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MO Rev Stat § 523.274 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 523 - Condemnation Proceedings|Section 523.274 - Consideration of each parcel of property — time limit on commencement of eminent domain acquisitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   523.274. Consideration of each parcel of property — time limit on commencement of eminent domain acquisitions. — 1. Where eminent domain authority is based upon a determination that a defined area is blighted, the condemning authority shall individually consider each parcel of property in the defined area with regard to whether the property meets the relevant statutory definition of blight. If the condemning authority finds a preponderance of the defined redevelopment area is blighted, it may proceed with condemnation of any parcels in such area.  2. No action to acquire property by eminent domain within a redevelopment area shall be commenced later than five years from the date of the legislative determination, by ordinance, or otherwise, that the property is blighted, substandard, contains unsanitary conditions, or is eligible for classification within a conservation area as defined in section 99.805. However, such determination may be renewed for successive five-year periods by the legislative body. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
MO Rev Stat § 523.277 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 523 - Condemnation Proceedings|Section 523.277 - Office of ombudsman for property rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   523.277. Office of ombudsman for property rights. — The office of public counsel shall create an office of ombudsman for property rights by appointing a person to the position of ombudsman. The ombudsman shall assist citizens by providing guidance, which shall not constitute legal advice, to individuals seeking information regarding the condemnation process and procedures. The ombudsman shall document the use of eminent domain within the state and any issues associated with its use and shall submit a report to the general assembly on January 1, 2008, and on such date each year thereafter. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
MO Rev Stat § 523.282 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 523 - Condemnation Proceedings|Section 523.282 - Blanket easements void, when — definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   523.282. Blanket easements void, when — definitions. — 1. Any blanket easement created after December 31, 2006, shall be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable. For the purposes of this section, the term "blanket easement" shall mean an easement in real property acquired by condemnation or negotiations in lieu of the exercise thereof where the instrument or order of condemnation, by its terms, allows the easement holder to locate its facilities at an undefined location on, over, under, or across the burdened property.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section to the contrary, the term "blanket easement" shall not apply to any instrument containing language that upon completion of the initial structure explicitly fixes the burden, scope of use, and footprint within the express terms of the instrument and also contains an express statement that the location of the burden shall be fixed to the degree occupied by the initial structure upon completion of such structure. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the expansion or upgrade of the initially completed structure provided that the purpose or purposes and footprint of said expansion or upgrade were explicitly described in the original terms of the instrument. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
MO Rev Stat § 523.283 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 523 - Condemnation Proceedings|Section 523.283 - Easement or right-of-way by certain entities fixed by use — definition — commissioners appointed by court — attorneys' fees and costs for prevailing property owners.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   523.283. Easement or right-of-way by certain entities fixed by use — definition — commissioners appointed by court — attorneys' fees and costs for prevailing property owners. — 1. Easements or right-of-way interests acquired after August 28, 2006, by a private utility company, public utility, rural electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, pipeline, or railroad, by either formal condemnation proceedings or by negotiations in lieu of condemnation proceedings, are fixed and determined by the particular use for which the property was acquired as described in either the instrument of conveyance or in the condemnation petition. Expanded use of the property beyond that which is described in the instrument of conveyance or the condemnation petition shall require either an additional condemnation proceeding in order to acquire the additional rights or by new negotiations for the expanded use of the property and appropriate consideration and damages to the current owner of the property for the expanded use.  2. For purposes of this section, the term "expanded use" shall mean:  (1) The exclusion of use by the current owner of the burdened property from an area greater than the area originally described at the time of acquisition by the condemning authority; or  (2) An increased footprint or burden greater than the footprint or burden originally described in the instrument of conveyance or condemnation petition. As used in this subdivision, the term "increased footprint or burden" shall mean a different type of use or a use presenting an unreasonably burdensome impact on the property, the landowner, or the activities being conducted on the property by the landowner.  3. Commissioners appointed by the court under section 523.040 and, where applicable, a jury on a trial of exceptions from the commissioners' award shall be entitled to assume, in assessing the just compensation due for a taking, that the condemning authority shall exercise, from and after the date the property interest is acquired, each and every right acquired to the fullest extent allowed by the condemnation petition.  4. If a property owner prevails in an action for trespass or expanded use against a private utility company, public utility, rural electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, pipeline, or railroad, such property owner may be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
