Missouri Statutes

§ 447.060 — Failure to discover — penalty.

Missouri § 447.060

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXIXOWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

Ch. 447Lost and Unclaimed Property

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.060 (2026).

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If any person find any money, property or other valuable thing, and fail to make discovery of the same as required by this chapter, he shall forfeit to the owner double the value thereof.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 15322) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14232; 1919 § 7292; 1909 § 8273

Nearby Sections

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§ 447.010

Duty of persons finding lost money, goods.

§ 447.020

Appointment of appraisers by circuit judge.

§ 447.030

Appraiser's list, where filed — publication.

§ 447.040

Procedure if no owner appears, when.

§ 447.050

Restoration of property, when — owner may sue, when.

§ 447.060

Failure to discover — penalty.

§ 447.070

Goods retained until payment of charges.

§ 447.080

Sale of unclaimed property.

§ 447.090

Unclaimed proceeds.

§ 447.100

Carrier's responsibility ceases, when.

§ 447.110

Sale of property upon which advances are made, when.

§ 447.500

Law, how cited — exceptions — purpose.

§ 447.503

§ 447.505

Property held or owing by banking, financial organization or business presumed abandoned, when — exception.

§ 447.506

Imposition of charges including prepayment penalties on certificates of deposit, requirements — not to affect unclaimed property.

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