Section 82.040 Officers, tenure upon adoption of charter — vacancy in office, how filled.

MO Rev Stat § 82.040 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1990

82.040. Officers, tenure upon adoption of charter — vacancy in office, how filled. — 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.

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

Prior revisions: 1929 § 7449; 1919 § 8860; 1909 § 9709