Missouri Resources
This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Missouri.
Research Guides
- Missouri Legal Research (Wanda M. Temm & Julie M. Cheslik) KFM 7875 .T46 2007
- State Documents Bibliography: Missouri (Judy Stark) KFM 875 .S737 2010
- Missouri Practice Materials (bibliography of Missouri practice materials prepared by the reference librarians at Washington University Law Library)
Statutes & Legislation
Constitution
- Missouri Constitution (from the Missouri General Assembly)
Statutes/Code
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MO-ST-ANN
- LexisNexis: MO - Rev Statutes of Missouri, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
- Missouri Revised Statutes (from the Missouri General Assembly)
- Print: Missouri Revised Statutes (official), KFM7830 2000 .A24 2000, & Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes (unofficial), KFM7830 1951 .A4
Legislative History
- Electronic:
- Missouri Session Laws
- HeinOnline (1813 to present)
- LLMC Digital (1891-1995)
- Missouri Bill Tracking (1995 to present) (from the Missouri General Assembly)
Bill tracking reports provide links to bill texts, bill summaries, and fiscal notes. - Missouri House & Senate Journals (from the Missouri General Assembly)
- Westlaw: MO-LH (Bill histories (2000 to present), Journals (1999 to present), Governor's messages (2001 to present))
- LexisNexis: Missouri Legislative Bill History (2006 to present, with limited coverage from 2002-2005 sessions and 2008 session)
- Missouri Session Laws
- Print:
- Missouri Session Laws (microfiche), KFM7825 .A2 Micro (1813-1818, 1820-1919, 1921-2006, now cancelled)
Legislature
Regulations & Agencies
Regulations
- Missouri Code of State Regulations
- Print: Missouri Code of State Regulations Annotated KFM7835 1976 .A23 (Subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- MO-ADC (current code)
- Missouri Administrative & Executive Materials (2002-2009)
- Lexis: MO - Missouri Code of State Regulations
- Internet: Code of State Regulations (from the State of Missouri)
- Westlaw:
- Missouri Register
- LexisNexis: MO - Missouri Register (1997 to present)
- Internet: Missouri Register (October 1, 1999 to present) (from the State of Missouri)
Agencies
- Governor's Office
- Executive Departments
- Attorney General's Office
- Attorney General Opinions
- AG's Office: Opinions (1968 to present)
- Westlaw: MO-AG (1977 to present)
- LexisNexis: MO Attorney General Opinions (1977 to present)
Cases & Courts
Cases
- Print: South Western Reporter, KF135 .S7 (1st series), KF135 .S712 (2nd series), & KF135 .S713 (3rd series)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- LexisNexis:
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1997 to present) (from the Missouri Courts)
Courts
- Missouri Judiciary
- Missouri Supreme Court
- Court Rules (from Missouri Courts)
- Court and Judicial Statistics (from Missouri Courts)
Local Government
- County Web Sites (from the Missouri Association of Counties)
- Missouri Municipal League
- County and Municipal Ordinances (selected ordinances, from Municode.com)
- LexisNexis: Missouri Municipal Codes (varies by municipality)
Journals
- Missouri Law Review
- Print: K13 .I88 (1936 to present, subscription cancelled in 2010)
- Electronic:
- HeinOnline (1936 to present)
- LexisNexis: Missouri Law Review (1993 to present)
- Westlaw: MOLR (1993 to present, selected coverage (1983-1992))
- Internet: Missouri Law Review (2002 to present) (from the MU School of Law)
- Journal of the Missouri Bar
- Print: K13 .I87 (1933, 1935-1941), K10 .O769 (1947-2007, subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Electronic:
- HeinOnline: Missouri Bar Journal (1930-1944)
- Westlaw: JMOB (selected coverage, 1991 to present)
- LexisNexis: Journal of the Missouri Bar (1995 to present)
- Internet: Journal of the Missouri Bar (March 1997 to present) (from The Missouri Bar)
General
- MO.gov (Official Missouri State Website)
- Missouri Practice
- Print: KFM7880 .M5
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MO-PRAC
- Missouri State Library
- Missouri Bar
- Legal Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct (from Missouri Courts)
- Ethics Opinions (from The Missouri Bar)
- Formal Opinions (Missouri Deskbook to present)
- Informal Advisory Opinions (1993 to present)
- Tax Forms (from the Missouri Department of Revenue)
- FindLaw: Missouri
- Legal Information Institute: Missouri
- Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Missouri
- Missouri Law Blogs
Updated 06/11 (SAS)
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