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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.655 - Board may purchase land and erect buildings — bonds issued, when — election.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
182.655. Board may purchase land and erect buildings — bonds issued, when — election. —
1. The board of trustees of the consolidated public library district may provide for the purchase of ground and for the erection of public library buildings, and for the improvement of existing buildings, and for the furnishing of said buildings and may provide for the payment of the same by the issue of bonds or otherwise, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this section.
2. No bonds shall be issued in an amount in excess of the constitutional limitations of the value of taxable, tangible property in the consolidated public library district, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes, nor shall such indebtedness be incurred unless it has been approved by the vote of the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of the consolidated public library district voting on the question at a municipal election. The ballot for approval shall state in boldfaced type the tax rate necessary to retire the bonds as nearly accurate as may be.
3. The boards of trustees shall provide for the collection of an annual tax on all taxable, tangible property in the consolidated public library district sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they shall fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date contracted.
4. If, upon the returns from the election, which shall be certified to the board of trustees of the district, it appears that the question to incur indebtedness has been assented to by the constitutionally required percentage of the voters voting on the question, the board of trustees shall enter of record a brief recital of the returns and shall declare that the consolidated public library district board of trustees may issue bonds of the consolidated public library district in a total amount not in excess of that authorized by the voters. The board shall offer such bonds at public sale and shall provide such method as it may deem necessary for the advertisement of the sale of each issue of said bonds before the same are sold. The bonds shall be issued, payable to bearer and in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, or some multiple thereof, payable in not more than twenty years from the date they bear, bearing interest from date at a rate not exceeding the rate allowable by law, payable semiannually, and with interest coupons attached to conform to the face thereof. All bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of trustees, attested by the signature of the treasurer, and each bond shall have impressed thereon the corporate seal of the consolidated public library district.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1114, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.670 - Board to adopt rules and regulations — suspension of library privileges, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
182.670. Board to adopt rules and regulations — suspension of library privileges, when. —
1. The board of trustees of the consolidated public library district shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the terms and privileges for the use of the library and its facilities and shall cause the same to be published, with amendments, and filed with the clerk of each county served by the consolidated public library district and shall have on file a copy thereof in all library facilities open to the public.
2. If any person or corporation using the facilities of the consolidated public library district shall violate any of the published rules or regulations adopted by the board, the board or the librarian of the consolidated public library district may suspend that person's or corporation's library privileges either temporarily or permanently, as the consolidated public library district shall deem to be in the best interests of the consolidated public library and of the people it serves.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1114)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.701 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.701. Definitions. —
As used in sections 182.701 to 182.723, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Nine director urban school district"
, a school district which is located in a county of the first class having a charter form of government, which school district contains the greater part of a city which has a population of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants as defined in sections 162.461 to 162.551;
(2)
"Public library purposes"
, all those functions ordinarily and properly carried out by a public library, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, storage, indexing, display and distribution of reading and viewing materials for use by the public, maintenance of facilities for the storage, reading and viewing of such materials, and the management and administration of these operations;
(3)
"Board of trustees"
, the members of the library board of an urban public library district appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 182.701 to 182.723.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.703 - Urban public library district, procedure to create — boundaries — new district to be successor to library serving same boundaries — authority to levy property tax.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.703. Urban public library district, procedure to create — boundaries — new district to be successor to library serving same boundaries — authority to levy property tax. —
Urban public library districts may be created, upon the favorable vote of a majority of the residents of the nine director school district voting at an election held on any permissible election date. The decision as to whether the issue of creation of a new urban public library district will be placed on the ballot must be made by a majority vote of the nine member board of directors of the urban school district. The boundaries of any new urban public library district shall coincide with the respective nine director urban school district. Upon creation of any such district, the new district shall be designated as successor to any public library system operated within such boundaries immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall be entitled to levy a property tax at the same rate as had been authorized pursuant to section 137.030 for operation of the public library by the nine director urban school district immediately prior to creation of the new urban public library district. Effective the first calendar year after the election resulting in creation of the urban public library district, the nine director urban school district serving the same boundaries shall no longer be authorized to levy a tax for public library purposes. The alteration of the boundaries of a nine director urban school district shall not affect the boundaries of any urban public library district created pursuant to sections 182.701 to 182.723.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.709 - Retirement system, employees eligible for certain public school retirement system.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.709. Retirement system, employees eligible for certain public school retirement system. —
