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Gladstone's Code of Ordinances (Title IX, Chapter 1000) prohibits parking vehicles on the grass and requires that any vehicle or trailer be parked on an approved hard surface — asphalt, poured concrete, or brick/concrete pavers. Ordinance No. 593 specifically bars storing recreational vehicles or equipment in the front yard.
Missouri RSMo 304.155 to 304.158 establishes statewide procedures for towing, storing, and disposing of abandoned vehicles. Law enforcement may authorize removal after specific time thresholds, and owners are responsible for towing and storage charges.
Missouri RSMo 578.009 and 578.012 universally criminalize animal neglect, abandonment, and abuse, applying to hoarding situations regardless of municipal limits and authorizing courts to order cost recovery, animal forfeiture, and ownership bans.
Missouri RSMo 442.404 prohibits homeowners associations and deed covenants from banning ownership or pasturing of up to six chickens on lots two-tenths of an acre or larger, including a single coop sized to accommodate them.
Missouri RSMo 578.023 universally requires registration of dangerous wild animals such as lions, tigers, bears, wolves, and primates with local law enforcement, and the Large Carnivore Act adds permit and caging mandates statewide.
Missouri Wildlife Code 3 CSR 10-4.200 prohibits year-round placement of grain, salt, minerals, and other consumable attractants for deer in the Department of Conservation's CWD Management Zone, applying uniformly across counties.
Missouri regulates the manufacture, distribution, and retail sale of consumer fireworks statewide through licensing administered by the State Fire Marshal. Local jurisdictions may further restrict use, but licensing of sellers and approved fireworks types are governed at the state level under Chapter 320 RSMo.
Missouri prohibits open burning of trade waste, tires, and certain materials statewide under air pollution control regulations enforced by the Department of Natural Resources. The rule applies uniformly across all counties, though local fire bans may impose additional restrictions during dry conditions.
Missouri's Propane Safety Commission adopts uniform statewide standards for liquefied petroleum gas storage, handling, and transportation. The rules incorporate NFPA 58 by reference and preempt conflicting local requirements for licensed propane operations under Chapter 323 RSMo.
Missouri RSMo 196.298 expressly preempts local health departments from regulating cottage food production. Home producers may sell baked goods, jams, jellies, and dried herbs directly to consumers without state inspection or permits.
Missouri RSMo 210.211 universally requires a state license to operate a child care facility, with a statutory exemption for caring for six or fewer unrelated children, including no more than three under age two, in a family home.
Missouri statute guarantees every landowner the right to collect, use, and own rainwater systems anywhere on their property, including inside city limits.
Missouri imposes a statewide duty on every landowner to control designated noxious weeds, with civil penalties recoverable by the county prosecutor.
Missouri Article XIV authorizes state-licensed marijuana dispensaries and limits local control to non-prohibitive zoning. Localities may not ban facilities outright unless voters approve, and statutory buffer rules govern proximity to schools and churches.
Missouri Constitution Article XIV grants registered adults age 21 and over the right to cultivate up to six flowering plants at home with a $100 state registration. Localities cannot prohibit cultivation but may impose limited restrictions.
Commercial drone flight in Missouri is governed primarily by FAA Part 107, which preempts local airspace rules. Missouri adds surveillance and weaponization restrictions, while cities may only regulate ground-level operations on public property.
Missouri RSMo 305.637 prohibits using drones for warrantless surveillance, and RSMo 565.253 criminalizes voyeurism by drone. Federal FAA rules govern airspace and registration, leaving cities limited authority over operations.
Missouri RSMo 71.010 preempts local minimum wage ordinances, requiring cities and counties to follow only the state minimum wage and barring higher local wage floors approved by municipalities.
Missouri RSMo 71.010 also limits cities and counties from mandating paid leave or other employment benefits beyond state law, keeping benefit standards uniform across Missouri employers.
Missouri RSMo 71.010 preempts local predictive scheduling ordinances, preventing cities and counties from imposing fair workweek or advance-notice rules on private employers.
Missouri is a permitless concealed carry state and bars localities from imposing additional rules on concealed firearms beyond what RSMo 21.750 and Chapter 571 permit, ensuring uniform statewide carry standards.
Missouri broadly preempts local firearm regulation under RSMo 21.750, reserving most gun-related legislation to the state legislature and barring city or county ordinances on possession, transport, or registration.
Missouri permits open carry statewide, but RSMo 21.750 lets cities restrict open carry within their limits while exempting valid concealed carry permit holders from those local restrictions.
Missouri RSMo 571.030 allows adults 19 and older to carry concealed firearms in vehicles without a permit, and state preemption blocks cities from adding stricter local vehicle-carry rules.
Missouri has no general HOA statute, so ordinary homeowners' association liens come only from the recorded declaration. Condominiums are different: under the Missouri Uniform Condominium Act, § 448.3-116 gives the association a statutory lien for unpaid assessments and fines, with a six-month priority over a first mortgage, foreclosable like a mortgage.
Most Missouri HOAs are nonprofit corporations governed by the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Ch. 355): an annual members' meeting (§ 355.231), special meetings on a 5% member demand (§ 355.236), director removal at a noticed meeting (§ 355.346), and member record inspection on five business days' notice (§ 355.826). Condominium boards follow § 448.3-108 instead.
