Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 71
Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns
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Section 71.011.1
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August 28, 2015
Transfer of certain land between municipalities, when--procedure--exception--concurrent detachment and annexation, procedure.
71.011. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section,
property of a municipality which abuts another municipality may be
concurrently detached from one municipality and annexed by the other
municipality by the enactment by the governing bodies of each municipality
of an ordinance describing by metes and bounds the property, declaring the
property so described to be concurrently detached and annexed, and stating
the reasons for and the purposes to be accomplished by the detachment and
annexation. One certified copy of each ordinance shall be filed with the
county clerk, with the county assessor, with the county recorder of deeds,
and with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the property
is located, whereupon the concurrent detachment and annexation shall be
complete and final. Thereafter all courts of this state shall take notice
of the limits of both municipalities as changed by the ordinances. No
declaratory judgment or election shall be required for any concurrent
detachment and annexation permitted by this section if there are no
residents living in the area or if there are residents in the area and they
be notified of the annexation and do not object within sixty days.
2. In a county of the first classification with a charter form of
government containing all or a portion of a city with a population of at
least three hundred thousand inhabitants:
(1) Unimproved property of a municipality which overlaps another
municipality may be concurrently detached from one municipality and annexed
by the other municipality by the enactment by the governing body of the
receiving municipality of an ordinance describing by metes and bounds the
property, declaring the property so described to be detached and annexed,
and stating the reasons for and the purposes to be accomplished by the
detachment and annexation. A copy of said ordinance shall be mailed to the
city clerk of the contributing municipality, which shall have thirty days
from receipt of said notice to pass an ordinance disapproving the change of
boundary. If such ordinance is not passed within thirty days, the change
shall be effective and one certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed
with the county clerk, with the county assessor, with the county recorder
of deeds, and with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which
the property is located, whereupon the concurrent detachment and annexation
shall be complete and final. Thereafter all courts of this state shall
take notice of the limits of both municipalities as changed by the
ordinances. No declaratory judgment or election shall be required for any
concurrent detachment and annexation permitted by this section if the
landowners in the area are notified and do not object within sixty days; or
(2) An island of unincorporated area within a municipality, which is
contiguous to more than one municipality or contiguous to the Missouri
River and the Blue River, may be annexed by an abutting municipality by the
enactment by the governing body of the municipality of an ordinance
describing the metes and bounds of the property, declaring the property so
described to be annexed, and stating the reasons for and the purposes to be
accomplished by the annexation. All recording shall be accomplished in the
same manner as set out in subdivision (1) of this subsection and shall be
effective unless the governing body of the county passes an ordinance
within thirty days disapproving the annexation. No declaratory judgment or
election shall be required for any annexation permitted by this
subdivision. Any annexation permitted by this subdivision shall exclude
any property within the unincorporated area when such property has been
owned by the same family for at least sixty consecutive years and consists
of ten acres or more. The line of ownership from the original settler or
buyer may be through children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, or nieces,
including through marriage or adoption.
(L. 1973 S.B. 38 § 1, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1536, A.L. 1998 S.B. 809, A.L.
2007 H.B. 459 merged with S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 30, A.L. 2013
H.B. 1035)
*Effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 1035 was vetoed July 12,
2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
2007
1998
2007
71.011. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, property
of a municipality which abuts another municipality may be concurrently
detached from one municipality and annexed by the other municipality by the
enactment by the governing bodies of each municipality of an ordinance
describing by metes and bounds the property, declaring the property so
described to be concurrently detached and annexed, and stating the reasons
for and the purposes to be accomplished by the detachment and annexation. One
certified copy of each ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk, with
the county assessor, with the county recorder of deeds, and with the clerk of
the circuit court of the county in which the property is located, whereupon
the concurrent detachment and annexation shall be complete and final.
Thereafter all courts of this state shall take notice of the limits of both
municipalities as changed by the ordinances. No declaratory judgment or
election shall be required for any concurrent detachment and annexation
permitted by this section if there are no residents living in the area or if
there are residents in the area and they be notified of the annexation and do
not object within sixty days.
2. In a county of the first classification with a charter form of
government containing all or a portion of a city with a population of at
least three hundred thousand inhabitants, unimproved property of a
municipality which overlaps another municipality may be concurrently detached
from one municipality and annexed by the other municipality by the enactment
by the governing body of the receiving municipality of an ordinance
describing by metes and bounds the property, declaring the property so
described to be detached and annexed, and stating the reasons for and the
purposes to be accomplished by the detachment and annexation. A copy of said
ordinance shall be mailed to the city clerk of the contributing municipality,
which shall have thirty days from receipt of said notice to pass an ordinance
disapproving the change of boundary. If such ordinance is not passed within
thirty days, the change shall be effective and one certified copy of the
ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk, with the county assessor,
with the county recorder of deeds, and with the clerk of the circuit court of
the county in which the property is located, whereupon the concurrent
detachment and annexation shall be complete and final. Thereafter all courts
of this state shall take notice of the limits of both municipalities as
changed by the ordinances. No declaratory judgment or election shall be
required for any concurrent detachment and annexation permitted by this
section if the landowners in the area are notified and do not object within
sixty days.
1998
71.011. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section,
property of a municipality which abuts another municipality may be
concurrently detached from one municipality and annexed by the other
municipality by the enactment by the governing bodies of each municipality
of an ordinance describing by metes and bounds the property, declaring the
property so described to be concurrently detached and annexed, and stating
the reasons for and the purposes to be accomplished by the detachment and
annexation. One certified copy of each ordinance shall be filed with the
county clerk, with the county recorder of deeds, and with the clerk of the
circuit court of the county in which the property is located, whereupon the
concurrent detachment and annexation shall be complete and final.
Thereafter all courts of this state shall take notice of the limits of both
municipalities as changed by the ordinances. No declaratory judgment or
election shall be required for any concurrent detachment and annexation
permitted by this section if there are no residents living in the area or
if there are residents in the area and they be notified of the annexation
and do not object within sixty days.
2. In a county of the first classification with a charter form of
government containing all or a portion of a city with a population of at
least three hundred thousand inhabitants, unimproved property of a
municipality which overlaps another municipality may be concurrently
detached from one municipality and annexed by the other municipality by the
enactment by the governing body of the receiving municipality of an
ordinance describing by metes and bounds the property, declaring the
property so described to be detached and annexed, and stating the reasons
for and the purposes to be accomplished by the detachment and annexation.
A copy of said ordinance shall be mailed to the city clerk of the
contributing municipality, which shall have thirty days from receipt of
said notice to pass an ordinance disapproving the change of boundary. If
such ordinance is not passed within thirty days, the change shall be
effective and one certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the
county clerk, with the county recorder of deeds, and with the clerk of the
circuit court of the county in which the property is located, whereupon the
concurrent detachment and annexation shall be complete and final.
Thereafter all courts of this state shall take notice of the limits of both
municipalities as changed by the ordinances. No declaratory judgment or
election shall be required for any concurrent detachment and annexation
permitted by this section if the landowners in the area are notified and do
not object within sixty days.
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