Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 229

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 229
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.010 Roads to be thirty feet wide.

229.010. Roads to be thirty feet wide. — All public roads in this state which hereafter may be established shall not be less than thirty feet in width. (RSMo 1939 § 8471) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7825; 1919 § 10623; 1909 § 10433 (1967) Creating of public road under section 228.190 was valid although road created was only 18 to 20 feet wide and this section requires that public roads shall not be less than 30 feet in width. Drydale v. Kiser (Mo.), 413 S.W.2d 506.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.020 Roads less than thirty feet in width, when.

229.020. Roads less than thirty feet in width, when. — County commissions in counties of this state which now have, or may hereafter have, over fifty thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding census, where any such county is adjacent to a city of over six hundred thousand inhabitants, are hereby authorized to establish public roads less than thirty feet in width or accept, in whole or in part, as public highways, roads already established where the same parallel and abut upon either side of the rights-of-way of steam railroads, electric or interurban railroads and the two roads aggregate not less than fifty feet in width. (RSMo 1939 § 8646) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7997; 1919 § 10781

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.030 Roads cleared of obstructions.

229.030. Roads cleared of obstructions. — Public roads shall be cleared of all obstructions therein that hinder or interfere with travel or traffic thereon, and shall be made firm, and the surface thereof shall be kept in a reasonably smooth and level condition; and all necessary bridges and culverts shall be constructed for same. (RSMo 1939 § 8472) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7826; 1919 § 10624; 1909 § 10434 CROSS REFERENCE: Approaches of roadways over levees to be built, 245.430, 245.530 (1974) held that public has the right to exclusive use of highways for public purposes and any unauthorized obstruction or encroachment thereon constitutes a nuisance. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Johns (A.), 507 S.W.2d 75. (1977) Held, erection of barricades by city of St. Louis did not violate this section. State ex rel. Schmitz v. City of St. Louis (A.), 551 S.W.2d 848.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.040 Road construction - contracts - plans - supervision.

229.040. Road construction — contracts — plans — supervision. — 1. Whenever any public money, whether arising from taxation or from bonds heretofore or hereafter issued, is to be expended in the construction, reconstruction or other improvement of any road, or bridge or culvert, the county commission, township board or road district commissioners, as the case may be, shall have full power and authority to construct, reconstruct or otherwise improve any road, and to construct any bridge or culvert in such county or other political subdivision of the state, and to that end may contract for such work, or may purchase machinery, employ operators and purchase needed materials and employ necessary help and do such work by day labor. 2. The county commission, the township board or road district commissioners may accept donations of labor or materials from interested parties either on road improvements or bridge constructions and said authority may employ labor or contractors to complete said improvements. 3. Before beginning the construction or improvement of any road, bridge or culvert by day labor or by contract, the plans, specifications, estimates of drainage, maps, profiles, estimates of cost and the specific location of such road, bridge or culvert shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, township clerk, or commissioner of road district, as the case may be, and before becoming effective shall be approved by said county, township or road district authorities. 4. On completion of the work a detailed statement of the cost shall be filed as in section 229.050 provided, and shall be recorded in the book wherein are recorded contractors' bids; when any payrolls or construction accounts are certified to as correct by the engineer in charge of the work, the bills for the same shall be passed upon by the county commission, township board or district commissioner, and if found correct, shall be paid; provided, that all such work shall be done under the supervision and direction of the county highway engineer, or some other competent engineer employed by the county commission or other proper authority, at such compensation as may be agreed upon, payable wholly or in part out of the particular fund to be expended on said construction, reconstruction or other improvement. (RSMo 1939 § 8595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7946; 1919 § 10733 CROSS REFERENCES: County planning commission, approval, first class counties, 64.050, 64.080 Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, etc., under control of county commission, road overseer and county engineer, 231.340, 231.350 (1953) Where member of township board was employed to perform work and labor on township roads and bridges by approval of two other members of board, contract was voidable, not void, because against public policy, but township could not recover money after contract was completely executed on both sides and there was no showing of unjust enrichment. Polk Twp. Sullivan Co. v. Spencer, 364 Mo. 97, 259 S.W.2d 804. (1962) In action against county and county judges, petition was properly dismissed as a claim against either county or judges in trespass but second count stated claim in nature of taxpayers' class action upon which relief could be granted enjoining illegal expenditures of public tax money for improving privately owned road. Miller v. Ste. Genevieve County (Mo.), 358 S.W.2d 28.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.050 Engineer's estimate of cost - advertisement for bids - contract.

