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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 268 - Marks and Brands of Animals › Section 268.151 - Illegal branding a felony, how punished.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 268
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
268.151. Illegal branding a felony, how punished. —
Any person who shall brand, attempt to brand, or cause to be branded the animals of another, or who shall efface, deface, or obliterate or attempt to efface, deface, or obliterate any brand upon any animal or animals of another, or who shall brand, attempt to brand, or cause to be branded the recorded brand of another on any animal shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned by the department of corrections for not more than five years.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 134 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 268 - Marks and Brands of Animals › Section 268.171 - Slaughterers to keep records.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 268
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
268.171. Slaughterers to keep records. —
1. Every person slaughtering any branded cattle, sheep, horses, mules, or asses shall keep a record of the number of such animals slaughtered, the date of the slaughter, the name and address of the person from whom purchased or for whom the work was done, the brand on the animals, and the actual or estimated weight of each such animal.
2. Every livestock market receiving any branded cattle, sheep, horses, mules or asses shall keep a record of the number of such animals received, the date of receipt, the name and address of the person from whom received and a facsimile of the brand.
3. The records required by this section shall be kept for a period of at least two years.
4. Nothing contained in this section will impose any liability on a market operator or any person engaged in the slaughtering of livestock. All facsimiles of brands shall be used only as a record of identification.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 134 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.021 - Large scale animal death, state veterinarian, powers, duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.021. Large scale animal death, state veterinarian, powers, duties. —
In the event of large scale animal death loss due to disaster, a disease outbreak, or a disease eradication and control program that will require disposal in excess of the restrictions of section 269.020, the state veterinarian shall develop an emergency plan of disposal for the carcasses. Upon request of the state veterinarian, the state department of natural resources shall assist in the development of the emergency plan and the implementation of such plan. For purposes of this section, the term
"animal"
shall include cattle, swine, turkeys, chickens, sheep, horses, other domestic and exotic animals including birds, fish, and reptiles, and all other animals raised or produced for commercial purposes.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.022 - Director to promulgate rules, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
269.022. Director to promulgate rules, procedure. —
The director shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to implement this act
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and provide for its orderly administration. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
*"This act" (H.B. 878, 1992) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.023 - Director may assist in enforcement, authorized employees' powers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.023. Director may assist in enforcement, authorized employees' powers. —
1. The director shall have the power to authorize certain employees of the department or employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to assist in the enforcement of this chapter.
2. In connection with such enforcement, such authorized employees may intercept, stop and detain for official inspection or inquiry any vehicle suspected of being used for the transportation of dead animals except for wildlife taken under the Missouri wildlife code in this state. Such authorized employees may use a red flashing light to aid them in stopping such vehicles.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.025 - Director may investigate suspected violations, civil penalties — review, distribution of penalties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.025. Director may investigate suspected violations, civil penalties — review, distribution of penalties. —
1. The director, upon his own information or upon the complaint of any person, may institute an investigation including the inspection of any premises or vehicle upon which any dead animal except wildlife taken under the Missouri wildlife code is or may be found, and if any violation of this chapter is deemed to exist the director may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. Any person against whom a civil penalty has been assessed under the provisions of this section may request and shall be granted a hearing in the county of the residence of said person, before the director in the manner provided in section 536.063. Procedures and appeals shall be governed by the provisions of section 536.150.