With no general HOA statute, Missouri covenant and architectural-control disputes turn on the recorded declaration and common-law rules of restrictive covenants. One statutory overlay: § 213.041 forces associations to strip out discriminatory covenants and lets the Human Rights Commission, a municipality, or an individual sue for injunctive relief and attorney fees.
Missouri has no statute that caps HOA fines, sets a notice period, or requires a hearing before a non-condo association penalizes an owner — fine authority comes entirely from the recorded declaration and bylaws. For condominiums, § 448.3-116 lets the association collect fines through the same lien used for assessments.
Missouri's main statutory check on HOA authority is solar. Effective August 28, 2024, § 442.404 voids any covenant that limits or prohibits rooftop solar panels, allowing only reasonable placement rules. Section 442.012 makes the right to use solar energy a property right. Missouri has no general statute shielding flags or political signs from HOA bans.
Missouri RSMo 285.530 requires state contractors and public employers to enroll in E-Verify and bars employment of unauthorized aliens, creating a uniform statewide standard for verifying work authorization.
Missouri RSMo 67.307 forbids any municipality from adopting sanctuary policies, requiring local officials to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and barring restrictions on information-sharing about immigration status.
Missouri uses two main paths. For nonpayment, the rent-and-possession action (RSMo 535.010 et seq.) requires the landlord to demand the rent, then file a verified statement asking the court to issue a summons. For lease violations involving unlawful or hazardous use, RSMo 441.040 requires ten days' notice to vacate before re-entry.
Missouri recognizes an implied warranty of habitability through case law (Detling v. Edelbrock, 1984), requiring residential premises to be fit and safe to live in. RSMo 441.234 separately lets qualifying tenants repair code-violating defects and deduct the cost, capped at the greater of $300 or one-half the periodic rent.
Missouri statute governs lease termination notice statewide and does not require landlords to demonstrate just cause to end month-to-month or expired-term tenancies.
Missouri has no statutory requirement governing landlord entry. Chapter 441 is silent on advance notice, permissible hours, or reasons for entry into a tenant's dwelling. The lease itself is the primary control, and a tenant who is wrongfully excluded or harassed by repeated entries may sue for breach of the rental agreement.
Missouri sets no statutory cap on residential late fees and requires no statutory grace period. The amount is governed by the lease, subject only to the general common-law rule that a fee must be a reasonable estimate of damages rather than an unenforceable penalty. There is no late-fee provision in Chapter 441.
Under RSMo 441.060, a month-to-month or periodic tenancy is ended by one month's written notice from either party, taking effect on a rent-paying date at least one month after receipt. Tenancies at will or by sufferance also require one month's written notice. Mobile-home lot tenancies require sixty days' notice.
Missouri expressly preempts local rent control. Under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.043, no county or city may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance regulating the rent charged for privately owned residential or commercial rental property. There is no statewide rent cap, and no Missouri city has a general rent-control program.
Missouri has no statute setting an advance-notice period for rent increases and no rent control. For a month-to-month tenancy, a landlord effectively raises rent by terminating the existing term with one month's written notice under RSMo 441.060 and offering new terms. Mid-lease increases are barred by the lease itself.
Missouri preempts local ordinances that limit landlord tenant screening, source-of-income decisions, security deposit amounts, or right-of-first-refusal rules.
Missouri caps residential security deposits at two months' rent. After a tenancy ends, the landlord has 30 days to return the deposit or deliver a written itemized list of damages withheld. The tenant may be present at the move-out inspection, and a landlord who wrongfully withholds owes twice the amount withheld.
Missouri requires ten years of possession to claim land by adverse possession. RSMo 516.010 bars an action to recover real property unless the owner was seized or possessed within ten years before suit. A squatter's possession must also be actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous for the full ten-year period.
Missouri RSMo 537.295 and constitutional protections constrain how counties and cities may zone agriculture, limiting local authority to restrict expansions or modernization of established farms.
Missouri RSMo 537.295 shields established agricultural operations from most nuisance lawsuits, codifying a constitutional right to farm and limiting damages available against compliant farms and ranches.
Missouri RSMo 260.283, enacted in 2015, prohibits cities and counties from imposing bans, fees, or taxes on plastic bags and other auxiliary containers used by retailers and customers.
Missouri RSMo 260.283 also bars cities and counties from prohibiting or restricting polystyrene foam cups, plates, and food containers, treating them as protected auxiliary containers under state law.
Missouri RSMo 260.283 prevents cities and counties from banning plastic straws, utensils, and other single-use items, classifying them as protected auxiliary containers under state law.
Missouri raised its tobacco minimum sales age to 21 through RSMo 407.927, aligning state law with federal Tobacco 21 standards covering cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and vapor products.
Missouri has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products, and RSMo 407.927 governs sales standards while leaving questions about local flavor bans unresolved at the state level.
Missouri RSMo 407.927 governs the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products, requiring age verification and aligning state retail standards with federal Tobacco 21 limits.
Missouri bans certain bulk items from sanitary landfills statewide, including major appliances, whole waste tires, lead-acid batteries, and yard waste. These items must be processed, recycled, or composted regardless of city pickup programs, under RSMo 260.250.
Missouri's Solid Waste Management Law requires every city and county to ensure regular collection and disposal of solid waste and to use only permitted disposal facilities. Cities and counties must adopt plans, but baseline collection and disposal duties are mandated statewide under Chapter 260.