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MO Rev Stat § 270.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.020 - When notice not necessary.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.020. When notice not necessary. — If it shall appear and be proven on trial that the owner or owners of such domestic animals, as set forth in section 270.010, shall have actual notice that his or their said animals or stock were restrained, and by whom, and that the parties interested could not agree on the amount of damages demanded, then the three days' notice in writing as required by section 270.010 shall not be necessary to a recovery. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14464)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12798; 1919 § 4276; 1909 § 773
MO Rev Stat § 270.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.030 - Appraisers may be appointed to assess damages.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   270.030. Appraisers may be appointed to assess damages. — If the owner of such stock so restrained and the taker-up, or the person damaged by such stock and the owner thereof, cannot agree upon the same, either party may apply to the circuit court of the county where said taker-up resides for the appointment of three appraisers to assess the damages done, or reasonable compensation for the taking up, keeping and feeding such stock, and it shall be the duty of the court to issue a notice to three disinterested householders of the county to appear at such place in said county as he may designate, and assess the damages or compensation as herein required. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14465, A.L. 1945 p. 103, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12799; 1919 § 4277; 1909 § 774  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 270.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.040 - Appraisers' oath — assessment proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.040. Appraisers' oath — assessment proceedings. — The persons so notified, or any two of them attending, shall take an oath that they will fairly and impartially assess the damages or compensation in controversy, and they shall make out, sign and deliver to each party a written statement of their assessment of damages or compensation, and upon the payment of the same and the expenses of said controversy, the owner of such stock shall be entitled to take the same away, and if refused, he may maintain an action therefor, as in case of wrongful taking or detention of property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14466)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12800; 1919 § 4278; 1909 § 775
MO Rev Stat § 270.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.050 - Fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   270.050. Fees. — The officer or person serving the notice shall be allowed a fee of thirty-five cents for each appraiser notified and five cents per mile as mileage to and from the place of service, and each appraiser shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents, which shall be paid by the owner of such stock before he shall be entitled to take such stock away; provided, that if said appraisers assess the amount of damages and compensation for taking up, keeping and feeding said animal or animals, at a less amount than the amount claimed by the taker-up on the written statement delivered to the owner, it shall be the duty of the taker-up of said animals to pay said costs. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14467, A.L. 1945 p. 103)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12801; 1919 § 4279; 1909 § 776
MO Rev Stat § 270.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.060 - Lawful fence not necessary.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.060. Lawful fence not necessary. — It shall not be necessary for any person to fence against any of the species of domestic animals enumerated in this chapter, and it shall be no defense to any action or proceeding brought or had, that the party taking up such stock did not have his lands enclosed with a lawful fence, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to lessen or interfere with the obligations of the several railroads in this state to fence the right-of-way of such railroads, as is now provided by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14468)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12802; 1919 § 4280; 1909 § 777  CROSS REFERENCE:  Damages for stock killed by train, 537.260
MO Rev Stat § 270.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.070 - Animals may be driven along public highways.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.070. Animals may be driven along public highways. — Nothing contained in this law shall be construed as to prevent owners or other persons from driving any of the species of animals enumerated in this chapter from one place to another or along any public highway. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14469)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12803; 1919 § 4281; 1909 § 778
MO Rev Stat § 270.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.170 - Domestic swine taken up — notice to owner.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   270.170. Domestic swine taken up — notice to owner. — If any domestic swine shall be found running at large, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, it shall be lawful for any person on whose premises said swine shall be found to restrain the same forthwith, and give the owner, if known, notice in writing that such person has restrained said swine, and the amount of damages such person claims in the premises, and requiring the owner to take said swine away and pay such damages; and such owner shall pay such person a reasonable sum for taking up, feeding and caring for the same, and the actual damages done by said swine. If such owner fails to comply with the provisions of this section within three days after receiving such notice, or if the owner of such swine be unknown, such swine shall be disposed of in the manner provided for in section 270.180. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14480, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12814; 1919 § 4292; 1909 § 788
MO Rev Stat § 270.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.180 - Proceedings before magistrate for sale — escheats.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   270.180. Proceedings before magistrate for sale — escheats. — 1. If the owner of any domestic swine taken up under the provisions of this chapter be unknown, after three days' diligent inquiry by the taker-up, or if the owner of any swine taken up under the provisions of this chapter shall not, within three days after receiving notice as provided for in section 270.170, comply with the provisions of this chapter, the taker-up of such swine shall apply to an associate circuit judge of the county for the sale of such swine according to law.  2. Such associate circuit judge, being satisfied that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, shall order the same to be sold by the sheriff after the expiration of fifteen days, who shall give notice and sell the same in the same manner as personal property may be sold on execution by a sheriff; and after paying the costs of sale, and of taking up and keeping the swine, and all damages done by the same, such sheriff shall pay the balance, if there be any, over to the county treasurer, and take a receipt therefor; which balance shall be subject to the order of the owner of such swine, if called for within twelve months after the sale, but if not called for, the same shall be turned over to the school fund of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14481, A.L. 1945 p. 103, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12815; 1919 § 4293; 1909 § 789
