2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208 Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief
208.210. Undeclared income or property--benefits may be recovered by division of family services, when.

208.210. 1. If at any time during the continuance of public assistance to any person, the recipient thereof, or the husband or wife of the recipient with whom he is living, is possessed or becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount declared at the time of application or reinvestigation of his case and in such amount as would affect his needs or right to receive benefits, it shall be the duty of the recipient, or the husband or the wife of the recipient, to notify the county welfare office of the receipt or possession of such property or income, and the division of family services may, after investigation, either cancel the benefits or alter the amount thereof in accordance with the circumstances.

2. Any benefits paid when the recipient or his spouse is in possession of such undeclared property or income shall be recoverable by the division of family services as a debt due to the state. If during the life, or upon the death, of any person who is receiving or has received benefits, it is found that the recipient or his spouse was possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount reported that would affect his needs or right to receive benefits, or if it be shown such benefits were obtained through misrepresentation, nondisclosure of material facts, or through mistake of fact, the amount of benefits, without interest, may be recovered from him or his estate by the division of family services as a debt due the state.

3. The possession of undeclared property by a recipient or his spouse with whom he is living shall be prima facie evidence of its ownership during the time benefits were granted, and the burden to prove otherwise shall be upon the recipient or his legal representative.

4. The federal government shall be entitled to share in any amount collected under the provisions of this section, however, not to exceed the amount contributed by the federal government in each case. The amount due the United States shall be promptly paid or credited upon collection to the designated agency of the federal government by the division of family services.

(L. 1951 p. 771 § 208.201)