{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-85.571","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 85.571","heading":"Terms of officers unaffected by adoption of merit system.","body":"Persons elected or appointed to office prior to the effective date of sections 85.541 to 85.571 and persons elected or appointed prior to an adoption of a merit system police department therein provided for shall continue in office for the remainder of the term for which they were elected or appointed.","path":["Title VII - CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES","Chapter 85 - City Police and Fire Departments Generally"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=85.571","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"40829974617895b260ba0c61506ff32601b94d870a42b219782029762d18a8eb","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-85.561","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-85.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}