Public Conduct in Missouri (2026)

Kirkwood's park rules flatly ban soliciting alms or contributions in any city park, whether for a public or private…

Columbia, Missouri makes aggressive panhandling a class B misdemeanor, banning repeated solicitation after refusal…

Independence bans soliciting money or goods in an aggressive manner, following, threats, intimidation, blocking, or…

Kansas City bans aggressive panhandling citywide and bars all panhandling, even passive, within 20 feet of doorways in…

Lee's Summit bans aggressive panhandling everywhere, bars all panhandling within the Downtown Core and every city park…

St. Louis bans aggressive panhandling outright and bars all panhandling near banks, schools, transit stops, and…

Jackson County's Petty Offense Code bans exposing yourself to urinate or defecate on a street, in a park, or anywhere…

Springfield outright bans urinating or defecating anywhere open to public view, with no exceptions listed for location…

St. Louis County makes it a crime to urinate or defecate in public view anywhere in the unincorporated county. Section…

O'Fallon makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere open to public view outside a proper restroom or comfort…

Unincorporated St. Charles County treats public urination and defecation as a form of illegal indecent exposure…

Urinating or defecating in public anywhere in St. Louis is a fine-and-jail offense, with narrow exceptions only for…

Florissant makes it unlawful to urinate on any street, in any park, or in any other public place open to the public…

Independence, Missouri makes it unlawful to urinate in or upon any street, park, public place open to the public, or…

Jefferson County's peace disturbance ordinance names "urinating or defecating in public" as one specific act that…

Kirkwood Code of Ordinances § 17-156 makes it unlawful to urinate in or on any street, park, or other public place, or…

Lee's Summit fines up to $150, or jails offenders up to 30 days, for urinating or defecating in public or anywhere the…

Jefferson County makes it unlawful for anyone on roller skates, roller blades, or a skateboard to go onto any road…

St. Louis County treats skateboards like foot traffic, not vehicles: Section 1210.107 bars anyone on roller skates…

Columbia, Missouri outlaws skateboarding on any city street, sidewalk, alley, or public way, grouping it with roller…

Independence bans skateboards, roller skates, sleds, and similar devices from any roadway except in a marked crosswalk…

Skateboards, roller skates and similar coasting devices are barred from Lee's Summit roadways outright, and from…

O'Fallon bars skateboards from roadways outright, letting riders cross only in a marked crosswalk like a pedestrian…

In unincorporated Cass County, Section 310.040 bars roller skates, coasters, toy vehicles and similar devices from any…

Florissant bars skateboarding in the streets, roads or highways and on the property of any shopping center in the city…

Kirkwood's parks code, § 18-7, restricts roller-skating, roller-blading, skateboarding and scooter use to paved areas…

Springfield, Missouri bans skateboards, roller blades, bikes, and scooters on benches, ledges, fountains, railings, and…

St. Charles County confines skateboarding, roller skating and in-line skating in its parks to paved trails or areas the…

A residential gathering of ten or more people becomes a punishable "nuisance party" if police respond to three or more…

Columbia, Missouri makes it unlawful for anyone with a right to possess the property to cause or permit a gathering of…

Jackson County holds residents liable when they knowingly let loud or unruly conduct continue on their own property…

Lee's Summit makes it a violation for whoever controls a residence to allow an 'open house party' where a minor is…

Springfield makes it unlawful for a homeowner, tenant, or business operator to let guests assemble and make loud noise…

St. Charles County criminalizes loud noise that unreasonably and knowingly disturbs or alarms another person under its…

St. Louis makes it a misdemeanor to disturb the peace with noisy, riotous, or disorderly conduct, and separately holds…

A property owner or resident in unincorporated St. Louis County who lets a loud party get out of hand can be cited…

Kirkwood makes it unlawful to stand or remain idle in a public place, alone or with others, in a way that knowingly…

Independence, Missouri's loitering law, City Code Section 12.01.005, makes it unlawful to loiter in a way that disturbs…

Jackson County bans nighttime prowling: wandering, prowling, or loitering on another's private property after dark to…

Kansas City bans standing in public places to block foot or vehicle traffic, but only after police order the person to…

Lee's Summit bars standing, loitering or remaining in a public place or on business premises in a way that blocks…

Springfield makes it illegal to loiter on the grounds or in the buildings of any public or private kindergarten, grade…

St. Charles County bans loitering in its parks two ways: § 250.430 forbids sitting or lounging on vehicles without the…

St. Louis bans loitering, idling, or playing in any public park or playground from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. year-round, with…

St. Louis County's loitering law, §713.075, applies only once a person refuses a police order to move on from a park…

