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MO Rev Stat § 88.842 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.842 - Private sewers, regulation — liability for repair and expense of sewers — condemnation of sewer right-of-way.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.842. Private sewers, regulation — liability for repair and expense of sewers — condemnation of sewer right-of-way. — 1. Private sewers connected with the public, district or joint district sewers may be constructed under such restrictions and regulations as the governing body of the municipality may prescribe by general ordinance; but the municipality shall be at no expense in the construction, repairing or cleaning of the same, or for any damage that may arise from their construction.  2. The municipality shall incur no liability for building district or joint district sewers other than in the manner provided in section 88.838, except when the city, town or village is the owner of a lot of ground within the district or joint sewer district, and in such case the said municipality shall be liable for the cost of said sewer in the same manner as other property owners within the district. The repair, cleaning and other incidental expenses of district and joint district sewers shall be paid out of the general appropriation for that purpose.  3. Whenever the governing body of the municipality shall deem it necessary to run any sewer through private property, the governing body shall have power to condemn the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary in the opinion of the governing body of the municipality for that purpose, in the same manner that other private property may be condemned within the city, town or village for public uses, and should any sewer be laid through or on private property without the right therefor having been first obtained by said municipality, the contractor, or any person interested, may compel said city, town or village to exercise its right of condemnation by mandamus or other appropriate remedy. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 88.844 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.844 - City may condemn property for sewers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.844. City may condemn property for sewers. — The governing body of the municipality shall have power to condemn private property for use, occupation or possession in the construction and repair of sewers, in the same manner as other property is condemned for public uses. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 88.846 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.846 - Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.846. Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected. — All special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.832 to 88.852 for sewers shall be as valid in all respects whatever as the other special tax bills provided for herein and shall be collected in the same manner, containing the same provisions as provided for in sections 88.812 to 88.818 and 88.854. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 88.848 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.848 - When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.848. When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills. — Whenever the municipality advertises for bids for the construction of a new district sewer, as provided by law, and receives no bids therefor, the municipality may proceed to construct the sewer at its own expense and shall keep an accurate account of the amount expended for labor and materials used. As soon as the district sewer has been completed the engineer or other officer having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost thereof and apportion the same against the lots, tracts or parcels of ground in proportion to the area of the whole district, exclusive of public highways, and the officer shall report the same to the governing body of the municipality by bill or otherwise. The clerk shall issue tax bills, payable to the municipality, against each lot, tract or parcel of ground for the amount for which it is liable. And when the tax bill made payable to the city, town or village is assigned, the municipality shall not be liable thereon in any court action in any manner as provided in section 88.826. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 88.852 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.852 - Cost of sewer construction and disposal plants, how paid — limits on changes in sewer district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.852. Cost of sewer construction and disposal plants, how paid — limits on changes in sewer district. — The cost of constructing all sewers, including the erection of all necessary disposal plants, in and for any district where such sewers were constructed by assessment against the property of the district shall be paid for wholly in special tax bills against the lands embraced within the district, exclusive of public highways, streets and alleys, in proportion to the area of each tract. The boundaries of no sewer district that has been paid for wholly by special tax bills shall be altered or changed after any sewer has been constructed in and for the same. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 88.854 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.854 - Special tax bills, how collected — evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.854. Special tax bills, how collected — evidence. — All special tax bills herein authorized shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought in the name of the city, town or village to the use of the holder thereof; but the municipality shall not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in the action. The special tax bills shall, in any action thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for the special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 88.856 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.856 - Action on tax bills, how tried.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.856. Action on tax bills, how tried. — Any action brought to enforce and foreclose the lien of any special tax bills provided for herein and all questions relating thereto shall be tried by the court. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 88.858 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.858 - Names of landowners not required in tax bills — parties to action on, assignment — petition in action, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.858. Names of landowners not required in tax bills — parties to action on, assignment — petition in action, contents. — No special tax bill need give the name of any party owning or interested in any land charged and bound by the lien; and before suit the owner of any part in severalty, or of any undivided interest in any land charged by any tax bill, may pay his share separately, in which case his part or interest shall not be further liable in case of suit. All or any of the owners of the land charged, or of any interest or estate therein, may be made defendants in any suit, but only the right, title, interest and estate of the parties made defendant in any suit shall be affected or bound thereby, or by the proceedings therein. In case any owner of the land, or of any interest therein, shall be unknown, or a nonresident of the state, suit under this section may be brought against the owner separately or together with others, and the unknown or nonresident owner may be proceeded against and charged by giving notice, either by publication in a newspaper or otherwise, as in suit in the circuit court to enforce any other lien on land in the county. Every tax bill, and the lien thereof, shall be assignable, and any assignee may sue in his own name. It shall be sufficient for the plaintiff, in any suit on the special tax bill, to plead the making of the tax bill sued upon, giving the date and contents thereof, and the assignment thereof, if any, and to allege that the party or parties made defendant own, or claim to own, the lands charged, or some estate or interest therein, as the case may be, and to file the tax bill in suit. Special tax bills against different lots or parcels of land, owned by the same party or parties made defendant, may join in one suit; but a separate judgment on each tax bill shall be rendered, and execution shall be issued accordingly. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 21)
