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MO Rev Stat § 80.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.200 - Repair of sidewalks — publication of notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.200. Repair of sidewalks — publication of notice. — If the notice in writing cannot be personally served in the state as provided herein, or if the owner or owners are unknown and cannot be personally served, the board of trustees shall cause four weeks' notice to be published in the English language, in some daily or weekly newspaper published in the county in which the property or lot is situated, setting forth all the facts required in the written notice in section 80.190. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7257)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7106; 1919 § 8555; 1909 § 9443
MO Rev Stat § 80.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.210 - Trustees — semiannual reports.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   80.210. Trustees — semiannual reports. — The chairman of each board of trustees shall, semiannually, make out a correct statement of all moneys received and expended on account of their respective towns during the six months next preceding; and shall cause such statement, within ten days thereafter, to be published, either in some newspaper printed in the same town, or by causing copies of such statement to be put up in six of the most public places in such town. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7281, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1846)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7130; 1919 § 8579; 1909 § 9467
MO Rev Stat § 80.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.220 - Semiannual report, failure to make — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.220. Semiannual report, failure to make — penalty. — If the chairman of the board of trustees of any town shall, at any time, neglect to make, and cause such statement to be published, as required by section 80.210, he shall forfeit for every such neglect the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by civil action in any court of record, one-half whereof shall be to the use of such town, and the other half to the use of any taxpayer of said town who will sue for the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7282)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7131; 1919 § 8580; 1909 § 9468
MO Rev Stat § 80.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.230 - Trustees — vacancy, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.230. Trustees — vacancy, how filled. — All vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. In case the office of chairman becomes vacant, the remaining members shall select one of their own number as temporary chairman and then proceed to elect some person to fill such vacancy; provided, the chairman or temporary chairman shall have no vote except in case of a tie. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7286)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7135; 1919 § 8584; 1909 § 9472
MO Rev Stat § 80.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.240 - Trustees — power of appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   80.240. Trustees — power of appointment. — Such board of trustees shall have power to appoint an assessor, collector, marshal, treasurer, and such other officers, servants and agents as may be necessary, remove them from office, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7251, A. 1949 H.B. 2030, A.L. 1953 p. 268)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7100; 1919 § 8549; 1909 § 9437
MO Rev Stat § 80.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.250 - Appointed officers — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.250. Appointed officers — bond. — Every constable, marshal, collector and treasurer appointed by virtue of section 80.240 shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, enter into bond, payable to the city or town of which he is an officer, with good and sufficient securities, in any sum not less than one thousand dollars, the amount to be fixed and the bond to be approved by the board of trustees. The bond shall be conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office according to law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7306)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7155; 1919 § 8604; 1909 § 9492
MO Rev Stat § 80.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.400 - Marshal — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   80.400. Marshal — powers. — The marshal appointed by the trustees of the inhabitants of such towns, giving bond and ample security for the performance of his duties, is hereby authorized to execute orders and process, arising under the ordinances of said town, and who, within the corporate limits of said town, shall have concurrent power with the constable of the district, if any, and the sheriff of the county in which said town is situated to execute all orders, notices, writs and other process and duties that may be executed by such constable or sheriff, with like effect, and shall receive the same fees therefor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7253, A. 1949 H.B. 2030)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7102; 1919 § 8551; 1909 § 9439
MO Rev Stat § 80.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.410 - Marshal — police powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.410. Marshal — police powers. — The town marshal shall be chief of police, and shall at all times have power to make or order all arrests, with proper process, for any offenses against the laws of the state, or of the town, by day or by night, and bring the offender to trial before the proper court, and he shall have power to arrest without process in all cases where any such offense shall be committed, or attempted to be committed, in his presence. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7278)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7127; 1919 § 8576; 1909 § 9464
MO Rev Stat § 80.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.420 - Marshal and policemen — removal.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   80.420. Marshal and policemen — removal. — 1. The policemen of the town, in the discharge of their duties, shall be subject to the orders of the marshal only as chief of police; but any marshal, assistant marshal or policeman may be instantly removed from his office by the board of trustees at a regular or called meeting, for any wanton neglect of duty.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the board of trustees to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in section 106.273. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7279, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7128; 1919 § 8577; 1909 § 9465
MO Rev Stat § 80.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.430 - Taxes a lien on property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.430. Taxes a lien on property. — All general and special taxes levied by the board of trustees of any town upon property therein, in conformity to the laws of the state and the ordinances of such town, shall constitute a lien upon the property upon which they are levied, until paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7258)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7107; 1919 § 8556; 1909 § 9444
MO Rev Stat § 80.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.440 - Redemption of property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.440. Redemption of property. — If any real estate be sold by virtue of any ordinance of such town, the owner thereof may redeem the same at any time within two years from the day of sale, by paying the purchase money and all costs and penalties incurred, together with the interest thereon, at the rate of fifteen percent per annum until paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7280)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7129; 1919 § 8578; 1909 § 9466
