MO Rev Stat § 260.211 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.211 - Demolition waste, criminal disposition of — penalties — conspiracy.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   260.211. Demolition waste, criminal disposition of — penalties — conspiracy. — 1. A person commits the offense of criminal disposition of demolition waste if he purposely or knowingly disposes of or causes the disposal of more than two thousand pounds or four hundred cubic feet of such waste on property in this state other than in a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area having a permit as required by section 260.205; provided that, this subsection shall not prohibit the use or require a solid waste permit for the use of solid wastes in normal farming operations or in the processing or manufacturing of other products in a manner that will not create a public nuisance or adversely affect public health and shall not prohibit the disposal of or require a solid waste permit for the disposal by an individual of solid wastes resulting from his or her own residential activities on property owned or lawfully occupied by him or her when such wastes do not thereby create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health. Demolition waste shall not include clean fill or vegetation. Criminal disposition of demolition waste is a class E felony. In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, a person convicted of criminal disposition of demolition waste is subject to a fine not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, except as provided below. The magnitude of the fine shall reflect the seriousness or potential seriousness of the threat to human health and the environment posed by the violation, but shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars, except that if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the person responsible for illegal disposal of demolition waste under this subsection did so for remuneration as a part of an ongoing commercial activity, the court shall set a fine which reflects the seriousness or potential threat to human health and the environment which at least equals the economic gain obtained by the person, and such fine may exceed the maximum established herein.  2. Any person who purposely or knowingly disposes of or causes the disposal of more than two thousand pounds or four hundred cubic feet of his or her personal construction or demolition waste on his or her own property shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. If such person receives any amount of money, goods, or services in connection with permitting any other person to dispose of construction or demolition waste on his or her property, such person shall be guilty of a class E felony.  3. The court shall order any person convicted of illegally disposing of demolition waste upon his or her own property for remuneration to clean up such waste and, if he or she fails to clean up the waste or if he or she is unable to clean up the waste, the court may notify the county recorder of the county containing the illegal disposal site. The notice shall be designed to be recorded on the record.  4. The court may order restitution by requiring any person convicted under this section to clean up any demolition waste he illegally dumped and the court may require any such person to perform additional community service by cleaning up and properly disposing of demolition waste illegally dumped by other persons.  5. The prosecutor of any county or circuit attorney of any city not within a county may, by information or indictment, institute a prosecution for any violation of the provisions of this section.  6. Any person shall be guilty of conspiracy as defined in section 562.014 if he or she knows or should have known that his or her agent or employee has committed the acts described in sections 260.210 to 260.212 while engaged in the course of employment. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 530, A.L. 2007 S.B. 54, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371)  Effective 1-01-17