Title V — MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE

43.410. Coroner to furnish fingerprints and dental records of certain deceased to highway patrol — duties of patrol — medical and dental records of missing child to be furnished to patrol. — 1. Every county coroner or medical examiner promptly shall furnish the Missouri state hig…

43.500. Definitions. — As used in sections 43.500 to 43.651, the following terms mean: (1) "Administration of criminal justice", performance of any of the following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, co…

43.503. Arrest, charge and disposition of misdemeanors and felonies to be sent to highway patrol — referrals to prosecuting or circuit attorneys to be submitted — procedure for certain juveniles — duties of court clerks — certain departments to provide information to central repo…

43.504. Access to central repository by private entities responsible for probation and drug treatment court services — restrictions. — Notwithstanding section 610.120, the sheriff of any county, the sheriff of the City of St. Louis, and the judges of the circuit courts of this st…

43.505. Uniform crime reporting system established — duties of department — violations, penalty. — 1. The department of public safety is hereby designated as the central repository for the collection, maintenance, analysis and reporting of crime incident activity generated by law…

43.506. Crimes to be reported, exceptions — method of reporting — repository of latent prints. — 1. Those offenses considered reportable for the purposes of sections 43.500 to 43.651 include all felonies; class A misdemeanors; all violations for driving under the influence of dru…

43.507. Disclosure of criminal history information, who may receive. — All criminal history information, in the possession or control of the central repository, except criminal intelligence and investigative information, may be made available to qualified persons and organization…

43.509. Rulemaking authority, department of public safety — rulemaking procedure. — The director of the department of public safety shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 536, establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of sectio…

43.512. Charge code manual, publication, use. — The central repository, with the approval of the supreme court, shall publish and make available to criminal justice officials, a standard manual of codes for all offenses in Missouri. The manual of codes shall be known as the "Miss…

43.515. Rulemaking authority, highway patrol criminal record division. — The central repository, with the approval of the attorney general, shall publish regulations governing the security and privacy of criminal history record information as required by this state and by federal…

43.518. Criminal records and justice information advisory committee, established — purpose — members — meetings, quorum — minutes, distribution, filing of. — 1. There is hereby established within the department of public safety a "Criminal Records and Justice Information Advisory…

43.524. Requests for delayed compliance, how made, when. — 1. Records required to be filed with the central repository under the provisions of sections 43.500 to 43.530 shall be filed beginning January 1, 1988. The moneys in the fund as set forth in section 43.530 shall be subjec…

43.527. Payment for records, exceptions. — For purposes of sections 43.500 to 43.651, all federal and nonstate of Missouri agencies and persons shall pay for criminal records checks, fingerprint searches, and any of the information as defined in subdivision (5)* of section 43.500…

43.530. Fees, method of payment — criminal record system fund, established — fund not to lapse. — 1. For each request requiring the payment of a fee received by the central repository, the requesting entity shall pay a fee of not more than nine dollars per request for criminal hi…

43.531. Criminal history information to be available to qualified persons and organizations. — For the protection of children, all criminal history information, in the possession or the control of the Missouri criminal records repository, except criminal intelligence and investig…

43.532. Use of records, limitations — authority of central records repository to retain information — unlawful obtaining of information, penalty. — 1. Criminal history and identification records obtained from the central repository shall be used solely for the purpose for which t…

43.533. Toll-free number for information on registered sexual offenders, contents, procedure, publication — rulemaking authority. — 1. The highway patrol shall, subject to appropriation, operate a toll-free telephone number in order to disseminate registration information provide…

43.535. Municipal and county government, criminal record review permitted, fee — fingerprinting, when — confidentiality. — 1. Law enforcement agencies within the state of Missouri may perform a Missouri criminal record review for only open records through the central repository's…

43.539. Criminal record review, youth agencies and care of children, elderly, or disabled persons — definitions — Rap Back program, requirements, fingerprints — information to be provided by applicant — confidentiality — notification and forms provided by patrol. — 1. As used in …

43.540. Criminal record review, certain applicants and qualified entities — definitions — Rap Back program, requirements, fingerprints — information to be provided by applicant — confidentiality — notifications and forms provided by patrol. — 1. As used in this section, the follo…

43.541. Senate investigator to have access to criminal history without charge from criminal justice agencies reporting to central repository. — Each criminal justice agency which submits criminal arrest, charge and disposition information to the central repository shall make crim…

43.542. Approval of National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact — execution of compact. — In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes to adopt the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.…

43.543. Certain agencies to submit fingerprints, use of fingerprints for background search — procedure for submission. — Any state agency listed in section 621.045, the division of professional registration of the department of commerce and insurance, the department of social ser…

43.544. Intoxication — related traffic offenses, policies required for forwarding to MULES. — 1. Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy requiring arrest information for all intoxication-related traffic offenses be forwarded to the central repository as required by secti…

43.545. Highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in reporting system. — The state highway patrol shall include all reported incidents of domestic violence as defined in section 455.010, whether or not an arrest is made, in its system of reporting for compilation i…

43.546. Fingerprinting of applicants for background checks permitted by state agencies, boards, and commissions, when — procedure. — 1. Any state agency, board, or commission may require the fingerprinting of applicants in specified occupations or appointments within the state ag…

43.547. Gubernatorial appointees, fingerprint background checks required — procedure. — 1. The Missouri state highway patrol, at the direction of the governor, shall conduct name or fingerprint background investigations of gubernatorial appointees. The governor's directive shall …

43.548. Care of minors, elderly, or disabled persons, fingerprinting of applicants permitted. — 1. Missouri circuit courts and the department of social services may require the fingerprinting of applicants for adoptions or guardians, conservators, advocates, or personal represent…

43.550. Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes. — The revisor of statutes shall change all references in statute from "criminal records and identification division" or "criminal records division" to "central repository". ­­-------- (L. 2009 H.B. 62 § 2)

43.600. Patrol to maintain toll-free hot line for reports of drunken or reckless driving, auto accidents or breakdowns, and criminal activities — duties of patrol after receipt — false reports, penalty. — 1. The department of public safety, through the highway patrol, shall estab…

43.650. Internet site to be maintained, registered sex offender search — confidentiality, release of information, when — juveniles exempt from public notification. — 1. The patrol shall, subject to appropriation, maintain a web page on the internet which shall be open to the publ…

43.651. Online identifiers, patrol to make information available, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Electronic mail", the transmission of information or communication by the use of the internet, a computer, a facsimile machine, a pager, a ce…

43.653. Highway patrol to create and supervise — location of lab. — The highway patrol is hereby authorized to create, direct, control and supervise the "Missouri Regional Computer Forensics Lab" (RCFL). The highway patrol has the ability to bring together federal, state, and loc…

43.656. Declaration of need for lab. — It is hereby found and declared that: (1) With the widespread use of computers, the internet and electronic devices to commit crimes and the critical lack of resources at state and local levels; (2) Modern day criminals have learned to explo…

43.659. Powers of highway patrol. — The highway patrol shall have the power, as necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of sections 43.653 to 43.656, to enter into agreements or other transactions with, negotiate memorandum of understanding…