# Mo. Rev. Stat. § 444.090: 444.090 Refusal to permit survey — penalty

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 444.090
- **Heading:** 444.090 Refusal to permit survey — penalty
- **Jurisdiction:** Missouri
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MO Code / Chapter 444 / Section 444.090

## Text

444.090. Refusal to permit survey — penalty. — If said party or parties owning, controlling or working said shaft or shafts on said lot or lots or tract of land shall refuse, hinder or prevent said county surveyor or his deputy and his assistant from entering said shaft or shafts or drifts, to make the survey so ordered by the associate circuit judge, and every person so offending shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by both said fine and imprisonment.

(RSMo 1939 § 14791) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13601; 1919 § 7444; 1909 § 8416

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