71.240. Whenever any person or corporation interested in any town or city in this state may desire to vacate any lot, street, alley, common, public square or part thereof, in such town or city, such person or corporation may petition the county commission for the proper county, giving a distinct description of the property to be vacated, and the names of the persons to be affected thereby; which petition shall be filed with the clerk of said commission thirty days previous to the sitting thereof, and notice of the pendency of said petition shall be given for the same space of time, either in a public newspaper printed in said town, or by written notices thereof and set up in three of the most public places in said town or city.
(RSMo 1939 § 7316)Prior revisions: 1929 § 7165; 1919 § 8614; 1909 § 9502
CROSS REFERENCES:
Vacation of streets and lands by city authorities, third class cities, RSMo 88.637; fourth class cities, RSMo 88.673
Missouri General Assembly