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Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Torts § 537.420. Tenant for life or years liable for treble damages for waste

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Torts § 537.420. Tenant for life or years liable for treble damages for waste - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xxxvi-statutory-actions-and-torts/mo-rev-st-537-420/

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