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MO Rev Stat § 88.804 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.804 - Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.804. Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000). — The council of any incorporated town or city in this state having a special charter and containing ten thousand inhabitants or less, shall have power, by ordinance, to cause the owner or owners of any property or lot adjacent to any street or alley in said town or city to build, pave, construct, improve or repair any sidewalk along the side of said property or lot in such town or city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7445)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7292; 1919 § 8707; 1909 § 9585
MO Rev Stat § 88.806 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.806 - Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.806. Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000). — Whenever the council of any town or city shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, as contemplated by section 88.804, the said council shall cause at least ten days' notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot in said town or city which said notice shall require such owner or owners of such property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building and repairing of any such sidewalk in a reasonable time thereafter; which said notice shall contain a description of each property or lot as aforesaid, and a general description of the character of such sidewalk, giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration of fifteen days after the service of said notice, if in writing, or if by publication, at the end of four weeks after such publication, said owner or owners, as aforesaid, shall not, in good faith, have commenced to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid, and complete the same in a reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the council, said council shall cause such sidewalk to be built or repaired at the expense of such town or city, the cost and expense of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which such sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said town or city may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any court of competent jurisdiction, and a bill duly certified by the treasurer of such town or city to be a true and correct statement of the amount expended or paid by the town or city for the construction or repair of such sidewalk shall be prima facie evidence in any court that the amount therein stated is correct and constitutes a legal lien against the property or lot along which said sidewalk is constructed or repaired as aforesaid; provided, the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the treasury of said town or city the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk by the town or city, at any time before the sale of the said property or lot for such cost and expense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7446)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7293; 1919 § 8708; 1909 § 9586  CROSS REFERENCE:  Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365
MO Rev Stat § 88.808 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.808 - Sidewalk improvement — notice (cities, under 10,000).

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.808. Sidewalk improvement — notice (cities, under 10,000). — If the notice in writing cannot be personally served in the state as provided in section 88.806, or if the owner or owners are unknown and cannot be personally served, the council 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 88.806. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7450)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7297; 1919 § 8712; 1909 § 9590
MO Rev Stat § 88.814 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.814 - Errors in tax bills, corrected, how — hearing required, when — adjustment authorized — general revenue funds to be used to pay balance, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   88.814. Errors in tax bills, corrected, how — hearing required, when — adjustment authorized — general revenue funds to be used to pay balance, when. — 1. Any error made in issuing any tax bill may be corrected by the clerk of the city, town or village who issued it, or his successor in office, either by interlineations in it, or by issuing a new tax bill in lieu of the erroneous one, but when a tax bill is corrected by interlineations the date of making same shall be certified to by the clerk on the margin or back of the bill.  2. In any action brought on any special tax bill the court may correct any error in the amount of the tax bill, and in any case where it is shown that the work done was not as good as required by the contract, the court may give judgment for the reasonable value of the work chargeable against the land described in the special tax bill; and in all actions to enforce any special tax bill the court shall fix and allow a reasonable attorney fee to the plaintiff's attorney for his services in the prosecution of said action and tax the same as costs in the proceeding.  3. In all cases where work is done or improvements made and the cost thereof is assessed as a special tax, any owner of property upon which such tax is levied may request, and the legislative body of such city, town or village shall grant, a public hearing to determine whether such assessment is excessive or is levied at a greater sum than was stated in the notices required by section 88.812. The legislative body is hereby empowered to adjust or reduce such assessment which is determined to be excessive or levied at a greater sum than was stated in the notices. If such adjustments or reductions result in the collection of special taxes insufficient to pay the costs of work done or improvements made, the city, town or village may pay the difference between costs accrued and special taxes collected out of general revenue. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 4, A.L. 1975 H.B. 220)
MO Rev Stat § 88.816 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.816 - Tax bills payable in annual installments, how — interest — effect of default on installment.

