- Home occupation permit required:
- No
- Details:
- Ripley County is an unzoned rural county with no identified county-level home occupation permit ordinance.
- Home kitchen:
- Missouri state law (§196.298) permits home kitchen production of nonperishable baked goods, canned jams/jellies, and dried herbs with a $50,000 annual gross income cap and direct-to-consumer sales only. Internet sales are prohibited under the statute. State law expressly prohibits local health departments from regulating cottage food production (§196.298(3)(1)). Ripley County is a rural south-central Missouri county; no county-level zoning ordinance was identified.
Last verified 2026-05-06. Not legal advice.