MO Rev Stat § 270.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.190 - Domestic geese to be restrained.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.190. Domestic geese to be restrained. — In all counties and townships that have adopted the provisions of this chapter, the owner of domestic geese shall keep the same upon his own premises and in his own enclosure, and if any such geese escape from the enclosure of the owner, they may be dealt with the same as all other animals, as provided by this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14482)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12816; 1919 § 4294; 1909 § 790
MO Rev Stat § 270.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.200 - Prohibiting aged and deformed animals from running at large.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.200. Prohibiting aged and deformed animals from running at large. — In all counties and townships that have adopted or may hereafter adopt the provisions of this chapter, every owner or other person having the legal care of any domestic animal of the species enumerated in section 270.010, who shall knowingly and purposely refuse to restrain the same from running at large, when its age, deformity, blindness or other infirmity would render nugatory the law providing for the sale thereof to pay costs and damages to any party who might take up said animal, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding ten days. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14483)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12817; 1919 § 3657; 1909 § 4862
MO Rev Stat § 270.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.210 - Stallions, mules and jackasses not to run at large, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.210. Stallions, mules and jackasses not to run at large, when — penalty. — If any stallion or any unaltered male mule or jackass, over the age of two years, be found running at large, the owner shall be fined, for the first offense three dollars, and for every subsequent offense not exceeding ten dollars, to be recovered by civil action before an associate circuit judge, in the name of any person who will prosecute for the same, one-half to his own use and the other half to the use of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14458)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12792; 1919 § 4270; 1909 § 767
MO Rev Stat § 270.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.230 - May be killed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.230. May be killed, when. — If any such horse, mule or jackass be running at large, and cannot be taken up, he may be killed, if notice be first put up at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county, for ten days, describing the color, marks and brands, as near as practicable, of the animal, and that he will be killed unless taken away and secured. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14460)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12794; 1919 § 4272; 1909 § 769
MO Rev Stat § 270.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.240 - Rams not to run at large, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   270.240. Rams not to run at large, when. — All rams shall be restrained from going at large within this state, from the first day of May to the first of November in each year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14461)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12795; 1919 § 4273; 1909 § 770
MO Rev Stat § 270.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.250 - Bulls, rams and boars may be castrated, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   270.250. Bulls, rams and boars may be castrated, when. — If any bull or ram over one year old, or boar hog over three months old, shall be found going at large off the premises of or out of the enclosure or control of its owner or keeper, after three days' notice, signed by three residents of the township where such bull or ram or boar hog may be running at large, and the owner shall fail or neglect to take up or confine the same on or within his premises, it shall be lawful for any person to castrate any such bull or ram or boar hog, except that the same be done in the usual manner of castrating such animals, and so as to endanger the life of such as little as possible; and the person castrating any such bull or ram or boar hog, shall not be liable for any damage on account thereof; provided, that such male animal may be taken up and confined at once, by any person finding same at large, and where the owner is not known at the time, it shall be lawful for any person to take up such male and keep same in confinement for three days; and if such male is not reclaimed by owner during that time, and pay therefor to taker-up the sum of one dollar, then it shall be lawful to castrate such animal as if notice had been given. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14462, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12796; 1919 § 4274; 1909 § 771
MO Rev Stat § 270.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.260 - Release of swine to live in wild or feral state, penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories   270.260. Release of swine to live in wild or feral state, penalties. — 1. Any person who recklessly or knowingly releases any swine to live in a wild or feral state upon any public land or private land not completely enclosed by a fence capable of containing such animals is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and may be sentenced to pay a fine up to two thousand dollars. Each swine so released shall be a separate offense.  2. Every person who has previously been found guilty of violating the provisions of this section, committed on a separate occasion where such offense occurred within ten years of the date of the occurrence of the present offense and who subsequently is found guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a class E felony. Each swine so released shall be a separate offense.  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to criminalize the accidental escape of domestic swine or the release into a facility under a department of conservation permit or to hinder the ability to transport domestic swine to market or slaughter.  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the right of an individual to farm or raise livestock. ­­-------- (L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
MO Rev Stat § 270.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.270 - Feral swine, possessing or transporting through public land, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   270.270. Feral swine, possessing or transporting through public land, penalty. — 1. (1) Any person possessing or transporting live feral swine, as defined in section 270.400, on or through public land is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  (2) Every person who has previously been found guilty of violating the provisions of this section, committed on a separate occasion where such offense occurred within ten years of the date of the occurrence of the present offense and who subsequently is found guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a class E felony.  (3) Each violation of this subsection shall be a separate offense.  (4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the possession of the offspring of domestic swine that are unintentionally sired by feral swine, as defined in section 270.400, and are reported to the state veterinarian within thirty days of birth and within fifteen days before slaughter.  2. Any law enforcement officer, any agent of the conservation commission, or the state veterinarian is authorized to enforce the provisions of this section, section 270.260, and section 270.400. ­­-------- (L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
