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Section 513.410 Execution against city returned unsatisfied, officers compelled by mandamus to levy.

MO Rev Stat § 513.410 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1939

513.410. Execution against city returned unsatisfied, officers compelled by mandamus to levy. — Whenever an execution, issued out of any court of record in this state, against any incorporated town or city, shall be returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, for want of property whereon to levy, such court at the return term or any subsequent term thereof shall, by writ of mandamus, order and compel the chief officer, trustees, council and all other proper officers of such city or town, to levy, assess and collect the annual taxes in such town or city from year to year, as occasion may require, within the constitutional limits, and order the same, when collected by the proper officer or officers, to be paid to the execution creditor, his agent or assigns, except such amount as may be necessary to pay the reasonable salary allowed by law to the mayor, council, assessor, marshal, constable, attorney and a reasonable police force of any such town or city.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1397)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1233; 1919 § 1685; 1909 § 2254

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