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MO Rev Stat § 51.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 51 - County Clerks|Section 51.430 - Deputies, number, compensation (certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   51.430. Deputies, number, compensation (certain first class counties). — The clerk of the county commission of all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government shall appoint such assistants, clerks and deputies as he deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of his office and may set their compensation within the limits of the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. The compensation for the assistant clerks and deputies shall be paid in equal installments out of the county treasury in the same manner as other county employees are paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13466, A.L. 1945 p. 1566 § 13135, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 520, A. 1949 H.C.S. H.B. 2008, 2009, A.L. 1951 p. 388 A.L. 1955 p. 354, A.L. 1961 p. 267, A.L. 1971 H.B. 484, A.L. 1973 H.B. 667)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11834; 1919 § 11040; 1909 § 10738
MO Rev Stat § 51.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 51 - County Clerks|Section 51.440 - Deputies — compensation (second class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   51.440. Deputies — compensation (second class counties). — The clerk of the county commission, in counties of the second class, shall be entitled to have and to appoint such a number of deputies and assistants, as the county clerk, with the approval of the county commission, shall find necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of his office, and the deputies and assistants, so appointed, shall receive such salaries as may be fixed by the county clerk, with the approval of the county commission. The salaries of all such deputies and assistants shall be paid by the county in the same manner as the salary of the county clerk is paid. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1559 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 51.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 51 - County Clerks|Section 51.460 - Deputies, assistants — compensation (fourth class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1978   51.460. Deputies, assistants — compensation (fourth class counties). — The clerk of the county commission in each county of the fourth class is entitled to employ deputies and assistants and, for the deputies and assistants, shall receive not less than three thousand eight hundred dollars a year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13433, A.L. 1945 p. 1524 § 5, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 485, A.L. 1959 S.B. 63, A.L. 1965 p. 163, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1138, A.L. 1977 H.B. 101)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11811; 1919 § 11019; 1909 § 10722  Effective 1-01-78
MO Rev Stat § 52.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.010 - Election — term — residency — other requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   52.010. Election — term — residency — other requirements. — 1. At the general election in 1906, and every four years thereafter, a collector, to be styled the collector of the revenue, shall be elected in each of the counties of this state, except counties under township organization, who shall hold his or her office for four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The collector shall reside in the county from which such person is elected throughout his or her term in office.  2. Except in any county with a charter form of government, a candidate for the office of collector shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of the state and the county in which he or she is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of filing for such office. The candidate shall be a registered voter and current in the payment of all state income taxes and personal and real property taxes.  3. The candidate shall present to the election authority a copy of a signed affidavit from a surety company authorized to do business in this state, indicating that the candidate meets the statutory bond requirements for the office for which the candidate is filing. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11055, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62, A.L. 1992 S.B. 833, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1106, A.L. 2013 H.B. 235)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9883; 1919 § 12875; 1909 § 11432  CROSS REFERENCES:  Consolidation of offices, certain cities may require certain officers to perform like duties for cities, 82.280  Ex officio collector, county treasurer in township counties, 54.280 to 54.330  Township organization on adoption by county, term of collector, 65.600
MO Rev Stat § 52.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.015 - Term — expiration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   52.015. Term — expiration. — The terms for which collectors are elected expire on the first Monday in March of the year in which they are required to make their last final settlement for the tax book collected by them. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11073, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62)
MO Rev Stat § 52.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.020 - Bonds — deposits of collections.

Effective - 19 Jun 1989   52.020. Bonds — deposits of collections. — 1. Every collector of the revenue in the various counties in this state, and the collector of the revenue in the City of St. Louis, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond and security to the state, to the satisfaction of the county commission, and, in the city of St. Louis, to the satisfaction of the mayor of the city, in a sum for any one month equal to the average total monthly collection for the same month during the preceding four years, but not to exceed the largest total collections made during any one month of the year preceding his election or appointment, plus ten percent of the amount and no collector shall be required to give bond in excess of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The bond shall be conditioned that he will faithfully and punctually collect and pay over all state, county and other revenue for the four years constituting his term of office, and that he will in all things faithfully perform all the duties of the office of collector according to law. The official bond shall be a surety bond with a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The premium of the bond shall be paid by the county or city protected by it.  2. In all third and fourth class counties the county commission may require the county collector to deposit daily all collections of money in the depositaries selected by the county commission in accordance with the provisions of sections 110.130 to 110.150 to the credit of a fund to be known as "County Collector's Fund". The depositaries are bound to account for the moneys in the county collector's fund in the same manner as the public funds of every kind and description going into the hands of the county treasurer and shall provide security for the deposits in the manner required by section 110.010. If daily deposits are required to be made, the county commission may also require that the bond of the county collector be written on a monthly basis and such bond shall be in the sum equal to one-fourth of the amount collected during the same month of the year immediately preceding his election or appointment, plus ten percent of the amount. No county collector shall be required to make daily deposits for days when his collections do not total at least one hundred dollars.  3. The collector shall not check on the county collector's fund except for the purpose of making the monthly distribution of taxes and licenses collected for distribution as provided by law or for balancing accounts among different depositaries. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11056, A.L. 1943 p. 1062, A.L. 1951 p. 385, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62, A.L. 1961 p. 286, A.L. 1979 S.B. 385, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1464, A.L. 1989 H.B. 612)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9885; 1919 § 12877; 1909 § 11434  Effective 6-19-89
