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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.240 - Partition fences — owner may demand payment, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
272.240. Partition fences — owner may demand payment, when. —
Whenever the owner of real estate desires to erect or construct a lawful fence which wholly or partially borders the land of another, he shall notify the other owner that he desires a division fence. If within ninety days after receiving the notice, the other landowner has not erected or constructed one-half of the division fence, the owner desiring the fence may apply to the associate division of the circuit court for an order to proceed with the construction and ordering the other landowner to pay one-half the value of so much thereof, as borders his land, and upon the payment shall own an undivided one-half of the fence; except that no owner shall be required to pay more than one-half the value of a lawful fence of four barbed wires, regardless of the type fence constructed. The associate division of the circuit court costs shall be taxed against the other landowner.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 4, A.L. 1965 p. 395)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.250 - Duty of judge if parties disagree on value — fence viewers to estimate.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.250. Duty of judge if parties disagree on value — fence viewers to estimate. —
If the parties interested fail to agree as to the value of one-half of the fence, the owner of the fence may apply to a circuit or associate circuit judge of the county, who shall without delay issue an order to three disinterested householders of the township, not of kin to either party, reciting the complaint, and requiring them to view the fence, estimate the value thereof, and make return under oath to the judge on the day named in the order.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.260 - Value of fence may be recovered, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.260. Value of fence may be recovered, when. —
If the person thus assessed or charged with the value of one-half of any fence, under the provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370 shall neglect or refuse to pay over to the owner of the fence the amount so awarded, the same may be recovered before a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.270 - Fence owners may agree on maintenance — agreement recorded — refusal to agree, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.270. Fence owners may agree on maintenance — agreement recorded — refusal to agree, procedure. —
1. The several owners may, in writing, agree upon the portion of partition fences between their lands which shall be erected and maintained by each, which writing shall describe the lands and the parts of the fences so assigned, be signed and acknowledged by them, and filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county or counties in which they are situated. Any such agreement shall bind the makers, their heirs and assigns.
2. When one owner desires to make a division of the fence between his land and an adjoining landowner refuses to agree to a division, then the provisions of section 272.280 may be used to effect a division which shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which most of the fence is located.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.280 - Duties of judge if parties disagree on repairs — fence viewers to designate.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.280. Duties of judge if parties disagree on repairs — fence viewers to designate. —
If the parties cannot agree as to the part each shall have and keep in repair, either of them may apply to a circuit or associate circuit judge of the county who shall forthwith summon three disinterested householders of the township to appear on the premises, giving three days' notice to each of the parties of the time and place where said viewers shall meet, and the viewers shall, under oath, designate the portion to be kept in repair by each of the parties interested, and notify them in writing of the same.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.290 - Special partition fences — owner may demand payment, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
272.290. Special partition fences — owner may demand payment, when. —
Whenever the fence of any owner of real estate now erected or constructed, or which shall hereafter be erected, constructed or rebuilt, the same being thereafter a fence designed to restrain swine, sheep or other animals requiring special fences, borders the land of another or which becomes a part of the fence bordering the land of another and is used to enclose such animals owned by the other person, on demand made by the person owning the fence, the other person shall pay the owner one-half of the value of so much thereof as borders his land, and upon the payment shall own an undivided half of the fence; except that no owner shall be required to pay more than the amount which would have been required to erect, construct or rebuild a lawful fence of four barbed wires on his one-half of the fence.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 9, A.L. 1965 p. 395)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.300 - Fees of fence viewers, judge and sheriff — taxed as costs.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.300. Fees of fence viewers, judge and sheriff — taxed as costs. —
The persons appointed by the judge under sections 272.250 and 272.280 to discharge the duties therein specified, shall receive five dollars each per day for the time actually employed, which, together with the fees of the judge and sheriff, shall be taxed as costs in the case against the parties in proportion to their respective interests, and collected accordingly.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.310 - Owners to repair division fence — remedy for failure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.310. Owners to repair division fence — remedy for failure. —
Every person owning a part of a division fence shall keep the same in good repair according to the requirements of sections 272.210 to 272.370. Either party owning land adjoining a division fence may, upon the failure of any of the other parties, have all that part of the division fence belonging to the other parties repaired, upon the failure of the other party to do so, the repairing to be at the cost of the party so failing to repair his part of the fence.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.320 - Division fence not to be removed — exceptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.320. Division fence not to be removed — exceptions. —
No division fence shall be removed without the consent of all the owners thereof, unless for the purpose of opening a public road or highway or making repairs.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.330 - Application of law.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.330. Application of law. —
1. The provisions of sections 272.240 to 272.350 shall apply to any division fence even though it may stand wholly upon one side of the division line.
