Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.280

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71.280 Section 71.270 not applicable to state or county road.

Official statutory text

71.280. Section 71.270 not applicable to state or county road. — The provisions of section 71.270 shall not apply to any state or county road established and opened prior to the filing of the plat of a subdivision; but such road, when marked on the plat, may be vacated by the county commission when it shall no longer be used and maintained as a state or county road, and the same, when vacated, shall vest in the person who may have the legal title thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 7321) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7170; 1919 § 8619; 1909 § 9507

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