Springfield, MO

Springfield lets side and rear yard privacy fences run up to 7 feet solid, but front-yard fencing must stay at least 50% open: a solid privacy fence isn't allowed between your house…

Springfield's Land Development Code lets homeowners build retaining walls up to four feet tall without a permit; taller walls, or any wall holding back a surcharge or hazardous…

Any fence built in Springfield, Missouri counts as a regulated structure requiring a building permit from Building Development Services; front-yard fences get that permit free of…

Springfield's general zoning code doesn't dictate what material a residential fence must be: it caps height and openness instead: four feet and 50 percent open in front yards, seven…

Missouri Chapter 272 governs partition fences between adjoining landowners statewide. It defines lawful fences, allocates each owner's portion of the division fence, and provides court…

Springfield's noise code bans keeping any animal, bird, or fowl whose frequent or long, continued noise disturbs the comfort or repose of neighbors anywhere in the city, Greene…

Springfield, Missouri bars operating a vehicle sound system so loud it's plainly audible 50 feet away, and separately requires every motor vehicle to run a properly attached, quiet…

Springfield's Land Development Code bars every operation, industrial and commercial included, from creating noise that unreasonably and knowingly disturbs neighboring properties…

Springfield, Missouri bars sound amplification systems from disturbing neighbors and cuts them off entirely from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. if audible 50 feet or more from the speakers.

Springfield bars sound-producing devices in residential districts from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. once the noise crosses the property line, with a parallel curfew on amplified sound…

Springfield limits building erection, demolition, alteration, repair, and street excavation in residential districts to 7:00 a.m. through one-half hour before sunset.

Springfield's Land Development Code allows a family day care home for up to six children as a permitted use, no special exception, in R-1 through R-4, O, and C-1 through C-3 zoning…

Springfield, Missouri's Land Development Code prohibits home occupations from providing any customer waiting area, directly limiting the walk-in customer traffic a home-based business…

Springfield, Missouri lets residents run a home occupation as an accessory use in a dwelling unit, but the Land Development Code requires site plans approved by the building…

Springfield, Missouri's Land Development Code bars any sign that advertises a home occupation's presence or activity, so home-based businesses in the city cannot post exterior signage…

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…

Missouri has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no statute that lets a resident sell meals cooked to order from a home kitchen. A home kitchen escapes regulation only by…

Springfield caps backyard bonfires at 5 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet, seasoned dry firewood only, a 4-hour burn limit ending by midnight, and adult supervision throughout under the city's…

Springfield's fire code requires every one- and two-family rental to install smoke alarms at the locations set by IRC 2018 § R314.3, with owners responsible for upkeep, per City Code §…

Springfield bans open burning of refuse and trade wastes outright; burning trade wastes or vegetation needs a permit from the health director under City Code section 6-284.

Missouri regulates the manufacture, distribution, and retail sale of consumer fireworks statewide through licensing administered by the State Fire Marshal. Local jurisdictions may…

Missouri's Propane Safety Commission adopts uniform statewide standards for liquefied petroleum gas storage, handling, and transportation. The rules incorporate NFPA 58 by reference…

When the state fire marshal finds a natural disaster and the U.S. Drought Monitor rates a Missouri county in severe, extreme, or exceptional drought, the county commission may ban open…

Springfield, Missouri prohibits keeping, possessing, displaying, or selling wild animals within city limits, including dangerous carnivores, primates, poisonous reptiles, foxes…

Springfield, Missouri lets residents keep honey bees if they provide a nearby water source, prove training or experience, and label hives, but bars other bee species off agricultural…

Springfield caps pets at four cats and four dogs over six months old per dwelling, with a kennel-license exception for dogs, under City Code section 18-5.

Springfield, Missouri outright bans owning, possessing, or harboring pit bulls citywide under City Code § 18-95, defining the breed by American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire…

Springfield, Missouri bans letting a dog run at large anywhere in the city, with owners facing a mandatory minimum $10.00 fine per violation.

Springfield, Missouri caps most residential lots at six hens, requires secure setback coops, and bans roosters, commercial breeding, and off-property odor or noise.

