Missouri Revised Statutes Title XIII. Correctional and Penal Institutions § 221.402. Regional jail districts, powers

(1) To adopt bylaws and rules for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(2) To adopt an official seal;

(3) To maintain an office at such place or places in one or more of the member counties as the commission may designate;

(4) To sue and be sued;

(5) To make and execute leases, contracts, releases, compromises and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers or to carry out its purposes;

(6) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, alter, improve, and extend jail facilities;

(7) To sell, assign, mortgage, grant a security interest in, exchange, donate and convey any or all of its properties whenever the commission finds such action to be in furtherance of the district's purposes;

(8) To collect rentals, fees and other charges in connection with its services or for the use of any facilities;

(9) To issue its bonds, notes or other obligations for any of its corporate purposes and to refund the same.