{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.490","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.490","heading":"Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed.","body":"If in any action for waste, the jury find that the waste was wantonly committed, judgment shall be entered for three times the amount of the damages assessed.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 537 - Torts and Actions for Damages"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=537.490","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"7fcab4b8b0510be75cd138e66f804f9e4e2ccb118f94c24cfa1abd536218ae75","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.480","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}