Springfield's Highway Commercial (HC) zoning district allows veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, pet daycare and grooming facilities, and kennels, but bans outdoor kennel activity…

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…

Springfield, Missouri has designated seven residential parking permit districts in Greene County where non-permit parking is banned during posted hours.

Springfield, Missouri bans overnight street parking of trucks and trailers over 7 feet wide, 9 feet high, or 20 feet long from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., and bars using the street to repair…

Springfield, Missouri gives owners 7 days to remove a wrecked or junked vehicle from private property, and just 1 hour on a public street, before it's a nuisance.

Springfield, Missouri bans parking any part of a vehicle or trailer on grass or dirt in the front yard of residential lots, with a $25 minimum fine.

Springfield's Land Development Code sets off-street loading design rules for Greene County's largest city: no backing onto public streets outside the center city district, required…

Springfield, Missouri bars parking within 5 feet of a driveway, on sidewalks, in intersections, and in 17 other listed spots: no signs required for most of them.

Springfield's Fire Code requires curbs enclosing a fire apparatus access road to be painted red, with a 4-inch red stripe and 'NO PARKING. FIRE LANE' stenciling every 50 feet, to keep…

Springfield's zoning code lets homeowners store boats, boat trailers, camping trailers and RVs on residential property as a permitted accessory use, as long as the vehicle isn't used…

Missouri lets a private lot tow a car without calling police only when the real property owner, the lessee in lawful possession, or a full-time property or security manager is…

Springfield, Missouri bars property owners from letting trees overhang public streets or sidewalks below a set clearance, and the city can abate and bill the owner if they don't trim.

Springfield's Land Development Code requires temporary fencing around the root zone of any tree credited for preservation before grading begins, barring equipment and material storage…

Springfield's landscaping code requires that trees planted to meet its zoning requirements come from species common to or adapted to the Springfield, Missouri area, drawn from a list…

Springfield, Missouri (Greene County) bans grass, weeds, brush, or rank vegetation over seven inches tall on any lot in the city; letting it grow past that height is unlawful and…

Springfield, Missouri's City Utilities can declare watering-day restrictions by street-address parity once a water watch or shortage stage is triggered.

Missouri statute guarantees every landowner the right to collect, use, and own rainwater systems anywhere on their property, including inside city limits.

Springfield, MO bars type 2 and 3 short-term rentals from hosting receptions, parties or weddings and requires posted notice of the noise rules, including amplified-sound limits.

Non-owner-occupied short-term rentals in Springfield's single-family and townhouse districts must obtain a type 2 permit, which requires the applicant to hold a mailed-notice…

Springfield, MO makes booking platforms like Airbnb the licensee's tax agent: they must collect and remit city taxes and disclose every local listing to the city.

Springfield, MO requires type 2 and 3 short-term rental owners to post any applicable parking restrictions conspicuously inside the rental unit for guests to see.

Springfield's Type 1 short-term rental permit covers only owner-occupied stays under 30 days in R-SF or R-TH zoning districts, requiring the unit be the operator's actual primary…

A second short-term rental violation in Springfield, Missouri carries a mandatory minimum $1,000 fine, double the $500 minimum for a first offense, on top of possible jail time and a…

Springfield charges a $350 application fee for short-term rental type 2 permits and requires booking platforms to collect and remit city taxes on every stay.

Springfield's Type 2 short-term rental covers R-SF or R-TH properties that aren't the owner's primary residence, requiring a $350 permit, a neighborhood meeting, and 500 feet of…

Springfield caps short-term rental type 3 units at two per property in residential districts outside R-SF and R-TH, and requires 500 feet of separation between type 2 rentals in…

Springfield, Missouri caps tiny home communities at 11 dwelling units per acre and confines them to planned development or R-MHC manufactured-home districts under the city's Land…

Springfield residential accessory structures like sheds must sit at least three feet from rear and side lot lines, stay under 16 feet (gable) or 12 feet (flat roof), and are capped at…

Unincorporated Greene County zoning lets homeowners add a garage apartment, guest house, or servant's quarters as an accessory structure, but caps living area at 1,000 square feet and…

Springfield's Land Development Code requires any pool at a licensed child day care facility to sit behind at least a four-foot fence with a locked gate.

