Terms Used In Missouri Laws 267.450

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation, owning or operating any stock pens or stockyards in this state, to permit any livestock, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, not under or subject to quarantine, to be unloaded into any pens, enclosures, or yards, wherein any quarantined livestock is, or has been kept, or into such pens, enclosures, or yards, under such conditions and circumstances as will render such livestock subject to quarantine, and thereby prevent immediate removal thereof from such pens, enclosures, or yards, if the owner or shipper shall so desire.