St. Louis, MO

St. Louis does not mandate shared fence costs for urban residential property. Missouri RSMo 272.010 partition fence law applies only to agricultural land. The good-side-out tradition…

St. Louis exempts retaining walls of 18 inches or less above the lowest adjacent grade from a building permit; any taller wall needs a Division of Building and Inspection permit and…

St. Louis requires a Miscellaneous Structures Permit for fences and sets height limits by zone: 48 inches in residential front yards, 8 feet on residential side/rear lines, and 10 feet…

St. Louis's Building Code bans barbed wire fencing in residential zones and prohibits electrically charged fences citywide; where barbed wire is otherwise allowed, no strand may sit…

St. Louis caps front-yard fences at 48 inches, side/rear fences at 8 feet in residential zones, and commercial-zone fences at 10 feet.

St. Louis caps recreational fires at 30 inches wide and 18 inches tall, 12 feet from any structure, out by 11 p.m.

St. Louis bans open burning of refuse, trade waste, leaves, grass and other vegetation citywide, but exempts small recreational fires and contained fires using untreated wood…

St. Louis dwelling owners must install smoke detectors in every sleeping area and stairwell, test common-area units, and never disable a battery.

St. Louis bans possessing, selling, or setting off fireworks of any kind within city limits, with no exception for sparklers; violators face fines up to $500 and jail time.

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…

Removing a tree from City-owned land or the street right-of-way requires a 'permit to maintain' from the Forestry Commissioner plus a reforestation fee: trees on private property…

St. Louis encourages residents to mulch or compost grass clippings and yard waste at home instead of using city refuse containers, with no permit or bin standard required under the…

St. Louis requires trees, shrubs and plants citywide to be kept clear of streets, sidewalks, traffic signs and intersections, and lets the Forestry Commissioner order an owner to fix…

St. Louis homeowners in one- and two-family dwellings can install a rainwater collection tank up to 65 gallons, or interconnected tanks totaling 200 gallons, without hiring a licensed…

St. Louis declares weeds and unattended vegetation over seven inches tall a public nuisance. The Forestry Commissioner can order or perform abatement and bill the property owner for…

St. Louis creates residential parking districts block by block through individual ordinances, each requiring a resident petition and alderman support before permits are issued.

RVs over 18 feet long can't sit on St. Louis streets more than 60 minutes at a stretch in residential zones, and can't park there at all overnight.

St. Louis prohibits parking any truck or bus on a public street abutting property zoned "A" through "F", single-family through neighborhood-commercial districts, and treats a truck…

Businesses in St. Louis must get an annual Traffic and Transportation Administrator permit, priced by the foot of curb, to claim a commercial loading zone.

St. Louis's Building Code requires new multi-family buildings (Use Group R2) to install EV Ready parking spaces, on a scale tied to total spaces provided.

St. Louis bans parking recreational vehicles over 18 feet long on residential streets between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m., and caps daytime street parking at 60 minutes.

St. Louis bans parking on designated snow emergency routes once the Snow Coordinator declares an emergency, with towing and a $25 notice or court fine for violators.

St. Louis bans inoperable or hazardous vehicles on private land and street-parked vehicles left more than five days; the Director of Streets can tow both and bill the owner.

St. Louis prints no tow or storage rate in its code. Chapter 17.56, the Vehicle Towing Code, hands both schedules to the Director of Streets, while Chapter 17.63 sets a $50…

St. Louis bans on-street parking on sidewalks, in intersections, within 15 feet of fire hydrants, and in front of driveways under Revised Code § 17.24.070's citywide list of prohibited…

St. Louis bans parking on unpaved front yards and caps overnight driveway parking outside a garage at five days under § 26.16.080.

St. Louis bars home occupations from regularly accepting customers, clients, or the general public into the home, or advertising to invite them, under the zoning code's home-occupation…

St. Louis bars home occupations from displaying any sign at all: the business must run completely unadvertised from the residence, per Revised Code § 26.80.060(A)(8).

