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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.015 (2026)

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  *610.015.  Votes, how taken. — Except as provided in section 610.021, rules authorized pursuant to Article III of the Missouri Constitution and as otherwise provided by law, all votes shall be recorded, and if a roll call is taken, as to attribute each "yea" and "nay" vote, or abstinence if not voting, to the name of the individual member of the public governmental body.  Any votes taken during a closed meeting shall be taken by roll call.  All public meetings shall be open to the public and public votes and public records shall be open to the public for inspection and duplication.  All votes taken by roll call in meetings of a public governmental body consisting of members who are all elected, except for the Missouri general assembly and any committee established by a public governmental body, shall be cast by members of the public governmental body who are physically present and in attendance at the meeting or who are participating via videoconferencing.  When it is necessary to take votes by roll call in a meeting of the public governmental body, due to an emergency of the public body, with a quorum of the members of the public body physically present and in attendance and less than a quorum of the members of the public governmental body participating via telephone, facsimile, internet, or any other voice or electronic means, the nature of the emergency of the public body justifying that departure from the normal requirements shall be stated in the minutes.  Where such emergency exists, the votes taken shall be regarded as if all members were physically present and in attendance at the meeting.

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(L. 1973 S.B. 1 § 2, A.L. 1987 S.B. 2, A.L. 1993 H.B. 170, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1020, et al., A.L. 2013 S.B. 170)

*Effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250.  S.B. 170 was vetoed July 2, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: Oregon Cnty. R-IV Sch. Dist. v. LeMon, 739 S.W.2d 553 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987).
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Oregon Cnty. R-IV Sch. Dist. v. LeMon, 739 S.W.2d 553 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 22× “The General Assembly has provided ‘otherwise’ (than in § 610.015 RSMo 1986) that the enrollment and census cards would not be open to the public for inspection.”
Tribune Publ'g Co. v. Curators of the Univ. of Missouri, 661 S.W.2d 575 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 3× “” (emphasis added) Section 610.015 provides, inter alia, as follows: “.”
State Ex Rel. Philipp Transit Lines, Inc. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 552 S.W.2d 696 (Mo. 1977). · cites it 4× “1973, and particularly § 610.015 thereof. Having concluded that § 386.”
Pulitzer Publ'g Co. v. Missouri State Employees' Ret. Sys., 927 S.W.2d 477 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 5× “026, and all public votes of public gov *480 ernmental bodies shall be recorded as set forth in section 610.015. Section 610.021 enumerates exceptions to § 610.”
Smith v. Taney Cnty., 552 S.W.3d 745 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “120; and (b) record "a 'yea' or 'nay' vote of each county commissioner [that] must appear in the minutes" showing a "favorable vote of two-thirds of all members of the county commission" as required by § 610.015 and § 64.875. 2 These allegations were denied in the County's…”
City of Springfield v. Events Publ'g Co., 951 S.W.2d 366 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “The emphasis is not on the nature of the document, but on who prepared or retains the record.”
Remington v. City of Boonville, 701 S.W.2d 804 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “In their petition, plaintiffs-opponents prayed for a judgment declaring that the action of the Board of Adjustment in retiring in secret session to deliberate and vote on the matter violated § 610.015, RSMo 1978, and §§ 610.010, 610.”
Am. Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Found. v. Missouri Dep't of Corr., 504 S.W.3d 150 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” § 610.015. “Section 610.021 permits the closing of records, but the General Assembly charged in § 610.”
Hyde v. City of Columbia, 637 S.W.2d 251 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). “That chapter defines a public record as any record retained by or of any public governmental body [§ 610-010(4) ] 8 and then directs that the public records shall be open to the public for inspection and duplication [§ 610.015] — sub *259 ject only to the enumerated exceptions…”
Cohen v. Poelker, 520 S.W.2d 50 (Mo. 1975). · cites it 2× “-010(2), and for that reason the requirement of § 610.015 that “ * * * all public meetings shall be open to the public * * * ” is not applicable to it.”
State ex rel. St. Louis Cnty. v. Block, 622 S.W.2d 367 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “Section 610.015 provides generally that “all public meetings shall be open to the public and public votes and public records shall be open to the public for inspection and duplication.”
State ex rel. Daly v. Info. Tech. Servs. Agency of St. Louis, 417 S.W.3d 804 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “026, and all public votes of public governmental bodies shall be recorded as set forth in section 610.015. Section 610.021 enumerates exceptions to Section 610.”
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