2. The provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370 shall not apply to counties which have all or partial open range.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.340 - Judgment of judge may be reviewed in circuit court.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.340. Judgment of judge may be reviewed in circuit court. —
Any person aggrieved by any order or judgment of the judge made or entered under the provisions of sections 272.250 and 272.280 may have the same reviewed by a petition in the circuit court of the county wherein the proceedings were had, verified by affidavit. A copy of the petition shall be delivered to the adverse party at least fifteen days before the commencement of the next term of the court, and the original filed in the office of the clerk; provided, that the petition may be filed within thirty days after the order or judgment was made or rendered, and not afterward.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.350 - Petition for review shall state what.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.350. Petition for review shall state what. —
The petition shall set forth the grounds of objection, and upon the filing thereof the circuit court shall be possessed of the cause, and proceed to hear and determine the objections, and make such order or judgment as may be right and just in the premises.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.360 - Provisions of law effective after election.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.360. Provisions of law effective after election. —
The provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370 are hereby suspended in the several counties of this state until a majority of the legal voters of any county voting on the question at any general or special election called for that purpose shall decide to enforce the same in the county.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 272 - Fences and Enclosures › Section 272.370 - Petition for election — notice — order of adoption.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 272
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
272.370. Petition for election — notice — order of adoption. —
The county commission may on its own motion and shall upon the petition of one hundred real estate owners of ten acres or more of the county submit to the voters at a general or special election the proposition for the adoption by the county of the provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper published within the county, or if no newspaper is published within the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, for three weeks consecutively, the last insertion of which shall be at least ten days before the day of the election, and by posting printed notices thereof at three of the most public places in each township in the county. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370 the county commission shall issue an order declaring the adoption. From and after the issuance of the order the provisions of sections 272.210 to 272.370 shall be in full force and effect in the county and the provisions of sections 272.010 to 272.140 shall be suspended in the county.
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(L. 1963 p. 401 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.010 - Dog defined.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.010. Dog defined. —
The word
"dog"
, as used in sections 273.010 to 273.030, shall be held and construed to mean all animals of the canine species, both male and female.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12863; 1919 § 4353; 1909 § 857
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.020 - Recovery of damages for sheep killed — disposition of dog, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.020. Recovery of damages for sheep killed — disposition of dog, penalty. —
In every case where sheep or other domestic animals are killed or maimed by dogs, the owner of such animals may recover against the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs the full amount of damages and the owner shall forthwith kill such dog or dogs; and for every day he shall refuse or neglect to do so, after notice, he shall pay and forfeit the sum of one dollar, and it shall be lawful for any person to kill such dog or dogs; provided, however, that whenever in any case the facts shall show that in the worrying or killing, maiming or wounding of any said sheep or other domestic animals that the same was done by two or more dogs belonging to different owners, then the plaintiff, the person whose animals were killed, wounded or maimed, may at his or her election, join all of the owners of said dogs as joint tort-feasors or may sue each one separately at his or her election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14535)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12861; 1919 § 4351; 1909 § 855
(1957) Chickens held "animals" within the statute and evidence was sufficient to support judgment. Tillery v. Cook (A.), 297 S.W.2d 9.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.030 - Dogs may be killed, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.030. Dogs may be killed, when. —
If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act of killing, wounding or chasing sheep in any portion of this state, or shall discover any dog or dogs under such circumstances as to satisfactorily show that such dog or dogs has or have been recently engaged in killing or chasing sheep or other domestic animal or animals, such person is authorized to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs; provided, however, that such dog or dogs shall not be killed in any enclosure belonging to or being in lawful possession of the owner of such dog or dogs.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14536)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12862; 1919 § 4352; 1909 § 856
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.033 - Killing or injuring a dog, reasonable apprehension of imminent harm is an absolute defense.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
273.033. Killing or injuring a dog, reasonable apprehension of imminent harm is an absolute defense. —
1. In any action for damages or a criminal prosecution against any person for killing or injuring a dog, a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that such person was in reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful contact by the dog or was acting to prevent such imminent harmful contact against another person by the dog shall constitute an absolute defense to criminal prosecution or civil liability for the killing or injuring of such animal.
