Missouri § 340.347 - Liability for amounts paid by program, when — breach of contract, amount owed to state.
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§ 340.347. Liability for amounts paid by program, when — breach of contract, amount owed to state.
1. An individual who has entered into a written contract with the department or an individual who is enrolled at the college and fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing or voluntarily terminates such enrollment or is dismissed before completion of such course of study or fails to become licensed pursuant to this chapter within one year after graduation shall be liable to the state for the amount which has been paid on such individual's behalf pursuant to the contract.
2. If an individual breaches the written contract of the individual by failing either to begin such individual's service obligation or to complete such service obligation, the state shall be entitled to recover from the individual an amount equal to the sum of:
(1) The total of the amounts paid by the state on behalf of the individual, including interest; and
(2) An amount equal to the unserved obligation penalty, which is the total number of months of obligated service which were not completed by an individual, multiplied by five hundred dollars.
3. The department may act on behalf of a qualified community to recover from an individual described in subsections 1 and 2 of this section the portion of a loan repayment paid by such community for such individual.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 462, A.L. 2007 S.B. 320)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 340.347 ("Liability for amounts paid by program, when — breach of contract, amount owed to state.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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