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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 47 - Townships, Removal of County Seats and Division of Counties › Section 47.320 - Upon division — payment of indebtedness.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 47
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
47.320. Upon division — payment of indebtedness. —
Whenever any new county is formed from territory taken from one or more older counties, or whenever any territory is taken from one county and attached to another, the new county so formed, or the territory so stricken off, shall be liable for its part of all the indebtedness or liabilities of the older county from which the same was detached, unless where, by contract between such new and old county, it is otherwise provided, and shall cause the same to be levied and collected as other taxes, and paid into the county treasury; and the county clerk of such county shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of his own county in favor of the treasurer of the old county from which the territory was taken for the amount so collected and paid in; and if any such detached territory shall fail to make provisions for paying the same, the county commission of the old county from which the same was taken shall cause the same to be levied and collected from the territory detached, in the same manner and to the same extent as if said detached territory had remained a part of the original county. In all cases where it is desired to strike territory from one county and attach the same to another, the county to which any such territory is to be attached may assume the payment of that portion of the indebtedness due to the older county, and which would otherwise have to be paid by the territory detached; but such fact shall be specified in the petition to the county commission and published in the notice of the election for the proposed change, and if not so stated in the notice, said county shall not be deemed to have assumed the payment of such liabilities, but the same shall be paid by the territory so detached as herein specified.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13698)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12039; 1919 § 9441; 1909 § 3662
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 47 - Townships, Removal of County Seats and Division of Counties › Section 47.330 - Actions — where and how prosecuted in case of division of county.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 47
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
47.330. Actions — where and how prosecuted in case of division of county. —
When a new county shall be established, or any county line altered, all suits, actions, process, prosecutions and proceedings, civil and criminal, commenced before any court before the time of separation or alteration, shall be proceeded to final judgment and execution; and all writs and process before that time issued out of any court shall be executed and returned in all respects as if such division, separation or alteration had not taken place; and all judgments then rendered or which may be rendered, in any proceedings, civil or criminal, then commenced, all fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures which have been accrued or become due or which accrued in pursuance of any suit, process or proceeding then commenced, all taxes then due or assessed, and all balances and arrearages shall be collected, and the collection thereof be enforced, in the same manner as if such new county had not been established, or such alteration had not been made; and the sheriffs, coroners, constables and collectors, respectively, shall have full power and authority to execute all writs and process, original and judicial, and to collect all moneys, fines, penalties and forfeitures, fees, taxes, balances and arrearages which may be due or become due, and to enforce the payment thereof from any person within their county, as it stood before such division or alteration, in the same manner that they might have done respectively, if such new county had not been established, or such alteration had not been made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13693, A. 1949 H.B. 2005)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12034; 1919 § 9436; 1909 § 3653
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 47 - Townships, Removal of County Seats and Division of Counties › Section 47.340 - Personal representatives of estate — conservators, settlements, where made.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 47
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
47.340. Personal representatives of estate — conservators, settlements, where made. —
All personal representatives and conservators, who by the establishment of a new county, or the alteration of county lines, shall cease to be inhabitants of the county in which they were appointed or received their letters, shall nevertheless continue to render their accounts and make settlements, and in all things proceed in the courts by which they were appointed, or their accounts remain to be settled, in all respects, and be subject to the like proceedings therein, as if such new county had not been established, or such alteration had not been made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13694, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12035; 1919 § 9437; 1909 § 3654
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 47 - Townships, Removal of County Seats and Division of Counties › Section 47.350 - Transfer of unsettled accounts of personal representatives or conservators, when — procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 47
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
47.350. Transfer of unsettled accounts of personal representatives or conservators, when — procedure. —
The courts in which the accounts of any such personal representative or conservator remain to be settled, upon good cause shown, may transfer such accounts to the proper court of the county in which such personal representative or conservator resides; in which case the clerk of such court shall make out a transcript of the records and copies of accounts and papers touching such administration or conservatorship, and cause the same to be transmitted by some safe conveyance to the clerk of the court to which the accounts are to be transferred; and the clerk receiving such papers shall file the same in his office, and proceedings shall be had thereon in all things in the court to which the accounts are transferred, as if they had originated in such court; and the party applying for such removal shall pay all costs for making out such transcript and copies and transmitting the same, before the same shall be delivered to be transmitted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13695, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12036; 1919 § 9438; 1909 § 3655
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.010 - Assessed valuation defined.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
48.010. Assessed valuation defined. —
For the purposes of this chapter,
"assessed valuation"
shall mean the valuation of all real and personal property as determined and finally established by the state agency charged with the duty of equalizing assessments.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.020 - Classification of counties into four classes for purpose of organization and power — classification, how determined — annual increase to assessed valuation, amount.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
• Effective - 25 May 2010, 2 histories, see footnote
48.020. Classification of counties into four classes for purpose of organization and power — classification, how determined — annual increase to assessed valuation, amount. —
1. All counties of this state are hereby classified, for the purpose of establishing organization and powers in accordance with the provisions of Section 8, Article VI, Constitution of Missouri, into four classifications determined as follows:
Classification 1. All counties having an assessed valuation of nine hundred million dollars and over shall automatically be in the first classification after that county has maintained such valuation for the time period required by section 48.030; however, any county of the second classification which, on August 28, 2010, has had an assessed valuation of at least six hundred million dollars for at least one year may, by resolution of the governing body of the county, elect to be classified as a county of the first classification after it has maintained such valuation for the period of time required by the provisions of section 48.030.
