Missouri laws by category

Consumer fireworks meeting the CPSC and APA 87-1A standards are sold to the public only by retailers holding a state fire marshal permit (RSMo 320.111). Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

No permit is needed to carry a concealed handgun in Missouri, and the law has no residency condition, so visitors are covered. Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

Missouri is a license state, not a control state: convenience stores, groceries and liquor stores sell alcohol for take-home under licenses issued by the state Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC). Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

Radar detectors are legal in private passenger vehicles in Missouri — Missouri's traffic-regulation and vehicle-equipment chapters (RSMo chapters 304 and 307) have no ban on them. Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

In Missouri, no state permit is needed for ordinary burning, but the state rule limits what may be burned (10 CSR 10-6.045). Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

In Missouri, you need a freshwater fishing license from age 16 (15 & under and resident 65+ exempt). Licenses are issued by the Missouri Dept. of Conservation (MDC).

Missouri's state sales and use tax rate is 4.225% (Chapter 144, RSMo). Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

Recreational cannabis is legal in Missouri for adults 21 and older under Article XIV, Section 2 of the Missouri Constitution (adopted November 8, 2022; effective December 8, 2022), and a medical program operates under Article XIV, Section 1.

In Missouri, anyone hunting any species of game during firearms deer season, elk in the firearms elk portion, black bear, or on a managed firearms deer hunt area, and anyone accompanying or mentoring them, must wear hunter orange. Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

Sports betting is legal in Missouri, both in person and online/mobile, for bettors 21 and older who are physically in Missouri. Exceptions may apply — read the full rule.

Missouri makes it an offense to possess, make, transport, repair or sell a switchblade knife only when that is done in violation of federal law (RSMo 571.020.1(6)(d)), so owning or carrying an automatic knife is otherwise legal.

Missouri has no drone-specific privacy crime; the general invasion-of-privacy law (565.252) bars nonconsensual nude imaging but does not mention drones.