Missouri Attorney General Opinions

The Missouri State Tax Commission and county assessors can engage in cadastral mapping to the extent necessary to perform their duties under the law without being registered as land surveyors in Missouri.

Opinion letter to The Honorable Edward E. Quick

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable Cagle

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to Paul S. McNeill , Jr.

Opinion letter to The Honorable John Ashcroft

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable William C. Linton

A municipal police officer responding to an emergency situation outside the limits of the municipality pursuant to Section 70.820, RSMo 1986 does have arrest powers for violations of state law, but does not have arrest powers for violations of municipal ordinances.

While the Student Government Association of Southwest Missouri State University is not normally a "public governmental body" as defined in Section 610.010(2), RSMo 1986, the provisions of Sections 610.010 to 610.030, RSMo 1986, applicable to "public governmental bodies" may become applicable to the Student Government Association when it participates by way of delegation from the Board of Regents in decisional authority beyond the perimeters of policies, rules and regulations previously formulated and promulgated by the Board of Regents or when the Student Government Association exercises de facto authority tacitly approved or summarily accepted by the Board of Regents.

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable Kenneth B. Jacob

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable John F. Bass

Opinion letter to Charles G. Ankrom

Opinion letter to The Honorable Edwin L. Dirck

The Monroe County Commission is without authority to submit at referendum the proposition of levying and collecting a special tax for the benefit of the county agricultural extension program.

Opinion letter to Timothy W. Perigo

The county commission in a third class county has the authority under Section 49.265, RSMo 1986, to require all county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open five and one-half days each week; therefore, such county commission has the authority to require county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open Saturday mornings after being open Monday through Friday during regular working hours. The county commission may require any office to be open six days a week when the public convenience so requires.

Opinion letter to The Honorable W. O. 'Bob' Howard

Opinion letter to Jerry M. Hunter

Opinion letter to The Honorable Robert L. Dunning

Transportation sales tax monies distributed under Section 94.645.5, RSMo 1986, and which are expended to the boards of directors established in the City of St. Louis and in St. Louis County under Section 205.970, RSMo 1986, must be used to pay the transportation costs of those clients designated in subsection 5 of Section 94.645, RSMo 1986, regardless of whether those clients reside in the City of St. Louis or in St. Louis County.

(1) Political subdivisions may revise their property tax rates upward to the extent permitted by statute without a vote of the people, subject to limitations discussed herein; (2) changes in assessed valuation constituting a general reassessment as defined in Section 137.073, RSMo 1986, are to be considered a general reassessment even if the changes are the result of implementing a biennial maintenance plan; (3) school districts can adjust their Proposition C rollback pursuant to Section 164.013, RSMo 1986, as discussed herein; and (4) to the extent there is a conflict between Section 137.115, RSMo 1986, and Section 137.073, RSMo 1986, in adjusting tax rates, the provisions of Section 137.115, RSMo 1986, apply. We do not opine on whether the maximum tax rate calculated in 1985 under Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution can be exceeded in 1987 without a vote of the people.

The provisions of Sections 230.235 and 230.240, RSMo 1986, are required to be implemented by third class counties which have adopted the alternative form of county highway commission.

Opinion letter to Richard C. Rice

Opinion letter to The Honorable Marion Cairns

Opinion letter to Lewis R. Crist

Opinion letter to Richard C. Rice

Opinion letter to Ronald R. Holliday

Opinion letter to Downing

Opinion letter to Carl M. Koupal , Jr.

When purchasing creditable prior service as a state employee for military service, the amount of payment computed is to bear interest at least from the date that the employee was employed by the state after leaving military service and, if the employee does not pay the required amount at the time of filing his election to purchase credit with the retirement system, the employee is to pay interest upon any unpaid balance.

Opinion letter to Richard C. Rice

A regional port authority under Chapter 68, RSMo 1986, does have the authority to purchase real property outside of its designated boundaries, including property in an adjoining state, as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes of the port authority.

Opinion letter to Paul S. McNeill , Jr.

Opinion letter to W. James Icenogle

Opinion letter to The Honorable Frank