82.291. Derelict vehicle, removal as a nuisance (Hazelwood)--definition, procedure--termination date. - Missouri Statutes

Derelict vehicle, removal as a nuisance (Hazelwood)--definition,procedure--termination date.

82.291. 1. For purposes of this section, "derelict vehicle" meansany motor vehicle or trailer that was originally designed or manufacturedto transport persons or property on a public highway, road, or street andthat is junked, scrapped, dismantled, disassembled, or in a conditionotherwise harmful to the public health, welfare, peace, and safety.

2. The owner of any property located in any home rule city with morethan twenty-six thousand two hundred but less than twenty-six thousandthree hundred inhabitants, except any property subclassed as agriculturaland horticultural property pursuant to section 4(b), article X, of theConstitution of Missouri or any property containing any licensed vehicleservice or repair facility, who permits derelict vehicles or substantialparts of derelict vehicles to remain on the property other than inside afully enclosed permanent structure designed and constructed for vehiclestorage shall be liable for the removal of the vehicles or the parts ifthey are declared to be a public nuisance.

3. To declare derelict vehicles or parts of derelict vehicles to be apublic nuisance, the governing body of the city shall give a hearing uponten days' notice, either personally or by United States mail to the owneror agent, or by posting a notice of the hearing on the property. At thehearing, the governing body may declare the vehicles or the parts to bepublic nuisances, and may order the nuisance to be removed within fivebusiness days. If the nuisance is not removed within the five days, thegoverning body or the designated city official shall have the nuisanceremoved and shall certify the costs of the removal to the city clerk or theequivalent official, who shall cause a special tax bill for the removal tobe prepared against the property and collected by the collector with othertaxes assessed on the property, and to be assessed any interest andpenalties for delinquency as other delinquent tax bills are assessed aspermitted by law.

4. The provisions of this section shall terminate on August 28, 2010.

(L. 2003 S.B. 621 §§ 82.291, B, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1114, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 453)

Expires 8-28-10