{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.500","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 194.500","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 194.500 to 194.512, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Funeral director\" , a person licensed as a funeral director pursuant to the provisions of chapter 333;\n(2) \"Funeral lead vehicle\" or \"lead vehicle\" , any motor vehicle equipped with at least one lighted circulating lamp exhibiting an amber or purple light or lens or alternating flashing headlamps visible under normal atmospheric conditions for a distance of five hundred feet from the front of the vehicle. A hearse or coach properly equipped may be a lead vehicle;\n(3) \"Organized funeral procession\" , two or more vehicles accompanying the remains of a deceased person from a funeral establishment, church, synagogue or other place where a funeral service has taken place to a cemetery, crematory or other place of final disposition, or a funeral establishment, church, synagogue or other place where additional funeral services will be performed, if directed by a licensed funeral director from a licensed establishment.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=194.500","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"e1c1e99d10ddc20e1e1c1b43fcf15fdc988c754118ac9eae16ade1bd79651727","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.425","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-194.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}