Missouri Statutes
§ 271.010 — Notice and bond.
Missouri § 271.010
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 271.010 (2026).
Text
No person shall post any animal as a stray until he shall have given thirty days' notice of his intention to do so, which notice shall be given within two days after such animal is taken up. And no person shall take up as a stray any unbroken animal between the first day of April and the first day of November; provided, that any animal which shall have broken over or through a lawful fence and be found within any person's enclosure, may at any time be taken up by such person and posted as a stray. And no person not a householder shall have authority to take up or post any stray animal unless he first enter into a bond to the state of Missouri, for the use of the owner, in double the amount of the value of the animal or animals taken up, with sureties, approved by the associate circuit ju
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 14498)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12824; 1919 § 4314; 1909 § 815
Domestic animals restrained from running at large, when, Chap. 270
Nearby Sections
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§ 271.010
Notice and bond.§ 271.020
Notice — penalty.§ 271.030
Condition of bond.§ 271.050
Notice, how given — contents.§ 271.060
Duty of taker-up.§ 271.080
Appraisers — oath — duty.§ 271.090
Record of strays taken up.§ 271.100
Notice published in newspaper, when.§ 271.130
Reclamation by owner.§ 271.150
Amount for keeping stray.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 271.010, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/271/271.010.