2. All civil penalties and assessments for violations shall be expended in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, Section 7
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, of the Missouri Constitution.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
*Words "Article IX, Section 10" appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.030 - Transportation of dead animals prohibited, exceptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.030. Transportation of dead animals prohibited, exceptions. —
No person, except one holding a permit to transport the bodies of dead animals on public highways of this state, or who is acting for such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by the provisions of this chapter, shall transport on the highways or public roads of this state the bodies of dead animals without first obtaining a permit for that purpose. The state veterinarian shall keep a record of all applications for permits, showing all permits issued, denied, revoked, or otherwise disciplined by him, and such other facts as he may prescribe.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493b, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.032 - Dead animal substation, permit required.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.032. Dead animal substation, permit required. —
No person, except one holding a permit to operate or maintain a dead animal substation in this state, shall operate or maintain a dead animal substation in this state. The state veterinarian shall keep a record of all applications for permits, showing all permits issued, denied, revoked, or otherwise disciplined by him, and such other facts as he may prescribe.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.040 - Application for permit to transport dead animals, contents.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.040. Application for permit to transport dead animals, contents. —
Any person desiring a permit under this chapter to engage or continue in the business of transporting dead animals, shall file an application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the location of his place of business, the particular method, or methods, which he intends to employ, in the transportation of the bodies of such dead animals; the number and kind of vehicles he will use; and such other essential information relative thereto as the state veterinarian, by his rules and regulations, may require.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493c, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.045 - Application for permit to operate dead animal substation, contents.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.045. Application for permit to operate dead animal substation, contents. —
Any person desiring a permit to operate or maintain a dead animal substation as provided for in this chapter, shall file an application for such permit with the state veterinarian, which application shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant, the location of his place of business, the particular method, or methods, which he intends to employ in the storage of dead animals at the substation, the number, location, and size of all substations he desires to operate, and other such information relative thereto as the state veterinarian by rule or regulation may require.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.050 - Receipt of application, duties of state veterinarian.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.050. Receipt of application, duties of state veterinarian. —
Upon receipt of a permit application, the state veterinarian shall, within thirty days, ascertain whether or not such applicant is qualified to operate such vehicle or substation, and that if the equipment or substation to be used and the proposed methods of operation comply with all the provisions of this chapter and with the rules and regulations authorized thereunder, the state veterinarian shall thereupon issue to such applicant a
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permit.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493d, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
*Word "a" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.060 - Inspection and review, notice of insufficiencies, reinspection.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.060. Inspection and review, notice of insufficiencies, reinspection. —
Whenever the state veterinarian, by his initial inspection of the applicant's equipment or substation and his initial review of the applicant's proposed methods of operation,
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shall find that the applicant has not complied with all the requirements of this chapter and of such rules and regulations
*
or shall find that the applicant will be unable to comply due to the condition of the equipment or facility or the methods the applicant has proposed to employ, the state veterinarian shall at once notify the applicant in writing, delivered in person or by certified mail, with return receipt, specifying the particulars of such failure to comply or the insufficiencies and of any further objections he may have. The applicant may, in writing, notify the state veterinarian of his corrections and upon receipt of this notice, the state veterinarian shall, within ten days, make a similar second inspection and review.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493g, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
*...* This phrase is repeated in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.070 - Issuance of permits to transport.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.070. Issuance of permits to transport. —
When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the state veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a permit, which shall be attached to each vehicle so used, which permit shall entitle him to operate each vehicle for the purpose of transporting dead animals to authorized disposal plants or substations.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493e, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.072 - Issuance of permit to operate substation — contents — posting.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.072. Issuance of permit to operate substation — contents — posting. —
When the applicant has satisfied all requirements imposed by this chapter the state veterinarian shall issue to such applicant a permit which shall entitle the applicant to operate a dead animal substation. The permit issued to the applicant shall bear the applicant's name, the substation location and identification number, and such permit must be maintained in plain view at the substation, and a copy of the permit must be presented to the state veterinarian upon request.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.075 - Qualifications for permit — grounds for refusal of issuance, review, notice.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.075. Qualifications for permit — grounds for refusal of issuance, review, notice. —
1. Permits provided for in this chapter shall be granted only to those persons, corporations, and associations who are competent to operate or maintain a dead animal transportation service or dead animal substation in such manner as to safeguard the interest of the public and only then after the applicant has provided satisfactory proof to the department that he has satisfied all requirements imposed upon him by this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2. The state veterinarian may refuse to issue a permit to any person known by him to be guilty of any of the acts or practices specified in this chapter or to any person previously permitted whose permit has been revoked or to any association or copartnership of which such person is a member, or to any corporation of which such person is an officer or in which as a stockholder such person has or exercises a controlling interest either directly or indirectly.