All employees of an urban public library district who would be eligible for membership in the public school retirement system of the public library system continued to be operated by the nine director urban school district shall be members of the retirement system of a nine director urban school district created pursuant to sections 169.270 to 169.400.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.713 - Bond required for treasurer, librarian and certain other employees.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.713. Bond required for treasurer, librarian and certain other employees. —
1. The treasurer, the librarian and other employees as designated by the board of trustees, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety to be approved by the board of trustees in such amount as may be fixed by the board of trustees, conditioned that they will render a faithful and just account of all money that comes into their hands, and otherwise perform the duties of their office according to law. The urban public library district shall pay the premium for the bond or bonds from its operating fund. A copy of such bond or bonds shall be filed with the treasurer of the board of trustees and clerk for each county included within the urban public library district. In case of a breach of the conditions of the bond or bonds the board or any taxpayer of the urban public library district may cause suit to be brought thereon. The suit shall be prosecuted in the name of the state of Missouri at the relation of and for use of the urban public library district.
2. The chief executive officer of the district, for and on behalf of the board of trustees, shall keep or cause to be kept financial records and accounts according to generally accepted accounting standards, and shall furnish to the board of trustees or any member thereof the financial records and accounts, or summaries thereof, that the board of trustees or any member thereof may request.
3. On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, the chief executive officer shall make a report to the board of trustees, stating the condition of the library and its services as of the thirtieth day of June of the preceding fiscal year. This report shall be accompanied by an audit conducted by an independent auditing firm. On or before the thirtieth day of September, the reports shall be submitted to the Missouri state library commission by the board of trustees.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.717 - Bonds issued by district, limitation, purposes, rate — approval by voters required — form and content — sale — amount of bond.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.717. Bonds issued by district, limitation, purposes, rate — approval by voters required — form and content — sale — amount of bond. —
1. The board of trustees of an urban public library district may provide for the purchase of ground and for the erection of public library buildings, and for the improvement of existing buildings, and for the furnishing of the buildings and may provide for the payment of the same by the issue of bonds or otherwise, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this section.
2. No bonds of the public library district shall be issued in an amount in excess of the constitutional limitations of the value of taxable, tangible property in an urban public library district, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes, nor shall such indebtedness be incurred unless it has been approved by the vote of the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of an urban public library district voting on the question at an election. The ballot for approval shall state in boldfaced type the tax rate necessary to retire the bonds as nearly accurate as may be.
3. The board of trustees shall provide for the collection of an annual tax on all taxable, tangible property in an urban public library district sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they shall fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date contracted.
4. If, upon the returns from the election, which shall be certified to the board of trustees, it appears that the question to incur indebtedness has been assented to by the constitutionally required percentage of the voters voting on the question, the board of trustees shall enter of record a brief recital of the returns and shall declare that the urban public library district board of trustees may issue bonds of the urban public library district in a total amount not in excess of that authorized by the voters. The board of trustees shall offer such bonds at public sale and shall provide such method as it may deem necessary for the advertisement of the sale of each issue of said bonds before the same are sold. The bonds shall be issued, payable to bearer and in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, or some multiple thereof, payable in not more than twenty years from the date they bear, bearing interest from date at a rate not exceeding the rate allowable by law, payable semiannually, and with interest coupons attached to conform to the fact thereof. All bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of trustees, attested by the signature of the treasurer, and each bond shall have impressed thereon the corporate seal of the urban public library district.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.719 - Rules and regulations, duties of board to establish, filed with county clerk — violations, suspension of library privileges.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.719. Rules and regulations, duties of board to establish, filed with county clerk — violations, suspension of library privileges. —
1. The board of trustees of an urban public library district shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the terms and privileges for the use of the library and its facilities and shall cause the same to be published, with amendments, and filed with the clerk of the county served by the urban public library district, and shall have on file a copy thereof in all library facilities open to the public.
