{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-71.940","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.940","heading":"Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined.","body":"For the purposes of sections 71.940 to 71.948, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Codification\" includes:\n(a) The compilation and revision of the general ordinances of the municipality;\n(b) The changing of sections deemed advisable;\n(c) The omission of sections deemed unnecessary;\n(d) The addition of new provisions; and\n(e) The adoption of the whole by an adopting ordinance and publication in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form;\n(2) \"Compilation\" includes the collecting, assembling and organizing of existing ordinances of the municipality and publication thereof in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form.","path":["Title VII - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES","Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=71.940","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"a933de53d063bde52f21ef0e1fcdf6f8221c7a24933cfb8234846c1e348b15a8","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-71.922","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-71.943"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}