MO Rev Stat § 88.861 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.861 - Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   88.861. Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound. — In any suit for the foreclosure of a special tax lien, the judgment shall be special, that the plaintiff recover the amount found due, including interest, together with the costs, including a reasonable attorney fee, to be levied and made on the land described in the tax bill or liable for the special tax, and a special execution shall issue to sell the land to pay any judgment, interest and cost. The judgment, exclusive of costs, shall bear interest at the same rate as the special tax. The suits may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. Proceedings on special executions on the judgment shall, including the making of the deeds to purchasers, conform, as far as practicable, to proceedings on other special executions from the circuit court. Every special judgment shall bind all the right, title, interest and estate in the land that defendants, and each of them, own at the time that the lien of the special tax commenced or acquired afterward, and a sale on execution thereof shall vest all right, title, interest and estate in the purchaser; but parties interested in the land not made defendants shall not be affected thereby, and if they claim through or under any party defendant by right acquired before the suit was brought, may redeem from the purchaser or otherwise assert their rights according to equity and good conscience. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 22)
MO Rev Stat § 88.863 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.863 - Sidewalks — power of city council.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.863. Sidewalks — power of city council. — Every city in this state that now has or may hereafter have a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants (that is now or may hereafter be incorporated and operating under the general statutes or special charter) shall have and is hereby given the power regarding sidewalks along any of the streets, avenues or other highways within such city, as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.913. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7537)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7383; 1919 § 8791; 1909 § 9647
MO Rev Stat § 88.867 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.867 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.867. Definitions. — 1. The term "approaches" or "sidewalk approaches" as used in sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall be understood to mean the extension of sidewalks at corner lots from the property line each way to the street curb line, and being in fact the connection across the parkway or intervening space between the corner of the property and the crossing in the street.  2. The words "city clerk" shall be construed to mean the officer of any city who performs the duties appertaining to the office of clerk or record keeper of such city, whether he be known as city clerk or by any other title.  3. The words "city council" as used in sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall in all cases be construed to mean the legislative or governing body of any city, whether it be known by that or any other title.  4. The words "city engineer" and the words "street commissioner" shall be construed to mean any person appointed, authorized or employed by the city council to exercise and perform the duties and functions commonly appertaining to such officers. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 7538, 7545)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7384, 7391; 1919 §§ 8792, 8799; 1909 §§ 9648, 9655
MO Rev Stat § 88.870 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.870 - Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.870. Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways. — The city council may, by ordinance, regulate the building, construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalks, and may adopt plans and specifications for sidewalks and parkways, which parkways shall include all of the space between curbstone and the building or property line, or any space in the center of a street which may be set aside as a parkway, and prescribe and require certain materials to be used, and the manner and form of doing said work, including the kind of shade trees to be planted and the manner of their care and preservation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7539)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7385; 1919 § 8793; 1909 § 9649  CROSS REFERENCE:  Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365
MO Rev Stat § 88.873 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.873 - Condemnation of sidewalks.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.873. Condemnation of sidewalks. — The city council may, by ordinance, condemn any sidewalk which they may deem to be in a dangerous or defective condition or out of repair, or any sidewalk which is not located upon the established grade and line for sidewalks (on the street on which it is located, as provided by the ordinances of said city), or any sidewalk which does not conform to the specifications and requirements for sidewalks in said city, as provided by the ordinances of said city, and to provide for the removal of any sidewalk so condemned. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7540)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7386; 1919 § 8794; 1909 § 9650
MO Rev Stat § 88.877 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.877 - Sidewalk maintenance by owner.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.877. Sidewalk maintenance by owner. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide that the owner of any lot or tract shall build and construct, or rebuild or reconstruct or repair, a sidewalk lying along and adjacent to his said property, and may require said owner to grade, fill or park that portion of the street lying between the property line and the street curb line, and to build approaches as defined in section 88.867, and may provide for the serving of notice to do said work by delivering a written order to said property owner, or his representatives, or by publication, and may provide, by ordinance, that any person who shall, after having been notified as above, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with said order, shall be guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7541)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7387; 1919 § 8795; 1909 § 9651
