486.200. Definitions. - Missouri Statutes

Definitions.

486.200. As used in sections 486.200 to 486.405:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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