Missouri Code — 245
Browse 109 sections in division 245 of the Missouri code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 245.010. Definitions.
- § 245.015. Owners may form levee district, where — articles of incorporation to be filed in circuit court.
- § 245.020. Circuit clerk to give notice by publication — form of notice — mailing required.
- § 245.025. Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of state and county recorder.
- § 245.030. Adjacent districts may consolidate — petition, hearing and decree.
- § 245.035. Time of corporate existence may be extended.
- § 245.040. Districts may reorganize.
- § 245.045. Districts reorganized to receive all benefits — reorganization articles of association to be filed with circuit court.
- § 245.050. Notice of reorganization hearing.
- § 245.055. Procedure.
- § 245.060. Election of board of supervisors — term of office.
- § 245.065. Improper election of board of supervisors — court to declare vacancies — new election called.
- § 245.070. Board of supervisors to call annual meeting and election — owners of land benefitted entitled to vote.
- § 245.075. Supervisors to take oath.
- § 245.080. Organization of board — to make annual report — compensation.
- § 245.085. County clerk and treasurer to deliver records and moneys of district to secretary of board.
- § 245.090. Secretary of board to be ex officio treasurer — board to audit books annually and publish financial statement.
- § 245.095. Powers and duties of supervisors.
- § 245.100. Chief engineer appointed — duties.
- § 245.105. Chief engineer to make report — supervisors to adopt plans and supplemental plans for reclamation.
- § 245.110. Secretary of board to file copy of plan with circuit clerk — commissioners appointed.
- § 245.115. Organization of board of commissioners.
- § 245.120. Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — report to be filed.
- § 245.125. Property owners notified of commissioners' report by publication — form of notice — mailing required.
- § 245.130. Exceptions to commissioners' report heard and determined.
- § 245.135. Court to declare corporation dissolved if costs exceed benefits.
- § 245.140. Plan of reclamation may be changed — procedure.
- § 245.145. Damages assessed must be paid before appropriating land.
- § 245.150. Board to construct works — may let contracts for construction.
- § 245.155. Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee.
- § 245.160. Board to employ attorney.
- § 245.165. Board to keep record of proceedings — open to inspection.
- § 245.170. Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers.
- § 245.175. Board to levy tax to pay cost of organization.
- § 245.180. Board to levy tax, when — new tax authorized, when — tax, how levied — secretary to prepare levee tax record.
- § 245.181. Additional bonds authorized, when — meeting, votes how cast — form of notice — notice, how given.
- § 245.185. Annual installment of tax to be levied — when due — form of certificate of tax.
- § 245.190. Board may make additional levy of tax.
- § 245.195. Board may levy maintenance tax — unprotected lands not taxable.
- § 245.196. Annual benefit fee, how levied, amount.
- § 245.197. Readjustment of benefits, when — levy of new tax for carrying out supplemental plan — notice, how given — form of notice — lists, where filed.
- § 245.198. Tax levy, when — emergency levy of ten percent.
- § 245.199. Additional bonds authorized when — how issued.
- § 245.200. County collector of revenue to collect levee tax — to give bond to board of supervisors.
- § 245.205. Secretary of board to extend and certify levee tax to collector-treasurers — duties of collector-treasurer — county collector-treasurer to collect delinquent taxes.
- § 245.210. Levee tax delinquent December thirty-first — penalty.
- § 245.215. Levee tax to constitute a lien — how evidenced — acquisition of lands, duty to satisfy outstanding liens, limitation.
- § 245.220. Tax book to be prima facie evidence — suits for taxes brought in circuit court.
- § 245.225. Suits and notices to be filed in recorder's office against last record owners.
- § 245.230. Board may issue bonds — how funds are to be used.
- § 245.235. Unpaid warrants to draw interest.
- § 245.240. Surety bonds to be made payable to district.
- § 245.245. Board to appoint inspectors — duties and powers of inspectors.
- § 245.250. County collectors — penalty for failure to pay over tax, fee for collection of tax.
- § 245.255. Change of venue.
- § 245.260. Action not to abate by reason of death of party.
- § 245.265. Appeal not to act as supersedeas.
- § 245.270. Liability of reorganized district.
- § 245.275. Procedure in dissolving levee district.
- § 245.280. Sections construed — existing rights not to be affected.
- § 245.285. Defining the term levee districts — applicable to districts now organized or which may be organized.
- § 245.290. County commissions may establish levee districts.
- § 245.295. Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body.
- § 245.300. Notice to be given — mailing required.
- § 245.305. Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district.
- § 245.310. Extending levees and levee districts.
- § 245.315. Existing levee districts may organize under this law.
- § 245.320. Change of organization to be submitted to an election.
- § 245.325. Simple majority to decide election.
- § 245.330. Effect of reorganization of old districts.
- § 245.335. Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission.
- § 245.340. Oath of directors.
- § 245.345. Board to organize.
- § 245.350. Majority of board a quorum.
- § 245.355. Duties of president and secretary.
- § 245.360. Pay of directors.
- § 245.365. Board to determine what work is necessary.
- § 245.370. Work to be let to lowest bidder.
- § 245.375. Contractors to give bond.
- § 245.380. Board to supervise work.
- § 245.385. Board to secure right-of-way.
- § 245.390. Board to act with United States agencies.
- § 245.395. Board to publish statement of work done.
- § 245.400. Board may change location of levee.
- § 245.405. Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees.
- § 245.410. Duty of railroads, when levee passes along embankment.
- § 245.415. Railroads to continue levee.
- § 245.420. Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice to be given.
- § 245.430. Private roadways to have approaches.
- § 245.445. Board to assess levee fund tax.
- § 245.450. Assessment of overflowed lands.
- § 245.455. Lands to be entered on book for that purpose.
- § 245.460. Levee assessment books returned to whom — meeting of landowners.
- § 245.465. County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands.
- § 245.470. Landowners to determine work to be done.
- § 245.475. Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments.
- § 245.480. Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee.
- § 245.483. Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid.
- § 245.485. Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates.
- § 245.490. Board may borrow money.
- § 245.495. Board may issue warrants.
- § 245.500. Form of warrants.
- § 245.505. Sinking fund moneys may be invested.
- § 245.515. County treasurer to be treasurer of board.
- § 245.520. Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees.
- § 245.525. Herding livestock on levee prohibited.
- § 245.530. Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair.
- § 245.540. Commissions may appropriate swamplands.
- § 245.545. Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury.