{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-49.490","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.490","heading":"Damages recoverable for injuring county property.","body":"If any person commit any waste, trespass or other injury in or upon any county buildings or other property belonging to any county, he shall forfeit and pay, to the use of the county, fourfold damages, to be recovered in the name of the county, in such form of action as individuals may maintain for like injuries to their property.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=49.490","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"0dd0201b42ce6911defc8f9bfbcb7295ae5b58796e7ded6b769a80ab3adbbba5","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-49.480","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-49.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}