Missouri cottage food law (RSMo 196.298) allows St. Louis residents to sell non-potentially hazardous homemade foods directly to consumers without a health permit. Sales capped at…

State-licensed family child care homes for 5-10 kids skip building-code inspection and can get a zoning waiver from the Board of Public Service.

St. Louis allows home occupations in any residential zoning district only if the business leaves the dwelling looking residential, hires no non-resident workers, posts no sign, and…

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…

St. Louis requires a building permit and approved construction documents before any pool, spa, or hot tub is built, installed, enlarged, or altered.

St. Louis requires a building permit before any hot tub, spa, or pool is installed, enlarged, or altered, and the unit can't encroach into the required front or side yard.

St. Louis's Health Commissioner can declare any dog "dangerous" after a documented bite, attack, or prior warning, triggering mandatory registration, $50,000 liability coverage, and…

St. Louis bans keeping cattle, sheep, goats, hogs and roosters anywhere in the city, treating it as a public nuisance; one neutered or spayed Vietnamese pot-bellied pig per parcel is…

St. Louis allows only one pot-bellied pig per parcel, and the privilege is conditioned on fixing it: males must be neutered by four weeks old, females spayed by 120 days old.

St. Louis requires dogs declared "Dangerous Dogs" to be spayed or neutered and micro-chipped for identification before the Health Commissioner will issue a certificate of registration…

St. Louis requires dogs in any public street, park, or public place to be on a secure leash no more than six feet long, held continuously by a person able to control the dog.

Urban beekeeping is allowed in St. Louis under SLRC 10.12 with registration at the Missouri Department of Agriculture required per RSMo 264.011. Hives must be set back 10 feet from…

St. Louis caps residential households at four domestic animals, dogs and cats, before requiring a noncommercial kennel permit from the Health Commissioner for up to eight.

St. Louis bans molesting, injuring, or disturbing small birds and their nests citywide, with sparrows, pigeons, and starlings excepted.

St. Louis prohibits ownership of dangerous wild animals under SLRC 10.16 and RSMo 578.023. Banned species include large cats, bears, primates, venomous snakes, and crocodilians…

St. Louis requires every owned cat to be rabies-vaccinated and registered with a $50 tag, bars cats from running at large, and separately licenses feral cat colonies through Health…

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…

St. Louis allows one attached or detached accessory dwelling unit per residential parcel, capped at 25 feet in height and 1,200 square feet, and set back at least 3 feet from side lot…

St. Louis exempts small detached sheds from a building permit only if they are 120 square feet or less, under 12 feet tall, anchored to a 4-inch concrete slab, and set back per the…

Missouri requires factory-built manufactured tiny homes to meet federal HUD standards under state law, with installation rules applied uniformly statewide.

St. Louis requires every short-term rental to have a designated agent who can be physically present at the property within one hour if the Building Division or a neighbor calls with a…

Short-term rental platforms operating in St. Louis must hold a City permit, remove unpermitted or revoked listings within 7 days, and block bookings that lack a valid registry number.

A St. Louis 'short-term rental, occupied' permit requires the applicant to affirm the unit is the owner's or tenant's primary residence, and the code caps each resident at one primary…

St. Louis revokes a short-term rental permit for up to 12 months after three violation notices for law breaches or nuisance activity hit the same property within 24 consecutive months.

St. Louis short-term rental applicants must disclose their off-street or on-site parking spaces, and the posted unit permit must state the maximum number of vehicles guests may park…

St. Louis requires an annual short-term rental permit from the Building Division, with a $150 non-refundable application fee, before renting any dwelling unit for stays of 30 days or…

St. Louis caps short-term rental occupancy at the load set by the Building Commissioner under the residential code, based on floor area per occupant, and the limit must be posted…

St. Louis short-term rental hosts must post written rules acknowledging the city's noise ordinance, and repeat violations can get the rental permit revoked for up to a year.