2. If a person has, on at least two occasions, complained to the county sheriff or to the appropriate animal control authority in his or her jurisdiction that a dog, not on a leash, has trespassed on property that such person owns, rents, or leases or on any property that constitutes such person's residence, and when at least one of the prior two complaints was motivated by reasonable apprehension for such person's safety or the safety of another person or apprehension of substantial damage to livestock or property, then any subsequent trespass by such dog shall constitute prima facie evidence that such person was in reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful contact. The county sheriff or animal control authority to which any complaint under this section is made shall notify the owner of the alleged trespassing dog of such complaint. Failure by a county sheriff or animal control authority to notify a dog owner under this subsection shall not invalidate or be construed in any way to limit any other provision of this subsection.
3. The court shall award attorney's fees, court costs, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any criminal prosecution or in any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant has an absolute defense as provided in subsection 1 of this section.
4. This section shall not be construed to provide an absolute defense to a person who is engaged in or attempting to engage in a criminal activity at the time of the apprehension of imminent harmful contact, or to a person for any damage or injury to any person or property other than the dog itself that may result from actions taken in an attempt to injure or kill such dog.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 62)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.036 - Owner liable, when — fine, amount.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
273.036. Owner liable, when — fine, amount. —
1. The owner or possessor of any dog that bites, without provocation, any person while such person is on public property, or lawfully on private property, including the property of the owner or possessor of the dog, is strictly liable for damages suffered by persons bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's or possessor's knowledge of such viciousness. Owners and possessors of dogs shall also be strictly liable for any damage to property or livestock proximately caused by their dogs. If it is determined that the damaged party had fault in the incident, any damages owed by the owner or possessor of the biting dog shall be reduced by the same percentage that the damaged party's fault contributed to the incident. The provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs killing or maiming sheep or other domestic animals under section 273.020.
2. Any person who is held liable under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. The remedies provided by this section are in addition to and cumulative with any other remedy provided by statute or common law.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 62)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.040 - Dog defined.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.040. Dog defined. —
The word
"dog"
, whenever used in sections 273.040 to 273.180 without qualifications, is intended to mean a female as well as a male dog over six months of age.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14555)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12878
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.050 - Dog tax, when due.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.050. Dog tax, when due. —
No dog shall be permitted to be and remain within the limits of the state unless the owner thereof, or someone for said owner, shall have caused such dog to be listed and the tax imposed by sections 273.040 to 273.180 to be paid on or before the first day of February of each year hereafter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14546)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12872
CROSS REFERENCE:
Dogs, county commission in certain counties may require licensing, 322.090 to 322.145
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.060 - Amount of tax.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.060. Amount of tax. —
The tax on each male dog and each spayed female dog, of which the certificate of a veterinarian or the affidavit of the owner is produced, in this state shall be one dollar per year, and the tax on all other dogs in this state shall be three dollars per year, payable to the county clerk of the county in which the owner resides; provided, that any person or persons operating a licensed kennel of more than ten dogs in which all dogs kept by him or them are confined and not allowed to roam, shall pay a tax of ten dollars, which amount shall be the full amount of tax on all dogs kept by said person or persons as described above.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14547)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12873
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.070 - Issuance of license — plate — certificate — license fees — county dog license fund — purposes.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.070. Issuance of license — plate — certificate — license fees — county dog license fund — purposes. —
1. County clerks shall issue licenses to applicants and shall deliver to the applicants a metallic plate having the number corresponding to that of the license stamped thereon and shall deliver to such party a certificate from the book furnished to him by the secretary of state, which said certificates, as well as the margin or part thereof remaining in the book after cutting out the certificate, shall contain the number of the license, the year for which the same is granted, the name and residence of the owner of the dog, and the sex, color and description of the dog for which the license is paid and the amount of the tax paid therefor.
