Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.150. Eligibility for office. — No person shall be eligible to any township office unless he shall be a voter and a resident of such township. Such person serving as a township officer must remain a resident of the township for the duration of his or her term. ——– (RSMo […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.160. Oath — shall assume office, when. — Every person chosen or appointed to the office of township trustee and ex officio treasurer, member of the township board, or township clerk, before such person enters on the duties of his or her office and within ten days after such person […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 65.170. Certificate — acceptance. — Such person shall, within ten days thereafter, cause such certificate, together with his acceptance of the office, to be filed in the office of the township clerk; his neglect or refusal so to do shall be deemed a refusal to serve. ——– (RSMo 1939 § […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.180. Refusal to serve — forfeiture. — Any person chosen or appointed to fill any township office, who shall refuse to serve, shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars for the use of the contingent fund, and said forfeiture, if not otherwise paid, shall be collected […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.183. Removal of township officers, procedure. — Any person serving as a township officer may be removed from the township board by a majority vote of the other board members for failing to attend two or more consecutive meetings of the board. ——– (L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.190. Failure to take oath — forfeiture. — If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office shall enter upon the duties of his office before he shall have taken such oath, he shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.200. Vacancies in office — how filled. — Whenever any township shall fail to elect the proper number of officers to which such township may be entitled, or when any person elected or appointed shall fail to qualify, or when any vacancy shall happen in any township office from any […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 65.210. Warrant of appointment — notification to appointee. — Whenever any appointment shall be made, as provided in section 65.200, the township board shall cause a warrant of appointment to be filed in the office of the township clerk, who shall immediately give notice to the person or persons appointed; […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.220. Resignations, how accepted. — The township board may, at any legally convened meeting, for a good and sufficient cause shown to them, accept the written, dated, and signed resignation of any township officer; provided, that in all cases where the action of the township board is required, as provided […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2005 65.230. Compensation of officers. — The following township officers shall be entitled to compensation at the following rates for each day necessarily devoted by them to the services of the township in discharging the duties of their respective offices: (1) The township clerk, as clerk, the township trustee, as trustee, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 65.250. No fee for oath. — No township officer shall be entitled to any fee from any officer for administering the oath of office. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 13988, A. 1949 H.B. 2021) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12311; 1919 § 13224; 1909 § 11712
