2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 56 Circuit and Prosecuting Attorneys and County Counselors
Section 56.250 Special counsel--compensation--qualifications (second, third, and fourth class counties).
Special counsel--compensation--qualifications (second, third, and fourth class counties).
56.250. The governing body of each second, third, and fourth class county* in this state may, in its discretion, employ special counsel or an attorney to represent such county or counties in prosecuting or defending any suit or suits by or against such county or counties, and may pay to such special counsel or attorney reasonable compensation for his services, such compensation to be fixed by the governing body of such county and paid out of such funds as the governing body may direct. Such counsel or attorney shall be a duly licensed attorney and at least twenty-five years of age.
(RSMo 1939 12980, A.L. 1945 p. 571, A.L. 1983 S.B. 372)Prior revisions: 1929 11354; 1919 773; 1909 1038
*Word "counties" appears in original rolls.
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