§ 138.010 Membership of county board of equalization — annual meetings
§ 138.011 Board of equalization members, restriction on being certain local officials ..
§ 138.015 Representation of constitutional charter cities under 300,000 on board — ..
§ 138.020 Members of board not to receive additional compensation, exception — ..
§ 138.030 Oath of members — powers and duties
§ 138.040 Power to send for persons and papers — quorum
§ 138.050 Rules to be observed
§ 138.060 Appeals from assessor’s valuation, no presumption that valuation is ..
§ 138.070 Assessment of property omitted from assessor’s books — notice — hearings
§ 138.080 Adjustment of tax books
§ 138.085 County board of equalization, certain first and second class counties
§ 138.090 Meetings of board (first class counties)
§ 138.100 Rules — hearings (first classification counties)
§ 138.110 Complaints to be filed with state tax commission, when (first class counties)
§ 138.120 Merchants’ and manufacturers’ books submitted, when — notice, hearing ..
§ 138.130 Extension of taxes — delivery of books (first class counties)
§ 138.135 Assessor not to be member of board of equalization — assessment to remain ..
§ 138.140 Board of equalization — members — oath — compensation — vacancies, how filled
§ 138.150 Powers and duties — notice of increase
§ 138.170 Length and period of meetings — subpoena witnesses — hearings
§ 138.180 Appeal to board of equalization, how taken
§ 138.190 Creation of state tax commission — term of office
§ 138.200 Qualifications of members — interim appointments — members to devote full ..
§ 138.210 Oath of office
§ 138.220 Bond — amount
§ 138.230 Compensation and expenses
§ 138.235 Commission to conduct seminars — investigate leasing companies — ..
§ 138.240 Quorums — hearings — decisions
§ 138.250 Location of office
§ 138.260 Secretary, appointment, duties — compensation, how set
§ 138.280 Employment of clerical help
§ 138.290 Agents, appointed, when — compensation, how provided
§ 138.300 Powers of agents
§ 138.310 Agent to conduct investigations — advisory recommendations
§ 138.320 Forms and instructions
§ 138.330 Seal for commission — attestation of records — evidence — custodian of seal
§ 138.340 Commission cannot fix rate of levy
§ 138.350 Public meetings — access to records — certification of documents
§ 138.360 Issuance of subpoenas — fees — costs
§ 138.370 Examination of witnesses and books
§ 138.380 Duties and powers of commission
§ 138.390 To classify and equalize property
§ 138.400 Certification of valuation changes — adjustments
§ 138.410 General supervision — attorney general and prosecuting attorney to assist ..
§ 138.415 Official visits to counties
§ 138.420 Power of original assessment — notification — modification of decision
§ 138.430 Right to appeal, procedure, notice to collector, when — investigation — ..
§ 138.431 Hearing officers of tax commission to hear appeals, when, procedure — ..
§ 138.432 Decisions and orders of hearing officers, appeal of, procedure — when ..
§ 138.433 Pleadings, when deemed filed
§ 138.434 Attorney fees and other costs awarded taxpayers on appeal in charter ..
§ 138.435 Office of state ombudsman for property assessment and taxation established ..
§ 138.440 Annual report — content — compensation for extra duties
§ 138.445 Annual report to contain property valuations according to counties — ..
§ 138.450 Annual meeting of assessors — expenses — warrant in payment
§ 138.460 Inspection of assessment rolls — assessment of property omitted from rolls ..
§ 138.470 Hearing — correction of books — compensation of assessor — court review — ..
§ 138.480 Papers may be destroyed, when

Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 138 - Equalization and Review of Tax Assessments

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
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  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035