Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
22 chapters · 1,849 sections in this title.
§ 61.005 RSMo Employment of county engineer by county commission not required
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61.005. Employment of county engineer by county commission not required. — Nothing in this chapter shall require the county commission to hire a county engineer. The county commission may hire and authorize an individual to perform those duties the individual is qualified for, ba…
§ 61.011 RSMo County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first
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61.011. County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first class counties). — 1. The office of "County Highway Administrator" is hereby created in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. The county highway administrator sh…
§ 61.031 RSMo Compensation (certain first class counties)
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61.031. Compensation (certain first class counties). — The county commission shall fix the compensation of the county highway administrator, which shall be paid from county funds, and this compensation shall be the total compensation for all services rendered by the county highwa…
§ 61.041 RSMo Bond, conditions of, cost, how paid (certain first class counties)
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61.041. Bond, conditions of, cost, how paid (certain first class counties). — Before entering upon the duties of his office, the county highway administrator shall execute and deliver to the county commission for approval a surety bond in such sum as is fixed by the county commis…
§ 61.051 RSMo Employees, employment and compensation of (certain first class counties)
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61.051. Employees, employment and compensation of (certain first class counties). — 1. The county highway administrator may employ such technical and professional help and assistants as are necessary for the successful performance of the duties of his office, and may set their co…
§ 61.061 RSMo Administrator's powers and duties — written report, failure to file, effect
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61.061. Administrator's powers and duties — written report, failure to file, effect of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall directly supervise the construction, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of all public highways, roads, bridges and culverts…
§ 61.071 RSMo Inspections, when made — action to be taken, report of (certain first class
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61.071. Inspections, when made — action to be taken, report of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall personally, or by deputy, regularly inspect the condition of all public highways, roads, bridges and culverts in the county, and in pursuance of orders…
§ 61.091 RSMo Reports to county commission, when made, contents of (certain first class
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61.091. Reports to county commission, when made, contents of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall make a yearly report to the county commission during the month of January, for the preceding year, in which he shall include a detailed statement of the …
§ 61.101 RSMo To perform duties as land surveyor, when — appointment of person to perform
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61.101. To perform duties as land surveyor, when — appointment of person to perform duties of county surveyor, when (certain first class counties). — 1. If the county highway administrator is duly registered and licensed as a land surveyor under the provisions of chapter 327, he …
§ 61.111 RSMo Orders of courts of record for surveying to be executed — records to be
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61.111. Orders of courts of record for surveying to be executed — records to be kept (certain first class counties). — 1. The highway administrator shall execute or cause to be executed all orders directed to him by the courts of record of his county for the surveying or resurvey…
§ 61.131 RSMo Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain
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61.131. Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain first class counties). — Neither the county highway administrator, nor any other officer or employee of the county or state, or of any road district, shall be pecuniarily interested in any sale, bid o…
§ 61.141 RSMo Fees for surveys, advance payment required (certain first class counties)
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61.141. Fees for surveys, advance payment required (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator may charge such fees as may be agreed upon by him and the party requesting, or for whose benefit, such work is to be done, for doing, performing or furnishing any field …
§ 61.151 RSMo Seal of office — survey as evidence, when (certain first class counties)
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61.151. Seal of office — survey as evidence, when (certain first class counties). — 1. The county highway administrator shall have a seal of office, which shall be inscribed with the name of the highway administrator, his title, and the name of the county in which he has been app…
§ 61.156 RSMo Office of highway engineer abolished (certain first class counties)
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61.156. Office of highway engineer abolished (certain first class counties). — The office of highway engineer is abolished in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. In all counties having a county highway administrator rather than a county highwa…
§ 61.160 RSMo Appointment (second, third and fourth class counties)
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[Repealed or reserved.]
§ 61.167 RSMo Qualifications (certain second and third class counties)
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61.167. Qualifications (certain second and third class counties). — In all counties of the second and third class, having a population of fifty thousand or more and an assessed valuation of seventy million dollars or more, the county highway engineer shall be a resident of the st…
§ 61.170 RSMo Qualifications (certain third and fourth class counties)
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61.170. Qualifications (certain third and fourth class counties). — In all counties of the third and fourth class, having a population of less than fifty thousand or an assessed valuation of less than seventy million dollars, the county highway engineer shall be a resident of the…
§ 61.180 RSMo Bond (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.180. Bond (second, third and fourth class counties). — Before entering upon the performance of his duties, the county highway engineer and his assistants shall each execute and deliver to the county commission a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the commission, with two or m…
§ 61.190 RSMo Compensation, amount (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.190. Compensation, amount (second, third and fourth class counties). — In all counties of the second, third and fourth class, the county highway engineer shall receive an annual salary, to be fixed by the county commission. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 13487, A. 1949 H.B. 2018, A.L…
§ 61.200 RSMo Appointment — compensation — assistants (second, third and fourth class
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61.200. Appointment — compensation — assistants (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county commission may, in their discretion, appoint the county surveyor of their respective counties to the office of county highway engineer, provided he be thoroughly qualified and …
§ 61.210 RSMo Duties as custodian of tools and machinery (second, third and fourth class
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61.210. Duties as custodian of tools and machinery (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall be custodian of all tools, material and machinery belonging to the road districts and to the county, except as may be otherwise provided by law. When …
§ 61.220 RSMo Supervisory duties (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.220. Supervisory duties (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall have direct supervision over all public roads of the county, and over the road overseers and of the expenditure of all county and district funds made by the road overseers of…
§ 61.240 RSMo General duties (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.240. General duties (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, personally or by deputy, inspect the roads, culverts and bridges of every district in the county as often as practicable, and upon written complaint of three registered voters i…
§ 61.243 RSMo Duties (certain counties)
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61.243. Duties (certain counties). — In counties which contain ninety thousand inhabitants and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants the county highway engineer shall state in his order to the overseer the time within which the road shall be placed in good conditio…
§ 61.250 RSMo Failure of overseer to follow instructions — penalty (second, third and
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61.250. Failure of overseer to follow instructions — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties). — All overseers shall follow the plans and instructions of the county highway engineer in all matters concerning the expenditure of the funds and improving the roads, and shoul…
§ 61.260 RSMo Annual meeting of road overseers (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.260. Annual meeting of road overseers (second, third and fourth class counties). — It shall be the duty of the county highway engineer to call a meeting at the county seat each year of all road overseers of the county, for consultation and conference touching the conditions an…
§ 61.270 RSMo Reports (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.270. Reports (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, at each regular term of the county commission, and at such other times as required by the commission, file a detailed statement of the condition of the roads, and the amount of money a…
§ 61.280 RSMo Annual statement — road map (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.280. Annual statement — road map (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, on or before the first day of January in each year, file with the county commission a report, in writing, showing the general condition of the roads and bridges of …
§ 61.290 RSMo Failure to perform duties — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.290. Failure to perform duties — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties). — If any county highway engineer shall fail, refuse or neglect to visit and inspect, in person or by deputy, the roads, bridges and culverts in each road district in the county, at frequent and…
§ 61.300 RSMo Shall not be sales agent (second, third and fourth class counties)
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61.300. Shall not be sales agent (second, third and fourth class counties). — No county highway engineer, county surveyor or deputy county highway engineer, or deputy county surveyor or road overseer shall be the sales agent, for compensation in the sale to, or purchase by, the s…