Classification 2. All counties having an assessed valuation of six hundred million dollars and less than the assessed valuation necessary for that county to be in the first classification shall automatically be in the second classification after that county has maintained such valuation for the time period required by section 48.030.
Classification 3. All counties having an assessed valuation of less than the assessed valuation necessary for that county to be in the second classification shall automatically be in the third classification.
Classification 4. All counties which have attained the second classification prior to August 13, 1988, and which would otherwise return to the third classification after August 13, 1988, because of changes in assessed valuation shall remain a county in the second classification and shall operate under the laws of this state applying to the second classification.
2. The required assessed valuation for each classification under subsection 1 of this section shall be increased annually by an amount equal to the percentage change in the annual average of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) or zero, whichever is greater. The state tax commission shall calculate and publish this amount so that it is available to all counties.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 342, A.L. 1977 H.B. 38, et al., A.L. 1978 S.B. 743, A.L. 1979 H.B. 583, A.L. 1988 H.B. 943, A.L. 2004 H.B. 950 & 948, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1806)
Effective 5-25-10
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.030 - Change in classification, how, when effective.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
• Effective - 25 May 2010, 3 histories, see footnote
48.030. Change in classification, how, when effective. —
1. No county shall move from a lower class to a higher class or from a higher class to a lower class until the assessed valuation of the county is such as to place it in the other class for five successive years and until the change has become effective as provided for in this section.
2. No second class county shall become a third class county until the assessed valuation of the county is such as to place it in the third class for at least five successive years.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a county may become a first class county at any time after the assessed valuation of the county is such as to be a first class county and the governing body of the county elects to change classifications. The effective date of such change of classification shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than thirty-eight thousand nine hundred but fewer than thirty-nine thousand inhabitants may become a second class county at any time after the assessed valuation of the county is such as to be a second class county and the governing body of the county elects to change classifications. The effective date of such change of classification shall be at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the election by the governing body of the county.
5. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, the change from one classification to another shall become effective at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the next general election after the certification by the state equalizing agency for the required number of successive years that the county possesses an assessed valuation placing it in another class. If a general election is held between the date of the certification and the end of the current fiscal year, the change of classification shall not become effective until the beginning of the county fiscal year following the next succeeding general election.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3, A.L. 1959 H.B. 297, A.L. 1965 p. 95, A.L. 1972 S.B. 271, A.L. 1977 H.B. 38, et al., A.L. 1978 S.B. 743, A.L. 1979 H.B. 583, A.L. 1983 S.B. 63, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 950 & 948, A.L. 2009 H.B. 257, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1806)
Effective 5-25-10
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.040 - State auditor to notify county officers of change in class.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
48.040. State auditor to notify county officers of change in class. —
It shall be the duty of the state auditor, as the supervisor of county audits, to examine annually the assessed valuation figures of the various counties immediately upon the certification of same by the state equalizing agency and to ascertain if any county shall have changed classifications as determined in this chapter. In case it shall be found that any county has met the requirements of reclassification as set forth in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the state auditor within thirty days after said certification to notify officially all county elected officers and the county officials charged with the supervision of elections of the change in status of the county.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.050 - Effect of change of class on county offices and officers.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
48.050. Effect of change of class on county offices and officers. —
Any elected county official whose office may be abolished or consolidated with another office as a result of the change of the county from one class to another shall continue to hold the office to which he was elected for the term for which he was elected. Any office which may be established as a result of the change of the county from one class to another shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the filling of vacancies for such office.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.053 - Treasurer, term of, how affected by change in county classification (first, second and third class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
48.053. Treasurer, term of, how affected by change in county classification (first, second and third class counties). —
The incumbent of the office of county treasurer of a county changing from third classification to second or first classification or from second classification to third classification shall continue to hold office for the term to which he or she was elected. The successor in office shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the incumbent's term of office to a term of two years and until a successor is elected, as provided in section 54.010, and qualified.
