State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T14 > C226 > 226_100

Principal office to be in Jefferson City--persons authorized toadminister oaths.

226.100. The principal office of the commission shall be in the Cityof Jefferson, Missouri. The said office shall be provided and assigned bythe board of public buildings which board may rent or lease offices, if itbe found necessary. The commission shall have a seal bearing theinscription, " Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission", whichshall be in the custody of the secretary, and shall be affixed to allofficial documents of the commission, or of the director, and to such otherinstruments as the commission shall direct. The courts of this state shalltake judicial notice of said seal. The commission may sue and be sued inits official name, and for the purpose of suit and other legal proceedings,service may be had on the secretary. The commission shall be supplied withall necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, office furniture, telephoneand other necessary appliances, supplies and incidentals, to be paid for inthe same manner as other expenses authorized by chapters 226 and 227, RSMo.Each of the members of the commission, the secretary and the director shallhave power and authority to administer oaths in all parts of the state, sofar as such authority is incidental to the performance of their duties.

(RSMo 1939 § 8750, A. 1949 S.B. 1073, A.L. 1999 S.B. 268)

Prior revision: 1929 § 8102

(1974) Held that state of Missouri subjects itself to the same obligations as the federal government by accepting responsibility for administering relocation benefits and has thus consented to be sued in a controversy over relocation benefits. Also held that entry into occupation of property after initiation of negotiations for the property has begun does not bar recovery of relocation benefits. Tullock v. State Highway Commission of Missouri (CA Mo.), 507 F.2d 712.

(1987) For actions against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission special venue is fixed in Cole County by 1927 judicial interpretation of section 226.100 since office is established in Jefferson City and thus venue in action against Commission pursuant to this section was improper. State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, 731 S.W.2d 461 (Mo.App.).

(1993) Section is not a special venue statute; tort action brought against Commission is properly filed pursuant to general venue statute in county where tort occurs. State ex rel. Govero v. Kehm, 850 S.W.2d 100 (Mo.banc), overruling State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission v. Patterson (cited in RSMo 2000, Volume 6).

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T14 > C226 > 226_100

Principal office to be in Jefferson City--persons authorized toadminister oaths.

226.100. The principal office of the commission shall be in the Cityof Jefferson, Missouri. The said office shall be provided and assigned bythe board of public buildings which board may rent or lease offices, if itbe found necessary. The commission shall have a seal bearing theinscription, " Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission", whichshall be in the custody of the secretary, and shall be affixed to allofficial documents of the commission, or of the director, and to such otherinstruments as the commission shall direct. The courts of this state shalltake judicial notice of said seal. The commission may sue and be sued inits official name, and for the purpose of suit and other legal proceedings,service may be had on the secretary. The commission shall be supplied withall necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, office furniture, telephoneand other necessary appliances, supplies and incidentals, to be paid for inthe same manner as other expenses authorized by chapters 226 and 227, RSMo.Each of the members of the commission, the secretary and the director shallhave power and authority to administer oaths in all parts of the state, sofar as such authority is incidental to the performance of their duties.

(RSMo 1939 § 8750, A. 1949 S.B. 1073, A.L. 1999 S.B. 268)

Prior revision: 1929 § 8102

(1974) Held that state of Missouri subjects itself to the same obligations as the federal government by accepting responsibility for administering relocation benefits and has thus consented to be sued in a controversy over relocation benefits. Also held that entry into occupation of property after initiation of negotiations for the property has begun does not bar recovery of relocation benefits. Tullock v. State Highway Commission of Missouri (CA Mo.), 507 F.2d 712.

(1987) For actions against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission special venue is fixed in Cole County by 1927 judicial interpretation of section 226.100 since office is established in Jefferson City and thus venue in action against Commission pursuant to this section was improper. State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, 731 S.W.2d 461 (Mo.App.).

(1993) Section is not a special venue statute; tort action brought against Commission is properly filed pursuant to general venue statute in county where tort occurs. State ex rel. Govero v. Kehm, 850 S.W.2d 100 (Mo.banc), overruling State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission v. Patterson (cited in RSMo 2000, Volume 6).


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T14 > C226 > 226_100

Principal office to be in Jefferson City--persons authorized toadminister oaths.

226.100. The principal office of the commission shall be in the Cityof Jefferson, Missouri. The said office shall be provided and assigned bythe board of public buildings which board may rent or lease offices, if itbe found necessary. The commission shall have a seal bearing theinscription, " Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission", whichshall be in the custody of the secretary, and shall be affixed to allofficial documents of the commission, or of the director, and to such otherinstruments as the commission shall direct. The courts of this state shalltake judicial notice of said seal. The commission may sue and be sued inits official name, and for the purpose of suit and other legal proceedings,service may be had on the secretary. The commission shall be supplied withall necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, office furniture, telephoneand other necessary appliances, supplies and incidentals, to be paid for inthe same manner as other expenses authorized by chapters 226 and 227, RSMo.Each of the members of the commission, the secretary and the director shallhave power and authority to administer oaths in all parts of the state, sofar as such authority is incidental to the performance of their duties.

(RSMo 1939 § 8750, A. 1949 S.B. 1073, A.L. 1999 S.B. 268)

Prior revision: 1929 § 8102

(1974) Held that state of Missouri subjects itself to the same obligations as the federal government by accepting responsibility for administering relocation benefits and has thus consented to be sued in a controversy over relocation benefits. Also held that entry into occupation of property after initiation of negotiations for the property has begun does not bar recovery of relocation benefits. Tullock v. State Highway Commission of Missouri (CA Mo.), 507 F.2d 712.

(1987) For actions against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission special venue is fixed in Cole County by 1927 judicial interpretation of section 226.100 since office is established in Jefferson City and thus venue in action against Commission pursuant to this section was improper. State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, 731 S.W.2d 461 (Mo.App.).

(1993) Section is not a special venue statute; tort action brought against Commission is properly filed pursuant to general venue statute in county where tort occurs. State ex rel. Govero v. Kehm, 850 S.W.2d 100 (Mo.banc), overruling State ex rel. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission v. Patterson (cited in RSMo 2000, Volume 6).