Missouri Ordinances (2026)

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

Missouri does not license backyard hives, but it is unlawful to move bees, combs, or used beekeeping equipment into the state without a permit from the Department of Agriculture, which…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Missouri regulates tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product sales under RSMo 407.925 to 407.934. The effective minimum sales age is 21 under federal Tobacco 21 law, though…

Missouri Article XIV authorizes state-licensed marijuana dispensaries and limits local control to non-prohibitive zoning. Localities may not ban facilities outright unless voters…

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…

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 Voters approved statewide paid sick leave (Proposition A) in 2024, but the legislature repealed it…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 requires a state land disturbance operating permit from the Department of Natural Resources before construction disturbing one or more acres, mandating a stormwater pollution…

Missouri's Flood Resiliency Act establishes a statewide Flood Resiliency Program, administered by the Department of Natural Resources, to increase flood resiliency along the Missouri…

Missouri's Clean Water Law makes it unlawful to discharge stormwater from a point source without an operating permit from the Clean Water Commission, and sets flat statutory permit…

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…

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

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…

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…

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 food trucks operate under the statewide Missouri Food Code, 19 CSR 20-1.025, which the Department of Health and Senior Services adopts as the sanitation standard for every…

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…

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 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…

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…

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

Missouri law makes every landowner responsible for controlling noxious weeds. RSMo §263.190.2 requires owners, including corporations, railroads, cities, and even state agencies, to…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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 applies its state sales tax to charges for short-term rental rooms furnished to transient guests, the same way it taxes hotel and motel rooms. Hosts collect the tax from…

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…

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…

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…

Missouri's Net Metering and Easy Connection Act (RSMo 386.890) gives every utility customer the right to connect a solar system up to one hundred kilowatts, using a standardized simple…

Missouri's Telemarketing No-Call Law preempts certain solicitation practices statewide, and the Merchandising Practices Act gives consumers a three-day right to cancel home…

Every public swimming pool, spa, and bathing place in Missouri must be approved by the Department of Health and Senior Services before it opens, kept in efficient operating condition…

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 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…

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…

Missouri requires every state department and agency to recycle at least 25% of paper products used or 50% of paper disposed of, whichever is greater, separate plastics, metals and…

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…