Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.023

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88.023 Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners.

Official statutory text

88.023. Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners. — The court on being satisfied that proper notice has been given to all the defendants and to the owners of property within the benefitted district and that the ordinance and petition are regular and valid, shall appoint three persons, who are residents of the county, in which the real estate or a portion thereof is situated, as commissioners to assess the damages which the owners of the land may severally sustain by reason of such appropriation, and to assess the property especially benefitted by said improvements within the benefitted district to pay therefor.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 6388, 6756, 7001, 7232, 7488, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. merged with S.B. 71) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6266, 6629, 6855, 7082, 7335; 1919 §§ 7769, 8117, 8337, 8532, 8749; 1909 §§ 8683, 9035, 9264

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