Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 271 - Strays
Section 271.250 - Taker-up may turn stray over to collector, when — effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939
271.250. Taker-up may turn stray over to collector, when — effect of. — The taker-up may, at any time after the expiration of one year from the time of taking up and after the receipt by the collector of the tax book, turn over the stray to the collector; provided, he has taken proper care of said stray and otherwise complied with the provisions of this chapter, and shall hereafter be discharged from further liability; in which case the collector shall sell said stray, and pay into the county treasury, to the use of the county school fund, the whole amount realized by such sale, less the expenses of the sale and the amount of fees charged on the stray delinquent list, which fees shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14522)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12848; 1919 § 4338; 1909 § 839

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals

Chapter 271 - Strays

Section 271.010 - Notice and bond.

Section 271.020 - Notice — penalty.

Section 271.030 - Condition of bond.

Section 271.040 - Any householder may take up stray, when.

Section 271.050 - Notice, how given — contents.

Section 271.060 - Duty of taker-up.

Section 271.070 - Notice to be recorded — appraisers appointed.

Section 271.080 - Appraisers — oath — duty.

Section 271.090 - Record of strays taken up.

Section 271.100 - Notice published in newspaper, when.

Section 271.110 - Filing of unpublished notice and affidavit.

Section 271.120 - Nonhouseholder to file bond — failure.

Section 271.130 - Reclamation by owner.

Section 271.140 - Proof entered on docket, certification.

Section 271.150 - Amount for keeping stray.

Section 271.160 - Failure to reclaim, property vests in taker-up, when.

Section 271.170 - File certificate of proof of stray.

Section 271.180 - Charge treasurer with amount paid by owner.

Section 271.190 - Stray book and stray fund record book.

Section 271.200 - Entries in the county stray book.

Section 271.210 - Entries in stray fund record book.

Section 271.220 - Certain names to be appended to the tax books.

Section 271.230 - Responsibility of collector.

Section 271.240 - Delinquent stray list returned.

Section 271.250 - Taker-up may turn stray over to collector, when — effect of.

Section 271.260 - Taker-up not liable, when.

Section 271.270 - Taker-up may use stray, how.

Section 271.280 - Recovery of damages by owner, when.

Section 271.290 - Reclamation by owner before posting, how.

Section 271.310 - Preservation of papers in clerk's office, inspection.

Section 271.320 - Compensation for taker-up — fees of appraisers.

Section 271.330 - Fees for associate circuit judge.

Section 271.340 - Compensation of publisher for notice and affidavit.

Section 271.350 - Fees of county clerk.

Section 271.360 - Penalty for failure to perform duty.

Section 271.370 - Fines, penalties and forfeitures to go into school fund.