Building or installing a residential pool in Springfield requires a city permit before work starts, unless it's a small prefabricated above-ground pool that meets the code's size…

Springfield's Land Development Code lets businesses display an outdoor inflatable, including holiday-themed figures, for at most 7 days in any 3-month period at one site, and requires…

A Springfield yard-sale sign is capped at 4 square feet, must be non-illuminated, and may stay up only two consecutive days, twice a year, under LDC § 36-454(5)(a).

Springfield caps electronic message center sign brightness at 0.3 foot-candles above ambient light, requires automatic dimming, bans flashing and animation, and forces a minimum…

Political signs in Springfield, Missouri top out at 6 square feet on residential lots and 34 square feet on business lots, and every sign must come down within 48 hours after election…

Springfield sets no coverage cap on signage displayed inside a window, but signs applied to the exterior glass are banned outright except lettering giving business hours, per LDC §…

Springfield bans smoking within five feet of entrances, windows, and vents of smoke-free buildings, and within five feet of outdoor playgrounds citywide.

Springfield outright bans urinating or defecating anywhere open to public view, with no exceptions listed for location, time of day or circumstance.

Springfield, Missouri bans drinking or possessing an open alcoholic beverage on streets, alleys, and city parking lots, with narrow exceptions for licensed sidewalk cafes and permitted…

Springfield, Missouri restricts pedestrians to crossing at crosswalks in designated areas and requires yielding to traffic when crossing elsewhere.

Springfield makes it unlawful for a homeowner, tenant, or business operator to let guests assemble and make loud noise that disturbs a person or a neighborhood.

Springfield makes it illegal to loiter on the grounds or in the buildings of any public or private kindergarten, grade or high school while it is in session.

Springfield, Missouri bans skateboards, roller blades, bikes, and scooters on benches, ledges, fountains, railings, and similar city-owned structures outside designated skate parks.

Springfield bars consuming marijuana in any public place or a vehicle parked there, and also bars letting marijuana smoke or odor exit a private residence.

Any hauler licensed to collect residential trash in Springfield must also offer curbside recycling at least twice a month, covering cans, paper, cardboard and plastics, under Sec…

Springfield, Missouri's residential solid waste containers must hold no more than 96 gallons, stay leakproof and lidded, and weigh no more than 150 pounds when set out for manual…

Springfield classifies grass clippings, leaves and tree trimmings as 'unacceptable waste': it is exempt from the ordinary trash-container rule and cannot legally go to the city's…

Springfield caps residential trash containers at 96 gallons and bans curbside storage except a 24-hour set-out window before collection, per City Code § 94-72.

Springfield, Missouri's solid waste code sets a minimum collection frequency of once every 14 days and limits curbside container placement to the 24 hours before pickup.

Dumping solid waste at any site the city hasn't approved is a declared public nuisance and misdemeanor in Springfield, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and 180 days in jail.

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…

Springfield requires a permit before constructing, altering, repairing, moving, or demolishing any building or structure, or before touching an electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or gas…

Springfield requires a permit for most electrical work and enforces it under the 2017 National Electrical Code, adopted by ordinance as part of the Land Development Code.

Springfield deleted the IRC's automatic sprinkler mandate for small residential buildings: builders of four or fewer connected units may choose fire-separation construction instead…

Springfield requires a sequence of mandatory inspections, footing, framing, systems rough-in, and final, before covering or occupying any permitted work, per LDC § 36-148.

Inside Springfield's designated older-business preservation area, LDC § 36-1213 requires every exterior door and its locking hardware to be kept in good, secure working order: a…

Springfield requires a permit for most plumbing work and enforces the 2018 International Plumbing Code, adopted by ordinance and amended with local sewer-depth and backflow rules.