229.050. Engineer's estimate of cost — advertisement for bids — contract. — 1. Whenever it shall be ordered by the county commission, township board or district commissioner, as the case may be, that any road, bridge or culvert in the county be constructed, reconstructed or improved or repaired by contract, and the engineer's estimated cost thereof exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, the county, township or district authorities shall order the county highway engineer, or other engineer in their employ, or both such engineers acting together, if so desired, to prepare and file with the clerk of the county commission, township board or district commissioners, as the case may be, all necessary maps, plans, specifications and profiles, and an estimate of the cost of the work. The county commission or other proper authority may approve or reject the maps, plans, specifications and profiles and order others prepared and filed. 2. When the maps, plans, specifications and profiles have been approved, the county, township or district authorities shall order the engineer to advertise the letting of the contract proposed to be let by advertisement in some newspaper published in the county wherein the contract is to be executed, which said advertisement shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be within ten days of the day of letting. 3. All bids shall be in writing, accompanied by instructions to bidders which shall be furnished by the engineer upon application. All bids on road work shall state the unit prices upon which the same are based. All bids shall be sealed and filed with the clerk of the county commission, township board or special road district commissioners, and, on the day and at the hour named in the advertisement, shall be publicly opened and read in the presence of the county commission, township board or special road district commissioners, and the engineer, and shall then be recorded in detail in some suitable book. All bids shall be accompanied by a certified check equal to ten percent of the engineer's estimate of cost, payable to the county treasurer, to the use of the county, township or road district, as the case may be, or a bidder's bond executed by some surety company authorized to do business in this state or other good and sufficient surety in a like sum shall be given, as a guarantee on the part of the bidder that if his bid be accepted he will, within ten days after receipt of notice of such acceptance, enter into contract and bond to do the work advertised, and in case of default forfeit and pay sum of ten percent of the engineer's estimate of cost. 4. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The county commission may in its discretion reject any or all bids. Any bid in excess of the engineer's estimate of the cost of the work to be done shall be rejected. When it shall be decided by order of record to accept any bid, the county, township or district authorities shall order a contract to be entered into by and between the bidder and the county, township or special road district, as the case may be. The contract shall have attached to and made a part thereof the proposal sheet, instructions to bidders, and bid, maps, plans, specifications and profiles. 5. Whenever the contract is executed and approved by order of record and endorsement thereon, it shall be filed and preserved as a permanent record. It shall be incorporated in the contract that the county, township or special road district shall reserve the right to make any additions to, omissions from, changes in or substitutions for the work or materials called for by the drawings and specifications, without notice to the surety on the bond given to secure the faithful performance of the terms of the contract. The bidder must agree that before the county or political subdivision shall be liable for any additional work or material, the county or political subdivision must first order the same, and the cost thereof must be agreed upon in writing and entered of record before such additional work shall apply in case of omissions, deductions or changes, and the unit prices shall be the basis of the values of such changes. 6. In case of disagreement upon the cost or price of any addition, omission or change ordered or so desired, then it is expressly agreed that the decision of the state highway engineer shall be received and accepted as fixing definitely and finally the cost of such change, and when so fixed, the county commission, township board or special road district commissioners shall enter of record such change. It shall also be provided in the contract that the contractor will furnish and promptly pay for all labor employed and materials used in the performance of such contract. (RSMo 1939 § 8596) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7947; 1919 § 10734; 1909 § 10564

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.060 Contractor to give bond.

229.060. Contractor to give bond. — The contractor shall enter into a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the county commission, township board or district commissioners, with some surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety thereon or other good and sufficient surety, the condition of such bond to be that the contractor will faithfully discharge his duties under the contract within the time and in the manner therein provided, and that he will furnish and promptly pay for all labor employed and materials used and equipment rented in the performance of said contract, and the state, county or political subdivision, or any laborer, materialman or other person injured by breach of such contract may sue on such bond. All such bonds when approved by the proper authorities shall be recorded upon the proper records. (RSMo 1939 § 8597) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7948; 1919 § 10735; 1909 § 10564 CROSS REFERENCE: Bond of contractors for public work, generally, 107.170

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.070 Contractor to report, when - payments.

229.070. Contractor to report, when — payments. — 1. It shall be the duty of each contractor who has entered into a contract for any road or bridge work to report in writing to the engineer in charge thereof on or before the second day of each month, setting forth in detail the amount and character of the work done under his contract during the preceding month. 2. The engineer shall carefully examine such report and shall indicate in writing attached to the report any errors therein or any explanations that he may deem necessary for the information of the county commission or other proper authorities, and if said report shall be found to be correct he shall so state and shall file same with the county clerk, clerk of the township board or district commissioner, as the case may be. 3. The county commission or other proper authorities shall examine such report, and may order such amounts paid on the contract as may be deemed safe and just, and as may be provided in the contract covering such work, but full payment for any work to be performed by contract shall not be made until the work has been completed and accepted by the county highway engineer or engineer in charge of same. 4. The county highway engineer or engineer in charge of the work shall inspect the work contracted for from time to time and make report thereon; and before any final settlement is made with any contractor the county highway engineer or engineer in charge of the work shall make a personal inspection of same, and shall make written statement under oath that he has made such inspection and that the contractor has performed his work according to contract. (RSMo 1939 § 8598) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7949; 1919 § 10736; 1909 § 10566

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.080 Donations, how appropriated.

