Title XXI — PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS

320.010. Proprietors of public buildings required to erect fire escapes — how constructed. — It shall be the duty of the owner, proprietor, lessee, trustee, or keeper of every hotel, boarding and lodging house, tenement house, schoolhouse, opera house, theater, music hall, factor…

320.020. How erected and enclosed. — When fire escapes are to be attached to buildings within a city, they shall be constructed under the supervision of and subject to the approval of the commissioner or superintendent of public buildings within such city, and if there be no such…

320.030. Number to each building. — The number of fire escapes to be attached to any one building, as required in this chapter, shall, when the building is located within a city, be determined by the commissioner or superintendent of public buildings within such city, and if ther…

320.040. Buildings to be equipped with fire escapes. — All buildings of three and not exceeding four stories in height hereafter erected or altered, in this state, which are used, or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in sections 320.010 to 320.060, shall be pr…

320.050. Penalties. — The owner, proprietor, lessee or manager of a building which, under the terms of sections 320.010 to 320.060, is required to have one or more fire escapes, who shall neglect or refuse for the period of sixty days after sections 320.010 to 320.060 take effect…

320.060. Duty of officers. — It is made the duty of all prosecuting attorneys in this state to institute and prosecute infractions of sections 320.010 to 320.060. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the chief of the fire department or commissioner of public buildings in an…

320.070. Doors to certain buildings to be hung, how. — All the doors for ingress and egress to and from all public schoolhouses and all other public buildings, and also of all theaters, assembly rooms, halls, churches, factories with more than twenty employees, and of all other b…

320.080. Penalty. — Any architect, superintendent or other person or persons or body corporate, who may have charge of the erection, or may have the control or custody of any of the said buildings or places of resort mentioned in section 320.070 who shall refuse or fail to comply…

320.081. Fire insurance company records to be furnished law enforcement officials, when. — The state fire marshal, prosecuting or circuit attorney, police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the act and having probable cause to bel…

320.082. Fire insurance companies to report suspected arson to prosecuting or circuit attorney — prosecutor to report to other authorized persons. — Every insurance company doing the business of fire insurance within this state which shall have reason to believe that any fire los…

320.083. Law enforcement officials to furnish fire insurance companies with information regarding fire losses, when. — The state fire marshal, prosecuting or circuit attorney, police chief, sheriff, fire chief, or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the act, upo…

320.085. Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss information in good faith — presumption — closed records. — 1. No civil or criminal action shall lie against any agency or company identified herein and the officer, attorney, agent or employee of either, w…

320.086. Access to closed arrest records not authorized — attorney-client privilege not restricted or waived — health information, closed record. — 1. Nothing contained in sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall allow access to records otherwise closed under sections 610.100 to 610.105…

320.088. Personal protective equipment, standards for purchasing. — 1. No fire protection district, volunteer fire protection association or any fire department of any political subdivision shall purchase any new personal protection equipment for structural firefighters unless su…

320.089. Labeling requirement for personal protective equipment, violation, penalty. — 1. No person or other legal entity shall label personal protective equipment as meeting the standards set forth in subsection 2 of section 320.088 unless such equipment does in fact meet such s…

320.090. Emergency services, contracts for mutual aid operative in disasters — requirements. — 1. Any municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association, as defined by section 320.300, may enter into contracts providing for mutual aid reg…

320.091. Donation of used personal protection equipment and clothing, immunity from liability, when, conditions. — There shall be no cause of action against any fire protection district, volunteer fire protection association, or any fire department of any political subdivision wh…

320.092. Creates annual reporting requirements for certain tax credits. — 1. Tax credits issued pursuant to sections 135.400, 135.750 and 320.093 shall be subject to oversight provisions. Effective January 1, 2000, notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057, the board, depa…

320.093. Income tax credit for purchase of a dry fire hydrant or provision of water storage for dry hydrants, requirements, limitations and expiration date. — 1. Any person, firm or corporation who purchases a dry fire hydrant, as defined in section 320.273, or provides an accept…

320.094. Fire education fund created, annual transfers — treasurer to administer fund — transfer from general revenue — fire education trust fund established, administration — appropriation to division of fire safety — fire education/advisory commission established, members, term…

320.095. Water supply, access during emergencies for fire protection services, requirements — liability for damages. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any water corporation, municipality, or public water supply district established pursuant to chapt…

320.097. Residency requirements prohibited, when. — 1. As used in this section, "fire department" means any agency or organization that provides fire suppression and related activities, including but not limited to fire prevention, rescue, emergency medical services, hazardous ma…

320.106. Definitions. — As used in sections 320.106 to 320.161, unless clearly indicated otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), Standard 87-1", a voluntary standard, or subsequent standard that may amend or supersede this standard for m…

320.111. Manufacture, distribution and sale, permit required — issuance, display of, duration — powers and duties of state fire marshal, inspections — fees — rights and obligations of permit holders — rules, procedure — penalty for violation. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to…

320.116. Revocation and refusal of permits or licenses, when — illegal fireworks seized as contraband, return of, procedure, costs — review of action by state fire marshal, how. — 1. The state fire marshal may revoke any permit or license issued pursuant to sections 320.106 to 32…

