§ 71.010 Ordinances to conform to state law
§ 71.011 Transfer of certain land between municipalities, when — procedure — ..
§ 71.012 Annexation procedure, hearing, exceptions (Perry County, Randolph County) — ..
§ 71.013 Train crewman not to be personally liable under city ordinance or state ..
§ 71.014 Annexation by certain cities upon request of all property owners in area ..
§ 71.015 Objections to annexation, satisfaction of objections prior to annexation, ..
§ 71.016 Annexation of noncontiguous territory, when allowed
§ 71.017 Plat of proposed area — acceptance how — election, how conducted — approval ..
§ 71.018 Exclusion of prior area from jurisdiction, when
§ 71.019 Condemnation authorized — bonds, how issued — cooperation authorized
§ 71.020 Changing name of town
§ 71.030 Proceedings before presentation of petition to change name
§ 71.040 Duty of the secretary of state
§ 71.050 Petition to change name — consideration — notice
§ 71.060 Order to change name
§ 71.070 Order to change name — duty of secretary of state — duty of courts
§ 71.080 Change not to affect rights accrued
§ 71.090 Unincorporated town or village — change of name
§ 71.100 May sell and convey commons
§ 71.110 Sale of commons — ordinances authorized
§ 71.120 Property held in trust
§ 71.130 Breach of trust — proceedings
§ 71.140 Purchase of Missouri products
§ 71.150 Property qualifications for officers not required
§ 71.160 Special census — qualifications and oath of supervisor
§ 71.170 Special census — enumerators — results certified
§ 71.180 Special census — compensation, supervisor and enumerators
§ 71.185 Tort liability for governmental acts, insurance, trial
§ 71.195 Security guards, license or permit issued by a municipality valid in any ..
§ 71.200 Police force, appointment of men and women
§ 71.205 Pensioning of city employees — financing by municipal utility (cities ..
§ 71.207 Benefits from pension plan exempt from state taxes, execution, garnishment, ..
§ 71.220 City prisoners, labor on public works — fines payable in installments
§ 71.230 Unimproved additions, how vacated
§ 71.250 Duty of county commission — procedure
§ 71.260 What consent necessary
§ 71.270 Streets, easements and commons in subdivision outside limits — petition — ..
§ 71.275 Annexation of contiguous land with a research, development, or office park ..
§ 71.280 Section 71.270 not applicable to state or county road
§ 71.283 Residency for officers in certain villages, exceptions, appointed officers ..
§ 71.285 Weeds or trash, city may cause removal and issue tax bill, when — certain ..
§ 71.286 Display of the United States flag, political subdivisions not to regulate
§ 71.287 Water usage, voluntary reports to division of geology and land survey, ..
§ 71.288 Restrictions on outdoor advertising — fee
§ 71.290 Public improvement — state or federal aid — procedures
§ 71.300 Courthouses and jails — erection and maintenance
§ 71.310 Armories — acquisition, maintenance
§ 71.320 Armories, not owned or leased by cities — maintenance
§ 71.330 Term maintenance defined
§ 71.340 Construction and repair of public roads — annual appropriation
§ 71.350 Parking facilities for motor vehicles, certain cities
§ 71.360 Parking facilities, how financed
§ 71.365 Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps — specifications for — when required
§ 71.367 Deviations authorized, when
§ 71.370 Contracts for fire protection between incorporated cities
§ 71.380 Fire protection contracts
§ 71.390 Payments under contracts
§ 71.400 Cities may maintain joint fire departments
§ 71.410 Joint contract — validity
§ 71.420 Joint fire department committee — duties
§ 71.430 Joint fire department — use of building
§ 71.440 Joint fire department — cost of maintenance, how met
§ 71.450 Joint fire department — bond election — tax increase
§ 71.470 Joint fire department — issuance of bonds — imposition of tax
§ 71.480 Joint fire department — denomination and form of bonds
§ 71.490 Joint fire department — bonds, notice of sale
§ 71.500 Joint fire department — bonds to be registered
§ 71.510 Joint fire department — use of moneys from bonds
§ 71.520 Certain privileges granted to public utilities
§ 71.525 Condemnation of property of public utility or rural electric cooperative, ..
§ 71.527 Annexation, provision of cable television services
§ 71.530 Municipalities may contract for utilities — approval by majority of voters ..
§ 71.540 Municipal water supply — contracts
§ 71.550 Water supply contract — voter approval
§ 71.560 Use of streets for railway purposes — petition of property owners
§ 71.570 Street railways — powers of municipality limited
§ 71.580 Proceedings before granting of franchise to street railroads
§ 71.590 Condemnation of property for street railways — ascertainment and payment of ..
§ 71.600 Damages defined
§ 71.610 Imposition of tax on business, when
§ 71.611 Certain villages prohibited from imposing a license tax in excess of ..
§ 71.620 Imposition of tax or license fee on certain professions prohibited — ..
§ 71.625 License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest ..
§ 71.630 Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when
§ 71.640 Tax for band fund authorized
§ 71.650 Tax for band fund — limitations
§ 71.660 Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure
§ 71.670 Band fund — expenditures — contract with band
§ 71.675 No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business ..
§ 71.680 Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, contracts for — disposal ..
§ 71.690 Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized
§ 71.700 Water supply — authorization to regulate and license
§ 71.710 Water supply — protection of sources
§ 71.715 Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds
§ 71.720 Milk — regulation — inspection
§ 71.760 Smoke nuisance — penalty
§ 71.770 Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty
§ 71.780 Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid
§ 71.790 Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of ..
§ 71.792 Ordinance to establish district — survey and investigation — cost estimate ..
§ 71.794 Establishing or altering size of district, procedure
§ 71.796 Powers of governing body in establishing and maintaining district
§ 71.798 Governing body to determine expenditures
§ 71.799 Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to ..
§ 71.800 Rate of tax — exception — abatement of certain tax benefits — new tax rate ..
§ 71.801 St. Louis City — taxation of urban redevelopment real property, ordinance ..
§ 71.802 General obligation bonds authorized, when — election, notice of — form of ..
§ 71.804 Revenue bonds authorized, when — refunding of revenue bonds authorized
§ 71.806 Bonds, term of, form, interest rate, private sale authorized
§ 71.808 Benefit determinations by legislative body of city to be conclusive
§ 71.860 Application of section 71.015 — exceptions
§ 71.870 Separate elections required for annexation — effective when
§ 71.880 Notice to election authority and governing body of county — map setting out ..
§ 71.900 Form of ballot
§ 71.910 Proposition not to be resubmitted, when
§ 71.920 City limits may be extended by ordinance if approved by unanimous ..
§ 71.922 Certain annexations effective on date determined by jurisdictions involved
§ 71.940 Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined
§ 71.943 Codification of municipal ordinances, contents — supplements authorized — ..
§ 71.946 Supplements to code to be deemed part of original code
§ 71.948 Copies of code on file with municipal clerks and open to public
§ 71.980 Financially insolvent municipalities, state not liable for debt
§ 71.990 Home-based business, use of residential dwelling — limitations on ..
§ 71.1000 v2 Districts authorized — ballot form — powers — sales tax, ballot form — ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day when the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.