229.080. Donations, how appropriated. — Whenever any citizen or citizens of any county shall subscribe any sum not less than fifty dollars, for the purpose of grading, tiling, ditching or surfacing any portion of any public road in such county, and shall deposit the same with the county treasurer of such county, the county commission may appropriate and pay out of the road funds of the county a like amount for the same purpose. The amount so subscribed shall be paid out only for such work as shall be designated by the subscribers thereof, and shall be expended under the direction and supervision of the county highway engineer. (RSMo 1939 § 8584) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7935; 1919 § 10723; 1909 § 10537

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.090 Sales agents - certain persons barred.

229.090. Sales agents — certain persons barred. — No member of a highway board or county commission, and no highway engineer or road overseer shall be the sales agent in the sale to, or purchase by, the state, county or road districts, of road tools, culvert or bridge materials or machinery, or be pecuniarily interested in any contract for the building of any bridge or culvert or for the improvement of any public road to which the county or any road district is a party. (RSMo 1939 § 8593) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7944; 1919 § 10731; 1909 § 10542 CROSS REFERENCE: County engineers, surveyors and overseer not to be sales agents, 61.300

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.100 Improvements along public roads - location - control.

229.100. Improvements along public roads — location — control. — No person or persons, association, companies or corporations shall erect poles for the suspension of electric light, or power wires, or lay and maintain pipes, conductors, mains and conduits for any purpose whatever, through, on, under or across the public roads or highways of any county of this state, without first having obtained the assent of the county commission of such county therefor; and no poles shall be erected or such pipes, conductors, mains and conduits be laid or maintained, except under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed and promulgated by the county highway engineer, with the approval of the county commission. (RSMo 1939 § 8573) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7924; 1919 § 10712; 1909 § 10515 CROSS REFERENCES: Electric transmission lines, placing by rural electric cooperative on public thoroughfares, 394.080 Telephone and telegraph companies, construction of lines along highways, 392.080 Underground water mains, construction along highways by water company, 393.020

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.120 Engineer and overseer to protect trees.

229.120. Engineer and overseer to protect trees. — The county highway engineer and overseers shall protect all fruit, shade and ornamental trees along the sides of the public roads, and shall forthwith remove all signs and advertisements whatsoever that may have been nailed or fastened to any of said trees. And it shall be the duty of the county highway engineer to see that this provision is enforced. (RSMo 1939 § 8579) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7930; 1919 § 10718; 1909 § 10531

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.130 Fingerboards.

229.130. Fingerboards. — Every overseer shall erect and maintain at every road fork, or road crossing, in his district that would likely mislead, a fingerboard, containing a legible inscription, directing the way and noting the distance to the next important place on the road, for which he may be allowed not to exceed two dollars, to be paid out of the road fund of the district. (RSMo 1939 § 8580) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7931; 1919 § 10719; 1909 § 10532

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.150 Ditches and crossings, how made - obstructions or damage prohibited, ...

229.150. Ditches and crossings, how made — obstructions or damage prohibited, exception — violations, remedy — inapplicability to charter counties and St. Louis City. — 1. All driveways or crossings over ditches connecting highways with the private property shall be made under the supervision of the road overseer or commissioners of the road districts. 2. No person or persons shall willfully and knowingly obstruct or damage any public road by obstructing the side or cross drainage or ditches thereof, or by turning water upon such road or right-of-way, or by throwing or depositing brush, trees, stumps, logs, or any refuse or debris whatsoever, in said road, or on the sides or in the ditches thereof, or by fencing across or upon the right-of-way of the same, or by planting any hedge or erecting any advertising sign within the lines established for such road, or by changing the location thereof, or shall obstruct or damage said road, highway, or drains in any other manner whatsoever. 3. Road damage or obstruction shall not constitute violations under this section when farming or ranching lands have been improved either using soil and water conservation practices implemented in conformance with the Missouri soil and water conservation program or natural resources conservation service technical standards or using precision level grading practices. 4. The road overseer of any district, or county highway engineer, who finds any road damaged or obstructed as above specified, may notify the landowner violating the provisions of this section, in writing, using any mail service with delivery tracking, to remove such obstruction, to repair such damage in a manner approved by the road overseer or county highway engineer making the request, or to pay the reasonable cost of such removal or repair. If the landowner fails to remove any obstruction, make any repairs, or remit any payment of costs as requested within thirty days of the tracked delivery date, the road overseer or county highway engineer may petition the associate circuit court of the county in which the land is located to authorize the overseer or engineer or an agent or employee thereof, to enter the landowner's land to remove the obstruction or to repair the damage, in order to restore the roadway or drainage ditch to a condition substantially the same as the adjacent roadways and drainage ditches. Such entry on the landowner's lands shall be limited to the extent necessary to repair the roadway or drainage ditch, and shall constitute no cause of action for trespass. Such authorization and entry shall not be granted until the opportunity for a hearing has been completed and the petition has been granted. The petition shall include an estimate of the costs. 5. If the court enters a judgment granting the petition and authorizing the actions requested therein, the judgment shall include an award for the reasonable cost of removal or repair, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, and shall become a lien on such lands, and shall be collected as state and county taxes are collected by law. If the court denies the petition, the county shall be responsible for the landowner's court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. 6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with a charter form of government or any city not within a county. (RSMo 1939 § 8581, A.L. 2017 S.B. 283) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7932; 1919 § 10720; 1909 § 10533

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.160 Protection of bridges - penalty for neglect.

