Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXII. Courts § 486.650. Refusal to perform notarial act prohibited, when--exceptions

(1) The notary knows or has a reasonable belief that the notarial act or the associated transaction is unlawful;

(2) The notarial act is prohibited in section 486.645 or subsection 1 of this section;

(3) The number or timing of the requested notarial act or acts practicably precludes completion at the time of the request, in which case the notary shall arrange for later completion of the requested act or acts without unreasonable delay; or

(4) In the case of a request to perform an electronic notarial act, the notary is not registered to notarize electronically in accordance with sections 486.900 to 486.1010.