3. Any person denied a permit or the right to be examined shall be notified by the state veterinarian in writing stating the reasons for the denial or refusal to examine the application and inform the person so denied or refused of his right to request a hearing, conducted pursuant to chapter 536, to determine whether or not he is qualified to be licensed or permitted. All notices hereunder shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of the applicant.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.080 - Transportation of dead animals for foreign plants — permits and licenses — fees — revocation and suspension.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1941
269.080. Transportation of dead animals for foreign plants — permits and licenses — fees — revocation and suspension. —
The state veterinarian is authorized to grant a permit or license permitting the bodies of dead animals to be transported over the highways of this state to a disposal plant located outside the boundaries of this state, with proper identification tags, to a resident truck owner upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars per annum for the first such truck and a fee of ten dollars per annum for each such additional truck, permitting such truck owner to transport dead bodies outside the state, providing the truck owner and his truck meet the conditions and specifications of this chapter, together with such rules and regulations as the state veterinarian may prescribe, and further, that in any section or locality of this state which is now or which may hereafter be served in a sanitary manner by a dead animal disposal plant located outside the boundaries of this state, the state veterinarian is authorized to issue a permit or license, with proper identification tags, to such owner or operator operating any truck owned by or serving such nonresident disposal plant, upon proper application and payment of a fee of fifty dollars per annum for the first such truck owned or leased and operated in Missouri by or for said nonresident disposal plant and ten dollars per annum for each additional truck or vehicle owned or leased and operated in Missouri by or for said nonresident disposal plant and twenty dollars per annum for each substation operated by or for such nonresident dead animal disposal plant; such permit or license shall permit any such truck owner or operator to transport such bodies of dead animals to any disposal plant outside of this state providing the vehicle or vehicles used by such truck owner or operator meet the standards and specifications prescribed for such vehicles by this chapter, and such rules and regulations as prescribed by the state veterinarian under this chapter for the transportation of bodies of dead animals within this state. Application for such permit or license shall contain an agreement by the owner or operator of said vehicle that he shall fully comply with the provisions of section 269.150, and that the operator thereof shall, upon reentering this state after unloading at such disposal plant, be prepared to certify under oath that the acts required in section 269.150 have been fully performed. The state veterinarian may for cause issue an order revoking or suspending any such permit or license with the right of the licensee or permittee to appeal as is provided in this chapter for disposal plants located within this state.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493i)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.100 - Duration of permits.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.100. Duration of permits. —
All vehicle permits and substation permits issued under this chapter shall remain effective until and unless voluntarily surrendered, suspended or revoked, as provided in this chapter.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493f, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 26, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.110 - Director may suspend, revoke permits, notice, hearing, procedure — subpoenas, oaths — review.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.110. Director may suspend, revoke permits, notice, hearing, procedure — subpoenas, oaths — review. —
1. The director shall have power to suspend, revoke or otherwise restrict or discipline a permittee under this chapter, in the event such permittee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions of this chapter; or in the event any permittee has been finally convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a guilty plea or nolo contendere to violating the laws of this state or the United States which in any manner affects
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his conduct of said business whether or not sentence is imposed; provided, however, that before any permit shall be suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted or disciplined, the permittee shall be furnished with a written copy of the charges made against him and a hearing shall be had before the director according to the provisions set forth in chapter 536. At the hearing, such person and the state shall have the opportunity to present in person or by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence, and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to any defense. The director may subpoena any persons or documents incident to the hearing, the director may take testimony orally, by deposition, or by exhibit, in the same and with the same fees and mileage as prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director may also administer oaths to those giving evidence. Following the hearing the director may either suspend, revoke, or otherwise restrict or discipline any permit or certificate issued under this chapter.
2. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after the hearing prescribed in subsection 1 of this section may seek review of the decision by appeal de novo in the circuit court of the county of residence of the aggrieved.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493q, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
*Word "affecting" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.130 - Vehicles and substations, construction.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.130. Vehicles and substations, construction. —
All vehicles and substations used in the transportation or holding of the bodies of dead animals, under the provisions of this chapter, shall have a tank or metal lining in the bed of such vehicle or substation, or be otherwise so constructed that the same shall be practically watertight, so that no drippings, or seepage from such dead bodies shall escape from such vehicles while engaged in such transportation or holding; and every such vehicle shall have a bed of such depth and type of construction and equipment that any dead body or bodies therein shall be completely hidden from view of persons using the highways and any public nuisance obviated while being transported or held.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493j, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.140 - State veterinarian may prescribe additional requirements.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.140. State veterinarian may prescribe additional requirements. —
The state veterinarian may prescribe specific and also additional requirements, not inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of this chapter, governing and regulating such transportation and the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such vehicles and substations.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493k, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.145 - Disposal, time limitation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.145. Disposal, time limitation. —
No dead animal may remain at an unrefrigerated substation or a series of unrefrigerated substations for a period of more than forty-eight hours. All dead animals entering a substation in this state shall be disposed of according to the provisions of this chapter, taken to an authorized disposal facility, or permanently removed from the state within the above-mentioned time.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.150 - Required cleansing and disinfecting of vehicles — hauling live animals or feeds in same vehicle prohibited.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.150. Required cleansing and disinfecting of vehicles — hauling live animals or feeds in same vehicle prohibited. —