2. If any person or corporation using the facilities of an urban public library district shall violate any of the published rules or regulations adopted by the board of trustees, the board of trustees or the librarian of the urban public library district may suspend that person's or corporation's library privileges either temporarily or permanently, as the urban public library district shall deem to be in the best interests of the urban public library and of the people it serves.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.721 - Real property, obligations, rights of nine-director urban school district used solely for library purposes transferred to urban public library district — property used for both library and nonlibrary purposes not to be transferred — rental agreement, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.721. Real property, obligations, rights of nine-director urban school district used solely for library purposes transferred to urban public library district — property used for both library and nonlibrary purposes not to be transferred — rental agreement, when. —
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, on the effective date of the creation of an urban public library district pursuant to sections 182.701 to 182.723, all right, title and interest of a nine-director urban school district in and to all real property and improvements thereon used for public library purposes or thereafter acquired for public library purposes shall be transferred to and vested in the urban public library district the boundaries of which coincide with those of the nine director urban school district.
2. Any real property held by a nine-director urban school district which was formerly used for nonlibrary purposes, and which at the time of the election resulting in creation of an urban public library district had a building constructed thereon used for public library purposes with a postal facility in the building, shall become the property of the new urban public library district.
3. Any real property or improvements thereon or both which were acquired, built or developed with funds raised or provided for, or otherwise dedicated to, both library purposes and nonlibrary purposes shall be retained by the nine-director urban school district. If any urban public library district elects to continue to occupy and use that building space used for public library purposes on the real property following creation of the urban public library district, the urban public library district shall make such rental payments as are agreed upon by the urban school district and the urban public library district. The urban school district shall not be required to permit such use, which shall occur only through a duly authorized and executed lease agreement.
4. In addition to the transfer of any fee simple rights to property which was used solely for public library purposes as of the date of creation of the urban public library district, the urban school district serving the area shall transfer to the new urban public library district any and all reversionary rights, leasehold rights or other real property rights or obligations, including the obligation to make rental payments, which pertain to property used solely for public library purposes, except as otherwise provided for this section.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.723 - Personal property, funds and obligations of nine-director urban school districts used for public library purposes to be transferred to urban public district.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
182.723. Personal property, funds and obligations of nine-director urban school districts used for public library purposes to be transferred to urban public district. —
Upon the effective date of creation of an urban public library district any and all outstanding obligations of a nine-director urban school district incurred for public library purposes shall become the obligations of the corresponding urban public library district; all funds of such nine-director urban school district collected and held for public library purposes shall be transferred to and vested in the urban public library district; and all personal property held by such nine-director urban school district and used for public library purposes shall be transferred to and vested in the urban public library district. Any money borrowed and bonds issued for the purpose of purchasing sites for public library buildings or erecting, remodeling, or furnishing library buildings or any combination thereof shall be deemed obligations incurred for public library purposes.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 681)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.800 - Free libraries — funds, investment of.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
Effective - 28 Aug 1971
182.800. Free libraries — funds, investment of. —
The governing board of any free library district may invest funds of the district. The board may invest the funds in either open time deposits for ninety days or certificates of deposit in a depositary selected by the board, if the depositary has deposited securities under the provisions of sections 110.010 and 110.020; or in bonds, redeemable at maturity at par, of the state of Missouri, of the United States, or of any wholly owned corporation of the United States; or in other short term obligations of the United States. No open time deposits shall be made or bonds purchased to mature beyond the date that the funds are needed for the purpose for which they were received by the district. Interest accruing from the investment of funds in such deposits or bonds shall be credited to the library district fund from which the money was invested.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 104 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.810 - Insurance for library boards.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
Effective - 28 Aug 1982
182.810. Insurance for library boards. —
The library board or board of trustees of any library in the state supported in whole or in part by taxation may purchase and maintain insurance for members of the board, individually, against any liabilities incurred as board members.
