Missouri Laws 99.875 – Definitions
As used in sections 99.875 to 99.912, the following terms mean:
(1) “Abandoned property”, any real property on which there is a vacant structure and on which real property taxes have been delinquent for one year or more and orders have been issued by the municipality’s fire official, building official or health official and there has been no compliance with those orders within the prescribed time given by such official or within ninety days, whichever is longer, or the owner has declared in writing to the building official that his property is abandoned or there has been a determination by the municipality that the vacant structure contributes to housing blight;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 99.875
- 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.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) “Building official”, the person appointed by the municipality to oversee municipal building codes or housing;
(3) “Fire official”, the fire chief or the municipal official authorized to administer the provisions of the municipal fire safety code;
(4) “Health official”, the municipal official authorized to administer the provisions of any local health code;
(5) “Low- or moderate-income families”, families or individuals who lack the amount of income necessary to rent or purchase adequate housing without financial assistance, as defined by such income limits as shall be established by the Missouri housing development commission for the purposes of determining eligibility under any programs aimed at providing housing for low- and moderate-income families or persons;
(6) “Municipality”, any city, town or village;
(7) “Owner”, any holder, as appears in the land records of the municipality, of title to real property and any mortgage or other secured or equitable interest in such property;
(8) “Rehabilitation permit” and “demolition permit”, those permits obtained from a local building official for the purpose of rehabilitating or demolishing a structure;
(9) “Urban homesteader”, any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other legal entity to which urban homestead program property is conveyed;
(10) “Urban homesteading agency”, the agency designated by the legislative body of a municipality pursuant to sections 99.875 to 99.912.