Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.205
Upon application, the secretary of state may appoint and commission individual persons as notaries public* in each of the several counties in this state. The secretary of state may not appoint and commission as a notary public any person who submits an application containing substantial and material misstatement or omission of fact.
(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 2)
Effective 1-01-78
*Words "notary publics" appear in original rolls.