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(L. 1982 S.B. 835)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.815 - Disclosure of library records, definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
182.815. Disclosure of library records, definitions. —
As used in this section and section 182.817, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Digital resource or material"
, any E-book, digital periodical, digital thesis, digital dissertation, digital report, application, website, database, or other data available in digital format from a library for display on a computer screen or handheld device;
(2)
"E-book"
, any book composed or converted to digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device;
(3)
"Library"
, any library established by the state or any political subdivision of the state, or combination thereof, by any community college district, or by any college or university, and any private library open to the public;
(4)
"Library material"
, any book, E-book, digital resource or material, document, film, record, art work, or other library property which a patron may use, borrow or request;
(5)
"Library record"
, any document, record, or other method of storing information retained, received or generated by a library that identifies a person or persons as having requested, used, or borrowed library material, and all other records identifying the names of library users. The term "library record" does not include nonidentifying material that may be retained for the purpose of studying or evaluating the circulation of library material in general.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1372 § 1, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1085)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.817 - Disclosure of library records not required — exceptions — complaint may be filed for compromised privacy, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
182.817. Disclosure of library records not required — exceptions — complaint may be filed for compromised privacy, procedure. —
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, no library, employee or agent of a library, or third party contracted by a library that receives, transmits, maintains, or stores library records shall release or disclose a library record or portion of a library record to any person or persons except:
(1) In response to a written request of the person identified in that record, according to procedures and forms giving written consent as determined by the library; or
(2) In response to an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction upon a finding that the disclosure of such record is necessary to protect the public safety or to prosecute a crime.
2. Any person whose privacy is compromised as a result of an alleged violation of this section may file a written complaint within one hundred eighty days of the alleged violation with the office of the attorney general describing the facts surrounding the alleged violation. Such person may additionally bring a private civil action in the circuit court of the county in which the library is located to recover damages. The court may, in its discretion, award punitive damages and may award to the prevailing party attorney's fees, based on the amount of time reasonably expended, and may provide such equitable relief as it deems necessary or proper. A prevailing respondent may be awarded attorney fees under this subsection only upon a showing that the case is without foundation.
3. Upon receipt of a complaint filed in accordance with subsection 2 of this section, the attorney general shall review each complaint and may initiate legal action if deemed appropriate.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1372 § 2, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1085)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.825 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
182.825. Definitions. —
As used in sections 182.825 and 182.827, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Pornographic for minors"
, as that term is defined in section 573.010;
(2)
"Public access computer"
, a computer that is:
(a) Located in an elementary or secondary public school or public library;
(b) Frequently or regularly used directly by a minor; and
(c) Connected to any computer communication system.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1402)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally › Section 182.900 - City libraries — organization of library board — state aid, requirements to obtain.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 182
Effective - 28 Aug 1987
182.900. City libraries — organization of library board — state aid, requirements to obtain. —
Any city in this state may maintain from its own resources a free public library without the levy or collection of a tax specifically designated for the support and maintenance of such library. The governing body of the city may act as the library board for the library and may designate city officers and employees to serve in other capacities related to the operation of the library. The governing body of the city may accept from any sources property or funds to be utilized for the establishment, maintenance and support of the library. Any city maintaining from its own resources a free public library without the levy or collection of a tax specifically designated for the support and maintenance of such library shall be eligible for state aid to public libraries under the provisions of chapter 181 if the support provided by the city for the public library is at least equal to the amount of revenue which would be realized by a tax of one mill if the library had been tax supported.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 179 & 307)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 183 - State Historical Society › Section 183.010 - Society made trustee for the state — powers — executive committee.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 183
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
183.010. Society made trustee for the state — powers — executive committee. —
1. The state historical society of Missouri, heretofore organized under the laws of this state, shall be the trustee of this state, and as such shall hold all its present and future collections and property for the state, and shall not mortgage or deed in trust any of its property or sell any of such property except by way of exchange for property of equal value or for reinvestment.
