Section 486.200

Title XXXII COURTS

Chapter 486

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  486.200.  Definitions. — As used in sections 486.200 to 486.405:

  (1)  "County" means any of the several counties of this state or the city of St. Louis;

  (2)  "County clerk" means any of the several county clerks of this state or the clerk of the circuit court in the city of St. Louis;

  (3)  "Facsimile" means an exact copy preserving all the written or printed marks of the original;

  (4)  "Notarization" means the performance of a notarial act;

  (5)  "Notary public" and "notary" means any person appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts, including any attorney licensed to practice law in this state;

  (6)  "Official misconduct" means the wrongful exercise of a power or the wrongful performance of a duty.  The term "wrongful" as used in the definition of official misconduct means unauthorized, unlawful, abusive, negligent, reckless, or injurious.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 1, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)