Missouri Revised Statutes Title X. Taxation and Revenue § 137.177. Building permits in certain second class counties, when required--application, fee, issuance--list given assessor--misdemeanor

1. The term “building” as used in this section means an edifice composed of brick, marble, wood or some other proper substance, erected or constructed, designed to stand more or less permanently, and covering a space of land for use as a dwelling, storehouse, factory, shelter for beasts or some other useful purpose.

3. Upon receipt of such application the county clerk of such county shall immediately prepare a building permit in the customary form and shall issue the same to the applicant upon the payment by the applicant of the building permit fee of five dollars.

4. The county clerk of such counties shall keep a true and accurate record of the building permits so issued and shall, on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, deliver to the county assessor a list of all building permits issued for the previous six-month period.

5. Any person who shall construct or erect or attempt to construct or erect any building in such county without first securing a building permit as provided in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

6. The provisions herein shall not apply to those counties which have adopted a planning and zoning commission under chapter 64 and shall become inoperative and of no effect in those counties which may hereafter adopt a planning and zoning commission under chapter 64.