If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office shall enter upon the duties of his office before he shall have taken such oath, he shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars, to be collected and applied as in section 65.180. Township officers shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are chosen or appointed and qualified.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.190
Failure to take oath — forfeiture
Effective: 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories; (RSMo 1939 § 13960, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58); Prior revisions: 1929 § 12283; 1919 § 13196; 1909 § 11684
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.