to the station agent of said railroad corporation nearest to the street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk over or upon which said railroad crosses, abuts or adjoins. Upon the service of such notice, if such railroad corporation fail, neglect or refuse to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, as above provided, within thirty days from the service of said notice, said city, town or village, or the authorities thereof having in charge the streets, alleys, avenues, public highways or sidewalks therein, may proceed to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair said street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, as in said ordinance required, and shall be entitled to recover double the amount expended, together with all costs, in the name of the city, town or village, or other competent authority, at whose expense the work was done, in any court of competent jurisdiction, from such railroad corporation so failing, neglecting or refusing to perform the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5216)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4759; 1919 § 9946; 1909 § 3143
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.645 - Crossing in city, town or village, division may regulate, when.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1988
389.645. Crossing in city, town or village, division may regulate, when. —
The division, upon application or complaint by a city, town or village, or upon its own motion, may regulate the crossing within a municipality of a highway, street or roadway with railroad tracks, require precautions, regulate the running, handling and operation of railway engines and cars, govern the speed of railway engines, cars and trains, and make and enforce orders and restrictions to promote public safety and convenience at such crossings and on such railroad tracks.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 676)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.653 - Trespass to railroad property, penalties.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
389.653. Trespass to railroad property, penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of trespass to railroad property if such person:
(1) Throws an object at a railroad train or rail-mounted work equipment; or
(2) Maliciously or wantonly causes in any manner the derailment of a railroad train, railroad car or rail-mounted work equipment.
2. The offense of trespass to railroad property is a class A misdemeanor unless the trespass results in the damage or destruction of railroad property in an amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, results in the injury or death of any person, or the person committing the offense discharges a firearm or a weapon at a railroad train or rail-mounted work equipment, in which case it is a class E felony.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with either the lawful use of a public or private railroad crossing, or as limiting a representative of a labor organization which represents or is seeking to represent the employees of the railroad, from conducting such business as provided by the Railway Labor Act.
4. As used in this section,
"railroad property"
includes, but is not limited to, any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment, rolling stock, work equipment, safety device, switch, electronic signal, microwave communication equipment, connection, railroad track, rail, bridge, trestle, right-of-way or any other property owned, leased, operated or possessed by a railroad.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 780 § 13, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.665 - Right-of-way to be cleared of weeds and brush to prevent fires, violation, damages and costs — public grade crossings to be clear of vegetation and undergrowth.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
Effective - 28 Aug 1988
389.665. Right-of-way to be cleared of weeds and brush to prevent fires, violation, damages and costs — public grade crossings to be clear of vegetation and undergrowth. —
1. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state to keep the right-of-way reasonably clear of brush and high weeds, by cutting, burning, chemical spraying, plowing under, or other appropriate means for the purpose of preventing the spread of fire, and in case such corporation or person shall fail or neglect to do so, any person owning land adjoining such railroad is hereby authorized, after giving three days' notice, in writing, to such owner or operator of the railroad, by service upon any person authorized to receive service of legal process on behalf of the corporation within this state to cause such brush and high weeds upon the right-of-way occupied by the railroad company to be cut and removed, burned, plowed, or sprayed with chemical material for killing such brush and high weeds in front of and adjoining his land, and such landowner may maintain an action against the corporation or person so failing to perform this duty, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be entitled to recover double the amount of all expenses and damages incurred and accruing thereby, together with costs.
2. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state to maintain the right-of-way at public grade crossings so that it will be reasonably clear of vegetation, undergrowth or other debris for a distance of two hundred fifty feet each way from the near edge of such crossings where such things would materially obscure approaching trains from the view of travelers on the highway.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 676)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations › Section 389.670 - Storm sewers along railroad right-of-way in cities or towns under 30,000.

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 389
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
389.670. Storm sewers along railroad right-of-way in cities or towns under 30,000. —
1. It is hereby made the duty of every person, company or corporation, owning, operating or controlling any railroad or railroad right-of-way passing through any incorporated village, town or city within this state, containing a population of thirty thousand inhabitants or less, to construct at their own expense, within the corporate limits of such village, town or city along the lines of their said railroads or railroad right-of-way, such sewers as shall be of sufficient capacity to at all times carry off all the surface water that may collect or accumulate along their right-of-way.
2. Such sewers shall be constructed in a substantial manner, and cemented on their sides and bottoms so as to give to same a hard, smooth surface, and shall be of sufficient volume and depth to carry off at all times all surface water, with such facility as to prevent at all times an overflow therefrom. They shall have good, safe wagon and foot crossings constructed over them, at such places where the village, town or city by ordinance shall direct, and where it is necessary for public travel.
3. It shall be the further duty of all such persons, companies and corporations to construct under their railways, from one side of their right-of-way to the other, such sewers as shall by the city council, board of aldermen or legislative body of such villages, towns or cities be deemed necessary to facilitate the proper drainage of such village, town or city as provided herein.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 7530, 7531, 7532)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7376, 7377, 7378; 1919 §§ 8784, 8785, 8786; 1909 §§ 9640, 9641, 9642
(1960) Constitutionality of this statute as applied to combined sanitary and storm sewer raised but not decided. C.B. & Q.R. Co. v. City of North Kansas City, 276 F.2d 932.
(1963) Sections 389.670 to 389.690 apply only to surface water drainage sewers and railroad was not liable for construction across its right-of-way of combination sanitary and storm sewer with pipes buried at different depths underground and a sewage pumping station to maintain the flow. Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. v. North Kansas City (Mo.), 367 S.W.2d 561.