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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.320
Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172
Known as the The County Budget Law
The act spans §§ 50–50 (120 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1992; (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
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.