Missouri § 194.500 - Definitions.
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§ 194.500. Definitions.
As used in sections 194.500 to 194.512, the following terms mean:
(1) "Funeral director", a person licensed as a funeral director pursuant to the provisions of chapter 333;
(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;
(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.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 270)
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