Missouri Revised Statutes § 92.770

*92.770. Attorneys, employment authorized, compensation. — 1. The collector may employ such attorneys as he deems necessary to collect such taxes and to prosecute suits for taxes. 2. Such attorneys shall receive as total compensation a sum, not to exceed six percent of the amount of taxes actually collected and paid into the treasury, and an additional sum not to exceed two dollars for each suit filed when publication is not necessary and not to exceed five dollars where publication is necessary, as may be agreed upon in writing and approved by the collector, before such services are rendered. 3. The attorney's fees shall be taxed as costs in the suit and collected as other costs. (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 16, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1606 merged with H.B. 1662) *Revisor's Note: This section was amended identically by both H.B. 1606 and H.B. 1662, 2022. In 2023, H.B. 1606 was declared unconstitutional (see annotation below). The H.B. 1662 language remains in effect. (2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., 679 S.W.3d 492 (Mo.banc).