Missouri Laws 382.300 – Appeals from director’s action, procedure
1. Any person aggrieved by any act, determination, rule, regulation, order or any other action of the director pursuant to sections 382.010 to 382.300 may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for Cole County. The court shall conduct its review without a jury and by trial de novo, but if all parties, including the director, so stipulate, the review shall be confined to the record. Portions of the records may be introduced by stipulation into evidence in a trial de novo as to those parties so stipulating.
2. The filing of an appeal pursuant to this section shall stay the application of any rule, regulation, order or other action of the director to the appealing party unless the court, after giving such party notice and an opportunity to be heard, determines that such a stay would be detrimental to the interests of policyholders, shareholders, creditors or the public.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 382.300
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
3. Any person aggrieved by any failure of the director to act or make a determination required by sections 382.010 to 382.300 may petition the circuit court for Cole County for a writ in the nature of a mandamus or a peremptory mandamus directing the director to act or make the determination forthwith.