2. Such clerk shall retain out of the money received for such license issued the sum of ten cents, which shall cover all his services under sections 273.040 to 273.180, and he shall pay the balance and all other sums received by him under the provisions of sections 273.040 to 273.180, less the cost of license tags, record books, blank applications and affidavits and the cost of transmitting the balance to the treasurer of the county.
3. The treasurer of the county shall set any and all sums so received apart in a separate fund to be known as a "County Dog License Fund", and such fund shall be used only for the purpose of compensating persons who have suffered loss or damage through injury or killing by dogs of any livestock or poultry owned by them and located in said county at the time of such injury or killing, in an amount not to exceed the market value thereof at the time of such injury or killing. The county commission of each county in this state is authorized to expend and draw county warrants against such fund only as herein provided; provided, that sections 273.040 to 273.180 shall not be construed to prevent suits at law for damages caused to livestock or poultry by dogs.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14548)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12874
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.080 - License fastened to dog's collar.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.080. License fastened to dog's collar. —
It shall be the duty of the owner of every listed dog to put around the neck of such dog a collar to which shall be attached with a metallic fastening the metallic plate aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14552)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12875
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.090 - License tags and certificates, how furnished.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
273.090. License tags and certificates, how furnished. —
The secretary of state shall annually procure such number of metallic plates as may be required, of convenient size and shape, or design to be changed each year, and having cast thereon in raised letters, "S.L.T." and the figures indicating the year for which the tax has been paid; and he shall also cause to be prepared printed blanks bound in book form, and arranged in such manner that one certificate can be cut off and a stub or duplicate thereof left in the book; and the secretary of state, on or before the first day of July in each year, or as soon thereafter as may be possible, shall deliver to the clerk of each county in the state the metallic plates and also an equal number of blank certificates with stubs or duplicates, signed by the secretary of state, and each such clerk shall remit to the division of taxation and collection of the department of revenue out of the funds collected the cost of such license tags, record books, and the expense of transmitting the same as shall be certified to such clerk by the secretary of state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14553, A. 1949 S.B. 1097)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12876
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.100 - Impounding of dogs — redemption — fees — penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
273.100. Impounding of dogs — redemption — fees — penalty. —
1. Every city or town marshal of every incorporated city or town in this state, within their jurisdiction, shall take up and impound in a suitable place, the location of which place shall be given by a notice posted in some conspicuous place in his office, all dogs found running at large in their respective cities or towns without collars around their necks, marked as herein provided, and they shall keep such dogs for a period of one week, and at the expiration of such period shall put such dogs to death by humane methods.
2. The owner of any such impounded dogs, upon the payment of the tax herein provided, and a redemption fee of five dollars, may redeem such impounded dog and the city or town marshal shall be permitted to retain the sum of two dollars out of each redemption fee so paid, and shall pay over the balance of the fee on the first day of each month to the treasurer of the county in which the city or town marshal has jurisdiction, to be accounted for by the treasurers in the same manner as they are required by sections 273.040 to 273.180, to account for licenses taxes.
3. Any marshal who shall fail or refuse to take up and impound any such dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14554, A. 1949 S.B. 1097)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12877
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.110 - Application to recover damages from fund.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
273.110. Application to recover damages from fund. —
1. No owner or custodian of livestock or poultry which has been injured or killed by dogs shall be entitled to receive any portion of the county dog license fund unless within ten days after suffering such loss or damage he, with two other credible residents of the county, not kin to him by blood or marriage or not in his employ, make written application supported by affidavit to the county clerk on blanks furnished by the county clerk, stating:
(1) That he is a resident of the state of Missouri, and that he has resided in such county for more than thirty days immediately preceding the date of the injury or killing of his livestock or poultry;
(2) That he was the owner or custodian on such date of such livestock or poultry;
(3) The legal description of the premises on which such livestock or poultry was injured or killed;
(4) A complete description as to the number, weight and color of such livestock or poultry;
(5) The market value thereof on the date of such injury or killing.
