{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-256.400","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 256.400","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.433, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Department\" , the department of natural resources;\n(2) \"Director\" , the director of the department of natural resources;\n(3) \"Division\" , the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;\n(4) \"Major water user\" , any person, firm, corporation or the state of Missouri, its agencies or corporations and any other political subdivision of this state, their agencies or corporations, with a water source and equipment necessary to withdraw or divert one hundred thousand gallons or more per day from any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source;\n(5) \"State geologist\" , the director of the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;\n(6) \"Water source\" , any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source.","path":["Title XVI - CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT","Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=256.400","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"e213f7fc82b0ee10e273789e870a57e176ca9a048f3eb55779de37a83b5dee50","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-256.360","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-256.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}