Except as otherwise provided by law, all state, county and municipal records kept pursuant to statute or ordinance shall at all reasonable times be open for a personal inspection by any citizen of Missouri, and those in charge of the records shall not refuse the privilege to any citizen. Any official who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to removal or impeachment and in addition shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both the fine and the confinement.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 109.180
Public records open to inspection — refusal to permit inspection, penalty
Known as the The State and Local Records Law
The act spans §§ 109–109 (44 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case McBurney v. Young (2013)
Most recently applied in Roger Hurlbert and Sage Information Services v. Mark Matkovich and Sallie Robinson (June 2014)
Effective: 28 Aug 1961; (L. 1961 p. 548 § 1)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.