229.160. Protection of bridges — penalty for neglect. — All persons owning, controlling or managing threshing machines, sawmills and steam engines or gasoline tractors are required, in moving the same over public highways to lay down planks not less than one foot wide and three inches in thickness on the floors of all bridges situate on the public highways, while crossing the same with such threshing machines, sawmills, steam engines or gasoline tractors, and in the event any person owning any such machinery shall cross or attempt to cross any bridge upon any public highway with such machinery who shall neglect or fail to lay down said planks as a protection to said bridge and who shall, by reason of such neglect cause injury to any such bridge, he shall be liable for double the amount of such injury to be recovered in the name of the county or any subdivision thereof, to the use and benefit of the road and bridge fund. (RSMo 1939 § 8591) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7942; 1919 § 10728; 1909 § 10545

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.200 Penalties.

229.200. Penalties. — Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 229.040 to 229.200 , or willfully failing to comply with the requirements of same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, where no other or different punishment is fixed, shall be fined not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars. (RSMo 1939 § 8594) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7945; 1919 § 10732; 1909 § 10550

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.210 Driving on recently constructed bridge or culvert prohibited - notice of ...

229.210. Driving on recently constructed bridge or culvert prohibited — notice of closing. — It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, an animal or animals or a load of any kind upon a highway bridge or culvert recently constructed or repaired wholly or partly of concrete or upon the surface of any improved highway of macadam, concrete, brick or bituminous material; and which has not been opened to traffic after the construction or repair, by order of the county highway engineer of the county in which such bridge or culvert or improved highway is situated, or by order of any other person having charge of the construction or repair of said bridge or culvert or improved highway; provided, due notice to the public has been given that the bridge or culvert or improved highway is closed to traffic, by placing barriers across the entrances to the bridge or culvert or improved highway and by written or printed handbills placed at either entrance to the bridge or culvert or improved highway stating that the bridge or culvert or improved highway is closed to traffic and mentioning the date on which same will be opened to traffic signed by the county highway engineer or by the person in charge of the construction or repair of the bridge or culvert or improved highway. (RSMo 1939 § 8589) Prior revision: 1929 § 7940

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.220 Penalty for violation.

229.220. Penalty for violation. — Any person violating the provisions of section 229.210 and any person who shall unlawfully remove either of the barriers or either of the written or printed notices above mentioned, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. (RSMo 1939 § 8590) Prior revision: 1929 § 7941

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.222 Designation of a certain road or highway as a memorial road for law ...

229.222. Designation of a certain road or highway as a memorial road for law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. — The governing assembly of any county, city, or village of this state may designate any street, road, or highway within such county, city, or village as a memorial road for any law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty. Any county, city, or village designating a memorial road pursuant to this section shall provide for and shall be responsible for the costs, erection, and maintenance of any signs marking the designated road. (L. 2002 H.B. 2039)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.230 Permit to move building across road.

229.230. Permit to move building across road. — No person, firm or corporation shall move, haul or transport any house, building or other structure upon, across or over any public highway outside of the limits of any city of the first, second or third class, or any city existing under a scheme and charter or a special charter in the state of Missouri, without first obtaining a permit therefor, as provided in section 229.240 ; provided, that nothing herein shall apply to a city having a population of fifteen thousand or less. (RSMo 1939 § 8599) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7950; 1919 § 10737

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.240 Application for permit.

229.240. Application for permit. — 1. All applications for permits to move houses, buildings or other structures upon, across or over any public highway outside of the limits of any city of the first, second or third class, or any city existing under a scheme and charter or a special charter in this state, shall be made to the county clerk of the county in which the property is situated, and shall state the location of the house, building or other structure to be moved, its greatest length, width and height, and shall state definitely the route over which it is to be moved, and whether or not it will be necessary to cut, remove, raise or in any way interfere with any electric transmission lines or electric wires, or the feed or trolley wires of any interurban railroad, or move any pole bearing any such wires, or whether it will be necessary to cross the tracks of any steam or interurban railroad; and if it shall be necessary to cut, remove, raise or in any way interfere with any such wires, the application shall state the names of the owners of such wires, the time and place when and where the removal of said poles, or the cutting, raising or otherwise interfering with the said wires will be necessary, or the crossing of said steam or interurban tracks, and the proposed new location thereof. 2. The county surveyor, or highway engineer, or the county commission, as the case may be, shall have authority to require any changes in such route which he or they shall deem proper under the attendant circumstances. (RSMo 1939 § 8600) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7951; 1919 § 10738

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.250 Notice to cut or remove poles or wires.

229.250. Notice to cut or remove poles or wires. — If it shall appear from the application that it will be necessary to cut, remove, raise or in any way interfere with any electric wires, transmission lines, or the feed and trolley wires of any interurban railroad, or move any poles bearing any such wires or cables, or that it will be necessary to cross the tracks of any steam or interurban railroad, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to give the persons, firms or corporations owning or operating such wires, feed wires, transmission lines, trolley wires, or owners of such steam or interurban railroads at least five days' notice of the time and place when and where the removal of said poles, or the cutting or raising or otherwise interfering with said wires, or the crossing of any steam or interurban railroad will be necessary. (RSMo 1939 § 8601) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7952; 1919 § 10739

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.260 Removal of lines or poles, when - costs assessed, how.

229.260. Removal of lines or poles, when — costs assessed, how. — 1. It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation owning or operating said poles, wires, transmission lines, feed or trolley wires, or steam or interurban railroads, after service of notice as required in section 229.250 , to furnish competent workmen or linemen to remove such poles, or raise or cut such wires as will be necessary to facilitate the moving of said house, building or other structure. 2. The actual expense which is incurred by any person, firm or corporation for cutting, removing or otherwise facilitating the moving of any such house, building or other structure, shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal of the poles, or raising or cutting the wires. Actual expenses for the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal of the poles, or raising or cutting the wires, incurred in removal of the poles or in the raising or cutting of the wires shall only include the actual additional expenses incurred by the owner or operator of the poles or wires and shall not include other fixed expenses which would be incurred by such owner or operator whether or not removal of poles or raising or cutting of wires is required under this section. In addition, where the removal of poles or the raising or cutting of wires is required under this section solely due to noncompliance with federal regulations involving the minimum height of wires above the property over which they cross, the owner or operator of the poles and wires shall pay the costs incurred pursuant to this section. The person, firm or corporation owning or operating the poles, wires, transmission lines, feed or trolley wires, or steam or interurban railroads may require the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal, raising or cutting to furnish an appropriate bond or other surety agreement ensuring payment of all such expenses. 3. No person engaged in moving any house, building or any other structure shall raise, cut or in any way interfere with any such poles, wires or transmission lines unless the persons or authorities owning or having control of the same shall refuse so to do, after having been notified as required by section 229.250 , and then only competent and experienced workmen or linemen shall be employed in such work, and the same shall be done in a careful and workmanlike manner, and the poles, wires and transmission lines promptly replaced, and damages thereto promptly repaired at the expense of the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal of the poles, or raising or cutting the wires. Actual expenses for the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal of the poles, or raising or cutting the wires, incurred in removal of the poles or in the raising or cutting of the wires shall only include the actual additional expenses incurred by the owner or operator of the poles or wires and shall not include other fixed expenses which would be incurred by such owner or operator whether or not removal of poles or raising or cutting of wires is required under this section. In addition, where the removal of poles or the raising or cutting of wires is required under this section solely due to noncompliance with federal regulations involving the minimum height of wires above the property over which they cross, the owner or operator of the poles and wires shall pay the costs incurred pursuant to this section. The person, firm or corporation owning or operating the poles, wires, transmission lines, feed or trolley wires, or steam or interurban railroads may require the person, firm or corporation requesting the removal, raising or cutting to furnish an appropriate bond or other surety agreement ensuring payment of all such expenses. (RSMo 1939 § 8602, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1845) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7953; 1919 § 10740

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.270 Fee for permit.

229.270. Fee for permit. — Before a permit to move any house, building or other structure is granted under the provisions of sections 229.230 to 229.290 , the applicant for such permit shall pay to the county clerk the sum of one dollar therefor, and the county clerk shall account for such fees as is provided for in other cases. (RSMo 1939 § 8604) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7955; 1919 § 10742

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.280 Violation defined.

229.280. Violation defined. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation engaged as principal or employee in moving any house, building or other structure upon, across or over any public highway outside of the limits of any city of the first, second or third class, or any city existing under a scheme and charter or special charter, to touch, move, cut, molest or in any way interfere with any electric wires, or any transmission lines, or the feed or trolley wires of any interurban railroad, or any poles bearing any such wires or cables, or other structures on any public highway, except under and in compliance with the provisions of sections 229.230 to 229.290 . (RSMo 1939 § 8603) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7954; 1919 § 10741

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.290 Penalty.

229.290. Penalty. — Any person violating the provisions of sections 229.230 to 229.290 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five days and not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (RSMo 1939 § 8605) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7956; 1919 § 10743

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.300 Work projects affecting property rights, moving of buildings on highways ...

