Missouri § 262.795 - Agriculture work, performed by children permitted, when.
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§ 262.795. Agriculture work, performed by children permitted, when.
Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, a child, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 294.011, may perform agriculture work, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 290.500, on a farm owned and operated by the child's parent, sibling, grandparent or sibling of a parent or, if performed by the child with the knowledge and consent of the child's parent, on any family farm, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 350.010, or on any family farm corporation, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 350.010, including work that would otherwise be prohibited by subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (7), and (12) of section 294.040; but no such child shall be permitted to engage in any other activities prohibited by section 294.040. The term "parent", as used in this section, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision (8) of section 294.011. Children engaged in work permitted by this section may do so without obtaining a work certificate as required by section 294.024. Children engaged in work permitted by this section are not subject to the limitations set out in section 294.030 and subsection 4 of section 294.045.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 16)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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