Effective - 28 Aug 1939
243.140. Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when — proceedings. — 1. Any land lying outside of any drainage district as organized, the owner or owners of which shall thereafter make connection with any main ditch or drain, or other drain in any district, or whose lands are or will be benefitted by the work or drainage district, shall be deemed to have made voluntary application to be included in such drainage district, and thereupon the county commission shall obtain a description of such land benefitted and amount of benefits in same manner as provided for construction of ditches in this chapter, the name of the owner or owners thereof, and a description of the ditch or drain making such connection, and file the same in its records.
2. Said county commission shall then fix a day, not less than fifteen days from such filing, when it will hear complaints, and thereupon the clerk of said county commission shall give ten days' notice thereof in writing to such owners, which notice shall be served by reading or delivering a copy thereof to such owner or owners of, if a nonresident, to his tenant, and affidavit of such service shall be evidence thereof. At the time fixed, the county commission shall render its decision in said cause, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the county commission, giving a description of any land annexed, and such lands shall be deemed a part of such district, and shall be assessed as other lands therein for maintaining said ditches.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12445)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10855; 1919 § 4522; 1909 § 5632
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission
Section 243.010 - Definitions.
Section 243.020 - County commission authorized to organize drainage districts.
Section 243.030 - Petition to be filed — bond required.
Section 243.040 - County commission to appoint counsel.
Section 243.050 - County commission to appoint engineer and viewers — qualifications and duties.
Section 243.060 - Time of hearing to be published — form of notice.
Section 243.070 - Remonstrance may be filed — judgment, effect.
Section 243.075 - Dissolution of district, when, how.
Section 243.080 - Location of improvement — report to contain data as to cost.
Section 243.090 - Report to be filed, when — landowners may be heard — vacancies, how filled.
Section 243.100 - Limitations for assessment of benefits.
Section 243.110 - Notice of filing of report to be published — form.
Section 243.130 - Condemnation of additional land.
Section 243.140 - Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when — proceedings.
Section 243.150 - Taxes to be levied against county-owned swamplands, how paid.
Section 243.160 - Authority to complete improvements in county commission — powers of procedure.
Section 243.170 - District engineer to be appointed — duties — bond required.
Section 243.210 - Provisions of this chapter applicable to old channels or sloughs.
Section 243.230 - County commission procedure after hearing.
Section 243.240 - County commissions to maintain efficiency and have management and control.
Section 243.250 - Lateral ditches — drains — may be connected — provisions — penalty for violation.
Section 243.260 - Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how.
Section 243.270 - Drainage district may contract to furnish drainage for cities and towns.
Section 243.280 - Equipment may be leased or rented — provisions.
Section 243.290 - County commission to levy tax to pay preliminary expense.
Section 243.310 - Permanent drainage tax record shall be kept — method — additional levies.
Section 243.320 - Public roads and railroads to pay benefits.
Section 243.340 - Privilege to pay drainage tax in full.
Section 243.350 - Apportionment of annual installments — drainage tax book, form — taxes due, when.
Section 243.360 - Drainage tax — collector to furnish bond.
Section 243.380 - Surplus funds, how used.
Section 243.390 - Drainage district bonds — provisions for issuance.
Section 243.400 - County commission authorized to pledge bonds — manner.
Section 243.410 - County treasurer to be custodian of district funds — duties.
Section 243.420 - Fees for services.
Section 243.430 - Claims for fees, how paid.
Section 243.440 - Drainage proceedings to be recorded — method.
Section 243.460 - Notice to be published — form — jurisdiction of circuit court.
Section 243.470 - Objections to petition for consolidation may be filed — proceedings.
Section 243.480 - Failure or refusal of official to perform duty — penalty.
Section 243.490 - County collector liable, when — penalty.
Section 243.500 - Validity of bonds issued unquestionable.
Section 243.510 - Suits to be brought in name of state.
Section 243.520 - Appeals — procedure.
Section 243.530 - Chapter declared remedial in character and purpose.
Section 243.540 - Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter.