Title XXII — OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

325.010. Definitions. — As used in sections 325.010 to 325.055, unless the context clearly requires another meaning, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Director", the director of the department of commerce and insurance; (2) "Public adjuster", any person, partnership, ass…

325.015. License required. — No person, partnership, association or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, act as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor within this state, or receive for or because of services rendered in the adjustment of any claim or claims for loss…

325.020. Application for license, contents of — bond. — 1. Any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring to be licensed as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor shall submit an application therefor to the director upon forms adopted by the director, and sh…

325.025. Application fee — annual renewal fee, failure to pay, license terminates — supplemental application. — 1. Each applicant shall pay an initial application fee of one hundred dollars for each individual who will act as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor. Each l…

325.030. License issued, when — titles — license refused, when. — 1. The director shall issue the proper license when the requirements of sections 325.010 to 325.055 have been met, and a person receiving the license shall thereafter be known and styled a "licensed public adjuster…

325.035. Refusal to license, revocation or suspension, grounds for. — 1. Whenever the director shall be satisfied that an applicant for a license does not have the necessary qualifications to engage in the public adjustment business, or when he shall be satisfied that a holder of…

325.040. Penalty. — Anyone violating the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055 is guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 28 § 7)

325.045. Limit on expenditure by state — fees raised, when. — No more general revenues of the state of Missouri shall be used to carry out the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055 than* the amount collected in fees. The director may from time to time raise the amount of such…

325.050. Cancellation of agreement, when, how. — 1. The owner of damaged property has the right to cancel any agreement entered into with a licensed public adjuster or licensed public adjuster solicitor until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the agreement…

325.055. Contracts to repair or replace prohibited, when. — No person, partnership, association or corporation, directly or indirectly, acting as a public adjuster or public adjuster solicitor licensed under the provisions of sections 325.010 to 325.055, may solicit, or enter int…