Missouri § 214.410 Violation of law, penalty.

Missouri Statutes

§ 214.410 — Violation of law, penalty.

Missouri § 214.410

Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Ch. 214Cemeteries

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.410 (2026).

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1.Any cemetery operator who shall willfully violate any provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410 for which no penalty is otherwise prescribed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars or shall be confined not more than six months or both.

2.Any cemetery operator who shall willfully violate any provision of section 214.320 , 214.330 , 214.335 , 214.340 , 214.360 , 214.385 , or 214.387 shall be deemed guilty of a class E felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars or shall be confined not more than five years or both. This section shall not apply to cemeteries or cemetery associations which do not sell lots in the cemetery.

3.Any trustee who shall willful

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1. Any cemetery operator who shall willfully violate any provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410 for which no penalty is otherwise prescribed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars or shall be confined not more than six months or both.

2. Any cemetery operator who shall willfully violate any provision of section 214.320 , 214.330 , 214.335 , 214.340 , 214.360 , 214.385 , or 214.387 shall be deemed guilty of a class E felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars or shall be confined not more than five years or both. This section shall not apply to cemeteries or cemetery associations which do not sell lots in the cemetery.

3. Any trustee who shall willfully violate any applicable provisions of sections 214.270 to 214.410 shall have committed an unsafe and unsound banking practice and shall be penalized as authorized by chapters 361 and 362 . This subsection shall be enforced exclusively by the Missouri division of finance for state chartered institutions and the Missouri attorney general for federally chartered institutions.

4. Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of section 214.320 , 214.330 , 214.335 , 214.340 , 214.360 or 214.385 or violates any rule, regulation or order of the division may, in accordance with the regulations issued by the division, be assessed an administrative penalty by the division. The penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars for each violation and each day of the continuing violation shall be deemed a separate violation for purposes of administrative penalty assessment. However, no administrative penalty may be assessed until the person charged with the violation has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the violation. Penalty assessments received shall be deposited in the endowed care cemetery audit fund created in section 193.265 .

Legislative History

(L. 1961 p. 538 § 15, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1079, A.L. 1994 S.B. 496 merged with S.B. 701, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al. merged with S.B. 754, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17