MO Rev Stat § 80.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.450 - Compensation of county clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.450. Compensation of county clerk. — The board of trustees shall provide by ordinance for compensating the county clerk for certifying and transmitting an abstract of the property within such town, made taxable by law for state purposes, as required by this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7262)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7111; 1919 § 8560; 1909 § 9448
MO Rev Stat § 80.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.460 - County clerk to furnish abstract from assessment books — tax levy not to exceed maximum rate except by special vote.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   80.460. County clerk to furnish abstract from assessment books — tax levy not to exceed maximum rate except by special vote. — 1. The chairman of the board of trustees of all towns and villages in this state shall procure from the clerk of the county commission in which such town is located, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver to the chairman of the board of trustees within twenty days after the date of the final adjournment of the board of equalization a certified abstract from his assessment books, as corrected by the board of equalization, on all property within such town subject to its taxing power and the assessed value thereof as corrected by the board of equalization, which abstract shall be immediately transmitted to the board of trustees, and it shall be the duty of such board of trustees to establish by ordinance the annual rates of tax levy for the year for municipal purposes upon all subjects and objects of taxation within such town, which tax shall not exceed the maximum rate for general municipal purposes of fifty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation; provided, however, that the rate of taxation for general municipal purposes herein limited may be increased for such purposes for a period not to exceed four years at any one time when such rate and purpose of increase are submitted to a vote of the voters within such towns and two-thirds of the voters voting thereon shall vote therefor, but such increase so voted shall be limited to a maximum rate of taxation not to exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation. The board of trustees of any such towns may submit a question for increase of levy when in the opinion of such board of trustees the necessity therefor arises, and such question shall be submitted by such board of trustees when petitioned therefor by voters equaling in number five percent or more of the voters of such towns or villages voting for mayor or member of board of trustees at the last election at which a mayor or member of board of trustees was elected.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall there be a ______ cent increase in levy on one hundred dollars assessed valuation for general municipal purposes for ______ years?  3. If such increase in levy shall be voted, then such increased levy shall be effective for the number of years designated, and no longer, but such towns through their boards of trustees may submit any such proposal for continuing such increase of levy at any time for like periods not to exceed four years each. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7259, A.L. 1945 p. 1278, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7108; 1919 § 8557; 1909 § 9445
MO Rev Stat § 80.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.470 - Additional levies — maximum rates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   80.470. Additional levies — maximum rates. — In addition to the levy for general municipal purposes, all towns and villages in this state may levy annually not to exceed the following rates of taxation on all property subject to its taxing powers for the following special purposes: For library purposes in the manner and at the rate authorized under the provisions of sections 182.140 to 182.280; for hospital, public health and museum purposes, twenty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation; and for recreation grounds in the manner and at the rate authorized under the provisions of sections 90.500 to 90.570. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1278 § 7259a, A.L. 1957 p. 240)
MO Rev Stat § 80.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.480 - Assessment and collection of revenues.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.480. Assessment and collection of revenues. — All assessments on real and personal property within the limits of such town, which may be certified and transmitted to the board of trustees, from time to time, as provided in section 80.460, shall be taken and considered as the lawful and proper assessment on which to levy and collect the municipal taxes of the town, and the payment of all taxes authorized by this chapter shall be enforced by the collector in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as may be provided by law for collecting and enforcing the payment of state and county taxes, and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to require the collector, annually, to make out and return, under oath, a list of delinquent taxes remaining due and uncollected on the first day of January of each year, to be known as the delinquent list. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees, at the next meeting after such delinquent list shall be returned, or as soon thereafter as convenient, carefully to examine the same, and if it shall appear that all property and taxes contained in said list are properly returned as delinquent, they shall approve such list and cause an order of approval to be entered on the journal, and the amount of taxes in such list to be credited on the account of the collector; and shall also cause said delinquent list or a certified copy thereof, with the bills therefor, to be placed in the hands of the county collector, who shall give a receipt therefor and proceed to collect the taxes due thereon, in like manner and with the same effect as delinquent taxes for state and county purposes are collected. The said collector shall pay over the taxes collected to the city treasurer, at the times and in the manner provided by law for the payment of county taxes to the county treasurer, and shall make the same statements and settlements for such taxes with the board of trustees, and at the same time as may be provided by law for statements and settlements with the county commission for county taxes, and all taxes shall bear the same rate of interest, and the same penalties shall attach to the nonpayment thereof when due, as may be provided by law in cases of county taxes. A certified copy of any tax bill included in the delinquent list, approved by the board of trustees, shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the amount therein specified is legally due by the party against whom such tax bill is made out, and that all provisions of the law and ordinances have been duly complied with, and that the same is a lien on the property therein described. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7260)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7109; 1919 § 8558; 1909 § 9446
MO Rev Stat § 80.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.490 - Trustees — taxing powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   80.490. Trustees — taxing powers. — The board of trustees shall also, from time to time, provide, by ordinance, for the levy and collection of all other taxes and licenses, including wharfage and other dues, and to fix the penalties for neglect or refusal to pay same, which now or hereafter may be authorized by law or ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7261, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7110; 1919 § 8559; 1909 § 9447
