Terms Used In Missouri Laws 320.083

  • 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

The state fire marshal, prosecuting or circuit attorney, police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the act, upon receipt of a written request from an officer, attorney or claims management personnel of any insurance company shall disclose to the insurance company and its officer, attorney or claims management personnel, all facts, documents and information in possession or knowledge of that agency or its employees concerning any fire loss reported under sections 320.081 to 320.086 which at the time of the request is the subject of a pending claim against said company; unless such disclosure would jeopardize a pending prosecution. No police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency shall disclose any facts, documents, or information under this section unless the request for such facts, documents, or information has been approved by the prosecuting or circuit attorney having jurisdiction over the act.