Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.010. Office of county clerk created. — In each county of this state there shall be an office of clerk of the county commission to be styled “The Office of the Clerk of the County Commission”. ——– (L. 1945 p. 653 § 1)
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 51.020. Election — term of office — commissioned by governor. — At the general election in the year 1946, and every four years thereafter, the voters of the county at large in each county in this state shall elect a clerk of the county commission, who shall be commissioned by […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 51.030. Certificate of election recorded. — The certificate of election with the oath or affirmation of office of such clerk endorsed thereon, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county before any other duty of his office is discharged. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 13288, A.L. 1945 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.040. Certificate of election to be deposited with secretary of state. — The certificate of election of the clerk of the county commission, signed by the presiding commissioner of the county commission, or by the chairman of the board, or boards, of election commissioners, as the case may be, and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 51.050. Qualifications. — No person shall be elected or appointed clerk of the county commission unless such person be a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, and shall have resided within the state one whole year, and within the county for which the person is […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.060. Oath of office. — Before taking office every clerk of the county commission shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that he will support the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and demean himself faithfully in office. ——– (L. 1945 p. 653 § […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1959 51.070. Bond. — Every clerk of the county commission, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall enter into bond, payable to the state of Missouri, with good and sufficient sureties, who are residents of the county for which the clerk is elected or appointed, or with a surety […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1959 51.080. Commission may require new bond — penalty for failure to give such bond. — If, at any time, the county commission is satisfied that any surety on the official bond of the clerk of the commission is a nonresident of the county in which the clerk is acting, is […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.090. Vacancy filled by governor. — When any vacancy shall occur in the office of clerk of the county commission by death, resignation, removal, refusal to act, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill such vacancy by appointing some eligible person to said office, who […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 51.100. Location of office. — Each clerk of the county commission shall keep his office at such place or places as the county commission shall direct, not more than two hundred yards from the courthouse or permanent meeting place of the county commission of which he is clerk, and there […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 51.110. Branch clerk’s office, where. — In all counties in this state now containing or that may hereafter contain seventy-five thousand inhabitants or more, and where county commissions are now or may hereafter be held at more places than one, and at places other than the county seat, said commissions […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.120. Duties. — Every clerk of a county commission shall keep an accurate record of the orders, rules, and proceedings of the county commission, and shall make a complete alphabetical index thereto; issue and attest all process, when required by law, and affix the seal of his office thereto; keep […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1975 51.121. County clerk to inspect precincts, report required, when required. — In any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, and all counties of the second, third or fourth class, the county clerk shall annually, on or before May tenth, inspect all voting precincts in […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1974 51.122. Clerk to assist in preparation of gas tax refund forms, when — report on federal funds received, required. — The clerk of the county commission of each county of the second, third or fourth class shall assist in the preparation of gas tax refund forms when requested by residents […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1973 51.130. To keep official commission reports. — It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county commission to keep in his office a catalogue of all reports of the supreme court and the court of appeals belonging to his office, and he shall deliver or account to his […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 51.135. County clerk to provide list of local option laws in effect in county. — 1. In addition to his other duties provided by law, the clerk of each county commission in this state shall provide the revisor of statutes with a complete list setting forth each Missouri statute, commonly […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1945 51.140. May administer oaths and affirmations. — The clerk of the county commission shall have power and is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations in all matters and proceedings incident to the exercise of the powers and duties of his office, and incident to the powers and proceedings of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 51.150. County clerk to keep accounts and issue warrants — file salary and fee lists — penalty for failure. — 1. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county commission: (1) To keep regular accounts between the treasurer and the county, charging him therein with all moneys […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1965 51.153. County clerk to assist assessor (second class counties). — The county clerk in counties of the second class shall assist the county assessor in abstracting information on personal property assessment lists as to the number of each and every item of personal tangible property for certification to the county […]
Effective – 27 Jun 1986 51.163. Report of county clerk to state board of education. — Each county clerk, on or before the thirtieth day of June, annually, shall make out and transmit to the state board of education, at Jefferson City, a report of school districts in his county made by him according to […]
