Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.070
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79.070 Aldermen, qualifications.
Official statutory text
79.070. Aldermen, qualifications. — No person shall be an alderman unless he or she is at least eighteen years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant and resident of the city for one year next preceding his or her election, and a resident, at the time he or she files and during the time he or she serves, of the ward from which he or she is elected.
(RSMo 1939 § 7114, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 90, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6964; 1919 § 8415; 1909 § 9317
(RSMo 1939 § 7114, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 90, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6964; 1919 § 8415; 1909 § 9317
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