2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 60 County Surveyors and Land Surveys
Section 60.550. Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty to prosecute.
Ownership of markers in department, unauthorized tampering prohibited, duty to prosecute.
60.550. The custody and ownership of the original United States public land survey corners and accessories, including all restoration and replacements thereof and all accessories, belonging to the state of Missouri is hereby transferred to the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall see that the markers are maintained, and the alteration, removal, disfiguration or destruction of any of the corners or accessories, without specific permission of the department of natural resources, is an act of destruction of state property and is a misdemeanor. Any person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by law. Each of the several prosecuting attorneys is specifically directed to prosecute for the violation of this section for any act of destruction which occurs in his county.
(L. 1969 S.B. 22 10)Effective 7-1-70
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