2. The county clerk shall file all such applications and affidavits so received by him to be examined and passed upon by the county commission, except that no claim shall be considered or paid for the destruction of livestock or poultry by a dog or dogs belonging to the owner of such livestock or poultry.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14549, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.120 - Examination of applications, pass judgment.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.120. Examination of applications, pass judgment. —
The county commission shall between the first and fifteenth days of March of each year hereafter meet in session to consider and examine said applications and affidavits covering losses over a period of one year, which said year shall be from the first of March of the year prior to the meeting of said commission to the last day of February of the same year on which it meets. The commission shall examine carefully each application and affidavit which has been filed before the first day of March, and after hearing all evidence in the matter shall pass such judgment as the commission may deem equitable. Whenever the county commission meets pursuant to the provisions of sections 273.040 to 273.180 each member shall receive his mileage and per diem out of the county dog license fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14550)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.130 - Records to be kept — warrants — funds prorated, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.130. Records to be kept — warrants — funds prorated, when. —
A complete record shall be kept of the commission's proceedings, including the names of the applicants and cosigners and the amount paid to each applicant, and the number of livestock or poultry injured or killed. The commission shall on or before the twentieth day of March of each year give to the applicant a warrant, drawn on the county dog license fund, covering the amount of his losses found by the commission. If there is not sufficient money in the fund to pay all allowed claims in full then said warrant shall be for his pro rata share of the money available.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14551)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.150 - Failure to pay tax — penalty — exceptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
273.150. Failure to pay tax — penalty — exceptions. —
Every owner of a dog and every person who shall suffer or permit a dog to remain upon such premises under his immediate control without having caused such dog to be listed and the tax thereon to be paid as provided for by sections 273.040 to 273.180 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars; provided, that none of the provisions of sections 273.040 to 273.180 shall apply to cities which now have or may hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or more.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14557)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12880
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.160 - Assessor to list all dogs — notify owner of tax.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
273.160. Assessor to list all dogs — notify owner of tax. —
The assessor for taxation purposes in each county and city of this state, annually at the time of assessing property as required by law, shall make diligent inquiry as to the number of dogs owned, harbored, or kept by any person so assessed. The assessor, on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year, shall make a complete report, on a blank form furnished by the county clerk or license collector, setting forth the name of every owner of any dog or dogs, how many of each sex are by him owned, or harbored, and if a kennel is maintained by any person such fact shall also be stated. The assessor, at the time of making the assessment, shall notify the owner of such dog that he must obtain a license for such dog as herein provided; but the neglect or failure so to notify such owner shall not relieve the owner from his duty to obtain such license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14558, A. 1949 S.B. 1097)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12881
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.170 - Applicability of law — petition — election.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
273.170. Applicability of law — petition — election. —
1. Upon the filing of a petition signed by one hundred or more voters of any county and presented to the county commission at any regular or special session thereof the county commission shall order the question, as to whether or not there should be adopted the law creating a license tax on dogs, submitted to the voters, to be voted upon at the next election.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be a license tax on dogs?
3. If the majority of the votes cast upon the question be in favor of the license tax on dogs, the county commission shall enter the result of the submission of the question upon its records and give notice thereof by publication in some newspaper printed and published in such county and such law shall become operative from the time such publication is made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14558, A. 1949 S.B. 1097, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12881
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.180 - Repeal of license tax on dogs — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
273.180. Repeal of license tax on dogs — procedure. —
1. Upon the filing of a petition signed by one hundred or more voters of any county and presented to the county commission at any regular or special session thereof, it shall be the duty of the county commission to order the question, as to whether or not there should be repealed the law, creating a license tax on dogs, submitted to the voters, to be voted upon at the next election. Upon the receiving of such petition, it shall be the duty of the county commission to make an order as herein recited.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the license tax on dogs be repealed?
3. If the majority of the votes cast upon the subject be in favor of repealing the license tax on dogs, the county commission shall spread the result of the submission of the question upon its records and give notice thereof by publication in some newspaper printed and published in such county and the law providing for a license tax on dogs shall not be operative in such county from the time such publication is made.
