Terms Used In Missouri Laws 320.082

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Every insurance company doing the business of fire insurance within this state which shall have reason to believe that any fire loss reported to it is the result of arson or incendiarism shall forthwith report the same along with all relevant facts thereof to the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the city or county in which said fire loss occurred and the prosecuting or circuit attorney shall acknowledge receipt. The prosecuting or circuit attorney shall give notification of receipt and shall provide such report, upon request, to the state fire marshal, the department of commerce and insurance registration and the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the fire loss.