Style Guide for Rule Writers

This guide addresses style that is specific to administrative rules published in the Missouri Register and Missouri Code of State Regulations and is not intended as a comprehensive grammar and usage reference. The intent of this style guide is to familiarize agency rule drafters with the kinds of stylistic vices that Administrative Rules editors seek to correct in rule text. An agency’s rules may contain exceptions to many of the suggestions in this style guide; however, most new rules can be written to conform with the standards contained herein.

See the Missouri Rulemaking Manual for information about the rulemaking process, timelines, and filing requirements.