Mo. Rev. Stat. § 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.