229.300. Work projects affecting property rights, moving of buildings on highways (first class counties). — In all counties of class one it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to excavate or encroach on, or cause to be excavated or encroached on, or to lay, locate, erect, remove or maintain any conduits, poles, pole lines, wires, mains, pipes, conductors, sewers, tramways or drains, within, upon or across the right-of-way of any street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway outside the city limits of any municipality in such county; or to move upon, over or across any such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement or highway, any building, house or other structure, or to operate or cause to be operated, on any such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement or highway, any vehicle, or combination of any vehicle or house, building or other structure, which exceeds the limits of length, width, height, or weight as set forth by the regulations of the Missouri state highways and transportation commission governing such on state highways, without first having obtained a written permit, denominated as a special use permit, from the county highway engineer and surveyor. (RSMo 1939 § 8647, A.L. 1945 p. 1489) Prior revision: 1929 § 7998

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.310 Application for special use permit.

229.310. Application for special use permit. — The application for such special use permit shall be made by the party in interest at an office of the county highway engineer and surveyor on blanks kept by him and furnished by the county. The applicant shall state his name, residence, and business address, the purpose for which the application is made, giving the exact location, or locations, of the street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway involved, the nature of the proposed use, the starting time and the approximate time desired to complete the particular use and that he will restore and replace such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway, together with any other and further information which may be deemed necessary and pertinent by the county highway engineer. (RSMo 1939 § 8648, A.L. 1945 p. 1489) Prior revision: 1929 § 7999

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.320 County engineers to prescribe rules and regulations - bond.

229.320. County engineers to prescribe rules and regulations — bond. — 1. The county highway engineer shall have authority to require any changes in the route, or to prescribe the time, method, and manner of such moving, or the use of such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway, or any right-of-way or appurtenances thereto, and for good cause shown, when it is necessary to protect the right-of-way of, or, any such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway, or the safety of the public, may refuse such application. 2. The county highway engineer may require any and all such applicants to furnish and post such cash or bond as may be necessary for the protection of the public ways herein described, and appurtenances thereof, as he may deem proper under the circumstances. It shall be a condition of such bond that the applicant will refill such excavation or restore, repair or replace any such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway, or any part of the right-of-way thereof, disturbed or affected, so that the same will be in as good condition as before the same was used for such purpose, and will keep and maintain the portion thereof so affected in such condition for a period of six months from the completion of such work or use, and will save such county harmless from any cost or expense occasioned or required by such work or use, for such period of time. 3. In the event the business or occupation of the applicant is such that he is or may be required to make frequent applications for a special use permit, such applicant may be allowed to give a general bond to cover any and all such uses which may be made by such applicant during the fiscal year of the county. (RSMo 1939 §§ 8649, 8650, A.L. 1945 p. 1489 § 8649) Prior revision: 1929 §§ 8000, 8001

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.330 Restoration of premises used.

229.330. Restoration of premises used. — 1. If the use, excavation or encroachment of such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway is of such nature to cause or result in disturbance or change, and the applicant fails or refuses to restore and replace such in substantially the same condition as before such use, excavation or encroachment, within thirty days after the completion of such use, excavation or encroachment, or such longer period as may be provided in writing by the county highway engineer and surveyor, such office shall give written notice to the applicant to refill, replace and restore such street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, or highway in as good condition as it was at the time of such use, excavation or encroachment was commenced, and to keep and maintain the portion of such so affected in such condition for a period of six months from the date so fixed for the completion of such work, and to save the county harmless from any cost or expense occasioned or required in the refilling, repairing, restoring of such highway for such period, due to or occasioned by such use, excavation or encroachment. 2. If the applicant fails or refuses to make proper restoration of said premises as required in such notice, within ten days after receipt of a registered letter containing such notice the highway engineer and surveyor may cause the necessary work to be done and charge the expense thereof to such applicant, deducting the amount therefor from the cash deposit made by such applicant or by an action on the bond, as the case may be. 3. Any balance due the applicant from the cash deposit on hand, if any, shall be paid such applicant upon the fulfillment of all obligations hereunder. Any deduction from such deposit or recovery from such bond shall not excuse or relieve such applicant from any prosecution, conviction, fine or any penalty imposed for violation of any of the provisions of sections 229.300 to 229.370 . (RSMo 1939 § 8651, A.L. 1945 p. 1489 § 8650) Prior revision: 1929 § 8002

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.340 Fee may be required.

229.340. Fee may be required. — Each applicant for a permit under the provisions of sections 229.300 to 229.370 may be required by the county highway engineer to pay a fee in an amount determined by the county commission by order of record, not to exceed the sum of seven dollars for each such application, which fee is to be paid into a special fund in the county treasury and to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses incident to the provisions of sections 229.300 to 229.370 . Any balance on hand in such fund at the end of the fiscal year of such county shall be paid into the special county road and bridge fund of such county. (RSMo 1939 § 8652, A.L. 1945 p. 1489 § 8651, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al.) Prior revision: 1929 § 8003

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.350 Necessary alterations - notice.