Effective - 18 Jun 1985   88.816. Tax bills payable in annual installments, how — interest — effect of default on installment. — The total cost of constructing and repairing sidewalks and sidewalk curbing, and for sewers, and for grading, paving, excavating, macadamizing, curbing and guttering of any street, avenue, alley, square, or other highway, or part thereof, and repairing the same, or for any other improvement whatsoever authorized by sections 88.497 to 88.663, and sections 88.667 to 88.773, and sections 80.090 to 80.560, and sections 88.777 to 88.797, and sections 88.811 to 88.861, wherein a special tax bill shall issue therefor, may be paid in ten annual installments. In such case the tax bills shall be payable in annual installments as follows: One-tenth in one year, one-tenth in two years, one-tenth in three years, one-tenth in four years, one-tenth in five years, one-tenth in six years, one-tenth in seven years, one-tenth in eight years, one-tenth in nine years and one-tenth in ten years after the date of their issue, and tax bills may bear interest not to exceed the rate on ten-year United States treasury notes as established at the most recent auction, payable annually, from sixty days after the date of issue until paid, and shall provide that if any annual installment, or the interest thereon, is not paid when due, then all of the remaining installments shall, at the option of the holder of the tax bill, become immediately due and payable; provided, that the owner of property charged with the payment of the tax bill, or the owner of any interest therein, shall have the privilege of paying the whole of any tax bill in full at any time, or on any annual installment payment date of paying in full one or more of the remaining installments not of maturity date. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 5, A.L. 1984 S.B. 613, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-18-85
MO Rev Stat § 88.818 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.818 - Record of tax bills — payment to owner or city — procedure on payment to city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.818. Record of tax bills — payment to owner or city — procedure on payment to city. — The clerk shall on completion of all special tax bills enter an abstract thereof in a special book provided for that purpose. Said abstract shall recite the date of the tax bill, the name of the property owner and of the person in whose favor it is issued, and a description of the property subject to the lien, and the street upon which it abuts, amount of the tax bill, and the character of the improvement for which it is issued. When any tax bill is assigned, the assignment shall be noted thereon, and the assignee shall exhibit the same to the city clerk, who shall, on the margin of said tax bill, appropriately note the assignment. The party liable to pay the tax bill may either pay the owner of the tax bill, or he may pay the amount of the tax bill to the collector of the municipality, who shall accept the money and make out duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall deliver to the person so paying the tax bill and the other he shall file with the clerk of the municipality. And thereupon the clerk shall note the filing of the receipt on the margin of the abstract of the tax bill, and shall mark the latter "cancelled", and shall affix his name to the cancellation, with the date thereof. The cancellation shall have the effect to extinguish all liability or right of action on the tax bill. The collector, on the presentation to him of the tax bill by its owner, shall pay to him the amount thereof, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall file with the clerk, who shall note it on the margin of the abstract of the tax bill, and the other the collector shall retain. The collector shall be liable on his bond for said collections, and shall be paid two percent thereof for his services. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 88.822 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.822 - Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills — contents.

Effective - 18 Jun 1985   88.822. Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills — contents. — After the city has entered into a contract for construction of the improvements, in accordance with the contract for same, the engineer or other official in charge of the improvement shall compute the cost thereof, and apportion the cost among the tracts of land chargeable therewith, charging each tract of land with its proportionate part of the costs, and shall make a written report to the governing body of the municipality describing each tract of land chargeable with a part of the cost of the improvement, and the amount with which it is chargeable. If the governing body of the municipality approves the report, which approval may be made by a motion duly adopted, then the clerk shall immediately thereafter issue and deposit the special tax bills into a special fund as authorized by section 88.815, or, if appropriate, shall hold such special tax bills for delivery to the contractor upon completion of the project in payment for the work in accordance with the engineer's report, which tax bill shall be signed by the clerk and under the corporate seal of the municipality. Each tax bill shall in substance contain a brief general statement of the facts authorizing its issue, the amount for which it is issued, a description of the land against which it is issued, the name of the contractor to whom it is issued, the rate of interest which it bears, and when it begins to bear interest, and shall state that it is a special lien against the land therein described, and give the time that the lien continues. It need not give the name of the owner of the land against which it is issued. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 7, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-18-85
MO Rev Stat § 88.824 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.824 - Costs of improvement to be estimated — contracts not to exceed estimate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.824. Costs of improvement to be estimated — contracts not to exceed estimate. — Before the governing body of the municipality shall make any contract for building bridges, sidewalks, culverts or sewers, or for paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering or grading any street, avenue, alley or other highway, or building any other improvements authorized herein, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made by the engineer or other proper officer or person designated by ordinance and submitted to the governing body of the municipality, and no contract shall be entered into for any work or improvement for a price exceeding the estimate; provided, that no estimate shall be required for the making of any local or special repairs. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 88.826 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.826 - Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when — special tax bills.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.826. Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when — special tax bills. — Whenever the governing body of the municipality shall advertise for bids for the construction of any new sidewalk of any kind, or for the construction of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks condemned, or whenever the city, town or village shall advertise for bids for paving, macadamizing, guttering, curbing, or otherwise improving any street, avenue, alley or other highway or any part thereof, and shall receive no bids therefor, the city, town or village may proceed to construct or reconstruct any sidewalks, or pave, macadamize, gutter, curb or otherwise improve any street at its own expense, and shall keep an accurate account of the amount expended for labor and material, including grading and filling, opposite each lot or piece of ground, and present the same to the governing body of the municipality for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on the sidewalk, constructed or reconstructed, or other street improvement made, shall be liable for the costs thereof, as reported to the governing body of the municipality by the officer or committee having charge of the matter, and special tax bills shall be issued for the amount thereof, payable to the municipality, against each lot or piece of ground for the amount for which it is liable. In making the assessment there may be as many assessments included in one ordinance as there are lots or pieces of ground reported as having received resulting benefits from the improvement. The special tax bills payable to the city shall be as valid in all respects as other tax bills provided herein, and where any tax bill has been assigned the municipality shall not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in any court action brought in the name of the municipality to the use of the holder thereof, nor shall the municipality be liable for the amount of any tax bill after the same is so assigned. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 88.828 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.828 - Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.828. Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing. — The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, include in the special assessment for the paving, macadamizing or constructing sidewalks on any street, avenue or alley the cost of bringing to the established grade said street, avenue or alley, or part thereof, proposed to be improved; provided, that the resolution declaring the paving and macadamizing necessary to be done shall also declare that the street, avenue or alley, or part thereof, shall be brought to the established grade, and that the cost thereof shall be included in the special assessment for paying for the paving or macadamizing. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 88.832 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.832 - General sewer system may be established — special public sewer tax.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.832. General sewer system may be established — special public sewer tax. — The governing body of any municipality shall have power to cause a general sewer system to be established, which shall be composed of four classes of sewers, to wit: public, district, joint district, and private sewers. Public sewers shall be established, along the principal courses of drainage, at such time, to such extent, of such dimensions, and under such regulations as may be provided by ordinance. These may be extensions or branches of sewers already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. The municipality may levy a tax on all property made taxable for state purposes over the whole municipality to pay for the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of the work, which tax shall be called "special public sewer tax" and shall be of the amount as may be required for the sewer provided by ordinance to be built; and the fund arising from the tax shall be appropriated solely to the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of the sewer. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 88.834 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.834 - District sewers — sewers constructed, when — changes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   88.834. District sewers — sewers constructed, when — changes. — District sewers shall be established for the districts created to be prescribed by ordinance, and shall connect with public, or other district or joint district sewers or with a natural course of drainage, as each case may be, and may be constructed with the main branch or discharge pipe wholly within or beyond the boundary of the district as the council shall determine. The district may be subdivided, enlarged or changed by ordinance at any time previous to the construction of the sewer therein; and more than one district sewer may be laid in a sewer district if deemed necessary by the governing body of the municipality for sanitary or other purposes. The governing body shall cause sewers to be constructed in each district whenever a majority of the property holders shall petition therefor, or whenever the governing body shall deem the sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes, and the sewer shall be of such dimensions and materials as may be prescribed by ordinance and may be changed, enlarged or extended, and shall have all the necessary laterals, inlets, catch basins, manholes and other appurtenances. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 11, A.L. 1982 S.B. 646)
MO Rev Stat § 88.836 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.836 - Apportionment of costs of district sewer — levy of tax — tax bills.

Effective - 18 Jun 1985   88.836. Apportionment of costs of district sewer — levy of tax — tax bills. — After the city has entered into a contract for construction of the district sewer improvements, the engineer or other officer having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost thereof and shall apportion the same against the lots or tracts of ground in the district, exclusive of the public highways, and the officer shall report the same to the governing body of the municipality by bill or otherwise, and the governing body shall therefore levy and assess a special tax by ordinance against each lot or piece of ground within the district; whereupon the clerk shall make out a certified tax bill under the seal of the city, town or village of the assessment against each lot or piece of ground within the district in the name of the owner thereof. Said certified tax bills shall be signed by the mayor and attested and recorded by the clerk and shall be delivered to the contractor in payment for the work upon completion of the project or deposited into a special fund as authorized by section 88.815, as appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 12, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-18-85
MO Rev Stat § 88.838 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.838 - Joint district sewers, costs, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.838. Joint district sewers, costs, how paid. — Joint district sewers may be constructed by the municipality wherever it may deem it necessary that a sewer shall be constructed in any part of the city, town or village containing two or more sewer districts. In such case it may, by ordinance, unite the sewer districts into a joint district sewer and cause a sewer to be constructed therein in like manner and in all respects as is provided in the case of district sewers; except in cases of joint district sewers, the city, town or village may, if deemed proper, provide in the ordinance creating the joint district sewer, that the municipality shall pay a certain proportion to be specified in the ordinance, of the cost of the joint district sewer. The cost of constructing the joint district sewer, except the amount, if any, specified in the ordinance, to be paid by the municipality, shall be assessed and paid in special tax bills against the property included in the joint sewer district, the same as is provided in the case of district sewers. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 13)