Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
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 automated criminal history system for the purpose of hiring of municipal or county governmental employees. For each request, other than those related to the administration of criminal justice, the requesting entity shall pay a fee to the central repository, pursuant to section 43.530. For purposes of this section, "requesting entity" shall not be the law enforcement agency unless the request is made by the law enforcement agency for purposes of hiring law enforcement personnel.
2. Municipalities and counties may, by local or county ordinance, require the fingerprinting of applicants or licensees in specified occupations for the purpose of receiving criminal history record information by local or county officials. A copy of the ordinance must be forwarded for approval to the Missouri state highway patrol prior to the submission of fingerprints to the central repository. The local or county law enforcement agency shall submit a set of fingerprints of the applicant or licensee, accompanied with the appropriate fees, to the central repository for the purpose of checking the person's criminal history under section 43.540. The set of fingerprints shall be used to search the Missouri criminal records repository and shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to be used for searching the federal criminal history files if necessary. The fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Missouri state highway patrol. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the municipal or county officials making the record request.
3. All criminal record check information shall be confidential and any person who discloses the information beyond the scope allowed is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1350)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title V - Military Affairs and Police
Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State
Section 43.020 - State highway patrol created.
Section 43.025 - Primary purpose of highway patrol.
Section 43.030 - Superintendent — qualifications, appointment, powers.
Section 43.032 - Federal immigration law enforcement, patrol members to be designated for training.
Section 43.040 - Lieutenant colonel and majors — appointment, qualifications.
Section 43.090 - Clerical force — offices and equipment — radio station.
Section 43.100 - Salaries and expenses for highway work, how paid.
Section 43.110 - Travel expenses of patrol, how paid — fees.
Section 43.130 - Uniforms — allowance to members — vehicles and equipment.
Section 43.140 - Members' oaths.
Section 43.150 - Removal or discipline of members of patrol, procedure.
Section 43.160 - Duties of the patrol on highways.
Section 43.170 - Must stop on signal of member of patrol — penalty.
Section 43.180 - Powers of patrol members — investigation of crime, how paid for.
Section 43.190 - Authority to arrest, pursue violators.
Section 43.195 - Authority to arrest upon reasonable grounds for motor vehicle violations.
Section 43.210 - Person arrested to be dealt with according to law.
Section 43.220 - No authority to exceed duties authorized in this chapter.
Section 43.250 - Law enforcement officers to file accident reports with patrol, when.
Section 43.251 - Report forms — how provided, contents — approval by superintendent.
Section 43.252 - Highway patrol traffic records fund created, moneys to be deposited into fund.
Section 43.270 - Criminal justice network and technology revolving fund, purpose.
Section 43.300 - Division created.
Section 43.310 - Director, appointed by superintendent — responsibility.
Section 43.320 - Assignment of highway patrol members to division — allocation of costs.
Section 43.330 - Duties of director.
Section 43.350 - Division established.
Section 43.360 - Director — appointment, qualification, duties.
Section 43.370 - Personnel, compensation, expenses.
Section 43.380 - Investigations, powers, procedure.
Section 43.402 - Missing persons unit established, duties.
Section 43.403 - Responsibilities of other agencies.
Section 43.405 - False reports, penalty.
Section 43.407 - Birth certificate records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.408 - School records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.409 - Registrar and school to be notified when missing child is located.
Section 43.507 - Disclosure of criminal history information, who may receive.
Section 43.509 - Rulemaking authority, department of public safety — rulemaking procedure.
Section 43.512 - Charge code manual, publication, use.
Section 43.515 - Rulemaking authority, highway patrol criminal record division.
Section 43.524 - Requests for delayed compliance, how made, when.
Section 43.527 - Payment for records, exceptions.
Section 43.542 - Approval of National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact — execution of compact.
Section 43.544 - Intoxication — related traffic offenses, policies required for forwarding to MULES.
Section 43.545 - Highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in reporting system.
Section 43.547 - Gubernatorial appointees, fingerprint background checks required — procedure.
Section 43.550 - Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes.
Section 43.651 - Online identifiers, patrol to make information available, when.
Section 43.653 - Highway patrol to create and supervise — location of lab.