2. There shall continue to be an executive committee of said society, to consist of as many members as is or may be provided in the constitution of said society, and to have the same powers as the present executive committee.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14902)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13707; 1919 § 5845; 1909 § 6698
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 183 - State Historical Society › Section 183.020 - Society's duties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 183
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
183.020. Society's duties. —
It shall be the duty of the society to collect books, maps and other papers and material for the study of history, especially of this state and of the middle west; to acquire narratives and records of the pioneers, to procure documents, manuscripts and portraits, and to gather all information calculated to exhibit faithfully the antiquities and the past and present condition, resources and progress of this state; to cause its collections to be properly bound and preserved; to conduct a library of historical reference, and to publish from time to time reports of its collections and such other matters as may tend to diffuse information relative to the history of this region; and to keep the rooms containing the collections of said society open at all reasonable hours on business days for the reception of the citizens of this state, without fee.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14903)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13708; 1919 § 5846; 1909 § 6699
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 183 - State Historical Society › Section 183.030 - Executive committee to report — copies of state publications to society.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 183
Effective - 28 Aug 1973
183.030. Executive committee to report — copies of state publications to society. —
The executive committee of the society shall keep an accurate account of the expenditure of all money which may be appropriated for the purposes of the society, and report biennially to the governor a detailed statement of the expenditure. To enable the society to augment its collections by effecting exchanges with other societies and institutions, sixty bound copies each of the several publications of the state, and of its societies and institutions, except the reports of the supreme court and the court of appeals, shall be and the same are hereby donated to the society as they shall be issued, the same to be delivered to the society by the secretary of state or other officer having the custody of the same; to include, also, for deposit in its collections, one set of all the publications of the state, including those heretofore issued, so far as possible, not excepting the reports of the supreme court and of the court of appeals.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14904, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13709; 1919 § 5847; 1909 § 6700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.010 - State museum — duty of department of natural resources — where located — soldiers' and sailors' memorial hall.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
184.010. State museum — duty of department of natural resources — where located — soldiers' and sailors' memorial hall. —
1.
*
The department of natural resources shall maintain a Missouri state museum which shall be a conservational and historical museum in which shall be collected and displayed such exhibits of the products of the mines, mills, fields and forests of this state and such other articles and products as will display the natural resources of this state and their utilization as the department may deem necessary and expedient. The department shall design and install necessary cases, racks, tables and other equipment desirable to the purposes of the exhibits.
2. The department shall appoint a director of the state museum, who shall have such duties and responsibilities as the department may direct.
3. The board of public buildings shall designate such part of the first and second floor of the capitol building as it thinks advisable to be used as a part of the Missouri state museum and shall also designate a wing or section of such space to be known as the Missouri soldiers and sailors' memorial hall.
4. The department shall coordinate its activities relating to the museum with those of the board of public buildings in the use and utilization of the corridors, halls, walls, and other space within the state capitol building as may be necessary for the display and exhibits of the museum and the memorial hall.
5. The department shall receive from the adjutant general all matters and records pertaining to Missouri soldiers, sailors and Marines serving in all wars declared by the United States, including such inscriptions and tablets as may be desirable and available.
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(L. 1943 p. 978 § 10b, A. 1949 S.B. 1049)
*See Reorganization Plan No. 12 of 1976, on file with the Secretary of State.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.015 - Political subdivisions may contract for use of art museums, how — payments from what funds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
184.015. Political subdivisions may contract for use of art museums, how — payments from what funds. —
1. Any administrative board of control of an art museum may contract to furnish the use of the facilities or services of the institution it operates and maintains to any incorporated city, incorporated village, school district or county in this state, or to the citizens or residents of any such city, village, school district or county, whether or not such city, village, school district or county maintains an art museum.