St. Louis charges a $150 non-refundable annual permit fee for short-term rental hosts and a separate $500 non-refundable permit fee for rental platforms, plus applicable state and…

St. Louis caps stationary noise sources by zoning district and time of day, from 55 dB(A) daytime near "A" through "E" residential zones up to 80 dB(A) at all hours in "J" and "K"…

Vehicle noise in St. Louis is regulated under SLRC Chapter 17 and state RSMo 307.170. Modified exhaust, loud stereos, and engine revving are prohibited. SLMPD Traffic Division actively…

St. Louis bars construction, demolition and excavation noise within 1,000 feet of homes before 6 a.m. and after dusk, Monday through Saturday, with only a 3-day emergency exception.

St. Louis exempts lawn care equipment, including leaf blowers and mowers, from its citywide noise limits only from 7 a.m. to sunset; use outside those hours loses the exemption and…

St. Louis bans keeping any animal, bird, or fowl whose frequent noise disturbs neighbors' comfort and repose, with a 100-foot audibility threshold defining excessive noise.

St. Louis defines nighttime hours as 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and requires stationary noise sources in residential Districts A through E to stay at or below 50 dB(A) sustained then, five…

St. Louis caps amplified sound on public property at audible beyond 75 feet and bars private-property playback louder than needed for on-site listeners.

St. Louis requires a landscape permit before planting a 'landscape bed' over nine square feet in the street right-of-way tree lawn, and bars tall plantings near fire hydrants, water…

St. Louis taxes hotel and motel stays at a combined 3% of gross daily rental receipts from transient guests: a 2% base tax plus a 1% additional tax layered on top.

St. Louis requires Board of Aldermen approval before any city agency can acquire, fund, or share automatic license plate reader data, under the city's surveillance technology ordinance.

St. Louis prohibits police and its camera vendor from using artificial intelligence or facial recognition to identify drivers caught by red-light and speed cameras, or sharing captured…

St. Louis puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner: the Director of Streets gives 30 days' notice, and unrepaired sidewalks get fixed by the City and billed back as a lien.

St. Louis requires a Board of Public Service permit before erecting any bridge, canopy, awning, or overhead structure over a public street or sidewalk, subject to a $100 fee and the…

Contractors need a Director of Streets permit and a $50 deposit before putting building materials, rubbish, or excavation work on any St. Louis street, alley, or sidewalk.

New construction and substantial improvements in St. Louis's mapped flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor, including any basement, built at least one foot above the base flood…

St. Louis caps motor vehicle idling at five minutes per hour, or ten minutes when it's below 32°F, with narrow exceptions for emergency vehicles and traffic delays.

St. Louis caps how much parking-lot stormwater can drain untreated to the street: 3,000 square feet to street frontage and another 3,000 to an alley, with any excess required to route…

Mooring a drydock, float, wharfboat, or other landing facility at the City's improved public wharf on the Mississippi requires a written Board of Public Service permit, insurance, and…

St. Louis requires a floodplain development permit before any new construction, fill, or substantial improvement in a FEMA-mapped A or AE flood zone, and new homes must be elevated at…

St. Louis requires a building permit before any site grading or excavation, but exempts minor fill or cuts that change property-line elevation by six inches or less and don't block…

Sidewalk and vehicle vendors in St. Louis need a $200 annual license, may only operate 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., and must stay 150 feet from other vendors or competing businesses selling…

St. Louis requires a Fire Code operational permit for every mobile food vehicle and trailer, enforced by the Division of Building and Inspection Fire Safety Unit before a truck can…

St. Louis bans street food, pushcart, and vehicle vending citywide except inside designated Vending Districts like Downtown, Grand Boulevard, and Meramec Street: a license from the…

St. Louis requires a permit and bond for any park gathering of 100 or more people, covering damage repair, cleanup, and added police or traffic control costs.

St. Louis requires parade organizers to file a special event permit application with the Special Events Office at least 90 days before the parade, along with a $25 processing fee.

St. Louis requires a special event permit for a block party, filed at least 60 days ahead, but waives the usual $25 processing fee for neighborhood block parties.