After the bodies of dead animals have been unloaded from any vehicle used for the transportation thereof to the disposal plant, on each trip, such vehicle and all parts thereof shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in such manner and with such a solution, as the state veterinarian shall prescribe by regulation, and in addition thereto all such vehicles shall be washed out thoroughly with steam or hot water after each use thereof in transporting such dead bodies. It shall be unlawful to use any truck or vehicle licensed under the provisions of this chapter to haul dead animal bodies, for the purpose of hauling or transporting live animals, or animal or poultry feeds of any description or anything to be used for human consumption.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493l, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.160 - Transportation nuisances to be avoided.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.160. Transportation nuisances to be avoided. —
Vehicles, when loaded with the body of an animal, shall be driven directly to a substation or to the place of disposal, except that the driver may stop to pick up other dead bodies, but he shall not drive upon the premises of any person unless he first obtains the permission of such person and he shall avoid creating any nuisance during such transportation and in the event any drippings, seepage or spillage from malfunction or accident should escape from such vehicle, to his knowledge, he shall clean up the same and remedy such escape.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493m, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.170 - Location of plants — restrictions and exceptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.170. Location of plants — restrictions and exceptions. —
No disposal plant or dead animal substation shall be located or constructed at any place in this state inside of, or within two miles of the nearest point of the corporate limits of, any city or town; nor within one mile of the nearest boundary of the lands then owned or controlled in connection either with any state, county, township, city, or town park; or of any public school or hospital; or of any charitable, religious or educational institution; provided, however, that where a disposal plant for dead bodies is now operating that does not comply with the provisions of this section as to location, such disposal plant may continue operation in its present location, provided the plant meets all the provisions and regulations of this chapter as to sanitation, and is not a public nuisance or a public health hazard.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493h, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.190 - Inspection of plants.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1941
269.190. Inspection of plants. —
The state veterinarian, in person or by anyone authorized by him, shall inspect each plant and place licensed under this chapter at least once each year, and as often as he may deem necessary, and shall see that the licensees and all other persons comply with this chapter and conduct such business in conformity with this chapter and the rules and regulations made and published by him pursuant thereto.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493p)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.200 - Exceptions to chapter.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.200. Exceptions to chapter. —
1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit:
(1) To any person hauling a dead animal to a slaughtering establishment where such animals will be slaughtered for personal consumption;
(2) To any person transporting or storing finished carcasses or finished meat products or the trimmings therefrom;
(3) To any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or skins of animals, or tanning such hides or skins for himself or other persons;
(4) To any governmental agency, responding to an emergency situation, or collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of any dead animals in any manner approved by the state veterinarian;
(5) To any livestock producer transporting his dead livestock to a rendering plant or substation, or to a diagnostic facility and/or to an on-farm disposal site;
(6) To any person lawfully operating a pet cemetery;
(7) To any animal research facility that is regulated by the federal Animal Welfare Act;
(8) Any person transporting, without specific hire or compensation for such transportation, a dead animal to a place of burial or disposal.
2. No provisions of any other laws or ordinances regulating any of the persons, matters or vocations aforesaid shall be affected or repealed by this chapter.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493a, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.210 - Failure to secure permit — penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.210. Failure to secure permit — penalty. —
Any person, except one holding a permit to operate such a disposal plant in this state, or one holding a permit to transport bodies of dead animals or a substation to hold bodies of dead animals, or who is acting for such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by this chapter, who shall advertise in any manner, whereby he shall indicate that he is engaged in transporting and disposing of dead animals in any manner and for any purpose not excepted in this chapter; or who shall obtain from any other person, by purchase or otherwise, the body of any such dead animal, in whole or in any part, for the purpose of transporting the same over any highway of this state and of disposing of the carcass, or the hide, skin, grease, or other products, of such dead animal, to any person or by any method shall be guilty of violating this chapter, and shall be subject to all the penalties of this chapter.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493s, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 269 - Disposal of Dead Animals › Section 269.220 - Violation — penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 269
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
269.220. Violation — penalty. —
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.
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(L. 1941 p. 290 § 14493u, A.L. 1992 H.B. 878)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.020 - When notice not necessary.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14464)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12798; 1919 § 4276; 1909 § 773
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.040 - Appraisers' oath — assessment proceedings.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14466)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12800; 1919 § 4278; 1909 § 775
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.050 - Fees.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14467, A.L. 1945 p. 103)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12801; 1919 § 4279; 1909 § 776
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.060 - Lawful fence not necessary.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14468)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12802; 1919 § 4280; 1909 § 777
CROSS REFERENCE:
Damages for stock killed by train, 537.260
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14469)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12803; 1919 § 4281; 1909 § 778
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14480, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12814; 1919 § 4292; 1909 § 788
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14481, A.L. 1945 p. 103, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12815; 1919 § 4293; 1909 § 789
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.190 - Domestic geese to be restrained.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14482)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12816; 1919 § 4294; 1909 § 790
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14483)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12817; 1919 § 3657; 1909 § 4862
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14458)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12792; 1919 § 4270; 1909 § 767
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 270 - Animals Restrained from Running at Large › Section 270.230 - May be killed, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14460)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12794; 1919 § 4272; 1909 § 769
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14461)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12795; 1919 § 4273; 1909 § 770
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14462, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12796; 1919 § 4274; 1909 § 771
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 4 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.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 270
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.
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(L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2021 H.B. 369)