77.650. Recall of elected officials--procedure--limitations.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

77.650. Recall of elected officials--procedure--limitations.

Recall of elected officials--procedure--limitations.

77.650. 1. The holder of any elective office in a third class citymay be removed by the qualified voters of such city by recall petition inaccordance with the procedure set out in sections 77.650 to 77.660 subjectto the following limitations:

(1) The officer has held office for at least six months;

(2) In the case of an office for a term of two years only, one recallpetition may be filed during such term;

(3) For a term of office more than two years, additional recallpetitions may be filed but not less than six months later after voterdisapproval of the last recall petition;

(4) The recalled officer may not be a candidate to succeed himself ata special election held to fill the vacancy created by his recall, nor mayhe be appointed by the appointing authority to fill the vacancy.

2. A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor tothe incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least twenty-fivepercent of the total number of registered voters in such city entitled tovote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, demanding therecall of a person from elective office shall be filed with the countyclerk which petition shall contain a statement of the reasons for whichrecall is sought which shall not be more than two hundred words in length.Such petition for recall shall be filed with the appropriate county clerkor election authority within sixty days after the date of the earliestsignature on the petition. The reasons for recall are misconduct inoffice, incompetence or failure to perform duties prescribed by law. Thesignatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but eachsigner shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the streetand number and the date signed. One of the signers of each such papershall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that thestatements therein made are true as he believes and that each signature tothe paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name itpurports to be.