Anyone selling goods, food, or beverages at a St. Louis fair, festival, or parade needs a $75 festival vendor license, and the event sponsor is jointly liable for it.

St. Louis requires a sidewalk café to hold both a Board of Public Service encroachment permit and a Street Department sidewalk café permit, costing $200 plus $1 per square foot of…

St. Louis requires every building to be rat-stopped and kept rat-free. The Health Commissioner inspects, orders repairs by notice, and can hire a contractor to fix noncompliant…

St. Louis exempts barbeque grills and smokers from its recreational-fire ordinance, so backyard cooking fires skip the 12-foot setback, attendant, and 11 p.m. curfew rules that apply…

St. Louis excludes barbecue grills and pits from its recreational-fire ordinance, so the 12-foot setback and curfew rules for open fires and fire pits do not apply to your grill.

St. Louis defines recyclables by ordinance and bans scavenging from any refuse or recycling container citywide, protecting curbside material for the Refuse Division's own collection…

St. Louis requires nonresidential refuse containers to be screened from street view and emptied weekly, with no collection near homes between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

St. Louis limits yard waste bins to leaves, grass clippings, and garden vegetation from residential lots, bars lawn services and commercial properties from using them, and prohibits…

Dumping debris, trash, or refuse on another's property or public land without permission is a misdemeanor in St. Louis, with escalating fines and mandatory jail time starting at the…

The Refuse Commissioner sets St. Louis's residential collection days by route, and every dwelling unit pays a $14.00 monthly solid waste services fee unless a private hauler already…

St. Louis roll-out trash carts must sit at or within two feet of the curb, never on the sidewalk, and only between 6 p.m. the night before and 11 p.m. on collection day.

St. Louis requires oversized refuse to be bundled to no more than 3 feet long, 1 foot across, and 75 pounds, then set next to your container for pickup.

St. Louis defines recyclables by ordinance, newspapers, cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles, and No. 1–2 plastic bottles and jugs, and bars scavenging from…

St. Louis bars residents from setting refuse containers on the public right-of-way before noon the day ahead of collection or leaving them out past 11 p.m. on collection day.

St. Louis bars commercial drone operators from flying within 300 feet of any City-permitted public event unless the event holder or the City's Special Events Office grants permission…

St. Louis exempts recreational and educational drone flying from its commercial-drone ordinance, so hobbyist pilots who receive no compensation aren't subject to the city's licensing…

St. Louis requires commercial drone operators to hold an FAA remote pilot certificate and a City business license, and bars flights within 25 feet of people or 300 feet of permitted…

St. Louis directs police away from enforcing most marijuana possession laws, but openly displaying or consuming marijuana in public stays a full enforcement target under §…

St. Louis bans aggressive panhandling outright and bars all panhandling near banks, schools, transit stops, and building entrances, plus after dark and in groups of two or more.

St. Louis allows open containers of alcohol on public sidewalks and streets in much of downtown and Soulard, but bans drinking in vehicles, city parks (without permit), and during…

In St. Louis's central traffic district, pedestrians must cross at a crosswalk. Elsewhere, crossing outside a crosswalk is legal only if the nearest one is more than 150 feet away, and…

Urinating or defecating in public anywhere in St. Louis is a fine-and-jail offense, with narrow exceptions only for young children and a verified medical condition.

St. Louis makes it a misdemeanor to disturb the peace with noisy, riotous, or disorderly conduct, and separately holds an owner or occupant liable for permitting such disturbances on…

St. Louis bans loitering, idling, or playing in any public park or playground from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. year-round, with exceptions for permit holders and through-travelers.

In St. Louis, no public monument, statue, memorial, or fixture may be erected, altered, relocated, or removed in a public place until the Preservation Board reviews the plans and…

St. Louis has adopted the 2017 National Electrical Code and requires a permit before any electrical work begins, issued by the code official within the Division of Building and…

St. Louis requires municipal, commercial, institutional, and multi-family buildings of 50,000 square feet or more to meet building energy performance standards enforced through…

St. Louis does not mandate fire sprinklers in new townhouses or one- and two-family homes: builders must instead offer the system as a purchaser option before the sale closes.

