2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 82 Constitutional Charter Cities
Section 82.040 Officers, tenure upon adoption of charter--vacancy in office, how filled.

82.040. All persons in office in such city at the time of the ratification of such charter shall hold their offices until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified, as may be provided in such charter, but no longer. At any time there is a vacancy in any office in a city not within a county, where a person is to be appointed by the governor to fill such vacancy, the deputy officer for that particular office shall serve in the interim until such appointment is made.

(RSMo 1939 7592, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716)

Prior revisions: 1929 7449; 1919 8860; 1909 9709

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