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(L. 1941 p. 345 § 14558a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.327 - License annually required to operate animal boarding facilities, pet shops, pounds, dealers and commercial breeders — fees, exemption from fees for certain licensees.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 27 Apr 2011, 2 histories, see footnote
273.327. License annually required to operate animal boarding facilities, pet shops, pounds, dealers and commercial breeders — fees, exemption from fees for certain licensees. —
No person shall operate an animal shelter, pound or dog pound, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, contract kennel, pet shop, or exhibition facility, other than a limited show or exhibit, or act as a dealer or commercial breeder, unless such person has obtained a license for such operations from the director. An applicant shall obtain a separate license for each separate physical facility subject to sections 273.325 to 273.357 which is operated by the applicant. Any person exempt from the licensing requirements of sections 273.325 to 273.357 may voluntarily apply for a license. Application for such license shall be made in the manner provided by the director. The license shall expire annually unless revoked. As provided by rules to be promulgated by the director, the license fee shall range from one hundred to two thousand five hundred dollars per year. Each licensee subject to sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall pay an additional annual fee of twenty-five dollars to be used by the department of agriculture for the purpose of administering operation bark alert or any successor program. Pounds or dog pounds shall be exempt from payment of the fees under this section. License fees shall be levied for each license issued or renewed on or after January 1, 1993.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 1, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795, A.L. 2011 S.B. 113 & 95, A.L. 2011 S.B. 161)
Effective 4-27-11
CROSS REFERENCE:
No use of moneys collected under section 273.327 for operation and administration of large carnivore act, 578.625
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.329 - Director may refuse to license or may revoke licenses, grounds — operation without license, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010
273.329. Director may refuse to license or may revoke licenses, grounds — operation without license, penalty. —
1. The director may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:
(1) Material and deliberate misstatement in the application for any original license or for any renewal license under sections 273.325 to 273.357;
(2) Disregard or violation of sections 273.325 to 273.357 or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
(3) Conviction of any violation of any state or federal law relating to the disposition or treatment of animals;
(4) Failure to provide adequate food, water, housing or sanitary facilities for animals under the control of an animal shelter, boarding kennel, commercial breeder, commercial kennel, contract kennel, dealer, pet shop, pound, or exhibitor as defined by regulations of the USDA.
2. The department of agriculture shall not retain, contract with, or otherwise utilize the services of the personnel of any nonprofit organization for the purpose of inspection or licensing of any animal shelter, pound or dog pound, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, contract kennel, commercial breeder, hobby or show breeder, or pet shop under sections 273.325 to 273.357.
3. Operation of an animal shelter, pound or dog pound, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, contract kennel, pet shop, or exhibition facility, or activity as a commercial breeder or dealer without a valid license shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsecs. 2, 3, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.331 - Inspection required for license — state veterinarian's duties and authority — provisional license issued until inspection — inspections required annually or on complaint.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.331. Inspection required for license — state veterinarian's duties and authority — provisional license issued until inspection — inspections required annually or on complaint. —
A license shall be issued only upon inspection by the state veterinarian, his designee, or an animal welfare official. A facility subject to the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357, at the time it applies for licensure, shall be granted a provisional license which shall allow operation of the facility until the facility is inspected or until December 31, 1994, whichever earlier occurs. The state veterinarian shall have the duty and authority to inspect all facilities licensed under sections 273.325 to 273.357. Inspections shall be conducted a minimum of once a year, or upon a complaint to the department regarding a particular facility. The validity of the complaint will be ascertained by the state veterinarian or his designated representative.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.333 - Investigations conducted, when — violations, administrative procedure — order for remedial action by circuit courts — administrative penalties, amount — penalties, deposit in general revenue — appeals, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.333. Investigations conducted, when — violations, administrative procedure — order for remedial action by circuit courts — administrative penalties, amount — penalties, deposit in general revenue — appeals, procedure. —