MO Rev Stat § 523.286 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 523 - Condemnation Proceedings|Section 523.286 - Declaration of farmland as blighted prohibited — definition.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   523.286. Declaration of farmland as blighted prohibited — definition. — 1. No condemning authority shall declare farmland blighted for the purposes of exercising eminent domain.  2. For the purposes of this section only, the term "farmland" shall mean all real property classified as forest cropland or all real property used for agricultural purposes and devoted primarily to the raising and harvesting of crops; to the feeding, breeding, and management of livestock which shall include breeding and boarding of horses; to dairy operations, or to any combination thereof; and buildings and structures customarily associated with farming, agricultural, and horticultural uses. "Farmland" shall also include land devoted to and qualifying for payments or other compensation under a soil conservation or agricultural assistance program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 524.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.010 - Ejectment maintained generally, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.010. Ejectment maintained generally, when. — An action for the recovery of the possession of premises may be maintained in all cases where the plaintiff is legally entitled to the possession thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1529)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1365; 1919 § 1815; 1909 § 2382  (1971) Where neither the plaintiffs nor defendants were claiming title to any lands of which the other had title and only issue was the location on the ground of the boundary line between the two tracts, ejectment was the proper remedy and it was error to decree title in plaintiff. Carroz v. Kaminiski (Mo.), 467 S.W.2d 871.
MO Rev Stat § 524.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.020 - Ejectment maintained in particular cases, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.020. Ejectment maintained in particular cases, when. — An action for the recovery of the possession of land may also be maintained against any person not having a better title thereto, in all cases where the plaintiff claims possession thereof under or by virtue of:  (1) An entry or bounty land warrant location with the register and receiver of any land office of the United States, or with the commissioner of the general land office thereof; or  (2) An entry with the register and receiver of any land office in this state; or  (3) A preemption right, under the laws of the United States, or of this state; or  (4) A New Madrid location; or  (5) A confirmation made under the laws of the United States; or  (6) A land scrip location made in virtue of the laws of this state; or  (7) A French or Spanish grant, warrant or order of survey, surveyed by proper authority, under the French or Spanish government, and recorded according to the usages of the country prior to the tenth of March, 1804. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1530)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1366; 1919 § 1816; 1909 § 2383  CROSS REFERENCE:  New Madrid certificates and patents, evidentiary effect, 446.250, 446.260
MO Rev Stat § 524.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.030 - Tenants in common may sue jointly.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.030. Tenants in common may sue jointly. — Two or more tenants in common may join in the action, and jointly prosecute and sustain such action for the recovery of the estate by them owned in common. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1531)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1367; 1919 § 1817; 1909 § 2384
MO Rev Stat § 524.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.040 - Parties to action.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.040. Parties to action. — The action shall be prosecuted in the real names of the parties thereto, and shall be brought against the person in possession of the premises claimed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1532)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1368; 1919 § 1818; 1909 § 2385  CROSS REFERENCE:  Holder under tax deed may sue for recovery of possession, when, 140.580
MO Rev Stat § 524.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.050 - Who may be made codefendant.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.050. Who may be made codefendant. — The person from or through whom the defendant claims title to the premises may, on motion, be made a codefendant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1533)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1369; 1919 § 1819; 1909 § 2386  CROSS REFERENCE:  Tenant served with summons in ejectment to notify landlord, penalty, 441.090
MO Rev Stat § 524.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.060 - Petition — necessary averments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.060. Petition — necessary averments. — It shall be sufficient for the plaintiff to aver in the petition that on some day therein to be specified, he was entitled to the possession of the premises, describing them, and being so entitled to the possession thereof, that the defendant afterward, on some day to be stated, entered into such premises, and unlawfully withholds from the plaintiff the possession thereof, to his damage, in any sum he may claim. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1534)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1370; 1919 § 1820; 1909 § 2387
