When any goods, merchandise or other property shall have been received by any railroad or express company, or other common carrier, commission merchant or warehouseman, and shall not be received by the owner, consignee, or other authorized person, it shall be lawful to hold the same by said carrier, commission merchant or warehouseman, or the same may be stored with some responsible person, and be retained until the freight and all just and reasonable charges be paid.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.070
Goods retained until payment of charges
Known as the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act
The act spans §§ 447–447 (75 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 15323); Prior revisions: 1929 § 14233; 1919 § 7293; 1909 § 8274
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.