320.121. Powers of cities and certain counties to regulate or prohibit fireworks. — 1. The provisions of sections 320.106 to 320.161 shall not be construed to abrogate or in any way affect the powers of the following political subdivisions to regulate or prohibit fireworks within…

320.122. Supremacy clause — regulation of fireworks (St. Louis County). — Where regulations or prohibitions of the sale of fireworks are adopted by any first class county operating under a charter form of government and which contains a population in excess of nine hundred thousa…

320.126. Special fireworks — possession and sale of limited, how, to whom. — 1. Any person, entity, partnership, corporation, or association transporting display fireworks or articles pyrotechnic or display fireworks and articles pyrotechnic into the state of Missouri for the pur…

320.127. Outdoor fireworks displays, permits — procedure — inspection — exemption for private displays. — 1. Permits for outdoor fireworks displays or displays before a proximate audience may be granted to municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, organizations, persons…

320.131. Possession, sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited — restrictions — label required — items not regulated. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to possess, sell or use within the state of Missouri, or ship into the state of Missouri, except as provided in section 320.…

320.136. Ground salutes, special type, prohibited. — Ground salutes commonly known as "cherry bombs", "M-80's", "M-100's", "M-1000's", and any other tubular salutes or any items described as prohibited chemical components or forbidden devices as listed in the American Pyrotechnic…

320.141. Permissible items of consumer fireworks, how sold, when. — Permissible items of consumer fireworks defined in section 320.131 may be sold at wholesale or retail by holders of an annual retailer permit to nonpermitted buyers during a calendar year from the first day of Ja…

320.146. Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on. — 1. It shall be unlawful to expose fireworks to direct sunlight through glass to the merchandise displayed, except where the fireworks are in the original package. All fireworks which the public may examine shall be kep…

320.147. Inspections of locations where fireworks are stored, kept, or sold — construction requirements. — 1. A person selling or offering fireworks for sale or barter or trade shall permit the state fire marshal and the marshal's deputies to conduct inspections, based on the cod…

320.151. Sales to children, sales by children, unlawful, exceptions — exploding fireworks near gasoline pumps, certain buildings or from or at motor vehicles, prohibited — certain restrictions — demonstrating and testing allowed, requirements. — 1. It is unlawful to attempt to se…

320.156. Items and activities not subject to provisions of sections 320.106 to 320.161. — Nothing in sections 320.106 to 320.161 shall be construed as applying to the manufacture, storage, sale or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads or other classes of pu…

320.161. Penalty provisions. — Any person violating any provision of sections 320.106 to 320.161 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that a person violating section 320.136 is guilty of a class D felony. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 76 § 12, A.L. 1987 H.B. 416, A.L. 2004 S.B. …

320.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 320.200 to 320.271, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Division", the division of fire safety created in section 320.202; (2) "Dwelling unit", one or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more indi…

320.202. Division of fire safety, created — duties of division and fire marshal — rulemaking authority. — 1. There is hereby established within the department of public safety a "Division of Fire Safety", which shall have as its chief executive officer the fire marshal appointed …

320.205. Fire marshal, appointment, qualifications. — The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a full-time state fire marshal, who shall be the head of the division of fire safety. The state fire marshal shall administer and enforce the provisions of…

320.210. Employees, how appointed, qualifications. — The state fire marshal shall appoint one assistant director and such other investigators and employees as the needs of the office require within the limits of the appropriation made for such purpose. No person shall be appointe…

320.215. Reimbursement of employees, expenses and equipment, state to furnish. — Employees shall be reimbursed for actual traveling and other expenses necessary to the performance of their official duties. Investigators shall, at the expense of the state, be furnished with such v…

320.220. Special deputy, who eligible. — The chief of the fire department or other appropriate official of any city or other governmental unit or political subdivision may be designated by the state fire marshal as a special deputy for his city, governmental unit, or political su…

320.225. Investigator to have same powers as fire marshal, when. — Any power, duty, or function vested in the state fire marshal by sections 320.200 to 320.270 may be exercised, discharged or performed by an investigator acting in the name of the state fire marshal if, and when, …

320.230. Investigations conducted — cooperation with local officials required — may act as peace officers, when, qualifications. — 1. The state fire marshal shall conduct investigations and may conduct hearings into the cause, origin, or circumstances of fire losses and shall coo…

320.235. Reports and records required — open to public, exceptions. — From the reports made to him, the state fire marshal shall keep a record of fire losses occurring in this state and of facts concerning them. He shall make the compilations, investigations and statistical summa…

320.240. Property may be entered for investigation, when. — The state fire marshal or investigator may at all reasonable hours enter in or upon any property to make an investigation of a fire loss or for determining the origin of any fire, but this section shall apply to the inte…

320.245. Subpoena powers — hearing, where conducted — fees for service of process and depositions. — 1. The state fire marshal or supervising investigator may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books, papers, accounts, documents, and other records or …

320.250. Powers of political subdivisions not affected. — Sections 320.200 to 320.270 shall not deprive the authorities of any county, city, or other political subdivision of any power or jurisdiction over property or fire regulations. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 487 § 11)

320.255. Salaries, expenses and costs, how paid. — All salaries, expenses, and other costs necessary in enforcing sections 320.200 to 320.270 and any other laws in which the state fire marshal is designated as the enforcing officer or agent shall be paid for out of funds appropri…