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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 1

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 1

Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes

1.010Common law in force — effect on statutes — failure to render health care services, no common law cause of action 1.016Secondary sources do not constitute law or public policy, when 1.020Definitions 1.022(Repealed L. 1975 H.B. 945 § 1)Repealed 1.025Registered mail defined 1.028English is the common language of Missouri 1.030Plural includes the singular — masculine includes feminine 1.035Voter defined 1.040Computation of time 1.050Majority may act for all 1.060Powers of deputies 1.070Reference to provisions in revised statutes 1.080County to include St. Louis — county clerk to include register of St. Louis 1.090Words and phrases, how construed 1.092Best interest of child, welfare policy of state 1.100Population, how determined — effective date of census — change in population, effect of 1.1001Severability clause for H.B. 495, 2025 1.110(Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § A)Repealed 1.120Reenactments, how construed 1.130Effective date of laws 1.140Severability of statute provisions 1.150Repealing law repealed, former law not revived, when 1.160Effect of repeal of penal statute 1.170Repeal of law not to affect rights acquired thereunder 1.180Actions pending, how affected by repeal of law 1.185Civil court actions, public officials prohibited from compromising or settling if conflict with chapters 115 to 128 — challenge to constitutionality of statute, procedure — intervention in cases, when 1.190Notices, how served 1.200Equality of citizens 1.205Life begins at conception — unborn child, defined — failure to provide prenatal care, no cause of action for 1.210No imprisonment without authority of law 1.217Cloning — use of state funds prohibited, definition 1.302Religious freedom restoration act 1.307Applicability of religious freedom restoration act — limitations — relevant circumstances defined 1.310Big government get off my back act — certain federal mandates not subject to appropriations or statutory authorization 1.320(Repealed L. 2021 H.B. 85 & 310)Repealed 1.330Health care, no requirement to participate, no penalties — purchase or sale of health insurance in private system not prohibited — definitions 1.410Citation of law — findings 1.420Federal laws deemed infringements of United State and Missouri Constitutions 1.430Invalidity of federal laws deemed an infringement 1.440Protection of citizens against infringement against right to keep and bear arms 1.450Enforcement of federal laws that infringe on right to keep and bear arms prohibited 1.460Violations, liability and civil penalty — sovereign immunity not a defense 1.470Employment of certain former federal employees prohibited, civil penalty — standing — no sovereign immunity 1.480Definitions — acts not deemed violation 1.485Severability clause 1.513Broadband deployment, federal funds — failure to deploy, disclosure