Every city now having or which may hereafter have a population of five hundred thousand or more inhabitants shall have authority and is hereby empowered to condemn for public use property, real or personal, or any easement or use therein, without such city.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.790
Certain cities may condemn property outside city
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 7753)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.