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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.010 (2026)

County court to be known as county commission

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  49.010.  County court to be known as county commission — membership of commission — two districts in each county. — The county court shall be known as the "county commission" and shall be composed of three members, to be styled "commissioners" of the county, and each county shall be districted by the commissions thereof into two districts, of contiguous territory, as nearly equal in population as practicable, without dividing municipal townships.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2474, A.L. 1945 p. 832, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2072; 1919 § 2568; 1909 § 4075

Effective 1-01-85

CROSS REFERENCE:

Number of members may be reduced, how, Const. Art. VI § 7

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1977–2024 · leading case: Nathan Rinne v. Camden Cnty., 65 F.4th 378 (8th Cir. 2023).
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Nathan Rinne v. Camden Cnty., 65 F.4th 378 (8th Cir. 2023). · cites it 2× “See Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 49.010 , 49.070. The Commission’s authority includes the power to regulate the use of county property.”
Cox v. Ripley Cnty., 233 S.W.3d 225 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Section 49.010 et seq. This finding, however, does not end our inquiry.”
Baker v. Stone Cnty., Mo., 41 F. Supp. 2d 965 (W.D. Mo. 1999). “§ 49.010. The presiding commissioner is elected to four-year terms.”
State ex inf. Attorney Gen. v. Shull, 887 S.W.2d 397 (Mo. 1994). “§§ 49.010 and 49.020, RSMo 1986. On July 11,1991, the commissioners decided to fill Clay County vacancies on the Board of Trustees of the Clay-Platte-Ray Mental Health Tax Levy Board.”
Jablonsky v. Callaway Cnty., 865 S.W.2d 698 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Arthur Jablonsky filed suit against Calla-way County and two members of the County Court (now County Commission, § 49.010, RSMo 1986) 1 on a contract by which Jablon- *699 sky was to perform architectural services for the County.”
Bd. of Educ. of Sch. Dist. Springfield, R-12 v. City of Sprin., 174 S.W.3d 653 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). “In 1983, under § 49.010, "county courts" in Missouri were designated as "county commissions.”
Eric Vimont v. Christian Cnty. Health Dep't, 502 S.W.3d 718 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “Formerly called county courts, see RSMo § 49.010; Am. Aberdeen Angus v. Stanton, 762 S.”
Reorganization of Levee Dist. No. 3 of Mississippi Cnty. v. Seeking Reorganization of Levee Dist. No. 3 of Mississippi Cnty., 695 S.W.2d 450 (Mo. 1985). · cites it 2× “§ 49.010, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984. . § 245.335, RSMo 1978.”
Horseshoe Bend Prop. Owners Ass'n v. Camden Cnty. Comm'n, 748 S.W.2d 848 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “219, § 49.010. . While one might be astonished that Uniondale was cited in Rooney as authority for the proposition that the county court’s order denying incorporation in Rooney was appealable to the circuit court, there is a passage in Uniondale stating: “Had the petitioners…”
Chapman v. Hoyt, 549 S.W.2d 869 (Mo. 1977). · cites it 16× “This case presents the question of whether the provision of § 49.010, RSMo 1969 1 requiring that the division of a county into two county court districts be made “without dividing municipal townships” violates the constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri in…”
Bunker R-III Sch. Dist. v. Hodge, 709 S.W.2d 884 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 49.010, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984 (effective 1-1-85).”
Rinne v. Camden Cnty. (W.D. Mo. 2024). · cites it 2× “Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.010 . In the Second Amended Complaint, Plaintiff asserts identical causes of action against Camden County, Missouri and the Camden County Commission for violation of the First Amendment (Count II) and violation of the Fourteenth Amendment (Count III).”
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