Statutes

Does anyone know where to look for statutes governing HOA's in the state of MO. We have 24 members each property is individually owned. Our current by-laws are a mess we would rather not hire an attorney too expensive! Forgot to mention we are non-profit. Thanks

BB2,
Your documents might be a mess but it is important that you find an original copy and go from there. First I would go to County court house and look for any record they have that has the name of your association in them. You should find a copy of all your original documents.
Next I would Google your state Capital official or state records. Probably on the Home page of your State web site you will find a link to State Statutes. It would not hurt to e-mail your secretary of state office, explain your problem and ask for advice.
If you have any original owners they may have a copy, but they will be on file with the County Land Records. You could search state business filings for your corporate filing.
That is a start and there are some other people on this site that probably can add a dozen different things to do. On your corporation papers or declaration or Master Deed, there is probably the name of the Lawyer that drew up the papers, he will have copy.

We do have the original copy that's part of the problem signatures were cut from documents and pasted to the copy that was recorded a lot of the notarized signatures had the year altered the list is pretty long the Association maintains the well, roads (which are dedicated) and pays for trash pick-up. The lawyer that helped draw these up has passed away. I was concerned as Pres. about having any liability because of this mess so I took them to my lawyer he said anyone could withdraw at any time we do need some type of organization and I don't want to violate any state statutes that is why I'm trying to find what might apply.