Missouri § 49.305 - Sites for courthouse, jail, may acquire — funds from which payment authorized.
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§ 49.305. Sites for courthouse, jail, may acquire — funds from which payment authorized.
The county commission of any county may acquire by purchase, for the county, improved or unimproved real estate for a site for a courthouse, jail or poorhouse or infirmary; or, when the county owns the site may acquire by purchase improved or unimproved real estate as an addition to or enlargement of the site. The county commission may pay for the real estate acquired out of any money in the county treasury belonging to the contingent fund or out of any surplus in any other fund at the close of any fiscal year, after the payment of all warrants drawn during the year against the fund and of all other previously issued and outstanding warrants against the fund.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 13717, 13718, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 12058, 12059; 1919 §§ 9458, 9459; 1909 §§ 3679, 3680
Effective 1-01-85
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49.305 ("Sites for courthouse, jail, may acquire — funds from which payment authorized.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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