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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.255 (2026)

Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges

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  249.255.  Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges — disconnection of services. — 1.  Should a public sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority place a lien upon a customer's property for unpaid sewer charges, the lien, once properly recorded, shall have priority above all liens except for those taxes levied for state and county purposes.

  2.  Should the sewer charges of a public sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority remain unpaid for a period in excess of three months, the district, after notice to the customer by certified mail, shall have the authority at its discretion, to disconnect the customer's sewer line from the district's line or request any private water company, public water supply district, or any municipality supplying water to the premises to discontinue service to the customer until such time as the sewer charges and all related costs of this section are paid.

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(L. 1991 H.B. 299, A.L. 2000 S.B. 741, A.L. 2024 H.B. 2062, A.L. 2026 S.B. 973)

Severability clause, see § 1.1007

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Gershman Inv. Corp. v. Duckett Creek Sewer Dist., 851 S.W.2d 765 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993).
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Gershman Inv. Corp. v. Duckett Creek Sewer Dist., 851 S.W.2d 765 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 7× “This suit was brought to determine whether sections 249.255 and 249.645, RSMo Cum.Supp.”
St. Louis Inv. Props., Inc. v. Metro. St. Louis Sewer Dist., 873 S.W.2d 303 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 10× “We find that MSD had authority to impose hens for delinquent sewer service charges on the property served, but did not have authority to give those hens priority over previously recorded deeds of trust which had been recorded prior to the enactment of § 249.255 RSMo…”
Eclipse Prop. Dev. LLC v. Fareed Ammari, 635 S.W.3d 205 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 34× “Because Section 249.255 gives the District’s sewer liens special priority and enforcement status equal to state and county tax liens, the District’s unrecorded lien was not extinguished by the County tax sale.”
Collector of Revenue of St. Louis v. Parcels of Land Encumbered with Delinquent Tax Liens Land Tax Suit 178, 533 S.W.3d 816 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). “MSD had payment priority over Appellant, and the Family Support Division without dispute, pursuant to Sections 249.255 and 141.480. Thus, MSD’s priority payment is not part of this appeal.”
Tabernacle Cmty. Dev. Corp. v. Metro. St. Louis Sewer Dist., 722 S.W.3d 598 (Mo. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 8× “This Court said that section 249.255, which became effective on May 29, 1991, “provided that if a public sewer district places a lien upon a customer’s property for unpaid sewer charges, that lien would have the same priority as state and county taxes.”
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