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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 448.195

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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

Whenever the state, a political subdivision, or any other corporation, agency, or authority having the power of eminent domain shall seek to acquire any of the common elements of condominium property, such authority may conduct negotiations with the board of managers as representatives of all unit owners, and the said board of managers may execute and deliver the appropriate conveyance on behalf of all owners in return for the agreed consideration. Said board of managers shall allocate such consideration, whether received through negotiation or condemnation, to the common elements or to unit owners in proportion to their respective interests. In the event negotiations shall fail, the condemning authority may join the board of managers as party defendants in lieu of naming all unit owners having an interest in the common elements, and such proceedings shall bind all unit owners; however, any unit owner having an interest in the common elements may be made a party defendant in such proceedings.