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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.470 (2026)

County commission may alter and repair county buildings, when

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  49.470.  County commission may alter and repair county buildings, when. — The county commission of each county shall have power, from time to time, to alter, repair or build any county buildings, which have been or may hereafter be erected, as circumstances may require, and the funds of the county may admit; and they shall, moreover, take such measures as shall be necessary to preserve all buildings and property of their county from waste or damage.

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(RSMo 1939 § 13730, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12071; 1919 § 9471; 1909 § 3692

Effective 1-01-85

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2012 · leading case: Engelage v. City of Warrenton, 378 S.W.3d 410 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012).
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Engelage v. City of Warrenton, 378 S.W.3d 410 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “” 6 Section 49.470 provides, in part, that the county commission has the power “to build any county buildings.”
Bd. of Educ. of Sch. Dist. Springfield, R-12 v. City of Sprin., 174 S.W.3d 653 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). “270 and § 49.470, which, County contends, grants “county commissions unfettered discretion to build and repair any county building[ ].”
State ex rel. Pettis Cnty. v. Sloan, 643 S.W.2d 618 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). “” The judges responded by letter stating the work was done pursuant to § 49.470 which allows the county court to repair and preserve a county building from waste and that in order to get the heating system in the courthouse operative before freezing weather, the work was done…”
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