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513.455. County or municipally owned property exempt, when — lease agreements, requirements. — 1. (1) As used in this section, "entity" means a county, a city, a town, a township, a municipality, a road district, a water district, a sewer district, a fire district, a library district, a hospital district, a school district, or any other political subdivision of this state.
(2) All of the following owned by an entity defined in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be exempt from attachment and execution:
(a) Courthouses;
(b) Jails;
(c) Clerks' offices;
(d) Other buildings and improvements;
(e) Lots upon which structures listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subdivision are located; and
(f) Burial grounds and other lands.
2. If an entity defined in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section enters into a lease or other agreement with a lessee, agent, designee, or representative who is to provide or arrange construction services on a project intended to be leased primarily to a private entity for nongovernmental use, the entity may consent to the subjection of the project and the land upon which it is located to the attachment of mechanics' liens filed under chapter 429. Any such consent shall be in writing specifically stating such consent, shall contain a legal description of the property to be subject to attachment, shall be signed and acknowledged by its authorized official or officer in a form suitable for recording, and shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the property is located. Such consent may be included as part of any lease or other agreement, or a memorandum thereof, executed and recorded in the same manner. Upon such recording, the property described therein shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 429 as if the property were owned by a private person.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1325, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1161; 1919 § 1612; 1909 § 2181
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