MO Rev Stat § 524.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.070 - Pleadings and proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.070. Pleadings and proceedings. — All pleadings and proceedings in this action shall be conducted as in other civil actions, except where it is herein otherwise prescribed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1535)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1371; 1919 § 1821; 1909 § 2388
MO Rev Stat § 524.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.080 - What plaintiff must show to recover.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.080. What plaintiff must show to recover. — To entitle the plaintiff to recover, it shall be sufficient for him to show that, at the time of the commencement of the action, the defendant was in possession of the premises claimed, and that the plaintiff had such right to the possession thereof as is declared by this chapter to be sufficient to maintain the action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1536)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1372; 1919 § 1822; 1909 § 2389
MO Rev Stat § 524.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.090 - What plaintiff must show to recover as against cotenant.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.090. What plaintiff must show to recover as against cotenant. — If the action is brought by a joint tenant, or tenant in common, against his cotenant, the plaintiff shall also be required to show on the trial that the defendant actually ousted him, or did some act amounting to a total denial of his right as such cotenant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1537)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1373; 1919 § 1823; 1909 § 2390
MO Rev Stat § 524.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.100 - One or more joint plaintiffs may recover.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.100. One or more joint plaintiffs may recover. — Where there are two or more plaintiffs, any one or more may recover any interest they may be entitled to, in the same manner as if they had brought separate actions; and it shall not be any objection to a recovery in such action that any one or several of the plaintiffs do not prove any interest in the premises claimed, but those entitled shall have judgment, according to their rights, for the whole or such part or portion as they might have recovered if they had brought separate suits. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1538)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1374; 1919 § 1824; 1909 § 2391
MO Rev Stat § 524.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.110 - What plaintiff may recover, if successful.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.110. What plaintiff may recover, if successful. — If the plaintiff prevail in the action, he shall recover damages for all waste and injury, and, by way of damages, the rents and profits, down to the time of assessing the same, or to the time of the expiration of the plaintiff's title, under the following limitations:  (1) When it shall not be shown on the trial that the defendant had knowledge of the plaintiff's claim prior to the commencement of the action, such recovery shall be only from the time of the commencement of the action;  (2) When it shall be shown on the trial that the defendant had knowledge of the plaintiff's claim prior to the commencement of the action, and that such knowledge came to the defendant within five years next preceding the commencement of the action, such recovery shall be from the time that such knowledge came to the defendant;  (3) When it shall be shown on the trial that knowledge of the plaintiff's claim came to the defendant more than five years prior to the commencement of the action, such recovery shall only be for the term of five years next preceding the commencement of the action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1541)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1377; 1919 § 1827; 1909 § 2394
MO Rev Stat § 524.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.120 - Judgment where plaintiff's right expires after suit.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.120. Judgment where plaintiff's right expires after suit. — If the right of the plaintiff to the possession of the premises expire after the commencement of the suit, and before the trial, the verdict shall be returned according to the fact, and judgment shall be entered only for the damages and costs. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1542)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1378; 1919 § 1828; 1909 § 2395
MO Rev Stat § 524.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.130 - Jury shall assess value of rents and profits, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.130. Jury shall assess value of rents and profits, when. — If the plaintiff prevail in his action, and it appear in evidence that the right of the plaintiff to the possession is unexpired, the jury shall find the monthly value of the rents and profits. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1543)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1379; 1919 § 1829; 1909 § 2396
MO Rev Stat § 524.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.140 - Judgment in such cases.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.140. Judgment in such cases. — In such case the judgment shall be for the recovery of the premises, the damages assessed and the accruing rents and profits, at the rate found by the jury, from the time of rendering the verdict until the possession of the premises is delivered to the plaintiff. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1544)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1380; 1919 § 1830; 1909 § 2397
