Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.190. Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure. — Whenever the board of trustees of any town or village shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, as contemplated by section 80.180, the said board of trustees shall cause at least ten days' notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot in said town or village, which said notice shall require such owner or owners of such property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building and repairing of any such sidewalk in reasonable time thereafter; which said notice shall contain a description of each property or lot as aforesaid, and a general description of the character of such sidewalk, giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration of fifteen days after the service of said notice, if in writing, or if by publication, at the end of four weeks after said publication, said owner or owners as aforesaid shall not in good faith have commenced to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid, and complete the same in reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall cause such sidewalk to be built or repaired at the expense of such town or village, the cost and expense of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which said sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said town or village may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any court of competent jurisdiction; and in such cases a certified copy of any special tax bill for such work, approved by the board of trustees, shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the work therein stated was done along the property therein mentioned and the amount thereof as stated therein is due and correct and the provisions of the law and ordinances have been carried out; provided, the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the treasury of said town or village the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk by the town or village, at any time before the sale of said property or lot for such cost and expense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7256)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7105; 1919 § 8554; 1909 § 9442
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages
Section 80.010 - Town construed.
Section 80.020 - Towns and villages — how incorporated.
Section 80.040 - Board of trustees — corporate powers vested in — terms of office.
Section 80.050 - Trustees — qualifications.
Section 80.060 - Trustees — oath — organization — meetings.
Section 80.070 - Trustees — quorum.
Section 80.080 - Trustees — powers and duties as to members and meetings.
Section 80.090 - Trustees — power to pass certain ordinances.
Section 80.100 - Trustees — style of ordinances.
Section 80.110 - Trustees — passage of ordinances.
Section 80.120 - Trustees — publication of ordinances — chairman.
Section 80.130 - Trustees — sprinkling and oiling of streets.
Section 80.140 - Sprinkling or oiling of streets — estimate of cost — notice of hearing.
Section 80.150 - Sprinkling or oiling of streets — special ordinance.
Section 80.160 - Sprinkling or oiling of streets — tax bill — limitation on cost.
Section 80.170 - Trustees — restraint of domestic animals.
Section 80.180 - Trustees — powers as to sidewalks.
Section 80.190 - Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure.
Section 80.200 - Repair of sidewalks — publication of notice.
Section 80.210 - Trustees — semiannual reports.
Section 80.220 - Semiannual report, failure to make — penalty.
Section 80.230 - Trustees — vacancy, how filled.
Section 80.240 - Trustees — power of appointment.
Section 80.250 - Appointed officers — bond.
Section 80.400 - Marshal — powers.
Section 80.410 - Marshal — police powers.
Section 80.420 - Marshal and policemen — removal.
Section 80.430 - Taxes a lien on property.
Section 80.440 - Redemption of property.
Section 80.450 - Compensation of county clerk.
Section 80.470 - Additional levies — maximum rates.
Section 80.480 - Assessment and collection of revenues.
Section 80.490 - Trustees — taxing powers.
Section 80.560 - Failure to elect officers — procedure.
Section 80.570 - Disincorporation procedure.
Section 80.575 - Election not required, when.
Section 80.580 - Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify.
Section 80.600 - No rights affected by disincorporation.
Section 80.610 - Trustee in disincorporation — appointment.
Section 80.620 - Trustee in disincorporation — bond.
Section 80.630 - Trustee in disincorporation — powers.
Section 80.640 - Trustee in disincorporation — report.
Section 80.650 - Trustee in disincorporation — duties on conclusion of trust.
Section 80.660 - Trustee in disincorporation — compensation.
Section 80.670 - Disincorporated town or village — disposition of revenue.