229.350. Necessary alterations — notice. — If it shall appear from the application that it will be necessary to cut, remove, raise, lower or change or in any way interfere with any electric wires, transmission lines, telephone or telegraph lines or wires or the feed and trolley wires of any interurban or electric railroad, or the location of same, or move or remove any poles bearing any such lines, wires, or cables, or that it will be necessary to cross the tracks of any steam, electric or interurban railway; or if at any time it shall become necessary because of a change in the grade or for any other purpose whatsoever made necessary by reason of the widening, improving, repairing, construction, reconstructing or maintaining of any street, avenue, boulevard, road, alley, public easement, highway, bridge or culvert by any lawful authority to lower, raise, remove, change or alter in any manner the location or maintenance of any conduits, poles, pole lines, wires, mains, pipes, conductors, sewers, drains, tramways or other objects within, on, under or over the right-of-way of any public way, the county highway engineer and surveyor shall give the persons, firms or corporations owning, leasing or operating such objects at least five days' notice of the time and place when and where the removal of said poles or the cutting or raising or otherwise interfering with said wires or the crossing of any steam, interurban or electric railway, or the removal, change or alteration of any such object will be necessary. (L. 1945 p. 1489 § 8652)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.360 If owner supplies no competent workmen when alteration necessary, work to ...

229.360. If owner supplies no competent workmen when alteration necessary, work to be done at owner's expense. — It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation owning, leasing, or operating any such conduits, poles, pole lines, wires, mains, pipes, conductors, sewers, drains, tramways or other objects, after service of the notice required in section 229.350 to furnish such competent workmen and crews as may be necessary to effect such removal, change or alteration, and to pay all actual expenses which are incurred by any person, firm, corporation or political subdivision in so doing. In making such necessary removal, change or alteration, no other person, firm, corporation or political subdivision shall interfere with or make any such change, removal or alteration until the owner, lessee or operators of such object shall have been notified as provided in section 229.350 , and shall have failed or refused to do so within a reasonable time, and in the event of such failure or refusal such work shall be done only by competent and experienced workmen at the cost and expense, however, of the owner, lessee or operators of such object. (L. 1945 p. 1489 § 8653)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.370 Penalty.

229.370. Penalty. — Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of sections 229.300 to 229.370 or failing to comply therewith shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of sections 229.300 to 229.370 shall apply only to counties of class one, and any and all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. (RSMo 1939 § 8654, A.L. 1945 p. 1489) Prior revision: 1929 § 8005

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.380 Overseer's complaint as to grade crossings.

229.380. Overseer's complaint as to grade crossings. — When any public road in this state shall run across two or more tracks of railroad within two hundred feet of each other, and any road overseer of the road district shall make complaint to the county commission that the difference in grade of such railroad tracks is such as to interfere with the passage of any vehicle on such road, then such county commission shall make an order to the county surveyor to examine such crossings and report his opinion as to any change necessary to be made in any grade, and if he shall be of the opinion that such crossings are such as to interfere with the travel on such road, he shall report the facts to the county commission at any regular or adjourned term thereof, first giving the railroad companies interested notice of the day when he will present such matter to the county commission. (RSMo 1939 § 8736) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8088; 1919 § 10859; 1909 § 10627 CROSS REFERENCES: Powers of railroads as to rights-of-way, 388.210 Railroad crossings, how constructed, 389.610, 389.620

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.390 Notice to be in writing - service.

229.390. Notice to be in writing — service. — Such notice shall be given in writing, by leaving a copy of the same with some station agent of said company five days before the said presentation to said county commission, or if there be no such station agent in such county, then by mailing a copy of such notice to their general office fifteen days before said day. (RSMo 1939 § 8737) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8089; 1919 § 10860; 1909 § 10628

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.400 County commission to act upon report of surveyor.

229.400. County commission to act upon report of surveyor. — Such county commission shall hear the report of such county surveyor while in session, and shall hear such testimony as may be presented, and after such hearing such commission shall determine what changes, if any, shall be made, and shall make an order of record directing the same to be done. (RSMo 1939 § 8738) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8090; 1919 § 10861; 1909 § 10629

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.410 Railroad company failing to make change, circuit court to enforce orders.

229.410. Railroad company failing to make change, circuit court to enforce orders. — If such railroad company shall fail to make such changes as shall be directed by the county commission, within thirty days after such order shall have been made and such notice given as provided in section 229.390 , then any circuit court, or other court having jurisdiction of such causes, shall enforce obedience to such orders by mandamus or by other proper proceedings. (RSMo 1939 § 8739) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8091; 1919 § 10862; 1909 § 10630

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.420 Temporary abandonment of public road to permit mining.

229.420. Temporary abandonment of public road to permit mining. — Where coal or other valuable mineral underlies any public road in this state that has not been designated as a state highway or is not under the control of the state transportation department, if said coal or other mineral is being mined on or from adjoining lands by the "strip pit" or surface process of mining, the commissioners of any special road district or the township board of directors if said road be not located in a special road district may provide for the temporary abandonment of said road and the removal or mining of said coal or other valuable mineral underlying said road and the rebuilding of said road, in the manner and under the conditions provided in sections 229.420 to 229.450 , when in the opinion of said commissioners or township board the public good would best be served thereby. (RSMo 1939 § 8860) Prior revision: 1929 § 8200 CROSS REFERENCE: Mining or excavating under public road prohibited, when, 444.320, 444.330

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.430 Commissioners may contract for removal of minerals and for rebuilding of ...

