PURPOSE: This rule establishes procedures for redacting Social Security numbers and specific dates of birth from business entity filings.

1. (1) The Business Services Division may redact information from a business entity filing image when that information appears to be an individual’s Social Security number or date of birth.
2. (2) The Business Services Division will use procedures reasonably practicable under the circumstances to prevent an individual’s Social Security number or date of birth submitted on a business entity filing from appearing on imaged documents available online or otherwise accessible to the public. The person submitting a business entity filing to the Business Services Division assumes the ultimate responsibility for providing unnecessary personal information, such as Social Security numbers and dates of birth, within a business entity filing that is a public record pursuant to Chapter 610, RSMo.

AUTHORITY: sections 351.660, 355.061, 356.031 and 610.035, RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed May 1, 2003, effective May 11, 2003, expired Nov. 6, 2003. Original rule filed May 1, 2003, effective Oct. 30, 2003. *Original authority: 351.660, RSMo 1943; 355.061, RSMo 1994; 356.031, RSMo 1986; 610.035, RSMo 1998, amended 1999.