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(L. 1973 S.B. 226, A.L. 1999 S.B. 139)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 48 - County Classification › Section 48.060 - Provisions of chapter dependent upon validity of laws fixing compensation for county officers.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 48
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
48.060. Provisions of chapter dependent upon validity of laws fixing compensation for county officers. —
The provisions of this chapter, enacted to conform the law of this state to the provisions of Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945, are hereby declared to be dependent upon the constitutional authority uniformly to graduate the compensation of county officers within the classes as designated herein pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945. The failure of the general assembly to possess such power shall have the effect of making inoperative the provisions of this chapter.
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(L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3a)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.010 - County court to be known as county commission — membership of commission — two districts in each county.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
49.010. County court to be known as county commission — membership of commission — two districts in each county. —
The county court shall be known as the "county commission" and shall be composed of three members, to be styled "commissioners" of the county, and each county shall be districted by the commissions thereof into two districts, of contiguous territory, as nearly equal in population as practicable, without dividing municipal townships.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2474, A.L. 1945 p. 832, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2072; 1919 § 2568; 1909 § 4075
Effective 1-01-85
CROSS REFERENCE:
Number of members may be reduced, how, Const. Art. VI § 7
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.020 - Election — term of office — residence.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
49.020. Election — term of office — residence. —
At the general election in the year 1996, and every four years thereafter, the voters of each of the districts shall elect a county commissioner, who shall hold his office for a term of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified; and at the general election in the year 1882, and every four years thereafter, the presiding commissioner of the county shall be elected by the voters of the county at large, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Each commissioner shall be a resident of the county and each commissioner elected from a district shall be a resident of the district from which such commissioner was elected. Each commissioner elected under the provisions of this chapter shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of January immediately after his election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2475, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1992 S.B. 833, A.L. 1995 H.B. 256)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2073; 1919 § 2569; 1909 § 4076
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.050 - Commissioners to be commissioned by governor.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.050. Commissioners to be commissioned by governor. —
The clerks of the county commission shall certify to the governor the names of the persons elected as county commissioners, and the governor shall thereupon commission all such persons as commissioners for their respective terms for which they may have been elected.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2478, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2076; 1919 § 2572; 1909 § 4079
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.060 - Vacancy, how certified or filled — inapplicability to constitutional charter counties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
49.060. Vacancy, how certified or filled — inapplicability to constitutional charter counties. —
1. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of a county commissioner, the vacancy shall at once be certified by the clerk of the commission to the governor.
2. If at the time the vacancy occurs there is less than one year remaining in the unexpired term, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 105.030, except that the vacancy shall be filled within sixty days.
3. If at the time the vacancy occurs there is one year or more remaining in the unexpired term, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill such vacancy within sixty days by appointing, by and with the advice and consent of the senate subject to the provisions of Article IV, Section 51 of the Missouri Constitution, some eligible person to said office who shall discharge the duties thereof until the next general election, at which time a commissioner shall be chosen for the remainder of the term, who shall hold such office until a successor is duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed.
