Terms Used In Missouri Laws 227.130

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

The state of Missouri, and all departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, institutions, public agencies and political subdivisions thereof, holding title to or having an interest in real estate, or having administrative jurisdiction and control of real estate or other property, are hereby authorized and empowered to give, grant and convey to or for the use of the state highways and transportation commission of Missouri such rights-of-way or other easements and appurtenances in said real estate or property as may be necessary for the proper and economical construction or maintenance of state highways.