Every Springfield day care center, preschool, and kindergarten must be built to Use Group A-4 standards under the Land Development Code, with a narrow size/capacity exception, plus…

Springfield bans lead-bearing substances on exposed interior and exterior surfaces citywide and lets the city manager order testing, abatement or removal of lead hazards in dwellings…

Springfield requires carbon monoxide detectors installed per IRC § R315.1 whenever a home with an attached garage or fuel-fired appliance gets an electrical service upgrade or…

Springfield, Missouri levies a 5% license tax on gross rental receipts from hotels, motels, tourist courts and short-term rentals, charged to guests staying 31 days or less.

In Springfield, Missouri, when the city itself builds or repairs a public sidewalk, the cost is billed back to the abutting property owner as a special tax assessed by front footage…

Springfield, Missouri treats any structure, sign or fixture placed on a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way as an unauthorized encroachment unless the city grants a license, and…

In unincorporated Greene County, overgrown shrubs, trees, or vines that block a public sidewalk are a declared nuisance the Zoning Inspector can force an owner to clear.

Springfield, Missouri runs a five-year, cyclical rental inspection program under City Code ch. 75, but for now it covers only single-family and duplex rentals in the West Central…

Springfield's code sets minimum planting distances for street trees and restricts what can go in a narrow parkway strip, requiring a free permit from the director of public works…

Springfield, Missouri's zoning code protects individual 'exceptional quality' trees, chosen for size, canopy, trunk, rareness, age or species, by crediting them toward landscaping…

Springfield, Missouri routes street-use permits for its named festivals, Artsfest, First Night, Festival of Lights, Frisco Days, through the sponsoring nonprofit, not a generic city…

Springfield requires a special event permit for any street closure or block party under City Code section 2-503; small block parties closing one street and no more than two blocks skip…

Springfield requires a permit from the parks director for any organized park activity or event drawing more than 30 people, issued only when it won't crowd out other scheduled park…

Springfield's health department issues sidewalk cafe permits only alongside an existing restaurant, with strict conditions on litter, insurance, and revocation for violations.

Springfield requires a city manager permit for any parade or race on public right-of-way, filed at least 60 business days ahead under City Code section 2-504.

In its West Central Neighborhood pilot area, Springfield, Missouri requires owners to hold a city rental license before letting a single-family or duplex unit long-term: an annual…

Within its West Central Neighborhood rental pilot, Springfield, Missouri judges a rental dwelling's condition against a defined checklist of adopted International Property Maintenance…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Springfield, Missouri requires a land disturbance permit for any grading, clearing, or excavation disturbing one acre or more, obtained before work begins.

Springfield's mechanical code amendment requires equipment and materials installed in a regulated floodplain to sit at least two feet above the base flood elevation, a local freeboard…

Springfield reviews every subdivision and new development in a mapped special flood hazard area to confirm it will be reasonably safe from flooding, and can bar development outright…

Springfield, Missouri requires a stormwater permit before construction covered by its Flood Control and Water Quality Protection Manual, and withholds building permits until it issues.

Springfield's public parks close overnight, 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. by default, unless a park's own posted sign sets different hours.

Springfield treats outdoor storage or dilapidated structures that create rodent or vermin harborage as a public nuisance property owners must abate, per City Code § 74-382, enforced by…

Springfield, Missouri sorts business license fees into more than 140 specific occupation and establishment categories, from abstractors of land titles to wired music services, each…

R-SF homes in Springfield need a 15-to-25-foot front yard depending on street class, a 5-foot side yard, and a rear yard equal to 10 percent of lot depth.

In Springfield's R-SF single-family district, impervious surface, buildings, driveways, and parking, can't cover more than 70 percent of a lot, leaving 30 percent as open space.

Single-family homes in Springfield's R-SF district max out at 35 feet with narrow side yards, or 45 feet if the side yards are 15 feet or wider.

Springfield, Missouri requires a $200 sidewalk vendor's license to sell from a pushcart on city rights-of-way, limited to a defined downtown district and specific hours, spacing and…

Mobile food trucks operating in Springfield, Missouri need a food establishment permit from the city manager's office, plus a separate Fire Code permit if the truck's cooking equipment…

Springfield, Missouri confines temporary and mobile vendors, including food trucks, to specific commercial and industrial zoning districts and caps how long any one site can be used.

Springfield bans running any amplified sound system between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if the bass or other sound carries 50 feet or more from the speakers.

