§ 320.010 Proprietors of public buildings required to erect fire escapes — how ..
§ 320.020 How erected and enclosed
§ 320.030 Number to each building
§ 320.040 Buildings to be equipped with fire escapes
§ 320.050 Penalties
§ 320.060 Duty of officers
§ 320.070 Doors to certain buildings to be hung, how
§ 320.080 Penalty
§ 320.081 Fire insurance company records to be furnished law enforcement officials, when
§ 320.082 Fire insurance companies to report suspected arson to prosecuting or ..
§ 320.083 Law enforcement officials to furnish fire insurance companies with ..
§ 320.085 Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss ..
§ 320.086 Access to closed arrest records not authorized — attorney-client privilege ..
§ 320.088 Personal protective equipment, standards for purchasing
§ 320.089 Labeling requirement for personal protective equipment, violation, penalty
§ 320.090 Emergency services, contracts for mutual aid operative in disasters — ..
§ 320.091 Donation of used personal protection equipment and clothing, immunity from ..
§ 320.092 Creates annual reporting requirements for certain tax credits
§ 320.093 Income tax credit for purchase of a dry fire hydrant or provision of water ..
§ 320.094 Fire education fund created, annual transfers — treasurer to administer ..
§ 320.095 Water supply, access during emergencies for fire protection services, ..
§ 320.097 Residency requirements prohibited, when
§ 320.106 Definitions
§ 320.111 Manufacture, distribution and sale, permit required — issuance, display of, ..
§ 320.116 Revocation and refusal of permits, when — illegal fireworks seized as ..
§ 320.121 Powers of cities and certain counties to regulate or prohibit fireworks
§ 320.122 Supremacy clause — regulation of fireworks (St. Louis County)
§ 320.126 Special fireworks — possession and sale of limited, how, to whom — ..
§ 320.131 Possession, sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited — restrictions — ..
§ 320.136 Ground salutes, special type, prohibited
§ 320.141 Permissible items of consumer fireworks, how sold, when
§ 320.146 Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on
§ 320.151 Sales to children, sales by children, unlawful, exceptions — exploding ..
§ 320.156 Items and activities not subject to provisions of sections 320.106 to 320.161
§ 320.161 Penalty provisions
§ 320.200 Definitions
§ 320.202 Division of fire safety, created — duties of division and fire marshal — ..
§ 320.205 Fire marshal, appointment, qualifications
§ 320.210 Employees, how appointed, qualifications
§ 320.215 Reimbursement of employees, expenses and equipment, state to furnish
§ 320.220 Special deputy, who eligible
§ 320.225 Investigator to have same powers as fire marshal, when
§ 320.230 Investigations conducted — cooperation with local officials required — may ..
§ 320.235 Reports and records required — open to public, exceptions
§ 320.240 Property may be entered for investigation, when
§ 320.245 Subpoena powers — hearing, where conducted — fees for service of process ..
§ 320.250 Powers of political subdivisions not affected
§ 320.255 Salaries, expenses and costs, how paid
§ 320.260 Office space to be provided
§ 320.265 Appeals, how taken
§ 320.271 Information to be filed with fire marshal, by certain fire protection ..
§ 320.273 Dry hydrant technical assistance program to be established — dry hydrant ..
§ 320.300 Volunteer fire protection association, definition
§ 320.302 Nonmembers, association may respond to any emergency, exception — ..
§ 320.305 Claim of loss, payment of claims to association, nonmember — violations, ..
§ 320.307 Nonpayment of claim, association has cause of action, amount
§ 320.310 Boundaries, filing with county — sole providers, when
§ 320.320 Volunteer firefighters serving without wages, salary or certain other ..
§ 320.330 Citation of law
§ 320.333 Definitions
§ 320.336 Termination from employment prohibited, when — loss of pay permitted, when ..
§ 320.339 Wrongful termination, cause of action permitted
§ 320.350 Title of law — definitions
§ 320.353 Cigarettes, testing requirements, standards — manufacturers to maintain ..
§ 320.356 Testing verification reports, content — state fire marshal certification — ..
§ 320.359 Compliance marking required, method of marking permitted — copy of ..
§ 320.362 Violations, penalties
§ 320.365 Rulemaking authority — department of revenue may inspect cigarettes for ..
§ 320.368 Enforcement procedures — authorization to examine records
§ 320.371 Fund created, use of moneys
§ 320.374 Sale of cigarettes outside state or United States, requirements not to ..
§ 320.380 Compliance with applicable laws required
§ 320.400 Cancer benefits pool — definitions — creation, employer contributions — ..

Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 320 - Fire Protection

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  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020