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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 610

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 610

Governmental Bodies and Records

610.010Definitions 610.011Liberal construction of law to be public policy 610.015Votes, how taken 610.020Notice of meetings, when required — recording of meetings to be allowed, guidelines, penalty — accessibility of meetings — minutes of meetings to be kept, content — voting records to be included 610.021Closed meetings and closed records authorized when, exceptions 610.022Closed meetings, procedure and limitation — public records presumed open unless exempt — objections to closing meetings or records, procedure 610.023Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure 610.024Public record containing exempt and nonexempt materials, nonexempt to be made available — deleted exempt materials to be explained, exception 610.025Electronic transmission of messages relating to public business, requirements 610.026Fees for copying public records, limitations — fee money remitted to whom — tax, license or fee as used in Missouri Constitution Article X, Section 22, not to include copying fees 610.027Violations — remedies, procedure, penalty, purposeful violations — validity of actions by governing bodies in violation — governmental bodies may seek interpretation of law, attorney general to provide 610.028Legal defense of members of governmental bodies, when — written policy on release of information required — persons reporting violations exempt from liability and discipline 610.029Governmental agencies to provide information by electronic services, contracts for public records databases, requirements, electronic services defined — division of data processing may be consulted 610.030Injunctive relief authorized 610.032Executive agency disclosure of closed records, purpose, procedure — executive agency defined 610.035State entity not to disclose Social Security number, exceptions 610.100Arrest and incident records — definitions — available to public — closed records, when — action for disclosure of investigative report authorized, costs — application to open incident and arrest reports, violations, civil penalty — identity of victim of sexual offense — confidentiality of recording 610.103Criminal background check completed without fee, when 610.105Effect of nolle pros — dismissal — sentence suspended on record — not guilty due to mental disease or defect, effect — official records available to victim in certain cases 610.106Suspended sentence prior to September 28, 1981, procedure to close records 610.110Failure to recite closed record excused — exceptions 610.115Penalty 610.120Records to be confidential — accessible to whom, purposes 610.122Arrest record expunged, requirements 610.123Procedure to expunge, supreme court to promulgate rules — similar to small claims 610.124Destruction of arrest records — removal from all electronic files — FBI requested to expunge — protest to expungement, procedure 610.125Failure to comply with expungement order, penalty — knowingly using expunged record for gain, penalty 610.126Expungement does not deem arrest invalid — department of revenue may retain records necessary for administrative actions on driver's license — power to close or expunge record, limitation 610.130Alcohol-related driving offenses, expunged from records, when — procedures, effect — limitations 610.131Expungement for persons less than eighteen years of age at time of offense 610.140Expungement of certain criminal records — definitions — petition, contents, procedure — effect of expungement on employer inquiry — lifetime limits 610.145Stolen or mistaken identity, expungement of records, procedure 610.150"911" telephone reports inaccessible, exceptions 610.175Flight log records after flight, open public records for elected members of executive and legislative branches 610.200Law enforcement agency log or record of suspected crimes, accidents or complaints, available for inspection and copying 610.205Crime scene photographs and video recordings closed records, when — disclosure to next-of-kin or by court order — inapplicability 610.210Health care coordination, certain records may be released 610.225Tax credit records and documents deemed closed records, when — request for opening records and documents, requirements, fee authorized