Springfield exempts emergency electric generators, along with safety signals and pressure-relief valves, from the Land Development Code's noise standard, so generator noise itself…

Springfield bans loud, excessive noise from loading or unloading vehicles and from breaking down boxes, crates, and containers: the provision that covers delivery truck noise citywide.

Springfield's noise code bars bars, restaurants and other commercial developments from running amplified sound systems loud enough to unreasonably disturb nearby dwellings or…

Springfield confines adult motion picture theaters, adult stores, and cabarets to seven commercial and industrial zoning districts and keeps them at least 2,000 feet from any…

Springfield requires every secondhand dealer -- flea market merchants, coin dealers, junk dealers and more -- to keep a permanent, tamper-proof record of every item purchased, pawned…

Springfield requires every retailer of tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products to hold an annual city permit under its Tobacco 21 Act, renewed by December 31.

Springfield, Missouri licenses individual massage practitioners rather than businesses: anyone who practices massage for compensation must hold a city massage technician license issued…

Springfield, Missouri's Land Development Code expressly excludes auto repairing and painting from the list of permitted home occupations, so residents cannot run a car repair or paint…

Springfield police may never steer a stranded driver to a particular tow company; the owner chooses, or the officer hands over a monthly rotation list of permitted, insured tow…

Springfield, Missouri requires pawnbrokers to hold a city occupational license -- a $500 investigation fee for a new location and a $500 annual renewal -- and bars them from being open…

Springfield, Missouri (Greene County) requires every lot owner, vacant or built, to control overgrowth on their land and the adjoining right-of-way; the city can abate an ignored…

Springfield's director of building development services can order a dangerous or substandard structure repaired, secured, boarded, or demolished after a nuisance hearing, giving the…

Springfield, Missouri requires anyone owning, occupying or controlling property to take reasonable measures keeping the abutting public sidewalk clear of hazards: the ordinance sets no…

Springfield, Missouri exempts farms of ten acres or more in agriculturally zoned districts from the city's standard livestock area limits, provided animals stay 300 feet from non-farm…

Missouri RSMo 537.295 shields established agricultural operations from most nuisance lawsuits, codifying a constitutional right to farm and limiting damages available against compliant…

Springfield requires illuminated signs, including electronic message center billboards, to be designed to eliminate or significantly reduce glare, and caps digital sign brightness at…

Springfield's Land Development Code caps ordinary outdoor light fixtures at 15 feet, but a fixture with total cutoff shielding, fully blocking the bare bulb from ground-level view, may…

Springfield requires exterior lighting to be shaded, shielded, or directed so it doesn't adversely affect adjoining property, backing that objective with numeric footcandle caps…

Springfield, Missouri requires anyone peddling goods door-to-door or from a cart to hold a city occupational license, with separate fee tiers for resident, nonresident and indigent…

Door-to-door solicitors in Springfield, Missouri, may not knock, phone, or otherwise disturb residents between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., and are barred outright from any home posted…

Springfield's Landmarks Board designates historic sites, landmarks, and districts by city council resolution, and once designated, exterior work needs a certificate of appropriateness.

Before holding a garage, patio, or yard sale, Springfield residents must first file the seller's name, sale location, and sale date with the director of finance, unless they already…

Springfield, Missouri licenses shared scooter and micromobility operators, caps deployment to 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., and bars devices from sidewalks where they'd block pedestrians or…

Springfield, Missouri bars motor vehicles from driving in or across a marked bicycle lane except to cross it to reach a street, driveway, or turn.