St. Louis inspects pre-1978 rentals for lead paint, orders landlords to treat it within 14 days, and can remediate itself and lien the property for 60% of the cost.

St. Louis requires at least one approved carbon monoxide detector in every new or rehabbed residential building heated by a fossil-fuel unit, with violations punishable by fine or jail.

St. Louis requires a licensed plumbing or drainlaying contractor to obtain a permit from the code official before installing, altering, or replacing any plumbing system, under the…

St. Louis requires inspections at each construction stage, footing, frame, energy efficiency, and final, before work can proceed or a building can be occupied.

A concrete patio slab or ground-level wood deck skips a St. Louis building permit only if it's uncovered, unsupported by a permanent foundation, and no more than 12 inches above grade…

St. Louis flatly bans auto repair and paint shops as a home occupation: no waiver, no conditional-use path around it.

A St. Louis store only counts as a 'retail tobacco store' if smoking materials are more than 50% of its trade: that status is what lets customers smoke inside.

Tow operators in St. Louis must hold a city license, register each truck and driver with SLMPD, post regulated rates, and follow Missouri towing statutes for non-consensual tows.

St. Louis bans adult bookstores, adult theaters, peep shows and massage establishments within 500 feet of residential zoning, churches or schools, and caps clustering at two per 1,000…

Secondhand dealers, scrap-metal buyers, and resale shops in St. Louis must hold a city license, log seller ID for every transaction, and report sales electronically so SLMPD can trace…

Massage establishments in St. Louis must hold a city business license, employ only Missouri-licensed therapists, comply with health inspections, and meet zoning rules under Title XI.

St. Louis tattoo parlors need a Board of Public Service license, a public hearing, and fixed 9 a.m.-to-1 a.m. hours, and neighbors can petition to revoke it.

St. Louis requires pawnbrokers to obtain a City license and post a $1,000 bond, bars pledge or pawn transactions between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., and caps licenses at one per 30,000…

St. Louis's alarm ordinance (Title 8, Ch. 8.13) defines "alarm subscriber" to exclude audible alarms on motor vehicles, so car alarms carry no city registration, permit, or 15-minute…

St. Louis exempts residential air conditioners, heating systems and cooling towers from its stationary noise ordinance, but commercial and industrial HVAC equipment must still meet…

St. Louis caps amplified sound from licensed bars and nightclubs at 86 dBA measured 50 feet from the premises, enforced by the Excise Commissioner.

St. Louis regulates generators as "stationary noise sources." Measured at the property line, they can't exceed 55 dB(A) by day and 50 dB(A) at night in residential zoning districts…

Missouri Mo. §407.926 (effective 2024) raised the minimum tobacco and vape purchase age to 21 statewide, aligning with federal Tobacco 21. St. Louis enforces this through retailer…

St. Louis parks and playgrounds close to loitering from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. year-round under Revised Code § 22.18.010.

St. Louis bars anyone under 17 from city streets after 11 p.m. on weeknights, midnight on weekends, unless an exemption applies.

St. Louis landlords must supply heat maintaining at least 68°F in every habitable room, bathroom, and toilet room from October 1 through April 30.

St. Louis requires every rental dwelling unit to be registered with the city in a public database before a certificate of inspection can be issued, and renting without registration is…

Rent control is prohibited in Missouri. Under RSMo 441.043, political subdivisions including St. Louis cannot enact ordinances controlling rent on private residential property…

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 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…

St. Louis bans driving any vehicle onto a bicycle/pedestrian right-of-way under Section 17.16.040, with narrow exceptions, and requires cyclists to ride near the roadway's right side…

St. Louis authorized an automated camera enforcement program in April 2024 covering red light, stop sign, and speeding violations, jointly run by the Board of Public Service and police…

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…

St. Louis cannot enforce a plastic bag ban or fee. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.283 bars every Missouri political subdivision from imposing any ban, fee, or tax on paper or plastic carryout…

St. Louis charges a $200 semiannual registration fee on any residential or multi-unit commercial building that has sat vacant and in code violation for six months or more, rising to a…

St. Louis taxes public garages and parking lots that charge for vehicle storage at 5% of gross receipts, collected quarterly by the Comptroller under City Code Chapter 8.76.

