If any tenant, for life or years, shall commit waste during his estate or term, of anything belonging to the tenement so held, without special license in writing so to do, he shall be subject to a civil action for such waste, and shall lose the thing wasted and pay treble the amount at which the waste shall be assessed.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.420
Tenant for life or years liable for treble damages for waste
Known as the Agritourism Promotion Act
The act spans §§ 537–537 (141 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1939 § 3003); Prior revisions: 1929 § 2616; 1919 § 6910; 1909 § 7913
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.