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Site Information

The MAP Local Government site provides information about county and municipality expenditures. There are multiple opportunities throughout this site to view data on Missouri Local Government expenditures made during each fiscal year. The financial data available on this site has been organized into four areas which include county/municipality, vendor, fund, and department. Utilizing this site, you may:

  • Search and view payment totals by county or municipality, fund and department for each fiscal year beginning with January 1, 2023.
  • Conduct basic or advanced searches for vendors and other recipients of local government expenditures by name based on as much or as little information as you have available.
  • Search, view, print, or download specific data into Excel spreadsheets and/or in text form.
Further information about individual payments may be available upon request pursuant to the
Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, RSMo.



Site Disclaimer

Public Information

While all of the information contained on this site is an open record in accordance with the Missouri Sunshine Law (Ch. 610, RSMo), there may be additional public records available regarding this data. Additional records can be obtained by making a Sunshine request to the appropriate records custodian(s) in the agency that possesses the documents in accordance with the law.

For specific inquiries about the information on the MAP site, please email:
MAP@oa.mo.gov.

Any information that is a closed record pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law or other applicable state or federal law or regulation will not be published on this site. It may be necessary to contact the County of Municipality that issued the payment for further information. Please email us at MAPLocalGovt@oa.mo.gov if you need assistance contacting a County or Municipality.

Site Availability

This site will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week except during necessary site maintenance. The information published will contain current financial transactions and will be based on the information available at the time.

State Employee Salaries

Information regarding state employee payroll and fringe benefit payments will be made available on this site at a future date.



Site Glossary

Below are key terms associated with the MAP Local Government site.
  • Expenditure - The term Expenditure is any monetary payment form a municipality or county to any vendor including, but not limited to, a payment, distribution, loan, advance, reimbursement, deposit, or gift.
  • Municipality - The term Municipality is a city, town, or village that is incorporated in accordance with the laws of this state.
  • State entity - The term State entity is the general assembly; the supreme court of Missouri; the office of an elected state official; or an agency, board, commission, department, institution, instrumentality, office, or other governmental entity of this state, excluding municipalities, counties, institutions of higher education, and any public employee retirement system.
  • Vendor - The term Vendor is any person, partnership, corporation, association, organization, state entity, or other part that:
    • Sells, leases, or otherwise provides equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services to a municipality or county; or
    • Receives reimbursement from a municipality or county for any expense.


Page-Specific Help


Payments by County/Municipality

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The Payments by County/Municipality page displays total payment amounts by County/Municipality for expenditures made including, but not limited to payment, distribution, loan, advance, reimbursement, deposit, or gift during the specified timeframe chosen in the Begin Date and End Date fields. To view more specific information about the payments for a County/Municipality, click on the County/Municipality name.

To view this information for a different timeframe, select the Begin Date and the End Date of your choice and click the Search button. Click on any column heading to sort the data. Multiple clicks on a column heading toggle the sort order from ascending to descending.

To download the current page contents into an Excel spreadsheet, click the export button. To download data in text form, click the arrow on the drop down box where ‘Data to Excel’ is displayed on the upper right hand side of the page and select ‘Data to Text’, then click Export. After you have clicked export, you will be prompted to choose one of the following: open, save or cancel. You can choose to open or save the data you are attempting to access, or cancel the transaction. If you choose ‘open’, you also have the option to print the data.


Payments by Vendor

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The Search by Vendor page is the starting point for viewing payment information to a specific vendor for a selected timeframe. Enter all or part of the vendor name you wish to find, select a Begin Date and End Date and click Search. The search will return a listing on the Vendor Search Results page of all vendors for the selected timeframe whose vendor name contains the exact phrase entered in the search box.

Click on the Advanced Vendor Search link for more specific search capabilities. Examples of the additional search options available here include searches where the vendor name starts with or ends with specific words or characters.


Advanced Vendor Search

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The Advanced Vendor Search page offers additional options for performing more specific vendor searches. The additional search options available on this page include searches where the vendor name starts with or ends with specific words or characters, searches where the vendor name sounds like a particular word, or searches where the vendor name contains an exact phrase.


Vendor Search Results

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The Vendor Search Results page displays a listing of the vendors matching the search criteria entered on the Search by Vendor page for the desired timeframe. Click on a vendor name to see a list of expenditures for the selected vendor during the selected Begin Date and End Date. If the desired vendor is not included in the search results listing, change the search criteria and/or select a different Begin Date and End Date and click on the search button to begin another search.

The search results may return multiple records with the exact same vendor name because vendor names are not unique. An entity with multiple locations may be displayed several times. For example, a search is done for a vendor named John Doe. If payments were made to John Doe from Kansas City, John Doe from St. Louis and John Doe from Springfield, the search results will list John Doe three times.

To download the current page contents into an Excel spreadsheet, click the export button. To download data in text form, click the arrow on the drop down box where ‘Data to Excel’ is displayed on the upper right hand side of the page and select ‘Data to Text’, then click Export. After you have clicked export, you will be prompted to choose one of the following: open, save or cancel. You can choose to open or save the data you are attempting to access, or cancel the transaction. If you choose ‘open’, you also have the option to print the data.





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