Section 242.650

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY

Chapter 242

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote   

  242.650.  Change of venue limitation. — 1.  No change of venue shall be allowed in any of the proceedings had under the provisions of sections 242.010 to 242.690, except where the judge of the court in which the articles of association have been filed shall be disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statute of this state relating to the change of venue in civil cases.

  2.  If the judge of such court is disqualified or is charged by any person interested in the formation of said district with being disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statutes, it shall be the duty of said judge to cause another judge to be transferred or assigned to hear the cause in the same manner as other civil cases.  Such judge shall retain jurisdiction in such reclamation proceedings only until the disqualification of the regular judge of the circuit court shall have been removed.

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(RSMo 1939 § 12358, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10777; 1919 § 4410

Effective 1-2-79