The state veterinarian or an animal welfare official, upon his own information or upon the complaint of any person, may institute an investigation including the inspection during normal business hours of any premises or vehicle upon which any animal is or may be found, and may determine if any violation of sections 273.325 to 273.357 or of any rule promulgated pursuant to sections 273.325 to 273.357 is deemed to exist. The director, or his designee, may issue an order to the person responsible for the violation to appear at an administrative hearing. The director, or his designee, upon a finding that such a violation occurred after a hearing thereon, shall issue remedial orders enforceable in the circuit courts of this state to correct such violations, and in addition may assess an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. In assessing the amount of penalty under sections 273.327 to 273.342, the director shall take into account the seriousness of the violation and the extent of damage to third parties and the state. All penalties collected shall be deposited to the state general revenue fund. In addition, the director may assess the reasonable costs of remedying a violation in the event that the person responsible is unwilling or unable to correct the violation within a reasonable period of time. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the director may appeal as provided in sections 536.100 to 536.140.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.335 - Substantial ongoing risk to health and welfare of animals, temporary or permanent injunction — animals in pain or diseased taken into custody for euthanasia, when, costs to licensee.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.335. Substantial ongoing risk to health and welfare of animals, temporary or permanent injunction — animals in pain or diseased taken into custody for euthanasia, when, costs to licensee. —
When, in the judgment of the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official, any person has been in violation of sections 273.325 to 273.357 so as to pose a substantial ongoing risk to the health and welfare of animals in his custody or so as to pose a substantial ongoing risk that consumers will purchase diseased animals from such person, the director may apply to the circuit court of the county in which such person resides, and such court may grant an order enjoining temporarily or permanently that person from engaging in activities described in section 273.327. If the animals being held in any of the facilities licensed under sections 273.325 to 273.357 are found to be suffering unrelieved pain or distress or disease, the animals may be taken into custody for humane euthanasia at the expense of the licensee. Reasonable effort shall be made to notify the facility operator of such intent and only upon his refusal or inability to immediately correct the causative violation and provide adequate veterinary care shall such action be taken. Nothing in sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall be construed to interfere with scientific research as enunciated in subsection 2 of section 273.354.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.338 - Failure of reinspections after original violation, penalty, amount — payment of penalty required before license renewal.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.338. Failure of reinspections after original violation, penalty, amount — payment of penalty required before license renewal. —
Persons and facilities which subsequently fail two consecutive reinspections for an original violation shall be charged a fee of one hundred dollars, which shall be paid before subsequent inspection and renewal of such person's or facility's license.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.340 - Dealers to purchase only from licensed or exempt persons — violation, penalties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.340. Dealers to purchase only from licensed or exempt persons — violation, penalties. —
A dealer shall only purchase animals from persons in this state who are licensed under sections 273.325 to 273.357, or who are exempt from licensure. Any dealer who knowingly purchases animals in violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and each purchase made shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to such penalties, the director may revoke such dealer's license.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsec. 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.342 - Exemption from licensing requirements, certain persons — registration required annually, content, no fee.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.342. Exemption from licensing requirements, certain persons — registration required annually, content, no fee. —
1. Persons engaged in breeding dogs and cats who harbor three or less intact females shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357.
2. A hobby or show breeder shall be exempt from the licensure and inspection requirements of sections 273.325 to 273.357. The director shall develop a form for registration of persons who meet the definition of hobby or show breeder, and any such hobby or show breeder shall register annually with the director for the purpose of establishing that such person is a hobby or show breeder, at no cost to said hobby or show breeder.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 2 subsecs. 9, 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.344 - Standards and regulations for licensed persons and facilities — director to promulgate rules.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.344. Standards and regulations for licensed persons and facilities — director to promulgate rules. —
1. Persons and facilities subject to USDA licensure shall comply with the standards and regulations as prescribed by the USDA, as revised from time to time.
2. Persons and facilities who are subject to sections 273.325 to 273.357, but who are not subject to USDA licensure, shall comply with rules promulgated by the director which establish standards relating to the following:
(1) Adequate shelter, including proper conditions of sanitation and ventilation;
(2) Adequate food and water; and
(3) Maintenance of records of acquisition and disposition of animals in the custody of the licensee.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 3 subsecs. 1, 2)