Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.460

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 243.460 - Notice to be published - form - jurisdiction of circuit court

1. When such petition shall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein lies the greatest number of acres in the proposed consolidated district, the clerk shall immediately cause to be published in some newspaper in each county having lands in the proposed district three consecutive weeks, three times, a notice, substantially in the following form:

To all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts numbered ______, ______ County, Missouri:
Notice is hereby given to all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts Nos. ______, ______ County, Missouri, that a petition has been filed in my office asking that the aforesaid districts be consolidated into one district, and adjudged a public corporation to continue as such for a term of ______ years, under the name of "Consolidated Drainage District No. ______ of ______ County, Missouri", and that said petition will be heard on the ______ day of ______, 20______.
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		Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County, Missouri.

2. The circuit court of the county in which said petition has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of this chapter, have and maintain original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of said district without regard to county lines.

§ 243.460, RSMo

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10857; 1919 § 4524
Effective 1/2/1979