Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.225
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84.225 Prohibited acts, penalty — disqualification from holding office or ...
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84.225. Prohibited acts, penalty — disqualification from holding office or employment, when. — Any officer or servant of the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of the cities, or other persons whatsoever, who forcibly resists or obstructs the execution or enforcement of any of the provisions of sections 84.012 to 84.340 or relating to the same, or who disburses or fails to disburse any money in violation thereof, or who hinders or obstructs the organization or maintenance of the board of police commissioners or the police force therein provided to be organized and maintained, or who maintains or controls any police force other than the one therein provided for, or who delays or hinders the due enforcement of sections 84.012 to 84.340 by failing or neglecting to perform the duties by such sections imposed upon him or her, shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each offense, recoverable by the board by action at law in the name of the state, and shall forever thereafter be disqualified from holding or exercising any office or employment whatsoever under the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of such cities, or under sections 84.012 to 84.340 ; provided that, nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the punishment, under any existing or any future laws of this state, of any criminal offense that is committed by the parties in or about the resistance, obstruction, hindrance, conspiracy, combination, or disbursement aforesaid.
(L. 2025 H.B. 495) Effective 3-26-25 Severability clause, see § 1.1001
(L. 2025 H.B. 495) Effective 3-26-25 Severability clause, see § 1.1001
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