MO Rev Stat § 52.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.030 - Bond in duplicate — where filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   52.030. Bond in duplicate — where filed. — Such bond shall be executed in duplicate; one part thereof shall be deposited and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county commission, and the other part shall be transmitted by the clerk to the director of revenue. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11059, A.L. 1945 p. 1820)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9888; 1919 § 12880; 1909 § 11437
MO Rev Stat § 52.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.040 - Bond — duties of director of revenue — penalty for evasion.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   52.040. Bond — duties of director of revenue — penalty for evasion. — 1. The collector's bond, when received by the director of revenue, shall be carefully examined, and if found to be made in conformity to law, and the sureties satisfactory, the director of revenue shall file the same with the secretary of state, and immediately certify the fact thereof to the clerk of the county commission; but if the director of revenue finds the bond to be not in accordance with law, or if he has reason to doubt the sufficiency of the security, he shall immediately return the bond to the clerk of the county commission, who shall notify the collector to correct the bond, or make a new bond, as may be required by the director of revenue. If a new bond is required, it shall be approved, recorded and subject to the requirements of this section, the same as the first bond given by the collector.  2. No tax books or lists shall be placed in the hands of the county collector until a certificate of the secretary of state, under the seal of his office, has been received by the clerk of the county commission, showing that the collector's bond has been received and filed in the office of the secretary of state.  3. Any evasion of this section by the clerk of the county commission or collector shall subject them each to a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, and all damages and costs, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction in this state; and the attorney general by direction of the director of revenue is required to bring suit, without delay, for every evasion of the requirements of this section, as soon as the same comes to the knowledge of the director; the amount recovered on such fines to be paid into the state treasury as general revenue.  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the sureties of a collector from liabilities incurred under a bond not approved by the director of revenue and filed with the secretary of state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11062, A.L. 1945 p. 1820, A.L. 1957 p. 322)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9891; 1919 § 12883; 1909 § 11440
MO Rev Stat § 52.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.050 - Failure to give bond — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   52.050. Failure to give bond — penalty. — If any collector shall neglect or refuse to give bond, as required by section 52.020, his office shall, immediately upon such neglect or refusal, be vacant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11058)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9887; 1919 § 12879; 1909 § 11436
MO Rev Stat § 52.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.060 - Bond — lien against real estate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   52.060. Bond — lien against real estate. — Said bond, when approved and recorded, shall be a lien against the real estate of such collector until he shall have complied with the conditions thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11060)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9889; 1919 § 12881; 1909 § 11438
MO Rev Stat § 52.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.070 - Bond — validity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   52.070. Bond — validity. — Any bonds given in pursuance of sections 52.010 to 52.310 shall not be considered void, nor shall any surety be released from any liability thereon in consequence of any informality in the assessment, or in making out the assessment lists, nor of any change or alteration in the law made by the general assembly, although the same may be made after the execution of said bond. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11061)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9890; 1919 § 12882; 1909 § 11439
MO Rev Stat § 52.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.080 - Bond — examination by commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   52.080. Bond — examination by commission. — The county commission shall examine the collector's bond each year of his term before the tax book is delivered to him to ascertain whether the bond is sufficient and the sureties still solvent. If found necessary, the commission shall require the collector to give an additional bond with good security to be approved by the county commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11063, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9892; 1919 § 12884; 1909 § 11441
MO Rev Stat § 52.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.090 - Failure to give additional bond — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   52.090. Failure to give additional bond — penalty. — If such collector shall fail to give such additional bond and security for ten days after he shall be required to do so by law, his office of collector shall be vacant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11064)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9893; 1919 § 12885; 1909 § 11442
MO Rev Stat § 52.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.100 - Discharge of sureties — attachment of collector's goods and chattels.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   52.100. Discharge of sureties — attachment of collector's goods and chattels. — 1. The sureties on any bond given in pursuance of sections 52.010 to 52.310, or any of them, may, at any time after the execution of the bond, if they have good reason to believe that the collector is about to fail to comply with the conditions thereof, file with the clerk of the county commission a notice, in writing, verified under oath by the person asking to be discharged, setting forth the facts in the case, and asking to be released from any further liability on the bond. The clerk with whom the notice is filed shall notify the collector to give additional security, equal to the security about to be released by the county commission. The notice may be served by the clerk, or by any person appointed by the commission or clerk. If the collector does not appear and give additional security within ten days from the time he is so notified, the county commission may remove him from office.  2. If the sureties on any collector's bond, or any of them, are satisfied that the collector is making improper use of the funds collected by him, or has absconded or is about to abscond from this state, whereby the sureties may become liable to pay any sum of money, the surety may sue out a writ of attachment against the goods and chattels of the collector, in the manner that he would be authorized to do if the collector was personally indebted to the surety; and the money collected on the attachment shall be paid into the state, county, town or city treasury, by the officer collecting it as if paid over by the collector. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11065, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9894; 1919 § 12886; 1909 § 11443
MO Rev Stat § 52.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.110 - Office, location — exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   52.110. Office, location — exception. — The collector shall keep his office at the county seat, except when meeting the taxpayers; provided, that in all counties in this state in which there is no bank located at the county seat and in which, according to law, two or more terms of the circuit court are held each year in some other town or city than the county seat and in which town or city are located one or more banks, the county collector may, at his option, keep his office in such town or city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11069)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9898; 1919 § 12890; 1909 § 11447
MO Rev Stat § 52.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.120 - Branch office — location (certain third class counties).

