2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 270.050. — Fees.

270.050. The officer or person serving the notice shall be allowed a fee of thirty-five cents for each appraiser notified and five cents per mile as mileage to and from the place of service, and each appraiser shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents, which shall be paid by the owner of such stock before he shall be entitled to take such stock away; provided, that if said appraisers assess the amount of damages and compensation for taking up, keeping and feeding said animal or animals, at a less amount than the amount claimed by the taker-up on the written statement delivered to the owner, it shall be the duty of the taker-up of said animals to pay said costs.

(RSMo 1939 § 14467, A.L. 1945 p. 103)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12801; 1919 § 4279; 1909 § 776