Missouri § 21.080 - Qualifications of representatives.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 21.080 — Qualifications of representatives., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21.080. Qualifications of representatives.
Each representative shall be twenty-four years of age, and next before the day of his election shall have been a voter for two years and a resident of the county or district which he is chosen to represent for one year, if such county or district shall have been so long established, and if not then of the county or district from which the same shall have been taken.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12854, A.L. 1945 p. 1119, A.L. 1957 p. 595, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11228; 1919 § 7103; 1909 § 8102
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