Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

77.170. Manner of purchasing and condemning lands. — The mayor and common council, in proceeding by ordinance to purchase and condemn lands for the purpose stated in section 77.160, may proceed in the manner provided by law for the establishment of streets, avenues, alleys or mar…

77.180. Election to be held for issuance of bonds. — Before any such bonds shall be issued the mayor and council shall, by ordinance, provide that said bonds shall be issued, which said ordinance shall fix the maximum amount of said bonds and in a general way the purposes for whi…

77.190. May purchase fire-fighting equipment. — The council may also purchase fire engines, hook and ladder outfits, hose and hose carts, buckets and all other apparatus useful in the extinguishing of fires, and organize fire companies, and prescribe rules of duty for the governm…

77.200. Railroads or street railroads — powers of council. — The council shall have sole authority, by ordinance, to grant the right to any person or persons, or corporation, to make and construct railroads or street railroads in any street or highway of the city, and to control …

77.210. Thirty-year franchises and extensions may be granted for supplying heat — voter approval required, procedure. — All cities of the third class may grant to any person or corporation formed under the laws of this state or doing business as a foreign corporation under the la…

77.220. May change names of streets, how. — Whenever it is deemed necessary by the council to change the name of any street or avenue, the council shall, by resolution, declare such proposed change of name necessary to be made, and shall cause such resolution to be published at l…

77.230. Qualifications of mayor. — No person shall be mayor unless he be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of such city at the time of and for two years next preceding his election. When two or more persons shall have an equal number of v…

77.240. Vacancy in office of mayor, how filled, exceptions — president pro tem, duties of. — When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify or otherwise, nominations of a successor may be…

77.250. Mayor to be president of council — vote. — The mayor shall be president of the council and shall preside over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said council, when he shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that he shall have no such power to…

77.260. Powers and duties of mayor and council generally. — The mayor and council of each city governed by this chapter shall have the care, management and control of the city and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the c…

77.270. Mayor to approve ordinances — may veto — proceedings when vetoed. — Every bill presented to the mayor and returned to the council with the approval of the mayor shall become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with his objections thereto, sha…

77.280. Mayor may veto resolutions and orders. — The mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or order of the council which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of the revenues of the city. Such vetoes shall be noted on the journal of the council, and shall be …

77.290. Mayor shall communicate to the council, what. — The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the council such measures as may, in his opinion, tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city…

77.310. May require officers to exhibit accounts. — The mayor shall have power to require, as often as he may deem it necessary, any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers or records, and to make report to the council, in writing, touching any subject or matt…

77.320. Mayor to sign all commissions and appointments — bond approval by mayor. — The mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all city officers elected or appointed in the city, and shall approve all official bonds. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6872, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986) …

77.330. May appoint what officers. — The mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to the city council, shall have power to appoint a street commissioner and such other officers as he may be authorized by ordinance to appoint. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939…

77.340. May remove officer with consent of council. — The mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the city council, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective officer of the city, such officer being first given opportunity, together with his…

77.350. Shall enforce ordinances. — The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, and he shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty; and he is hereby authorized …

77.360. May remit fines. — The mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under ordinances of the city; but this section shall not be so construed as to authorize the mayor to remit any costs which may have accrue…

77.370. Elective officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms. — 1. Except as hereinafter provided, the following officers shall be elected by the voters of the city: mayor, police judge, attorney, assessor, collector, treasurer and, except in cities which adopt the meri…

77.380. Officers to be voters and residents of city, exceptions, appointed officers. — All officers elected to offices or appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office under the city government shall be voters under the laws and constitution of this state and, except appoint…

77.390. Officer's oath — bond. — Every officer of the city and his assistants, and every councilman, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the county, or the city clerk, that he possesses a…

77.400. Term officer construed. — The term "officer", whenever used in this chapter, shall include any person holding any situation under the city government or any of its departments, with an annual salary, or for a definite term of office, other than clerical or professional st…

77.410. City clerk — duties. — The city clerk shall, among other duties, keep the journal of the proceedings of the council. He shall safely and properly keep all records and papers belonging to the city which may be entrusted to his care, and generally shall perform all the duti…

77.440. Compensation of officers and employees. — The council shall have power to fix the compensation of all officers and employees of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6893, A.L. 1955 p. 290, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6747; 1919 § 8234; 1909 § 9171

77.450. Vacancies, how filled. — If a vacancy occurs in any elective office other than the office of mayor, a successor to the vacant office shall be selected by appointment by the mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the council. The counci…

