Effective - 28 Aug 1939
445.080. Penalty for recording an imperfect plat. — If any person, his agent or attorney, shall cause a map or plat of any such city, town, village or addition thereto to be recorded, which does not set forth and describe all parcels of ground which have been or shall be promised or set apart for public uses, such persons shall forfeit double the value of the ground so promised or pretended to have been set apart for public uses, and not set forth on the plat. The forfeitures arising under this chapter may be recovered by civil action, with costs, in the name of the county to the use of the school fund of the incorporated city, town or village in which the land lies, or the county, as the case may be.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12810)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11186; 1919 § 9288; 1909 § 10295
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Section 445.010 - Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what.
Section 445.020 - Plat, how drawn — shall show what.
Section 445.030 - Plat to be acknowledged and recorded — acceptance by city.
Section 445.040 - Duty of recorder when plat delivered — certified copies to be evidence.
Section 445.050 - When new county established or county lines changed, plat to be recorded, where.
Section 445.070 - Penalty for selling lots before plat recorded — plat shall vest fee, when.
Section 445.080 - Penalty for recording an imperfect plat.
Section 445.090 - Persons incurring penalty may be proceeded against, how.
Section 445.120 - Penalty for violation of certain provisions.