State guide
Missouri
Missouri’s official sources I found do not provide a comprehensive statewide meth-lab property registry. Missouri does have explicit seller and landlord disclosure statutes for property used as a site for methamphetamine production, and DHSS publishes cleanup guidance that says the state still has no official reoccupation standard.
Checked against official sources on October 4, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Contaminated property list
- Missouri DHSS says there is no comprehensive method for tracking or listing properties used as meth labs; use the DEA National Clandestine Laboratory Register Data.
- Official property list
- Official page →
- Seller and landlord disclosure
- RSMo 442.606 requires sellers to disclose known methamphetamine production on the property, and RSMo 441.236 requires landlords and other transferors to disclose known methamphetamine production on the premises; RSMo 442.055 separately requires disclosure of known prior hazardous-material contamination.
- Cleanup standard
- Not published by an official source we could verify. Ask the office.
- State program
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Environmental Epidemiology / Health and Risk Assessment Program.
Official resources in Missouri
Official Missouri landlord disclosure statute for premises used as a site for methamphetamine production.
Official Missouri seller disclosure statute for real property used as a site for methamphetamine production.
Official Missouri disclosure statute for premises previously contaminated with radioactive or other hazardous material.
Official DHSS environmental epidemiology page with program contacts for hazardous substance exposure and contaminated sites.
Key facts for Missouri
- DHSS says there is no comprehensive method for tracking or listing Missouri properties used as meth labs.
- DHSS says there is currently no official guidance or regulations on cleanup for reoccupation of a former meth lab property.
- Missouri sellers must disclose in writing if property is or was used as a site for methamphetamine production, if they had knowledge.
- Missouri landlords and other transferors must disclose in writing if premises is or was used as a site for methamphetamine production, if they had knowledge.
- Missouri law also requires written disclosure of prior hazardous-material contamination when the transferor has a report affirmatively stating contamination.
- DHSS advises the safest cleanup is to hire environmental companies trained in hazardous substance removal and cleanup.
Local meth property programs in Missouri
| Program | city | phone | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri DHSS Environmental Epidemiology Cole | Jefferson City | 573-751-6102 | DHSS hazardous-substances contact for contaminated-site health questions; toll-free 866-628-9891 is also published. |
| Springfield-Greene County Health Department Greene | Springfield | 417-864-1658 | Springfield police procedure says its Division of Environmental Health is notified of any dwelling, business, or mobile quarters that housed a clandestine drug lab. |
* Not published: the official page doesn't list it. Call the office to confirm before you rely on it.
What to do next
- Ask both for meth-production disclosure and for any affirmative contamination report, because Missouri has separate meth-production and hazardous-material disclosure statutes.
- If you are checking a Missouri address, contact local law enforcement and ask whether chemicals were seized there, as DHSS recommends.
- Because DHSS says Missouri has no official reoccupation standard, consider independent environmental testing before occupancy.
Not seeing your program or county?
Not every program publishes its rules online. Try these, in order:
- General Start with the statewide information above.
- Closest verified Nearest places where we have verified local data outside this state (distance from Missouri's population center, for comparison only):
- Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality - Controlled Substance Contaminated Property Cleanup Program, Arkansas · about 252 miles
- Arkansas Department of Health - Environmental Health, Arkansas · about 256 miles
- Nebraska DHHS Risk Assessment/Toxicology, Nebraska · about 287 miles
- Call to confirm Ask the official office.RSMo 441.236
Website →Phone not shown: use the contact page on the official website above.Your city or county office: Local governments →Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Missouri page on USA.gov can point you to the right office. - Know the current info? Tell us with a link to the official page.