4. This section shall not apply to any county which has adopted a charter for its own government under Article VI, Section 18 of the Missouri Constitution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2477, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1816, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1428)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2075; 1919 § 2571; 1909 § 4078
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.070 - Quorum.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.070. Quorum. —
A majority of the commissioners of the county commission shall constitute a quorum to do business; a single member may adjourn from day to day, and require the attendance of those absent; when but two commissioners are sitting and they shall disagree in any matter submitted to them, the decision of the presiding commissioner shall stand as the decision of the commission; provided further, when the presiding commissioner is absent and the other two commissioners are present the commission clerk shall designate one of the commissioners present as presiding commissioner during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, and he shall, during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, have all of the powers of the regular presiding commissioner.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2493, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2091; 1919 § 2587; 1909 § 4094
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.079 - County commission to appoint sewer supervisor — compensation and duties, how fixed (certain second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.079. County commission to appoint sewer supervisor — compensation and duties, how fixed (certain second class counties). —
The county commission in all counties of the second class having a population of over thirty thousand inhabitants and containing a part of a city having a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may appoint a sewer supervisor and fix his compensation. The sewer supervisor shall supervise the construction and extension of sewers within the county and shall have the other duties that the county commission may provide.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 680 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.093 - County department officers to inspect and inventory personal property used by department — additional inventory inspected by county clerk — report to be filed and signed by clerk (counties of the third and fourth classification).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 3 histories
49.093. County department officers to inspect and inventory personal property used by department — additional inventory inspected by county clerk — report to be filed and signed by clerk (counties of the third and fourth classification). —
1. In counties of the third and fourth classification, the county officer or the county officer's designee of each county department shall, annually, on or before the tenth day of October, inspect and inventory all office equipment and machines, road machinery, farm supplies, equipment and produce on hand and all other personal property belonging to the county and used by such department of an individual original value of one thousand dollars or more of whatsoever kind or description. The county officer or the county officer's designee of each county department shall have the discretion to inspect and inventory any office equipment or county property used by such department with an original value of less than one thousand dollars. Such inventory shall list such property by keeping a continuous annual inventory of each item identified by descriptive name, and on manufactured goods the manufacturer's serial number, model, age and estimated market value, and after the first inventory taken pursuant to this section, there shall be attached to subsequent inventories a statement or explanation of any material changes over that of the previous year, showing in particular the disposition of any county property, the reason for its disposal, to whom disposed and the amount received therefor.
2. All remaining property not inventoried by a particular department of such county shall be inventoried by the county clerk of such county in the same manner as items are inventoried pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.
3. The reports required by this section shall be signed by the county clerk.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 402 § 2, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.097 - Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.097. Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties). —
The county commissioners in counties of the second class shall collate and digest, in December of each year, the information received the preceding year in the reports of the various county officers and shall prepare and place on file in the county clerk's office a resume of this information for inspection by the public.
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(L. 1965 p. 150 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-1-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.098 - Additional duties of county commissioners (second, third and fourth class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.098. Additional duties of county commissioners (second, third and fourth class counties). —
For the benefit of the executive branch and members and staff of the general assembly, in determining local needs in appropriation of funds of the state, the county commissioners in all counties of the second, third and fourth class shall file with the office of administration, the oversight division of the committee on legislative research, and the state auditor copies of summarized reports of all funds received from any agency of the United States government. Further, county commissioners, collectively or by designation of the presiding commissioner, shall represent the county on the following regional councils which may encompass their county: Manpower planning; aging; health planning; law enforcement assistance; community action; countywide sewer districts; solid waste management; county planning and zoning; University of Missouri extension; future boards, commissions and councils relating to health, education or welfare of the citizens as established by executive or legislative action of the government of the United States or of the state; and such other councils and organizations relating to operations of counties as from time to time may be created.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 95 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.101 - Vacancies, interim county officials appointed, when — expiration.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
49.101. Vacancies, interim county officials appointed, when — expiration. —
In the event of a vacancy in the county offices of county clerk, county auditor, and county assessor, whether such vacancy is by reason of death, resignation, removal, refusal to act, or any other reason, the county commission shall appoint an interim county official to discharge the duties of the office until the governor appoints a successor as provided under state law. At the time of the appointment of a replacement by the governor, the interim appointment shall expire. Such interim appointment by the county commission shall provide the interim county official with all of the protections, bonding requirements, tenants, and other provisions relating to such office.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1340 )
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.130 - Passports, processing of applications, commission may provide service, when — fees.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 2015
49.130. Passports, processing of applications, commission may provide service, when — fees. —
If the clerk of the court in the circuit in which the county is located does not offer passport service as provided under section 483.537, the county commission may take or process applications for passports or their renewal or may designate by order or ordinance any county officer to provide the service. Fees charged for the service shall be retained by the county office that provides the service.
