Missouri Laws 50.320 – Penalty for clerk or treasurer violating section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 50.320
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Any county clerk or treasurer violating any provisions of section 50.160, 50.166 or 50.172 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided by law, and be removed from office, and shall forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved thereby, double damages for the injury sustained, which may be recovered by an action in the ordinary form, to the use of such party against such clerk or treasurer and his sureties on his official bond in any court of competent jurisdiction.