Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.790
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Every city now having or which may hereafter have a population of five hundred thousand or more inhabitants shall have authority and is hereby empowered to condemn for public use property, real or personal, or any easement or use therein, without such city.
§ 82.790, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 7753