St. Louis imposes a 1% earnings tax on residents' wages, non-residents' wages earned in the city, and net business profits, requiring voter renewal every five years under Missouri…

St. Louis treats window signs as a standard permitted sign type, not a separately capped category, so they count toward each zoning district's overall on-premises sign-area limit: 30…

New LED and digital billboards near interstate and primary highways are banned in St. Louis; only devices permitted before April 16, 2010 may keep operating as nonconforming signs.

Missouri RSMo 442.404 prohibits homeowners' associations and deed restrictions from banning the display of political signs on residential property. HOAs may adopt only reasonable rules…

St. Louis adopted welcoming-city policies in 2017 limiting local cooperation with ICE detainers, but Missouri's 2021 SAPA framework and §67.307 force the city to honor most federal…

Missouri requires comprehensive cannabis facilities to be at least 1,000 feet from schools, daycares, and churches under Article XIV. St. Louis enforces buffers via zoning review by…

St. Louis confines marijuana dispensaries, cultivation, manufacturing, and testing facilities to its commercial and industrial zoning districts, requiring a conditional use permit in…

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…

St. Louis's Water Division must repair a leaking underground service line, from the water main through the T-head valve and stop box, free of charge when it's over a year old, serves a…

St. Louis requires grey water and reclaimed water plumbing systems to be installed only by a licensed Master Plumber, Journeyman Plumber, or Master Drainlayer under the city's Plumbing…

Every rental unit in St. Louis needs a certificate of inspection before each new tenant moves in or the property sells, plus reinspection every three years under the citywide Housing…

Missouri §285.055 bars cities like St. Louis from setting a minimum wage above the state floor, ending the city's 2017 $10/hour ordinance and limiting living-wage rules to public…

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…

St. Louis caps drive-through carry-out restaurant parking lot light poles at 22 feet and limits spillover to no more than 0.5 footcandle on any abutting residential lot when the site…

St. Louis requires owners, managers and occupants to clear sidewalk snow immediately after each snowfall and keep a five-foot path free of ice at all times, or face misdemeanor fines…

St. Louis's Property Maintenance Code lets the Building Commissioner condemn any building, structure, or piece of equipment found unsafe, unsanitary, or dangerous to life, and order it…

St. Louis bans weeds and unattended vegetation over 7 inches tall on any lot, occupied or vacant, and requires owners to clear debris or face City abatement, billing, and fines.

St. Louis requires a building permit before installing or modifying any solar photovoltaic power system, enforced by the Electrical Inspection Section.

Missouri does not have a comprehensive solar access law preempting HOA restrictions. Some St. Louis HOAs and private place associations (Portland Place, Westmoreland, Kingsbury)…

In the "A" Single-Family Dwelling District, front yards must be at least 25 feet deep, side yards at least 4 feet each (10 feet total), and rear yards at least 25 feet deep, under the…

St. Louis caps 'A' Single-Family Dwelling District homes at 2½ stories or 35 feet, allowing 3 stories or 45 feet only with two 10-foot side yards; churches, schools and government…

St. Louis bans retail sales in the front yard of any residentially zoned property, and anyone using the public sidewalk or street for a yard, garage, or lawn sale must first get a…

Door-to-door solicitors, canvassers, and peddlers in St. Louis must buy a license from the License Collector, $1 a day, $10 a month, or $15 a year, post a $1,000 surety bond, and wear…

St. Louis recognizes No Solicitors signs as legal notice that solicitation is refused. Commercial solicitors who knock despite a posted sign commit trespass and violate city…

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…

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 (§…

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…

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…

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 537.295 and constitutional protections constrain how counties and cities may zone agriculture, limiting local authority to restrict expansions or modernization of…

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

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…