The circuit courts of this state, within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations. An action was properly brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act to determine the validity of a police board rule asserted to be void.The sole issue at this stage is the pertinence of the Declaratory Judgment Act, which provides: 2201. The Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act was enacted into law in Missouri on June 22, 1935,1 thus becoming the sixth Uniform. This document contains the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to- gether with forms, as amended to December 1, 2014. Actions were taken in the complete absence of all jurisdiction. Declaratory Judgments Act to determine the constitutionality of a. Defendants did not pursue a "safe harbor" action under Missouri law before doing so. (Doc. Defendant. (Name of Director) Missouri Department of. 206 At the present time thirty-eight states have adopted such provisions.