2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 245 Levee Districts
Section 245.155 Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee.
Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee.
245.155. When any right-of-way has been obtained under sections 245.010 to 245.280, over any embankment belonging to any person, railroad, tramway or other corporation, it shall be the duty of the owner of such embankment to so raise, at the expense of the owner, said embankment so that same will conform with the levee of said district, and if such person or corporation shall fail or refuse to raise such embankment in the manner herein provided, said district may within three months after it has finished the building of its own levee enter upon and raise the embankment of said person or corporation to conform with said district levee. And the cost for such construction shall be a first lien upon the property of said person or corporation and such cost may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(RSMo 1939 12523)Prior revisions: 1929 10933; 1919 4627
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