Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.525 (2026)

Duties of city comptroller

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  137.525.  Duties of city comptroller. — The city comptroller shall hear and determine all complaints or manifest error in the assessment of property for taxes, and in all cases when it shall appear that any real or tangible personal property has been erroneously assessed, cause the same to be corrected on the assessment books, and certify to the director of revenue all such corrections for credit to the collector.  The city comptroller shall perform all duties and acts within the city, in regard to the land delinquent list, the sale of land for taxes, and the assessment books and tax bills that are imposed on county commissions by general law; and make out the back tax books and the back tax bills required by law.

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(L. 1945 p. 1859 § 15)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1959–1996 · leading case: St. Louis Concessions, Inc. v. City of St. Louis, 926 S.W.2d 495 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996).
St. Louis Concessions, Inc. v. City of St. Louis, 926 S.W.2d 495 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “See § 137.525, RSMo 1994. Upon approval of the request, the 1994 City records were changed to place a $429,036.”
Evans v. Brussel, 330 S.W.2d 788 (Mo. 1959). · cites it 2× “As to the duties of the comptroller of said city in connection with “the sale of land for taxes” see Section 137.525. In addition as to this point plaintiff makes no assignment in her motion for new trial that the collector’s deed was void because it was improperly or…”
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