Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 228.010 (2026)
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228.010. Definitions. — The words "established" and "establishing", as used in sections 228.010 to 228.190 in relation to public roads, shall be held to embrace the locating, relocating, changing or widening of roads, and the word "road" shall include bridges and culverts.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8487)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7841; 1919 § 10637
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cases, 1969–2005 · leading case: Sheedy v. Missouri Highways & Transp. Comm'n, 180 S.W.3d 66 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005).
Sheedy v. Missouri Highways & Transp. Comm'n, 180 S.W.3d 66 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). “and have been used as public highways for a period of ten years or more, shall be deemed legally established public roads; and all roads that have been used as such by the public for ten years continuously, and upon which there shall have been expended public money or labor for…”
Osburn v. Supreme Express & Transfer Co., 590 S.W.2d 360 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). “The Upper Road was lawfully established as a public road thirty feet wide on a route with definite beginning, course and terminus by petition and notice to the landowners affected.”
Hoechst v. Bangert, 440 S.W.2d 476 (Mo. 1969). “§ 228.010 et seq., supra, sets forth the procedure in county courts to establish public roads, with provisions for notice and hearing thereon.”
Rogers v. Brockland, 889 S.W.2d 827 (Mo. 1994). “§§ 228.010 to 228.480. The rights and obligations as well as the requirements for establishing and vacating each such easement or road differ depending upon the type of easement or road at issue.”
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