O'Fallon bars loitering or gathering around any commercial establishment that offers live entertainment once the…

Jackson County bans smoking on the exterior grounds of its downtown courthouse at 415 E. 12th Street in Kansas City…

Columbia, Missouri bans smoking and vaping within 20 feet of building entrances, in stadium seating, and on more than…

O'Fallon's smoke-free ordinance reaches outdoors too: smoking is banned within three feet of any entrance, operable…

Springfield bans smoking within five feet of entrances, windows, and vents of smoke-free buildings, and within five…

St. Charles County's Smoke-Free Air Act of 2018 doesn't stop at the doorway: Charter § 10.803.4 bans smoking within 15…

Kansas City bans lighted smoking materials on public sidewalks abutting acute-care hospitals; there's no citywide ban…

Kirkwood's Clean Air Act bans smoking only in enclosed places of employment and enclosed public places. Outdoor areas…

Independence's smoking ordinance bans smoking only in enclosed public places and workplaces; outdoor areas, including…

In St. Louis's central traffic district, pedestrians must cross at a crosswalk. Elsewhere, crossing outside a crosswalk…

Cass County Code Section 345.060 bars pedestrians from crossing outside a marked crosswalk between signaled…

Columbia lets pedestrians cross outside a crosswalk in most of Boone County, Missouri if they yield to traffic, but…

Section 345.060 bars pedestrians from crossing anywhere but a marked crosswalk between signalized intersections…

Jefferson County pedestrians may not cross between two intersections that have working traffic control signals unless…

Kirkwood requires pedestrians to cross streets at right angles or by the shortest route to the opposite curb unless…

Lee's Summit bars pedestrians from crossing between two signaled intersections anywhere except a marked crosswalk, bans…

O'Fallon bars pedestrians from crossing outside a crosswalk between signaled intersections, in any business district…

Springfield, Missouri restricts pedestrians to crossing at crosswalks in designated areas and requires yielding to…

In unincorporated St. Louis County, pedestrians cannot cross a street anywhere between two intersections that have…

Independence requires pedestrians to cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the…

Independence, Missouri allows adults 21 and older to possess and use marijuana under Missouri's recreational law, but…

Jefferson County makes it unlawful to possess or control marijuana anywhere in the unincorporated county unless the…

O'Fallon prohibits consuming marijuana in public areas like parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, festivals…

Smoking marijuana counts as "smoking" under the County's Indoor Clean Air Code, so it's banned everywhere cigarette…

Columbia, Missouri makes it unlawful to consume marijuana in any public place, sidewalks, streets, parks, schools and…

Florissant makes it an offense to smoke or consume marijuana in any public area, including outdoor areas, workplaces…

Kirkwood bars smoking or consuming marijuana in any public place, or anywhere tobacco smoking is already prohibited…

Lee's Summit bars consuming adult-use marijuana in any public place, sidewalks, streets, parks, schools and businesses…

Springfield bars consuming marijuana in any public place or a vehicle parked there, and also bars letting marijuana…

St. Louis directs police away from enforcing most marijuana possession laws, but openly displaying or consuming…

Cass County Code § 205.1800 makes it a county ordinance violation to knowingly possess marijuana or a synthetic…

Florissant Code Section 600.140(G) makes it unlawful to drink or possess an open container of intoxicating liquor or…

Independence bans possessing an open container or drinking alcohol on any public property, including streets…

Jackson County bans possessing or drinking alcohol at county swimming beaches, archery ranges, Fleming Meeting Hall…

Kirkwood prohibits possessing or drinking alcoholic beverages in any city park unless the Department of Parks and…

Clay County caps how much beer or liquor a person can carry in a park under Code of Ordinances § 90.31: no individual…

Columbia, Missouri bans possessing an opened alcoholic beverage or drinking on any street, sidewalk, or city parking…

Jefferson County makes it unlawful to be intoxicated on a street, in a place of amusement, hotel, restaurant, public…

Kansas City, Missouri bans drinking any intoxicating liquor or beer on streets, sidewalks, or in parks, unless a city…

Lee's Summit bans possessing or drinking alcoholic beverages in any public parking lot the City owns and operates. City…

O'Fallon bans possessing an open container of beer, wine or liquor in any public place, but exempts on-premises…

Springfield, Missouri bans drinking or possessing an open alcoholic beverage on streets, alleys, and city parking lots…

St. Charles County allows drinking in its parks under County Code § 250.190, but bans public intoxication outright…

St. Louis County Code Section 716.405 makes it unlawful to consume any alcoholic beverage while riding in a moving…

St. Louis allows open containers of alcohol on public sidewalks and streets in much of downtown and Soulard, but bans…