MO Rev Stat § 270.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large|Section 270.400 - Killing of feral swine, permitted when — violations, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories   270.400. Killing of feral swine, permitted when — violations, penalty. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "Feral swine", any swine that is born, living, or has lived in the wild, and the offspring of such swine. For purposes of this subdivision, "in the wild" means not confined by humans to pens, houses, or other facilities designed to hold swine and prevent their escape;  (2) "Landowner's agent", any person who has permission from a landowner to be present on the landowner's property.  2. A person may kill a feral swine roaming freely upon such person's land and shall not be liable to the owner of the swine for the loss of the swine.  3. Any person may take or kill a feral swine on public land or private land with the consent of the public landowner or the private landowner; except that, during the firearms deer and turkey hunting season, the regulations of the Missouri wildlife code shall apply. Such person shall not be liable to the owner of the swine for the loss of such swine.  4. No person except a landowner or such landowner's agent on such landowner's property shall take, attempt to take, or kill a feral swine with the use of an artificial light or thermal imagery.  5. Any person who violates subsection 3 or 4 of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Each violation of subsection 3 or 4 of this section shall be a separate offense.  6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the accidental escape of domestic swine. ­­-------- (L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2019 H.B. 655, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
MO Rev Stat § 271.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 271 - Strays|Section 271.010 - Notice and bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   271.010. Notice and bond. — No person shall post any animal as a stray until he shall have given thirty days' notice of his intention to do so, which notice shall be given within two days after such animal is taken up. And no person shall take up as a stray any unbroken animal between the first day of April and the first day of November; provided, that any animal which shall have broken over or through a lawful fence and be found within any person's enclosure, may at any time be taken up by such person and posted as a stray. And no person not a householder shall have authority to take up or post any stray animal unless he first enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, for the use of the owner, in double the amount of the value of the animal or animals taken up, with sureties, approved by the associate circuit judge before whom the animal shall be posted. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14498)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12824; 1919 § 4314; 1909 § 815  CROSS REFERENCE:  Domestic animals restrained from running at large, when, Chap. 270
MO Rev Stat § 271.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 271 - Strays|Section 271.020 - Notice — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   271.020. Notice — penalty. — If any animal liable to be taken up be found on any plantation on the fifteenth day of December of any year or on any day thereafter until the fifteenth day of April following, the occupant thereof shall cause notice of such stray to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission of the county thereof within five days after the finding such stray. Said notice shall be substantially the same as that of intention to post, and must be given before any animal liable to be taken up can be posted under the provisions of this chapter. Any person or persons failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14499)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12825; 1919 § 4315; 1909 § 816
MO Rev Stat § 271.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 271 - Strays|Section 271.030 - Condition of bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   271.030. Condition of bond. — The bond required in section 271.010 shall contain a condition that the taker-up will not sell or exchange, take out of this state, abuse or willfully or negligently mistreat, or take out of the county more than five days at a time, any such stray before the legal title shall have vested in him, and that he will deliver up such stray to the legal owner in the manner prescribed by law, and that if the owner does not prove the same within the time limited, he will faithfully account for and pay over the contingent amount due the school fund. When the associate circuit judge shall approve such bond he shall forward it to the county clerk, and on breach of the conditions thereof, the party injured, or any resident of the county, to the use of the school fund, as the case may be, may bring suit thereon. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14500, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12826; 1919 § 4316; 1909 § 817
MO Rev Stat § 271.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 271 - Strays|Section 271.040 - Any householder may take up stray, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   271.040. Any householder may take up stray, when. — If any horse, mule or ass, liable to be taken up, be found on any plantation, and the occupant thereof refuse to take up the same, any householder of the county may give said occupant five days' notice, in writing of his intention to take up the said stray, and at the end of five days from the time of giving notice, may take up said animal and proceed in the same manner as if it had been found on his own plantation, except that in filing the affidavit required in section 271.060, he may omit to state that the same was taken up on his plantation, but in lieu thereof shall state the name of the occupant of the plantation on which the same was found, and also that he gave said occupant five days' notice before taking up. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14501)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12827; 1919 § 4317; 1909 § 818
MO Rev Stat § 271.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 271 - Strays|Section 271.050 - Notice, how given — contents.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   271.050. Notice, how given — contents. — The notice required in section 271.010 shall be given by setting up written or printed handbills in three of the most public places in the township in which the property is taken up, and by forwarding a copy of such notice to the county clerk at least thirty days before said property shall be posted, which notice shall contain a description of the animal, embracing size, color, age, sex, marks and brands, as the same appeared at the time of taking up, and shall further recite that if the owner does not claim and prove the same before the expiration of thirty days from the time of setting up said notices, the same will be posted before some associate circuit judge of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14502, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12828; 1919 § 4318; 1909 § 819  Effective 1-02-79