{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-182.240","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 182.240","heading":"Council may provide penalties for damage to property.","body":"The governing body of the city may pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon the library or the grounds or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging to the library.","path":["Title XI - EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES","Chapter 182 - County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=182.240","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:25Z","sha256":"008a02deb8099aa6f5f81e5d6156ae650686c02a643750348b4d4b0d8b78410d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-182.230","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-182.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}