77.460. Corrupt allowance of claim, how punished. — Any member of the council or officer of the city who shall, in official capacity, or under color of his office, knowingly or willfully or corruptly vote or assent to, or report in favor of, or allow or certify for allowance, any…

77.480. Duties may be regulated by ordinance — bonds required. — The duties, powers and privileges of officers of every character in any way connected with the city government, not herein defined, shall be prescribed by ordinance; and bonds may be required of any such officers fo…

77.490. May fix certain rates. — The council may, by ordinance, regulate and fix reasonable maximum rates and charges for the rental and use of telephones and telephone service within such city, and the price and quality of water, gas, gasoline, petroleum, electric lights and oth…

77.500. May also regulate and control the construction of buildings. — The city council may also regulate and control the construction of buildings, the construction and cleaning of fireplaces, chimneys, stoves and stovepipes, ovens, boilers, kettles, forges or any apparatus used…

77.505. Electricians and electric contractors, certain cities third class may license and regulate — exceptions — examination and inspection requirements. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 5, the city council of each third class city, including a city of the third class in a …

77.510. May regulate lumber yards — running at large of animals and fowls — provide pounds and impose penalties. — The council may prescribe limits within the city within which no lumber yard or wood yard or coal yard shall be kept, and may regulate, restrain and prohibit the ere…

77.520. May control streets, sidewalks, amusements. — The council may prohibit and prevent all encroachments into and upon the sidewalks, streets, avenues, alleys and other public places of the city, and may provide for the removal of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbston…

77.530. Powers of council, quarantine, condemnation, police power outside city. — The council may make regulations and pass ordinances for the prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases into the city, and for the abatement of the same, and may make quarantine laws and …

77.550. Inspection, weighing. — The council may prescribe rules and provide methods by ordinance for the inspection, weighing and measuring of any commodity sold in the city in all cases not otherwise provided for by law, and may provide for the selling, weighing and inspecting o…

77.560. Slaughterhouses, stockyards. — The council shall have power, by ordinance, to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the city by any measure to regulate, suppress or abate slaughterhouses, slaughtering animals, stockyards, soap and other factories, pigpens, cow s…

77.570. Police regulations. — The council shall enact ordinances to prohibit and suppress houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses and practices, and gambling houses and all kinds of public indecencies, and may prohibit the selling or giving intoxicating liquors to any …

77.590. Council may make ordinances and rules and regulations and establish penalties for violation. — For any purpose or purposes mentioned in this chapter, the council may enact and make all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations; and they may enact and make all such ordin…

77.600. Claims and suits for damages — notice. — No action shall be maintained against any city organized under the laws of this state as a city of the third class on account of any injuries growing out of any defect or unsafe condition of or on any bridge, boulevard, street, sid…

77.610. Shall give bond on appeal. — Such city, in taking an appeal or prosecuting a writ of error in any judicial proceeding, shall give bonds as required by law; but it is hereby released from the obligation of law to furnish security therefor. All such bonds shall be executed …

77.650. Recall of elected officials — procedure — limitations. — 1. The holder of any elective office in a third class city may be removed by the qualified voters of such city by recall petition in accordance with the procedure set out in sections 77.650 to 77.660 subject to the …

77.655. Recall petitions, examination and certification by county clerk — amended, when — duties of clerk and council. — Within ten days from the date of filing such petition, the county clerk of such third class city shall examine and from the voters' register ascertain whether …

77.660. Recall petition, election on, when, form of question — removal of official, when, vacancy created. — 1. A special election shall be held on the recall petition as soon as practicable and as may be determined by the election authority of the county. The question to be pres…

77.670. Reserve funds, certain third class cities may establish (including North Kansas City). — The governing body of any third class city with a population of more than four thousand but less than four thousand five hundred inhabitants that is located in a county of the first c…

77.675. Ordinances, adoption and repeal process (City of Farmington). — 1. In addition to the process for passing ordinances provided in section 77.080, the council of any city of the third classification with more than fifteen thousand but fewer than seventeen thousand inhabitan…

[Repealed or reserved.]

77.703. Contractual rights not invalidated by dissolution. — No dissolution of the corporation shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to the corporation or to any person or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on the corporation. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.…

77.706. Trustee to be appointed — oath — bond. — Whenever the county governing body shall dissolve any city of the third classification, the county governing body shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved, and such trustee, before ente…

77.709. Powers of trustee. — The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property bel…

77.712. Employment of counsel, report to county governing body — compensation of trustee. — The trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his or her duties and shall make a report of the proceedings to the county governing body at each regular term there…