2. Any incorporated city, incorporated village, school district or county may contract with the administrative board of control of any art museum for the use of the facilities or services of any institution operated and maintained by such administrative board of control, such use to be by or for the benefit of the citizens or residents of any political subdivision herein named.
3. Any contract entered into hereunder shall be made and performed pursuant to the provisions of sections 70.210 to 70.230, both inclusive. It shall define the nature and extent of the use of the facility or service and the compensation to be paid therefor.
4. Payments contracted for under the provisions of any contract executed under the provisions of this section are authorized to be paid from the general revenues of any city, village or county or from the incidental fund of any school district, and shall be paid from any such funds that may be available for such purposes.
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(L. 1963 p. 357 §§ 1 to 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.101 - Citation of law.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.101. Citation of law. —
Sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be known and may be cited as the "Museum Property Act".
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 1)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.102 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.102. Definitions. —
As used in sections 184.102 to 184.122, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Claimant"
, a person who files a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum as provided in section 184.114;
(2)
"Claimant's address"
, the most recent address as shown on a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum, or notice of change of address, which notice is on file with the museum;
(3)
"Director"
, the director of the department of economic development;
(4)
"Lender"
, a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held or owing by the museum;
(5)
"Lender's address"
, the most recent address of the lender as shown on the museum's records pertaining to the property on loan from the lender;
(6)
"Loan"
, a deposit of property to a museum that is not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property;
(7)
"Museum"
, an institution located in this state and operated by a permanent nonprofit corporation, trust association, or public agency, operated primarily for educational, scientific, historical preservation or aesthetic purposes, which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives, or exhibits property. "Museum" includes, but is not limited to, libraries, botanical gardens, zoos, nature centers, planetariums, technology centers, arboretums, historic sites, art centers, and history, natural history and art museums;
(8)
"Person"
, an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or association;
(9)
"Property"
, a document or tangible object, animate or inanimate, in the custody of a museum, that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value;
(10)
"Restricted certified mail"
, certified mail which carries on its face, in a conspicuous place where it will not be obliterated, the endorsement "deliver to addressee only", and for which the post office provides the sender with a return receipt showing the date of delivery, the place of delivery and the person to whom delivered; and
(11)
"Undocumented property"
, property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's records.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 2)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.104 - Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified mail — deemed delivered, when, procedure — locale of museum, how determined.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.104. Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified mail — deemed delivered, when, procedure — locale of museum, how determined. —
1. In addition to any other information prescribed for a particular notice, all notices given by a museum pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall contain the following information:
(1) The lender's or claimant's name;
(2) The lender's or claimant's last known address;
(3) A brief description of the property on loan to the museum referenced in the notice;
(4) The date of the loan, if known, or the approximate date of acquisition of the property;
(5) The name of the museum; and
(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate official or office to be contacted regarding the property.
2. All notices given by a museum pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be mailed by restricted certified mail to the lender's or claimant's last known address shown on the museum's records. Notice is deemed given as of the date of receipt by the lender or claimant if the museum receives proof of receipt by the lender or claimant within thirty days after mailing the notice.
3. If, after a diligent search of its records, the museum does not know the identity of the lender, or does not have an address for the lender or claimant, or if proof of receipt is not received by the museum within thirty days of mailing a notice under subsection 2 of this section, notice is deemed given if the museum publishes notice at least once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county, or city if appropriate, in which the museum is located and the county, or city if appropriate, of the lender's or claimant's last address, if known. The date of a notice under this subsection shall be the date of the second published notice. For purposes of this section, a museum is located in the county, or city if appropriate, in which it has its principal place of business, or, if a loan of property was made to a branch of a museum in the county, or city if appropriate, in which the branch is located.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 3)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.106 - Conservation or disposal of property on loan, without notice, when — exception — lien for costs — museum not to be liable for injury or loss, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.106. Conservation or disposal of property on loan, without notice, when — exception — lien for costs — museum not to be liable for injury or loss, when. —
1. Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to or dispose of property on loan to the museum without the lender's or claimant's permission and without giving formal notice to the lender or claimant, if immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or if the property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum's staff, and if one of the following applies:
(1) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the lender's or claimant's last address of record if action is to be taken within more than three days but less than one week from the time the museum determined action was necessary;
(2) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the lender's or claimant's last address or telephone number of record prior to taking action if the action is to be taken within three days or less from the time the museum determined action was necessary; or
(3) The lender or claimant does not respond within five days from the day the lender or claimant is contacted by the museum or will not agree to the protective measures the museum recommends, and does not terminate the loan and retrieve the property.
