Section 51.100 – Location of office.
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 […]
Section 51.010 – Office of county clerk created.
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)
Section 51.020 – Election — term of office — commissioned by governor.
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 […]
Section 51.030 – Certificate of election recorded.
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 […]
Section 51.040 – Certificate of election to be deposited with secretary of state.
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 […]
Section 51.050 – Qualifications.
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 […]
Section 51.060 – Oath of office.
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 § […]
Section 51.070 – Bond.
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 […]
Section 51.080 – Commission may require new bond — penalty for failure to give such bond.
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 […]
Section 51.090 – Vacancy filled by governor.
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 […]