Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

53.010. Election — term — residency — exception, St. Louis City. — 1. At the general election in the year 1948 and every four years thereafter the qualified voters in each county in this state shall elect a county assessor. Such county assessors shall enter upon the discharge of …

53.020. County clerks to issue certificate of election. — The clerks of the respective county commissions shall deliver to the persons appointed as provided in this chapter, immediately after their appointment, a certificate thereof, under the seal of their respective county comm…

53.030. Oath. — Every assessor shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to demean himself faithfully in office and to assess all of the real and tangible personal property in the county in which he assesses at what …

53.040. Bond. — Every assessor (except the assessor of St. Louis City) before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give a surety company bond in a sum of not less than one thousand dollars, to be paid by the county or township, the amount to be fixed by the commission or…

53.050. Bond (first class counties). — Every assessor, in counties of class one, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give a surety bond to the state to the satisfaction of the county commission, with one or more solvent sureties, in the sum of not less than ten t…

53.060. Deputies — appointment — assessor responsible for official acts. — Each deputy assessor shall take the same oath and have the same power and authority as the assessor himself. The assessor is responsible for the official acts of his deputies. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10946…

53.073. Assessor to furnish collector a list of real property transfers (third, fourth and certain second class counties). — Each county assessor, except in counties of the first class and counties of the second class having an assessed valuation in excess of three hundred millio…

53.075. Additional duty (except first class counties). — Each county assessor in all counties except counties of the first class with or without a charter form of government shall, in addition to all other duties provided by law, place identification numbers, letters or names of …

53.077. Additional duty (certain first class counties). — In addition to the other duties prescribed by law, in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government, the assessor shall annually submit a list of all new assessments made during the year within an…

53.080. Classification of real property by assessor, requirements. — 1. In order to implement the mandate of the voters of this state in their approval of Section 6 of Article X of the Missouri Constitution, the county assessor in all counties and the assessor of each city not wi…

53.081. Land sales report to tax commission. — The assessor in each county, except counties of the first class having a charter form of government, in addition to other duties provided by law, shall each calendar month verify ten sales of real property made within his county duri…

53.082. Compensation — training program, attendance required, when, expenses, compensation (second, third and fourth class counties). — 1. The county assessor in any county, other than in a first classification county, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the f…

53.083. Compensation of assessor, how computed (Clay County). — Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the annual salary of the county assessor in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government and containing a portion of a city with a pop…

53.084. Additional compensation, when (noncharter counties). — 1. In addition to all other compensation provided by law, any assessor other than an assessor of a first class county who becomes certified during the period set by subsection 1 of section 53.255, and remains certifie…

53.135. Travel expenses (third and fourth class counties). — The county assessor in counties of the third and fourth classification shall be allowed a reimbursement for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of the assessor's official duties within the c…

53.175. Abstracts of property lists, duty to make and certify (second, third, fourth and certain first class counties). — The county assessor in all counties of the second, third and fourth class, and all counties of the first class without a charter form of government except tho…

53.200. Failure to perform duties — penalty. — Any assessor failing to accurately compile the "real estate book" in manner and form as set forth in section 137.225, or to carefully enter the names of the owners and the descriptions of the property or to neglect any other duty req…

53.250. Definitions. — As used in sections 53.250 to 53.265, unless the context clearly indicated otherwise, the following words mean: (1) "Assessor or assessing officer", county assessor of all second, third, and fourth class counties, and all first class counties without a char…

53.255. Study required, when — certificate issued, when — minimum requirements — state funds withheld, when. — 1. In addition to all other qualifications imposed by law, it shall be a qualification of the office of assessor that he shall, no earlier than his becoming an assessor-…

53.260. Expenses to be paid by state. — Subject to appropriation, expenses incurred by the assessor or assessor-elect in attending courses of study and additional courses referred to in sections 53.250 to 53.265* shall be paid by the state. Fees for registration, books and materi…

53.270. Exemption from continuing education courses, when — effect. — Any county assessor who has served for sixteen or more years as an assessor shall be exempt from attending or completing any course of study or classroom instruction required by this chapter to receive any addi…