2. If a museum applies conservation measures to or disposes of property under this section or with the agreement of the lender or claimant, unless the loan agreement provides otherwise, the museum:
(1) Shall have a lien on the property and on the proceeds of any disposition of the property for the costs incurred by the museum in applying conservation measures or disposing of the property under this section; and
(2) Shall not be liable to the lender or claimant for injury to or loss of the property if the museum:
(a) Had a reasonable belief at the time the action was taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and
(b) Exercised reasonable care in choosing and applying conservation measures or disposal methods.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 4)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.108 - Loss or injury to property — notice to lender, content, rules — publication not required.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.108. Loss or injury to property — notice to lender, content, rules — publication not required. —
A museum shall give the lender or claimant written notice of any known injury to or loss of loaned property, in the form required under this section. The director shall adopt by rule a form of notice of injury or loss, no later than December 31, 1991, and shall distribute the rule and form to all identified museums in this state within sixty days after the promulgation of the rule. The notice shall be mailed to the lender's or claimant's last address of record within thirty days after the date on which the injury or loss is first known by the museum. Published notice of injury to or loss of undocumented property shall not be required.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 5)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.111 - Termination of loan by museum may be made, when — procedure — lender failure to respond to notice, property deemed donated to museum, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.111. Termination of loan by museum may be made, when — procedure — lender failure to respond to notice, property deemed donated to museum, when. —
1. A museum may give the lender or claimant notice of the museum's intent to terminate a loan of property at any time after:
(1) The date on which the property was loaned to the museum for an indefinite term, if the property has been in the custody of the museum for at least seven years and, during that time, the museum received no written contact from the lender concerning the loaned property, as evidenced in the museum's records; or
(2) The date on which a loan of property for a specified time expired, if the property has been in the custody of the museum for at least seven years.
2. A notice of intent to terminate a loan shall include a statement containing substantially the following information:
"The records of ______ (name of museum) indicate that you have property on loan to it. The museum wishes to terminate the loan. You must contact the museum in writing, establish your ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within ninety days after the date of this notice, you will be considered to have donated the property to the museum."
3. If the lender or claimant does not respond to the notice of intent to terminate provided by the museum under this section within ninety days after the date of the last notice by filing with the museum a notice of intent to preserve interest in loaned property, the museum shall acquire title to the property.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 6)
Effective 12-31-91
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.112 - Title to undocumented property to museum, when — acquisition of title notice, content.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 31 Dec 1991, see footnote
184.112. Title to undocumented property to museum, when — acquisition of title notice, content. —
1. A museum may acquire title to undocumented property in the custody of the museum for at least seven years if, during that time, the museum received no valid claim or written contact from any person, as evidenced in the museum's records, by giving notice of acquisition of title to undocumented property under this section.
2. A notice of acquisition of title shall include a statement containing substantially the following information:
"The records of ______ (name of museum) do not indicate the owner of record of certain property in its possession. The museum intends to acquire title to the property described below: ______ (general description of the property). If you claim ownership or other legal interest in this property you must contact the museum in writing, establish your ownership of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to make written contact within ninety days after the date of this notice, you will be considered to have waived any claim you may have to the property."
3. If a person does not respond to the notice of acquisition of title to undocumented property within ninety days after the date of the last notice by filing a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan, the museum's title to the property shall become incontestable under section 184.116.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 7)
Effective 12-31-91