Section 50.320 Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172.

   Effective 28 Aug 1992

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

  Chapter 50back to chapter 50

  50.320.  Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172. — Any county clerk or treasurer violating any provisions of section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided by law, and be removed from office, and shall forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved thereby, double damages for the injury sustained, which may be recovered by an action in the ordinary form, to the use of such party against such clerk or treasurer and his sureties on his official bond in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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(RSMo 1939 § 13842, A. 1949 H.B. 2007, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1992 S.B. 833)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12180; 1919 § 9578; 1909 § 3798