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(L. 2015 S.B. 539)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.140 - County commissioners prohibited from doing certain things.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
• Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.140. County commissioners prohibited from doing certain things. —
No county commissioner shall, directly or indirectly, become a party to any contract to which the county is a party, or act as a road or bridge commissioner, either general or special, or keeper of any poor person.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2491, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2089; 1919 § 2585; 1909 § 4092
Effective 1-01-85
CROSS REFERENCE:
Member of county commission not to act as sales agent, 229.090
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.150 - Penalty for violating section 49.140.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.150. Penalty for violating section 49.140. —
Any county commissioner who shall violate any of the provisions of section 49.140 or who shall do any of the acts or enter into any of the contracts prohibited or declared unlawful in said section, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2492, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2090; 1919 § 2586; 1909 § 4093
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.160 - Who shall hold meetings when majority of commissioners are absent.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.160. Who shall hold meetings when majority of commissioners are absent. —
If, by reason of sickness, absence from the county or other preventing cause, the commissioners of any county, or a majority of them, are not able to hold any regular meeting, the judge of the probate division of the circuit court shall hold the term of the commission, except that in counties having more than one circuit judge the presiding judge of the circuit court shall designate one of the circuit judges to hold the term of the county commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2443, A. 1949 H.B. 2006, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2052; 1919 § 2548; 1909 § 4062
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.170 - Terms of commission, when held.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
49.170. Terms of commission, when held. —
Four terms of the county commission shall be held in each county annually, at the place of holding commission meetings therein, commencing on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. The county commissions may alter the times for holding their stated terms, giving notice thereof in such manner as to them shall seem expedient; provided, that in counties now containing or that may hereafter contain seventy-five thousand or more inhabitants, and where county commissions are now or may hereafter be held at more places than one and at other places than the county seat, the terms of the commission shall be held monthly and alternately at the county seat and such other place as may be provided for the holding of a meeting, and each monthly term shall commence on the first Monday in each month.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2485, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2083; 1919 § 2579; 1909 § 4086
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.180 - Special terms.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.180. Special terms. —
The presiding commissioner or any two commissioners of the county commission may order a special term whenever the business and interest of the county require it.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2487, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2085; 1919 § 2581; 1909 § 4088
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.190 - Notice for special term.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.190. Notice for special term. —
Notice of such special term shall be given to the commissioners who were absent when the same was ordered, and by advertisement placed up in five public places in the county at least five days before the commencement of such term.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2488, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2086; 1919 § 2582; 1909 § 4089
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.200 - Adjourned terms.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.200. Adjourned terms. —
Each county commission may hold adjourned terms whenever it may become necessary for the transaction of its business.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2489, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2987; 1919 § 2583; 1909 § 4090
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.210 - County commission may award process.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.210. County commission may award process. —
The county commission shall, when not otherwise provided by law, have power to award process and to cause to come before them all and every person whom they may deem it necessary to examine, whether parties or witnesses, and may examine every person on oath or affirmation, touching any matter in controversy before them.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2479, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2077; 1919 § 2573; 1909 § 4080
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.220 - Proceeds before county commission may be transferred to circuit court, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.220. Proceeds before county commission may be transferred to circuit court, when. —
If a majority of the commissioners of the county commission shall be interested in any cause or proceeding pending before them, or related to either party, the same shall be certified with the original papers to the circuit court of the county, which shall proceed thereon to final judgment and determination in like manner as the county commission should have done.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2481, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2079; 1919 § 2575; 1909 § 4082
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.225 - Stenographic record.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.225. Stenographic record. —
In proceedings before county commissions, the commissioners or any party whose interests are being determined may require that all the evidence introduced be reported by a competent stenographer and when so reported the evidence shall be transcribed and shall become a part of the record in the case. The party requesting the stenographic record is liable for the costs thereof if the matter is decided against him and the county commission may require him to give security for the costs before ordering the stenographic record.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.230 - Appeals.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 1985
