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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.210 (2026)

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  70.210.  Definitions. — As used in sections 70.210 to 70.320, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Governing body", the board, body or persons in which the powers of a municipality or political subdivision are vested;

  (2)  "Municipality", municipal corporations, political corporations, and other public corporations and agencies authorized to exercise governmental functions;

  (3)  "Political subdivision", counties, townships, cities, towns, villages, school, county library, city library, city-county library, road, drainage, sewer, levee and fire districts, soil and water conservation districts, watershed subdistricts, county hospitals, any board of control of an art museum, any 911 or emergency services board authorized in chapter 190 or section 321.243, the board created under sections 205.968 to 205.973, and any other public subdivision or public corporation having the power to tax.

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(L. 1945 p. 1289 § 7403a, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 401 § 7403a, A.L. 1955 p. 302, A.L. 1961 p. 187, A.L. 1963 p. 123, A.L. 1967 p. 141, A.L. 1989 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 98, A.L. 2016 S.B. 732, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1456)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2021 · leading case: O'Dell Ex Rel. O'Dell v. Sch. Dist. of Indep., 521 S.W.2d 403 (Mo. 1975).
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O'Dell Ex Rel. O'Dell v. Sch. Dist. of Indep., 521 S.W.2d 403 (Mo. 1975). · cites it 4× “, § 70.210, RSMo 1959, V.A.M. S. As such, school districts have long been held immune from liability in tort for negligence.”
Smith v. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 408 S.W.2d 50 (Mo. 1966). · cites it 2× “, § 70.210, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. As such, school districts have long been held immune from liability in tort for negligence.”
St. Louis Hous. Auth. v. City of St. Louis, 239 S.W.2d 289 (Mo. 1951). · cites it 2× “1949, Sections 70.210 and 70.220. 2. For reasons hereinabove set out this court finds and declares' that R.”
Copeland v. City of Union, 534 S.W.3d 298 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). “The contracting and cooperating powers set forth in Article VI, Section 16, were statutorily implemented by the legislature in Sections 70.210' through 70.320. Specifically, Sections'70.”
City of Kansas v. Milrey Dev. Co., 600 S.W.2d 660 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “220, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1959, as amended, by and between PLATTE COUNTY MAIN SEWER DISTRICT acting by and through the County Court of Platte County, Missouri, a political subdivision within the meaning and definition of Section 70.210, Revised Statutes of Missouri,…”
State Ex Rel. Normandy Sch. Dist. of St. Louis Cnty. v. Small, 356 S.W.2d 864 (Mo. 1962). · cites it 2× “VI, § 16, Constitution of Missouri 1945 ; §§ 70.210(2) and 70.220, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.”
Smith v. Thirty-Seventh Jud. Circuit of Missouri, 847 S.W.2d 755 (Mo. 1993). · cites it 2× “750; § 70.210 RSMo Supp.1992; § 115.013(18). Instead, circuit courts are constitutional entities: The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a supreme court, a court of appeals .”
Lalumondier v. Cnty. Court of St. Francois Cnty., 588 S.W.2d 197 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). “” The county officials argued in the trial court and in this court that Sections 70.210 to 70.320 RSMo 1969 govern the contracts.”
Hughes v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 537 S.W.2d 814 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “School districts are political subdivisions of the state, § 70.210(2), RSMo 1969; State ex inf. McKittrick v.”
Drury v. City of Cape Girardeau, 66 S.W.3d 733 (Mo. 2002). “Drury's only other claim of error is that the trial court erroneously failed to grant his summary judgment motion alleging that Ordinance 2403 was a sales tax passed in violation of section 94.510, RSMo. Drury concedes that this claim was never raised in the pleadings, and has…”
Cole Cnty. v. Bd. of Trs. of the Jefferson City Free Library Dist., 545 S.W.2d 422 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). “See § 70.210(2). (All statutory references are to RSMo 1969.”
Roberts v. City of Maryville, 750 S.W.2d 69 (Mo. 1988). “Soon after the effective date of the 1945 Constitution, the general assembly implemented § 16 of article VI by adopting what are now sections 70.210 to 70.320, RSMo 1986. See St.”
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— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.210(2) — 3 cases
State Ex Rel. Normandy Sch. Dist. of St. Louis Cnty. v. Small, 356 S.W.2d 864 (Mo. 1962). “VI, § 16, Constitution of Missouri 1945 ; §§ 70.210(2) and 70.220, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.”
Hughes v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 537 S.W.2d 814 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). “School districts are political subdivisions of the state, § 70.210(2), RSMo 1969; State ex inf. McKittrick v.”
Cole Cnty. v. Bd. of Trs. of the Jefferson City Free Library Dist., 545 S.W.2d 422 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). “See § 70.210(2). (All statutory references are to RSMo 1969.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.210(3) — 1 case
Travis Poke v. Indep. Sch. Dist. (Mo. Ct. App. 2021).
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