Missouri
What Missouri law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.300 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Division of Labor Standards takes a minimum wage complaint. Missouri sets no overtime rule of its own, and its minimum wage law does not reach a retail or service business with annual gross income under $500,000 at all — where it does not, the federal rule above is the whole of the answer.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit takes the complaint. What Missouri enforces is the Merchandising Practices Act, which is a general unfair-practices statute rather than a collection statute — so the conduct rules a Missouri reader relies on are the federal ones above, and this office is the free place to report a pattern of them.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days and not the 180 you will read almost everywhere, because the Missouri Commission on Human Rights exists — that agency is the whole of what triggers the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). The Commission states both numbers itself: 180 days for the Missouri Human Rights Act complaint, and 300 for the federal one. The state date is the one that arrives first. Work back from the state date. Meet that one and the federal one takes care of itself.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.120(4) |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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