MO Rev Stat § 524.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.150 - Appeals — amount and condition of bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   524.150. Appeals — amount and condition of bond. — No supersedeas shall be granted upon an appeal allowed in favor of the defendant, unless the recognizance be in a sum and with security sufficient to secure the payment of all damages and accruing rents and profits, and with condition to stay waste, in addition to the conditions now required by law in such cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1547, A. 1949 H.B. 2126)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1383; 1919 § 1833; 1909 § 2400
MO Rev Stat § 524.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.160 - Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.160. Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when. — If a judgment or decree of dispossession shall be given in an action for the recovery of possession of premises, or in any real action in favor of a person having a better title thereto, against a person in the possession, held by himself or by his tenant, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, such person may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction, compensation for all improvements made by him in good faith on such lands, tenements or hereditaments, prior to his having had notice of such adverse title. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1548)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1384; 1919 § 1834; 1909 § 2401  (1979) A claim under this section must fail if it can be shown the improvements were made with notice to an adverse title. Morris v. Ulbright (A.), 591 S.W.2d 245.
MO Rev Stat § 524.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.170 - Petition — contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.170. Petition — contents. — The plaintiff in his petition shall set forth the nature of his title, the length of his possession and the kind and value of the improvements made; and shall also aver therein that he entered into the possession of the land, believing that he had good title thereto, and that he made the improvements specified in the petition in good faith, under the belief that he had good title to the land, and shall be verified by his affidavit thereto annexed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1549)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1385; 1919 § 1835; 1909 § 2402
MO Rev Stat § 524.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.180 - Injunction may be granted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.180. Injunction may be granted. — An injunction may be granted to stay the plaintiff from taking possession of the land until the value of the improvements is ascertained, or until the further order of the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1550)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1386; 1919 § 1836; 1909 § 2403
MO Rev Stat § 524.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.190 - Plaintiff may relinquish land and recover value, less the improvements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.190. Plaintiff may relinquish land and recover value, less the improvements. — The plaintiff may in his answer ask for leave to relinquish the land to the occupying claimant, and to recover the value thereof, aside from the improvements. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1551)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1387; 1919 § 1837; 1909 § 2404
MO Rev Stat § 524.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.200 - Claimant to pay value of land, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.200. Claimant to pay value of land, when. — If the value of the improvements exceed the value of the land aside from the improvements, the court may order that the occupying claimant shall, by a time to be specified in the order, take the land, and pay the ascertained value thereof to the plaintiff, and in default of such payment the plaintiff shall take possession of the land, discharged from all claim of such occupying claimant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1552)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1388; 1919 § 1838; 1909 § 2405
MO Rev Stat § 524.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.210 - Plaintiff to make deed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.210. Plaintiff to make deed, when. — In all cases where the occupying claimant shall be adjudged to take the land and pay the value thereof, the plaintiff shall, on payment of the money, make to the occupying claimant a conveyance thereof, with general warranty. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1553)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1389; 1919 § 1839; 1909 § 2406
MO Rev Stat § 524.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.220 - Land may be divided, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.220. Land may be divided, when. — If the value of the land, aside from the improvements, exceeds the value of the improvements, the court may, in its discretion, order either that the plaintiff shall pay for the improvements before he shall be allowed to take possession of the land, or that the land shall be divided between the occupying claimant and the plaintiff, according to their respective rights. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1554)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1390; 1919 § 1840; 1909 § 2407
MO Rev Stat § 524.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.230 - Not to be divided, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.230. Not to be divided, when. — No partition shall be ordered or adjudged if the plaintiff insist upon his right to retain the land. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1555)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1391; 1919 § 1841; 1909 § 2408