Missouri answers this question twice, in two statutes that do not overlap. A golf cart may be driven on a public street only where the municipality has adopted a resolution or…

Springfield, Missouri bars sitting or lying on a public sidewalk once a law enforcement officer has warned the person, with exceptions for medical emergencies, permitted events, and…

Springfield permits marijuana cultivation, wholesale, testing, and manufacturing facilities as of-right uses in its commercial and industrial zoning districts, provided the site isn't…

Springfield bars new marijuana and medical marijuana facilities from siting within 1,000 feet of an existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center, or church, measured…

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…

Greene County does not police everyday HOA disputes: private covenants stay a civil matter between owners and their association. But for open-space subdivisions, the Planning Director…

Missouri has no general HOA statute, so ordinary homeowners' association liens come only from the recorded declaration. Condominiums are different: under the Missouri Uniform…

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 (§…

Missouri sets no dollar cap on association fines and has no general homeowners-association act, so a subdivision HOA's fine power comes from its own indenture. Condominiums are…

Missouri regulates association lien foreclosure only for condominiums. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 448.3-116 gives a condominium association a lien for unpaid assessments and for fines, lets it…

Missouri has no statute capping association rental restrictions: no percentage cap, no minimum lease term, and no grandfathering for owners already renting. What Missouri does regulate…

In unincorporated Greene County, ground-mounted solar panels are classified as accessory structures allowed in any yard, but on residential lots under one acre they cannot go in the…

Since January 1, 2023, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.404.3 has made any deed restriction, covenant or similar agreement running with the land unenforceable to the extent it limits or prohibits…

Recreational drones in Missouri follow FAA rules for registration and airspace, which preempt local flight regulation. Missouri has no drone-specific surveillance statute; using a…

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local minimum wage ordinances, requiring cities and counties to follow the state minimum wage and barring higher local wage floors. The state wage itself…

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local paid-leave and employment-benefit mandates. Voters approved statewide paid sick leave (Proposition A) in 2024, but the legislature repealed it…

Missouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local regulation of employer wages and employment benefits, so cities and counties cannot impose fair-workweek or predictive-scheduling mandates. There…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Missouri law confines casino gambling to "excursion gambling boats" that must dock only on the Mississippi or Missouri River, and only in a city or unincorporated county area whose…

Missouri lets religious, charitable, fraternal, veteran, and service groups run bingo only after the Missouri Gaming Commission issues a license under RSMo Chapter 313. An organization…

Missouri does not carve out a safe harbor for backyard poker or friendly bets. RSMo 572.010(8) defines a 'player' as someone who wagers without profiting beyond personal winnings, and…

Missouri voters approved Amendment 2 in November 2024, adding Article III, Section 39(g) to the state constitution and legalizing sports wagering statewide. Licensed operators may take…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in Missouri, but no Missouri statute authorises them or sets the rules for running one. The General Assembly legislated only around the edges. Mo. Rev…

Missouri has no statute that grants a right to record police and no statute that forbids it. What decides the question is the narrow reach of Missouri's wiretap law, Mo. Rev. Stat. §§…

Missouri never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. A person detained on suspicion of an offense commits no Missouri crime by declining to give a name. The two identification…

Missouri is one of a small group of states where the marijuana odor rule sits in the constitution rather than in a statute. Article XIV, Section 2 of the Missouri Constitution, added…

Missouri RSMo 260.283 bars cities and counties from banning, taxing, or charging fees on paper or plastic bags, and prohibits them from banning customer use of reusable bags. The…

The effective minimum age to buy tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products in Missouri is 21 under federal Tobacco 21 law. Missouri's own statute, RSMo 407.931, still sets the…

Missouri caps aftermarket forward lighting by count and by height. Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 307.080 allows a motor vehicle no more than three auxiliary lamps, all mounted on the front…

Missouri has no windshield obstruction statute at all, so nothing in the Revised Statutes tells you where a dash cam may sit. The one place a dash cam is expressly addressed is the…

Missouri has neither a statute permitting a motorcycle to ride between lanes of traffic nor one prohibiting the manoeuvre by name. A full-text search of the Revised Statutes of…

Missouri is one of the states that answers the plate cover question in the statute itself rather than leaving it to a general obstruction rule. Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 301.130.5…

Missouri has no radar detector law. A full-text search of the Revised Statutes of Missouri returns no section containing the phrase radar detector, and the single statute anywhere in…

Missouri allows metal and carbide studded tires for winter driving only. Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 307.171.1 makes it unlawful to operate any motor vehicle on any road or highway of this…

Missouri regulates exactly two pieces of glass. Under Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 307.173.1 the front sidewing vents and the windows immediately to the left and right of the driver must…