Title XXVIII — CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS

436.552. Definitions. — As used in sections 436.550 to 436.572, the following terms mean: (1) "Advertise", publishing or disseminating any written, electronic, or printed communication or any communication by means of recorded telephone messages or transmitted on radio, televisio…

436.554. Contract requirements. — 1. All consumer legal funding contracts shall meet the following requirements: (1) The contract shall be completely filled in when presented to the consumer for signature; (2) The contract shall contain, in bold and boxed type, a right of resciss…

436.556. Prohibited acts. — No consumer legal funding company shall: (1) Pay or offer to pay commissions, referral fees, or other forms of consideration to any attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees for referring a cons…

436.558. Predetermined payment to company, amount — limitation on length of contract term. — 1. The contracted amount to be paid to the consumer legal funding company shall be set as a predetermined amount based upon intervals of time from the funding date to the resolution date …

436.560. Disclosures, requirements. — All consumer legal funding contracts shall contain the disclosures specified in this section, which shall constitute material terms of the contract. Unless otherwise specified, the disclosures shall be typed in at least twelve-point bold-type…

436.562. Attorney general, no restriction on exercise of powers and duties — contract void, when. — 1. Nothing in sections 436.550 to 436.572 shall be construed to restrict the exercise of powers or the performance of the duties of the state attorney general that he or she is aut…

436.564. Assignment of potential proceeds of a legal claim — contract not a loan — priority of liens. — 1. The contingent right to receive an amount of the potential proceeds of a legal claim is assignable. 2. Nothing contained in sections 436.550 to 436.572 shall be construed to…

436.566. Financial interest in company, restrictions. — An attorney or law firm retained by the consumer in the legal claim shall not have a financial interest in the consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding to that consumer. Additionally, any practicing att…

436.568. Communications not discoverable, when — work-product doctrine and attorney-client privilege not abrogated. — No communication between the consumer's attorney in the legal claim and the consumer legal funding company necessary to ascertain the status of a legal claim or a…

436.570. License required, procedure — supervision and enforcement — cease and desist orders, civil penalty — license sanctions, when — examination and investigation of company, when — rulemaking authority. — 1. A consumer legal funding company shall not engage in the business of…

436.572. Discovery, usual rules to apply. — A consumer legal funding contract is a fact subject to the usual rules of discovery. ­­-------- (L. 2023 S.B. 103)

436.700. Citation of law — legal custodian of minors, settlement agreement for minor's legal claim, requirements — payment of settlement moneys, withdrawals — immunity from liability, when. — 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and cited as the "Missouri Statutory Th…