The Attorney General's Office is committed to aggressively protecting Missouri's rivers, lakes and streams.
Please visit our Agriculture and Environment page to review the ongoing results of our initiative to clean the waters of our state.
Additionally, we invite you to alert our office and the Department of Natural Resources to potential clean water violations by completing the complaint form.
Attorney General's Domestic Violence Task Force: Report and Recommendations
Protecting Water Quality at the Lake of the Ozarks: Report and Recommendations
Auto Service Contract Task Force Report and Recommendations
Attorney General Koster asks Missourians to report suspected Medicaid fraud. See the PSA.
Attorney General Koster encourages you to say 'YES' to a healthy lifestyle and 'NO' to underage drinking. See the PSA.
Attorney General Koster urges you to Surf Safely. Visit the Surf Safely website for more information.
February 3, 2012
Statement by Attorney General Koster on Kenneth Pearson, Stan McClatchey v. Robin Carnahan ruling
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today released the following statement on Circuit Judge Daniel R. Green’s ruling upholding HB 193, the Congressional district map passed by the Missouri General Assembly:
View Full ReleaseFebruary 3, 2012
Attorney General Koster sues Dallas County man for open burning violation
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against John P. Bennett, of Buffalo, for violating Missouri’s air conservation laws.
View Full ReleaseFebruary 3, 2012
St. Louis County man committed as sexually violent predator
Jefferson City, Mo. – Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Whittington has ordered Marvin Clyde Lincoln, 63, committed to the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Farmington, Missouri, after he admitted he is a sexually violent predator.
View Full ReleaseFebruary 3, 2012
Attorney General Koster announces sentence for Medicaid fraud criminal violations
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that a former bookkeeper for a long-term care facility in Cuba, Missouri, who stole funds from nursing home residents has been sentenced to concurrent seven-year terms in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
View Full ReleaseWeighed down by heavy financial decisions? Suspect a scam? Not sure when to give out your Social Security number? Consider the Attorney General's Consumer Corner your resource for the most important issues you face as a consumer. This searchable, interactive section of our Web site is your one-stop-shop for information on fraud, scams, identity theft, everyday buying and selling issues and much more.
The Consumer Corner includes an encyclopedia of consumer terms, online quizzes to test your Consumer IQ, and several calculators and downloadable worksheets to aid in your decision making process. There's also a comprehensive list of government and private agencies that can help on consumer matters.
In 2007, the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division returned more than $18 million in restitution to consumers through legal actions and mediation. But, we rely on consumers to act as our partners in rooting out fraud and helping us bring criminals and scammers to justice.
If you believe you have been the victim of unfair or deceptive trade practices, check out the Know Your Rights consumer publication. It contains helpful tips that will assist you in resolving your complaint.
If you still need help, file a complaint online with the Attorney General's Office or contact the Consumer Protection Division through the toll-free hotline at 1-800-392-8222. You may also search previously filed consumer complaints with Know MO.
Each year, almost 100,000 Missourians contact the Attorney General's Office with questions and complaints about consumer issues. Missouri consumers now have a new tool to help them in making decisions about buying goods or contracting for services.
"Know MO" enables consumers to look up complaints the Attorney General's Office has received about individuals and businesses.
Educated consumers are one of the best weapons against fraud so you are encouraged you to use this page as a tool to help yourself be a better informed consumer.
Missourians who give to charity often have questions about what percentage of their gifts go to the charitable purpose and what percentage is used for administrative costs. Donors can obtain this information for hundreds of charities through the Check a Charity web site.
Donors can search the Check a Charity database, even if they only have a partial name of the charity. The Web page for each charity includes a mission statement from the charity; the percentage of expenses that a charity spends on administrative costs; and the figures for program expenses (the costs incurred in conducting the charitable purposes), total expenses and total revenue for the year being reported.
There are now over 2.7 million residential phone numbers on the Missouri No Call list, a number that far exceeds even the most optimistic projections.
Signing up for the No Call list is quick, easy and free. Just fill out the online registration form or call toll-free 1-866-NOCALL1. You can also use our registration lookup to find out if your phone number is on the No Call List.
Missouri's No Call program has been a model for other states, thanks in part to your work in helping us enforce the law. We are a complaint-driven system, which means we take action when we hear complaints from consumers. To date, those complaints and the legal action we have taken have led to almost $3 million in court orders against telemarketers that violated the No Call law.
