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(10) "Municipality" , any incorporated city, town, or village;
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441.500. Definitions. — As used in sections 441.500 to 441.643 , the following terms mean:
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(16) "Person" , any individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity. --------
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(2) "Agent" , a person authorized by an owner to act for him;
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(7) "Governing body" , the board, body or persons in which the powers of a community are vested;
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(8) "Housing code" , a local building, fire, health, property maintenance, nuisance or other ordinance which contains standards regulating the condition or maintenance of residential buildings;
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(6) "Dwelling unit" , premises or part thereof occupied, used, or held out for use and occupancy as a place of abode for human beings, whether occupied or vacant;
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(12) "Notice of deficiency" , a notice or other order issued by the code enforcement agency and requiring the elimination or removal of deficiencies found to exist under the housing code;
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(3) "Code enforcement agency" , the official, agency, or board that has been delegated the responsibility for enforcing the housing code by the governing body; (4) "Community" , any county or municipality; (5) "County" , any county in the state;
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(9) "Local housing corporation" , a not-for-profit corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Missouri for the purpose of promoting housing development and conservation within a specified area of a municipality or an unincorporated area;
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(13) "Nuisance" , a violation of provisions of the housing code applying to the maintenance of the buildings or dwellings which the code official in the exercise of reasonable discretion believes constitutes a threat to the public health, safety or welfare;
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(L. 1969 p. 537 § 1, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490, A.L. 1993 S.B. 376, A.L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608, A.L. 2001 H.B. 133, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S...
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(11) "Neighborhood association" , any group of persons organized for the sole purpose of improvement of a particular geographic area having specific boundaries within a municipality, provided that such association is recognized by the municipality as the sole association for such...
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(14) "Occupant" , any person lawfully occupying a dwelling unit as his or her place of residence, either as a tenant or a lessee, whether or not that person is occupying the dwelling unit as a tenant from month to month...
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(15) "Owner" , the record owner or owners, and the beneficial owner or owners when other than the record owner, of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, personal...
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(1) "Abatement" , the removal or correction, including demolition, of any condition at a property that violates the provisions of any duly enacted building or housing code, as well as the making of such other improvements or corrections as are needed...
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5. Any action brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall be expedited by the court and may be given precedence over other suits. --------
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7. A receiver appointed by the court pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall not be required to give security or bond of any sort prior to appointment. --------
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(4) The county, municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association which may seek the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 unless action is taken within sixty days by an interested party.