Mo. Rev. Stat. § 77.712

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77.712 Employment of counsel, report to county governing body — compensation of ...

Official statutory text

77.712. Employment of counsel, report to county governing body — compensation of trustee. — The trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his or her duties and shall make a report of the proceedings to the county governing body at each regular term thereof, and the trustee shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the governing body shall think reasonable.

(L. 2016 S.B. 572)

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