Section 2 Pre-Suit Requirements

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

The authority and procedures for Missouri condemnation practice are set forth in the Missouri Constitution, Chapter 523, RSMo, Rule 86, and Missouri caselaw. In response to the United States Supreme Court’s highly publicized decision in Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), Governor Matt Blunt commissioned a task force on eminent domain to analyze Missouri’s eminent domain law and to recommend legislative changes. In Kelo, the Court held that a municipality could condemn private...