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2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 46 Establishment and Boundaries of Counties
Section 46.010 Boundaries by watercourses.


MO Rev Stat § 46.010 (2012) What's This?

Boundaries by watercourses.

46.010. Whenever a county is bounded by a watercourse, it shall be construed to be the middle of the main channel thereof; and range, township and sectional lines shall be construed as conforming to the established surveys.

(RSMo 1939 13664)

Prior revisions: 1929 12005; 1919 9407; 1909 3624

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