Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 389 · 54 active provisions
Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 104.805, 226.008, 389.610, and 621.040, all the powers, duties and functions of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety relating to rail transportation activities, including all rules and orders, as provided in this chapter and chapters 388, 391 and 62…
Any railroad which transverses the boundaries of Missouri and is domiciled within Missouri may be designated by the division of tourism as an official Missouri railroad.
If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare, or shall behave in an offensive manner, or be guilty of repeated violations of the rules of the company, it shall be lawful for the conductor of the train and the servants of the corporation to put him and his baggage out of the cars, using no unnecessary force, at any usu…
1. Every railroad corporation organized or doing business under the laws of this state, or by the authority thereof, shall receive and deliver all grain or other freight consigned to its care for transportation at the crossings and junctions of all other railroads, canals and navigable rivers; and shall, at all cities…
1. Whenever any railroad corporation shall fail, neglect or refuse to furnish, within a reasonable time after demand of a station agent, sufficient cars to supply any party desiring to ship property, then such party shall have the right to furnish cars, which shall be switched and hauled to their destination without un…
It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to enter into any contract, agreement or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate net proceeds of the earnings of…
1. Every railroad corporation which shall receive any grain in bulk for transportation to any place within the state shall transport and deliver the same to any consignee, elevator, warehouse or place to whom or to which it may be consigned and directed; provided, such person, warehouse or place can be reached by any t…
All consignments of grain to any elevator or public warehouse shall be held to be temporary, and subject to change by the consignee or consignor, at any time previous to the actual unloading of such property from the cars in which it is transported. Notice of any change in consignment may be served by the consignee on…
Any consignee or person entitled to receive the delivery of grain transported in bulk by any railroad shall have forty-eight hours, free of expense, after actual notice of arrival by the corporation to the consignee, in which to remove the same from the cars of such railroad corporation if he shall desire to receive it…
Every railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of this state, or doing business within the limits of the same, when desired by any person wishing to ship any grain over its road, shall receive and transport such grain, in bulk or otherwise, within a reasonable time, and load the same either upon it…
1. No railway or railroad corporation, county, municipality, township, or other corporation, firm or person shall hereafter erect or cause to be erected any passenger or freight station platforms, or any permanent structure over or contiguous to any railroad track or tracks, switch or siding, such as shop buildings, co…
1. No public road, highway or street shall be constructed across the track of any railroad corporation, nor shall the track of any railroad corporation be constructed across a public road, highway or street, nor shall the track of any railroad corporation be constructed across the track of any other railroad or street…
1. The owner of a motor vehicle shall pay a railroad crossing safety fee of twenty-five cents when such person registers or renews the registration of a motor vehicle. All revenue collected by the director of revenue pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highways a…
Railroad warning devices which are installed or maintained by order or by rule of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety are presumed to be adequate and appropriate warning devices for the crossing. All railroads shall continue to exercise reasonable care at railroad crossings for the safety of the members o…
The division of motor carrier and railroad safety shall conduct a study to establish priorities for grade crossing closures and a plan for implementing grade crossing closures. The study is to be completed by January 1, 1994, and is not to be paid for from the grade crossing safety account. To promote the safety of rai…
Whenever any city, town or village in this state, whether acting under special charter or organized under the general incorporation laws relating to cities, towns and villages, shall, by ordinance duly enacted order any street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk now existing therein or which may hereafter be cre…
If any such railroad corporation fail, neglect or refuse to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb, or otherwise improve or repair any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, or part or parts thereof, as provided in the foregoing section, the city, town or village ordering any such work to be…
The division, upon application or complaint by a city, town or village, or upon its own motion, may regulate the crossing within a municipality of a highway, street or roadway with railroad tracks, require precautions, regulate the running, handling and operation of railway engines and cars, govern the speed of railway…
1. Every railroad corporation formed or to be formed in this state, and every corporation to be formed under this chapter, or any railroad corporation running or operating any railroad in this state, shall erect and maintain lawful fences on the side of the road where the same passes through, along or adjoining enclose…
1. A person commits the offense of trespass to railroad property if such person: (1) Throws an object at a railroad train or rail-mounted work equipment; or (2) Maliciously or wantonly causes in any manner the derailment of a railroad train, railroad car or rail-mounted work equipment. 2. The offense of trespass to rai…
It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state, and of any corporation or person constructing any railroad in this state, within three months after the completion of the same through any county in this state, to cause to be constructed and maintained…
1. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state to keep the right-of-way reasonably clear of brush and high weeds, by cutting, burning, chemical spraying, plowing under, or other appropriate means for the purpose of preventing the spread of fire, a…
1. It is hereby made the duty of every person, company or corporation, owning, operating or controlling any railroad or railroad right-of-way passing through any incorporated village, town or city within this state, containing a population of thirty thousand inhabitants or less, to construct at their own expense, withi…
1. Whenever any such village, town or city shall, by ordinance, deem it necessary to construct any public or district sewer, it shall, after the passage of the ordinance deeming such work necessary, cause its civil engineer, street commissioner or any other suitable person to file plans, profile and specifications for…
1. In addition to such penalty herein prescribed, such person, company or corporation shall, by reason of such failure to build said section of sewer, be liable in damages to any person whose premises or property is overflowed or otherwise damaged by reason of such failure, and such persons may recover their damages in…