{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-138.480","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 138.480","heading":"Papers may be destroyed, when.","body":"The state tax commission is hereby authorized to cause to be destroyed, by burning, in the presence of the state tax commission, the papers herein designated, after a period of five years after the filing thereof, to wit: All tax returns of all individuals, firms, partnerships, and corporations; provided, that no such returns shall be burned as long as any tax based thereon shall be in litigation, or unpaid.","path":["Title X - TAXATION AND REVENUE","Chapter 138 - Equalization and Review of Tax Assessments"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=138.480","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"192437e6cd80dbea1765c2adfce63eb4aa821c31c5dbeebedafe5a2ff1500133","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-138.470","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-139.031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}