Effective - 28 Aug 1959
138.030. Oath of members — powers and duties. — 1. The members of the county board of equalization shall each take an oath, to be administered by the clerk, to fairly and impartially equalize the valuation of all real estate and tangible personal property taxable by the county.
2. The board shall hear complaints and equalize the valuation and assessments upon all real and tangible personal property taxable by the county so that all the property shall be entered on the tax book at its true value. The board shall not reduce the valuation of the real or tangible personal property below the value thereof as fixed by the state tax commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 11002, A.L. 1945 p. 1775, A.L. 1959 H.B. 107)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9812; 1919 § 12821; 1909 § 11403
(1958) Where county board increased assessment of specific property and tax commission reviewed same on appeal, fact that total of specific increases may have exceeded the valuation set by the tax commission, did not render the specific assessment invalid. May Dept. Stores Co. v. State Tax Comm. (Mo.), 308 S.W.2d 748.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title X - Taxation and Revenue
Chapter 138 - Equalization and Review of Tax Assessments
Section 138.010 - Membership of county board of equalization — annual meetings.
Section 138.030 - Oath of members — powers and duties.
Section 138.040 - Power to send for persons and papers — quorum.
Section 138.050 - Rules to be observed.
Section 138.070 - Assessment of property omitted from assessor's books — notice — hearings.
Section 138.080 - Adjustment of tax books.
Section 138.085 - County board of equalization, certain first and second class counties.
Section 138.090 - Meetings of board (first class counties).
Section 138.100 - Rules — hearings (first classification counties).
Section 138.110 - Complaints to be filed with state tax commission, when (first class counties).
Section 138.130 - Extension of taxes — delivery of books (first class counties).
Section 138.140 - Board of equalization — members — oath — compensation — vacancies, how filled.
Section 138.150 - Powers and duties — notice of increase.
Section 138.170 - Length and period of meetings — subpoena witnesses — hearings.
Section 138.180 - Appeal to board of equalization, how taken.
Section 138.190 - Creation of state tax commission — term of office.
Section 138.210 - Oath of office.
Section 138.220 - Bond — amount.
Section 138.230 - Compensation and expenses.
Section 138.240 - Quorums — hearings — decisions.
Section 138.250 - Location of office.
Section 138.260 - Secretary, appointment, duties — compensation, how set.
Section 138.280 - Employment of clerical help.
Section 138.290 - Agents, appointed, when — compensation, how provided.
Section 138.300 - Powers of agents.
Section 138.310 - Agent to conduct investigations — advisory recommendations.
Section 138.320 - Forms and instructions.
Section 138.330 - Seal for commission — attestation of records — evidence — custodian of seal.
Section 138.340 - Commission cannot fix rate of levy.
Section 138.350 - Public meetings — access to records — certification of documents.
Section 138.360 - Issuance of subpoenas — fees — costs.
Section 138.370 - Examination of witnesses and books.
Section 138.380 - Duties and powers of commission.
Section 138.390 - To classify and equalize property.
Section 138.400 - Certification of valuation changes — adjustments.
Section 138.415 - Official visits to counties.
Section 138.420 - Power of original assessment — notification — modification of decision.
Section 138.433 - Pleadings, when deemed filed.
Section 138.440 - Annual report — content — compensation for extra duties.
Section 138.450 - Annual meeting of assessors — expenses — warrant in payment.