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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 72.030 (2026)

Third class cities

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  72.030.  Third class cities. — All cities and towns in this state containing three thousand or more inhabitants, which shall elect to be a city of the third class, shall be cities of the third class.

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(RSMo 1939 § 6214, A.L. 1975 H.B. 398)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1954–2006 · leading case: In Re Incorporation of Vill. of Table Rock, 201 S.W.3d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006).
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In Re Incorporation of Vill. of Table Rock, 201 S.W.3d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “" As such, the sections found in Chapter 72 define, among other things, the population parameters for "Third class cities," section 72.030; [9] the population parameters for "Fourth class cities," section 72.”
Gelhot v. City of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 277 S.W.2d 650 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 3× “Section 72.030 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., is as follows: “All cities and towns in this state containing three thousand and less than thirty thousand inhabitants,' which shall elect to be a city of the third class, shall be cities of the third class.”
Armentrout v. Schooler, 409 S.W.2d 138 (Mo. 1966). “” In 1949 the city was reorganized as a city of the third class under the provisions of § 72.030. 1 Section 72.110 provides: “The jurisdiction of any city which shall be reorganized under this chapter shall not in anywise be affected or changed in consequence of such…”
City of Sikeston v. Rolanco, Inc., 650 S.W.2d 729 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “On October 6, 1980, and December 1, 1980, the Council of the City of Sikeston (“condemnor”), a city of the third class, § 72.030, RSMo 1978, passed ordinances authorizing acquisition, by condemnation, of certain tracts of land in Scott County for *730 improving and extending the…”
State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Roberts, 264 S.W.2d 314 (Mo. 1954). “” At another point in their pleadings they state that on March 18, 1880 Maryville became a city of the fourth class and that at no time since that date has there been a proposition submitted to the voters to become a city of the third class, particularly under Sections 72.030…”
State ex rel. Reed v. Cnty. of Stone, 201 S.W.3d 543 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “” As such, the sections found in Chapter 72 define, among other things, the population parameters for “Third class cities,” section 72.030; 9 the population parameters for “Fourth class cities,” section 72.”
Cedar Cnty. Mem'l Hosp. v. Nevada City Hosp., 987 S.W.2d 422 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Cedar County is a county of the third classification pursuant to § 72.030, RSMo 1994. Nevada City Hospital, d/b/a/ Nevada Regional Medical Center (“Nevada Regional”) is an acute care city hospital located in Vernon .”
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