229.430. Commissioners may contract for removal of minerals and for rebuilding of road abandoned. — The commissioners of any special road district where said road is located, or the township board if said road be not in a special road district, whenever in their opinion the removal of said coal or other valuable mineral from under the surface of said road and the rebuilding of said road will be a public benefit, may with the approval and consent of the county commission enter into a contract with any responsible person, firm or corporation for the removal of said coal or other mineral and for the rebuilding of said road under such terms and conditions as in their opinion are fair and just. (RSMo 1939 § 8861) Prior revision: 1929 § 8201

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.440 Proposition submitted to county commission for approval or rejection - bond ...

229.440. Proposition submitted to county commission for approval or rejection — bond to be given. — 1. Before the commissioners of any special road district or the township board of any township shall enter into any contract for the removal of coal or other mineral from or under any public road they shall submit their proposition to the county commission of the county for its approval or rejection. If the commission approves the proposition they shall direct the prosecuting attorney of the county to prepare the contract between the commissioners or township board as the case may be and the parties with whom they seek to contract. 2. Said contract shall particularly describe the road to be temporarily abandoned, the kind and character of road to be rebuilt, and the time limit for rebuilding same and before said contract is executed, the person, firm or corporation with whom it is made shall file with the clerk of the county commission a bond with good and sufficient sureties in at least four times the estimated cost of rebuilding said road after the removal of the coal or other mineral from same. Said bond shall be payable to the state of Missouri for the use and benefit of the special road district or township as the case may be and approved by the county commission and shall provide that the person, firm or corporation shall at their own expense remove said coal, within such time and under such terms as may be provided and if in the opinion of the county commission a temporary road be necessary or feasible, will at their own expense construct and at all times maintain a good road along, near and parallel to the road temporarily abandoned and connected with the usual road at both ends, all within the time and on such terms as may be provided; that they will be responsible and liable for any damages or injuries caused by their negligence in not properly constructing or maintaining said temporary road; that they will as soon as the coal or other mineral is removed from said road, at their own expense and without delay rebuild the same in a good substantial and workmanlike manner, according to the plans and specifications and within the time limit and according to the terms set forth in the contract. Said bond may provide for penalties or liquidated damages for the violation of its provisions. 3. When said road is complete as provided in the plans and specifications and according to all the terms and conditions of the contract and accepted by the county commission, the bond shall be released provided all conditions of the bond have been met and all claims, liabilities and causes of action, arising out of the performance of the conditions of said contract or bond or out of the violation of the same have been wholly met, settled and discharged. (RSMo 1939 § 8862) Prior revision: 1929 § 8202

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.475 Definitions - removal of plants from roadways or state and county highways ...

229.475. Definitions — removal of plants from roadways or state and county highways without permission, prohibited, penalty. — 1. As used in sections 229.475 to 229.481 , the following terms mean: (1) "Commission" , the state highways and transportation commission; (2) "Plants" , trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers, grasses and ferns; and (3) "Plant parts" , roots, bulbs, tubers and rhizomes. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 229.477 , no person shall dig or remove any plants or plant parts from any real property of the commission, or the right-of-way of any state or county highway or roadway without permission of the commission or governmental entity responsible for the administration of the property or right-of-way, unless such person is engaged in the work of constructing, repairing or maintaining the property, highway or roadway under the authority and direction of the commission or governmental entity. Violation of this section and section 229.477 is a class B misdemeanor. Each plant removed shall constitute a separate offense. (L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 1 subsecs. 1, 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.477 Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, ...

229.477. Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, scientific research, certain edibles and seeds. — 1. Subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the control or eradication of diseased vegetation or noxious weeds by authorized personnel. 2. Provided that such plants or plant parts are not offered for sale, subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the collection of seeds, fruits, nuts, berries, edible wild greens or flowering parts of plants, or the occasional collection of plants for the purposes of scientific research or education. (L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.479 Sale of plants or plant parts collected from highways or roadways, penalty.

229.479. Sale of plants or plant parts collected from highways or roadways, penalty. — No person, except authorized personnel, shall possess for sale, collect, or sell any plants or plant parts collected from highways, county roadways, or rights-of-way. Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor. (L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.481 Law enforcement officials, conservation agents and agents of department of ...

229.481. Law enforcement officials, conservation agents and agents of department of natural resources to enforce. — All law enforcement officials and peace officers of this state and of all political subdivisions, including department of conservation agents and agents of the department of natural resources, shall enforce the provisions of sections 229.475 to 229.481 within their respective geographic jurisdictions. (L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 3)
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