Opinion No. (1983)

Dear Senator Woods:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

Can a Village incorporated pursuant to Chapter 80, R.S.Mo., by a cooperative agreement, use a Courtroom outside its corporate boundaries, in an adjoining City, in which to hold hearings on Municipal Ordinance Violations before the Municipal Judge of the Village?

In Opinion No. 32, Garnholz, 1956, this office concluded that a municipal court held pursuant to Section 80.260, RSMo 1949 (repealed), could be held anywhere within the corporate limits of the town or village, as the chairman of the board of trustees of the town or…