49.230. Appeals. —
Appeals from the decisions, findings and orders of county commissions shall be conducted under the provisions of chapter 536.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2490, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1985 S.B. 405)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2088; 1919 § 2584; 1909 § 4091
(1984) When a county council makes a determination that would normally be made by a county commission in a noncharter county, the decisions of the county council come within the purview of this section governing appeals from decisions, findings and orders of county commissions of quasi-judicial nature. State ex rel. McNary v. Hais (Mo. banc), 670 S.W.2d 494.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.260 - Settlements with county treasurers and other officers.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.260. Settlements with county treasurers and other officers. —
In the settlements required by law to be made by the county commission with treasurers and other officers holding county funds, whether quarterly, yearly or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the commission, or some commissioner thereof, to ascertain by actual examination and count the amount of balances and funds in the hands of such officers, and to what particular fund it appertains, and such examination and count shall include all funds on hand up to the day on which such settlement is made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13770, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12111; 1919 § 9509; 1909 § 3730
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.264 - County commission may grant easements to watershed subdistricts.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.264. County commission may grant easements to watershed subdistricts. —
The county commission of any county may grant easements over any county roads, township roads or any county lands or township lands to any watershed subdistrict for any purpose for which the subdistrict is organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 278.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 470 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.265 - County commission may authorize closing of county offices, when, procedure (second, third and fourth class counties).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.265. County commission may authorize closing of county offices, when, procedure (second, third and fourth class counties). —
The county commission in all counties of class two, by order entered of record, may authorize all county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open not more than five days each week, and in all counties of classes three and four by order entered of record, may authorize all county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open not more than five and one-half days each week. The county commission, after entering such an order, may require any office to be open six days a week when public convenience requires. The authorization by the county commission in counties of the third and fourth class to close such offices must be published three times in the county newspapers and such authorization to be signed by the county commission.
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(L. 1955 p. 369 § 1, A.L. 1959 H.B. 534, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Effective 1-01-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.266 - County commission by orders or ordinance may regulate use of county property, traffic, and parking — burn bans.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 5 histories
49.266. County commission by orders or ordinance may regulate use of county property, traffic, and parking — burn bans. —
1. The county commission in all counties of the first, second, third, or fourth classification may by order or ordinance promulgate reasonable regulations concerning the use of county property, the hours, conditions, methods and manner of such use and the regulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and parking thereon.
2. Violation of any regulation so adopted under subsection 1 of this section is an infraction.
3. Upon a determination by the state fire marshal that a burn ban order is appropriate for a county because:
(1) An actual or impending occurrence of a natural disaster of major proportions within the county jeopardizes the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of such county; and
(2) The U.S. Drought Monitor has designated the county as an area of severe, extreme, or exceptional drought, the county commission may adopt an order or ordinance issuing a burn ban, which may carry a penalty of up to a class A misdemeanor. State agencies responsible for fire management or suppression activities and persons conducting agricultural burning using best management practices shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection. The ability of an individual, organization, or corporation to sell fireworks shall not be affected by the issuance of a burn ban. The county burn ban may prohibit the explosion or ignition of any missile or skyrocket as the terms "missile" and "skyrocket" are defined by the 2012 edition of the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory, but shall not ban the explosion or ignition of any other consumer fireworks as the term "consumer fireworks" is defined under section 320.106.
4. The regulations so adopted shall be codified, printed and made available for public use and adequate signs concerning smoking, traffic and parking regulations shall be posted.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1653, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings › Section 49.270 - County commission to control county property — to audit demands against county.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 49
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
49.270. County commission to control county property — to audit demands against county. —
The county commission shall have control and management of the property, real and personal, belonging to the county, and may purchase, lease or receive by donation, or to refuse donation of, any property, real or personal, for the use and benefit of the county, and may sell and cause to be conveyed any real estate, goods or chattels belonging to the county, appropriating the proceeds of such sale to the use of the same, and to audit and settle all demands against the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2480, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1640)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2078; 1919 § 2574; 1909 § 4081
CROSS REFERENCES:
County property subject to city ordinances, cities of the fourth classification, when, 88.743 to 88.750
Powers on claims against county generally, 50.160
Swamp and overflowed lands, employment of counsel to recover, 241.155