Title VII, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

88.846. Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected. — All special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.832 to 88.852 for sewers shall be as valid in all respects whatever as the other special tax bills provided for herein and shall be collected in the s…

88.848. When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills. — Whenever the municipality advertises for bids for the construction of a new district sewer, as provided by law, and receives no bids therefor, the municipality may proceed to construct the sewer at its own expe…

88.852. Cost of sewer construction and disposal plants, how paid — limits on changes in sewer district. — The cost of constructing all sewers, including the erection of all necessary disposal plants, in and for any district where such sewers were constructed by assessment against…

88.854. Special tax bills, how collected — evidence. — All special tax bills herein authorized shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought in the name of the city, town or village to the use of the holder thereof; but the municipality shall not in any event be liabl…

88.856. Action on tax bills, how tried. — Any action brought to enforce and foreclose the lien of any special tax bills provided for herein and all questions relating thereto shall be tried by the court. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 20)

88.858. Names of landowners not required in tax bills — parties to action on, assignment — petition in action, contents. — No special tax bill need give the name of any party owning or interested in any land charged and bound by the lien; and before suit the owner of any part in …

88.861. Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound. — In any suit for the foreclosure of a special tax lien, the judgment shall be special, that the plaintiff recover the amount found due, including interest, together with the costs, including a rea…

88.863. Sidewalks — power of city council. — Every city in this state that now has or may hereafter have a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants (that is now or may hereafter be incorporated and operating under the general statutes or special charter) shall have and…

88.867. Definitions. — 1. The term "approaches" or "sidewalk approaches" as used in sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall be understood to mean the extension of sidewalks at corner lots from the property line each way to the street curb line, and being in fact the connection across the…

88.870. Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways. — The city council may, by ordinance, regulate the building, construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalks, and may adopt plans and specifications for sidewalks and parkways, which parkways shall include all o…

88.873. Condemnation of sidewalks. — The city council may, by ordinance, condemn any sidewalk which they may deem to be in a dangerous or defective condition or out of repair, or any sidewalk which is not located upon the established grade and line for sidewalks (on the street on…

88.877. Sidewalk maintenance by owner. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide that the owner of any lot or tract shall build and construct, or rebuild or reconstruct or repair, a sidewalk lying along and adjacent to his said property, and may require said owner to grade, f…

88.880. Sidewalk construction. — 1. The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the building of any sidewalk or for the rebuilding and reconstruction of the same, including grading and filling therefor, and including the removal of any obstructions, and including approaches (…

88.883. Sidewalk maintenance by city. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the repairing or reconstruction of any sidewalk by the city engineer or other proper person designated in said ordinance, paying the cost thereof as provided in section 88.880, and may assess …

88.887. Sidewalk districts. — 1. The city council of any city coming within the purview of sections 88.863 to 88.913 may, when deemed necessary or expedient, divide said city or any portion thereof into sidewalk districts, by ordinance, and may adopt plans and specifications for …

88.890. Sidewalk improvement — assessments. — The cost of any of the work or improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913 that are made and done either by contract or by the city engineer or other proper person acting for the city as above provided in section 88.883 (ex…

88.893. Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills. — A separate tax bill shall be issued against each lot or tract against which an assessment has been made, and shall state therein the name of the owner of record of the lot or tract assessed, an adequate description of said lot or tract,…

88.897. Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien. — Any and all real property shall be liable for the cost of the improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913, as above provided, whether owned by a person, a company, a corporation, a railroad corporation or compa…

88.900. Sidewalk improvements — assessment of government property. — Any real estate owned by the state of Missouri or by state institutions, or owned by any county, township or city, shall be liable for the cost of any of the improvements contemplated and provided for in section…

88.903. Special tax bills prima facie evidence. — Any special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall, in actions thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of th…

88.907. Certification of tax bills. — All of the tax bills, as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.913, shall be certified as correct by the city engineer or other person who has made the computation under authority of the city council, and shall be signed by the mayor, attested by…

88.910. Recording of tax bills. — All such tax bills shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book kept by him for such purpose before the delivery of said tax bills. And said city clerk shall release said tax bills on the margin of the record thereof, upon presentation of the ta…

88.913. Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill. — In any suit or proceedings to enforce the collection of any special tax bill issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.910 it shall only be necessary for the owner thereof to charge in the petition that such amo…

88.917. Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over). — Every city now having or which may at any time hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over shall have at all times the power to establish the grade and change the grade already established of any st…

88.920. Street grading — damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over). — When the property owners to be disturbed or damaged by the grading, regrading, or other change of any street, alley, avenue, public highway, public place, or any part thereof, are lawfully entitled to remu…

88.923. Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — Whenever any suit shall be commenced in any city of this state now having, or which may hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants, on any special tax bill to enforce the payme…

88.927. Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — The lien of every such tax bill shall cease, end and determine in two years after said tax bill, or the last installment thereof, if the same be payable in installments, shall have become due and payable, unl…

88.930. Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000). — 1. Whenever a city which now has or may hereafter have more than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and less than five hundred thousand inhabitants, whether organized under general law or special charter of …

88.940. City improvements — contracts. — All city improvements of whatever kind or character, including the erection of all public buildings made or to be erected at the expense of any constitutional charter city having more than seventy-five thousand and less than eighty thousan…

88.950. Special benefit parking districts — condemnation, procedure. — 1. Any city located within a first class county not having a charter form of government and any city having a population of at least eighty thousand, but not more than two hundred thousand, located within a fi…