MO Rev Stat § 80.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.560 - Failure to elect officers — procedure.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   80.560. Failure to elect officers — procedure. — If the trustees fail to call the municipal election, a majority of the trustees then in office, or any associate circuit judge of the county in which said town or village is situated, may call the election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7294, A. 1949 H.B. 2030, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7143; 1919 § 8592; 1909 § 9480  Effective 8-13-78 (H.B. 971); 1-2-79 (H.B. 1634)
MO Rev Stat § 80.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.570 - Disincorporation procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   80.570. Disincorporation procedure. — 1. The county governing body of each county shall have power to disincorporate any town or village which they may have incorporated as provided in this section.  2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the question of disincorporation of a town or village upon petition of twenty-five percent of the voters of the town or village.  3. The county governing body shall give notice of the election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the town or village or, if there is no such newspaper in the town or village, then in the newspaper in the county published nearest the town or village. The notice shall contain a copy of the petition and the names of the petitioners. No election on the question of disincorporation shall be held until the notice has been published for eight weeks successively.  4. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form as the case may be:   Shall the town of ______ be dissolved?; or   Shall the village of ______ be dissolved?    5. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of those persons voting on the question, the county governing body shall disincorporate the town or village.  6. Any county governing body may, in its discretion, on the application of any person or persons owning a tract of land containing five acres or more in a town or village, used only for agricultural purposes, to diminish the limits of such town or village by excluding any such tract of land from said corporate limits; provided, that such application shall be accompanied by a petition asking such change and signed by a majority of the voters in such town or village. And thereafter such tract of land so excluded shall not be deemed or held to be any part of such town or village. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7295, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 H.B. 160, A.L. 2016 S.B. 572) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7144; 1919 § 8593; 1909 § 9481  (1973) An incorporated city retains its status as a municipal corporation despite long-standing failure to elect officers or exercise governmental functions. The continuance of a municipality does not depend upon the existence of officers and the doctrine of forfeiture of the right to be a corporation for nonuse of its powers does not apply to municipal corporations, and such municipality has perpetual existence unless disincorporated by statutory procedure. County of Platte v. James (Mo.), 489 S.W.2d 216.
MO Rev Stat § 80.575 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.575 - Election not required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   80.575. Election not required, when. — The county governing body of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any town or village which they may have incorporated, upon petition of three-fourths of the voters of such town or village, without an election in such town or village, provided that the petition requests disincorporation without an election, and provided that the population of such town or village is less than one hundred. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 160 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 80.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.580 - Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   80.580. Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify. — If the trustees appointed by the county commission under section 80.040 shall fail to qualify and assume the duties of such trustees, within one year after their appointment, or if the voters of such village shall fail for one year to elect such trustees, then such village shall be disincorporated by the county commission of the county where the village is located, upon the petition of any citizen residing in such village, after the publication of notice of the presentation of such petition published for two weeks successively prior to such application in some newspaper in this state nearest the village. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7296, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7145; 1919 § 8594; 1909 § 9482
MO Rev Stat § 80.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.600 - No rights affected by disincorporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.600. No rights affected by disincorporation. — No dissolution of any corporation under this chapter shall invalidate or affect any right, forfeiture or penalty accruing to such corporation, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed upon such corporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7298)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7147; 1919 § 8596; 1909 § 9484
MO Rev Stat § 80.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.610 - Trustee in disincorporation — appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.610. Trustee in disincorporation — appointment. — Whenever the county commission shall dissolve any corporation, they shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7299)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7148; 1919 § 8597; 1909 § 9485
MO Rev Stat § 80.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.620 - Trustee in disincorporation — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   80.620. Trustee in disincorporation — bond. — The trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath before some judge or associate circuit judge that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office; and shall, moreover, give bond, with sufficient security, to be approved of by the court, to the use of such disincorporated town or village, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7300, A.L. 1987 H.B. 160)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7149; 1919 § 8598; 1909 § 9486
MO Rev Stat § 80.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.630 - Trustee in disincorporation — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.630. Trustee in disincorporation — powers. — The trustee shall, as soon as possible, prosecute or defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation; collect all money due the same; liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to such corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the corporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7301)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7150; 1919 § 8599; 1909 § 9487
MO Rev Stat § 80.640 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages|Section 80.640 - Trustee in disincorporation — report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   80.640. Trustee in disincorporation — report. — The trustee shall make a report of his proceedings to the county commission at each term thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7302)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7151; 1919 § 8600; 1909 § 9488