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   52.120. Branch office — location (certain third class counties). — In all counties of the third class in this state that may now or hereafter have a population of twenty-five thousand and less than forty thousand, and in which there is a city of over fifteen thousand population, and in which said city there is a courthouse, more than seven miles distant from the courthouse in the county seat, and in which said courthouse in said city there are held regular and legally established sessions of court of district number 2 of the circuit court of that county, it shall be the duty of the collector of the revenues of such county to maintain in addition to his office at the county seat a branch office in the courthouse located in the said city of fifteen thousand population or more, for the convenience of the taxpayers of said county living within the jurisdiction of said district number 2 of the circuit court of that county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11070, A.L. 1945 p. 1772, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9899; 1919 § 12891  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 52.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.130 - Branch office — records — deputies (certain third class counties).

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   52.130. Branch office — records — deputies (certain third class counties). — It shall be the duty of the collectors of the revenue of such counties to keep the tax books of such townships as may be under the jurisdiction of said district number 2 of the circuit court of that county in said branch office, and to keep one or more deputies in said office to attend to the duties thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11071, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9900; 1919 § 12892  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 52.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.140 - Branch office — expenses (third class counties).

Effective - 06 Mar 1979   52.140. Branch office — expenses (third class counties). — In all such counties where the collector of the revenue is required by section 52.120 to maintain a branch office as provided in section 52.120, he shall be allowed to retain, in addition to the amount now authorized by law, three-fourths of one percent of all taxes collected to cover the additional expense of maintaining such branch office. If the amount retained under this section is more than sufficient to pay the salaries for the deputy and clerical hire in the branch office and for the mileage of the collector in traveling to and from such branch office at the rate allowed as the established per-mile allowance as a deduction by the Internal Revenue Service and other necessary travel expenses, all excess amounts shall be paid into the county treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11072, A.L. 1977 S.B. 9, A.L. 1979 S.B. 385)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9901; 1919 § 12893  Effective 3-06-79
MO Rev Stat § 52.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.150 - Appointee to fill vacancy — powers and duties — audit of collector's office required, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   52.150. Appointee to fill vacancy — powers and duties — audit of collector's office required, procedure. — 1. The person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of collector shall execute a bond and collect and pay over the taxes in the manner required of the collector subject to the provisions of subsections 2, 3, 4 and 6 of this section, and his acts shall be as binding and effectual as acts of the regularly elected collector. He may obtain judgment and sell delinquent lands and lots in the manner in which the collector is authorized to act.  2. The person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of collector shall within five days after assuming the duties of the office notify the state auditor of the need for an audit of the office. The state auditor shall within twenty days of receipt of the notice commence an audit of the collector's office.  3. The state auditor shall:  (1) Determine the financial condition of the accounts of the office of the collector;  (2) Determine the proper compensation that should have been paid to the replaced collector in the past three years and the compensation actually paid during such period; and  (3) File a report of his finding with the county governing body and the person appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of the collector.  4. The county governing body shall notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary:  (1) Accept the report of the state auditor; and  (2) If necessary order the newly appointed collector to withhold and pay any funds owing to the county and the past collector or his estate from current tax revenue; or  (3) Direct the prosecuting attorney to file suit against the past collector or his estate or against his bond to recover any overpayment.  5. The prosecuting attorney shall represent the county, the county governing body and the newly appointed collector without additional compensation in any civil action arising as a result of this section.  6. Any moneys recovered pursuant to this section due the county or any political subdivision within the county shall be paid in the year of recovery as if the funds were collected in the current year.  7. The county governing body shall pay to the state auditor from county general revenue the costs of the audit conducted pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 of this section. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11066, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62, A.L. 1982 S.B. 800)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9895; 1919 § 12887; 1909 § 11444
MO Rev Stat § 52.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 52 - County Collectors|Section 52.160 - Expiration of term, resignation or removal — disposition of moneys.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   52.160. Expiration of term, resignation or removal — disposition of moneys. — If any collector resigns, dies or is removed from office for any cause, he, or his legal representatives, shall pay over immediately all moneys which are in his or their hands, due the state, to his successor in office and deliver the tax books to the county clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 11073, A.L. 1959 S.B. 62)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9902; 1919 § 12894; 1909 § 11448