The Historic Courthouse is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, except for holidays. You may contact the following offices at these numbers:
HEALTH DEPT. - Call 417-466-2201 or visit web site.
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE - Call 417-466-2638 or visit web site.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE - Call 417-466-2410. Receipts and statements are available on the web site, www.lawrencecountycollector.com You can now pay by phone: 1-800-652-0405
RECORDER'S OFFICE - 417-466-2670 or visit web site.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE - Call 417-466-2831, fax 417-466-3931 or e-mail lcmoassessor@sofnet.com. You can now file assessment lists online: www.lawrencecountymoassessor.com
COUNTY COMMISSION - Call or leave message at 417-466-3666.
MT. VERNON LICENSE OFFICE - Call 417-466-4087.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION OFFICE - Call 417-466-3102.
TREASURER'S OFFICE - Call 417-466-2662.
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE - Call 417-466-2846.
Calendar
Oct. 22
No excuse in-person absentee voting begins
Nov. 2
Clerk's office open 9-3 for early, absentee voting
Nov. 5
Election Day
County news
Senior Tax Freeze applications will be available in 2025
(Sept. 30, 2024) Lawrence County will be doing the Senior Tax Freeze. However, the application process will not take place until 2025.
County commissioners have been working with their attorney to develop the ordinance, procedures and applications that will be used to implement the tax freeze in Lawrence County.
County Clerk extends hours to accommodate early voters
(updated Oct. 28, 2024) Lawrence County Clerk Tammy Riebe has extended her office hours this voting season to accommodate those who wish to vote early. Her office on the main floor of the Historic Courthouse in Mt. Vernon is now open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Nov. 1. It will be open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday, Nov. 2. Hours Monday, Nov. 4, will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sample ballots, fair ballot language provided by the Missouri Secretary of State, polling locations and other information can be found under “Elections” at www.lawrencecountymo.gov. Email inquiries may be sent to voterregistration@lawrencecountymo.gov or lawrence@sos.mo.gov, or call 417-466-2638.
Sign up for free property fraud notifications
(Sept. 25, 2024) Concerned about title theft? Lawrence County Recorder of Deeds Denise Massie invites people to sign up for a free notification if a deed is recorded in your name. Click here and follow the prompts.
A recent "On Your Side" episode featured another way people are trying to make money off services that are already provided in the local recorder's office.
Health department construction progresses
The new Lawrence County Health Department on Missouri Drive is taking shape Construction on that project is expected to be complete before the end of the year. Esterly Schneider & Associates is the architect for the health department. Branco Enterprises is construction manager at risk.
The $5.3 million construction cost includes the building, sitework and a 40x60 outbuilding that the county will share with emergency management. It will be located south of the new 911 center constructed by the Lawrence County Emergency Services Board, and the Law Enforcement Center currently under construction by the county. The county purchased the three-acre site from the City of Mt. Vernon for $1 in September 2021.
The health department has occupied a 6,000-square-foot converted grocery store at 105 W. North St. since 1995. It previously was housed in less than a thousand square feet in the courthouse basement. It is operated with county general revenue and grants.
Notice of Use Tax
(Lawrence County Clerk Tammy Riebe, Sept. 20, 2021) Lawrence County, Missouri previously adopted a use tax, which is currently in effect. A use tax is the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases made from out-of-state vendors by in-state buyers and on certain taxable business transactions. The use tax rate for Lawrence County is currently 2.125 percent which is equal to the total local sales tax rate. Certain purchases from out-of-state vendors will become subject to an expansion of the use tax effective on January 1, 2023, as provided by state law.
If any local sales tax is repealed or the rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be deemed to be repealed, reduced, or raised by the same action.
I, Tammy Riebe, County Clerk for Lawrence County, Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct. Dated this 3rd day of September 2021.
Census Bureau puts county's population at 38,001
The U.S. Census Bureau puts Lawrence County's 2020 population at 38,001, slightly below the 2010 figure of 38,634. However, another indicator suggests more people are living in Lawrence County than did in 2010. There has been a 1.4 percent increase in individual and household personal property assessment lists returned to the county assessor in the same time period.
The Census Bureau ranks Lawrence County as 31st in population in Missouri's listing of 114 counties and the City of St. Louis.
Lawrence County experienced population drops in 1910, 1920, 1930, 1950 and 1960; but it recorded steady growth from 1960 through 2010.
Poll worker training is under way this week at the Historic Courthouse.
Election results go through the official verification process Aug. 9, 2024.
A Holiday Central angel tree can be found in the foyer of the Historic Courthouse. People can adopt an angel tag and return the purchased items and tag to the courthouse no later than Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.
Poll worker training is under way this week at the Historic Courthouse.