{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-82.020","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.020","heading":"Constitutional charter, certain cities and towns may adopt or amend, procedure.","body":"Any city or town under special charter, as defined in section 81.010, and any other city in this state which now has or which may hereafter have a population of more than five thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census may frame and adopt or amend a charter for its own government by complying with the provisions of Sections 19 and 20 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state, or any amendments thereof.","path":["Title VII - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES","Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=82.020","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"46beb7c018d39c3511a3d0ac623c637662479849e5d3eb9fe46cdcc86932158a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-82.010","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-82.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}