MO Rev Stat § 88.883 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.883 - Sidewalk maintenance by city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.883. Sidewalk maintenance by city. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the repairing or reconstruction of any sidewalk by the city engineer or other proper person designated in said ordinance, paying the cost thereof as provided in section 88.880, and may assess and levy the cost thereof as a special assessment, as in sections 88.863 to 88.880 provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7543)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7389; 1919 § 8797; 1909 § 9653
MO Rev Stat § 88.887 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.887 - Sidewalk districts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.887. Sidewalk districts. — 1. The city council of any city coming within the purview of sections 88.863 to 88.913 may, when deemed necessary or expedient, divide said city or any portion thereof into sidewalk districts, by ordinance, and may adopt plans and specifications for the building of all sidewalks within said district or districts, and may advertise for bids and award a contract to the lowest and best responsible bidder for the building and construction of all sidewalks which may be ordered built by the city council within said district for the next ensuing year. Said advertisement for bids shall be published in at least one issue of a weekly newspaper or at least two consecutive issues of a daily newspaper published in said city, or if there be no newspaper published in said city, may be published in any newspaper within such county in which said city is located.  2. And before the bids are opened or any contract let, the city engineer, or other proper person designated by the city council, by ordinance, shall prepare and submit to the city council an estimate of the cost of said sidewalk, including approaches, grading and parking, material, etc., which estimate shall be the price per cubic yard or square yard, as the case may be, for the finished improvement; and no contract shall be let for a price in excess of said estimate. And the cost of all sidewalks, approaches, parking or other improvement herein contemplated shall be, on their completion, levied as a special assessment against the lot, tract or parcel of ground along and in front of which said improvement is made, as provided in section 88.890. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7544)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7390; 1919 § 8798; 1909 § 9654
MO Rev Stat § 88.890 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.890 - Sidewalk improvement — assessments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.890. Sidewalk improvement — assessments. — The cost of any of the work or improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913 that are made and done either by contract or by the city engineer or other proper person acting for the city as above provided in section 88.883 (except the cost of condemnation and removal of sidewalks, which shall be paid by the city) shall be levied as a special assessment against the lot, tract or parcel of ground along and in front of which said improvement is made; and the cost of the approaches, as defined in section 88.867, shall be levied as a special assessment against the corner lots which said approaches abut and connect with. And said assessment shall be levied by ordinance, in which ordinance shall be set out separately the number and title of the ordinance under authority of which the work will be done, a separate description of each lot, tract or parcel of ground assessed, the name of the owner thereof, the number of front feet therein abutting on said improvement, the separate items of cost of said improvement and the total amount thereof; and said assessment ordinance shall further provide for the making out of tax bills by the city engineer, or other proper person therein designated, in evidence of said assessments, payable to the contractor doing the work, and for the delivery of said tax bills in payment for said work, or if the work was done by the city engineer or other person acting for the city as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.887, the tax bills shall be made payable to such engineer or other person and for and to the use of the city, and shall be collected the same as other tax bills. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7546)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7392; 1919 § 8800; 1909 § 9656
MO Rev Stat § 88.893 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.893 - Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.893. Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills. — A separate tax bill shall be issued against each lot or tract against which an assessment has been made, and shall state therein the name of the owner of record of the lot or tract assessed, an adequate description of said lot or tract, the number of front feet therein abutting on the improvement, the number of the improvement ordinance under which the work was done, and the number of the assessment ordinance under which the tax bills are issued, the different items of improvement and total cost thereof; and shall be payable to the contractor doing the work, or to the city engineer or other person to and for the city, as the case may be. Said tax bills shall be due in thirty days after the date of issue thereof, and may bear interest as provided by ordinance, after said thirty days, at a rate of not to exceed eight percent per annum. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7547)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7393; 1919 § 8801; 1909 § 9657
MO Rev Stat § 88.897 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation|Section 88.897 - Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   88.897. Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien. — Any and all real property shall be liable for the cost of the improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913, as above provided, whether owned by a person, a company, a corporation, a railroad corporation or company, a church, a charitable institution, educational institution, eleemosynary institution, cemetery or cemetery association, or any other institution or association whatever, except real estate owned by the state of Missouri or by any state institution, or by the United States, or by any county, township or city, and the tax bills so issued on any and all property, except those last named and excepted, shall be and constitute a first and prior lien against the property described therein, and second only to the lien of state, county and city taxes, and said lien shall continue for a period of three years after the maturity of each or any of said tax bills, or until the final determination of any legal proceedings to collect the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7548)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7394; 1919 § 8802; 1909 § 9658