Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.270 (2026)

County commission to control county property

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49.270. County commission to control county property — to audit demands against county. — The county commission shall have control and management of the property, real and personal, belonging to the county, and may purchase, lease or receive by donation, or to refuse donation of, any property, real or personal, for the use and benefit of the county, and may sell and cause to be conveyed any real estate, goods or chattels belonging to the county, appropriating the proceeds of such sale to the use of the same, and to audit and settle all demands against the county.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2480, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1640)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2078; 1919 § 2574; 1909 § 4081

CROSS REFERENCES:

County property subject to city ordinances, cities of the fourth classification, when, 88.743 to 88.750

Powers on claims against county generally, 50.160

Swamp and overflowed lands, employment of counsel to recover, 241.155

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1955–2012 · leading case: Everett v. Cnty. of Clinton, 282 S.W.2d 30 (Mo. 1955).

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Everett v. Cnty. of Clinton, 282 S.W.2d 30 (Mo. 1955). · cites it 6× “” Section 49.270 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., gives the county court the right to purchase real estate for the use and benefit of the county and provides that the county court “shall, have control and management of the property, real and personal, belonging to the county.”

Engelage v. City of Warrenton, 378 S.W.3d 410 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 5× “In particular, the county relies on two sections of that chapter — Sections 49.270 and 49.470. Section 49.270 states, in part, that the county commission “shall have control and management of the property, real and personal, belonging to the county.”

Bd. of Educ. of Sch. Dist. Springfield, R-12 v. City of Sprin., 174 S.W.3d 653 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “380 has no application to County’s plans to develop the North Robberson property or any other property it owns or may acquire, in that §§ 49.270 and 49.300, RSMo “vest [County] with the exclusive power to select, locate, procure and use sites for its public facilities within…”

State ex rel. Walton v. Miller, 297 S.W.2d 611 (Mo. Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 2× “Section 49.270. However, “This, of course, means lawful demands against the county.”

City of Vinita Park Ex Rel. Bd. of Directors v. Girls Sheltercare, Inc., 664 S.W.2d 256 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). “§ 49.270 (1978) also provides that the county court “shall have power and authority to purchase, lease * * * any property, real or personal, for the use and benefit of the county.”

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