Missouri Laws 269.210 – Failure to secure permit — penalty
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 269.210
- Animal: cattle, swine, sheep, horses, other domestic and exotic animals including birds, fish, and reptiles, and all other animals raised or produced for commercial purposes, and beginning July 1, 1995, the term shall include poultry and turkeys. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- Carcass: the body or body parts of any dead animal, large or small. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- Dead animal: the carcass of an animal. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- Person: includes all persons, firms, copartnerships, associations, joint ventures and corporations, of all kinds and places of residence, or any other group or combination acting in concert. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- plant: includes any plant and all the equipment thereof described or referred to in any section of this chapter, that is constructed and intended to be operated for the disposal of the bodies of dead animals by means either of cooking, or other method herein prescribed, or hereafter provided for by law and not otherwise defined. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- 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
- Substation: a building, container, or other area where dead animals are brought, gathered, or held awaiting transportation to a disposal site. See Missouri Laws 269.010
Any person, except one holding a permit to operate such a disposal plant in this state, or one holding a permit to transport bodies of dead animals or a substation to hold bodies of dead animals, or who is acting for such permittee, or who is otherwise excepted by this chapter, who shall advertise in any manner, whereby he shall indicate that he is engaged in transporting and disposing of dead animals in any manner and for any purpose not excepted in this chapter; or who shall obtain from any other person, by purchase or otherwise, the body of any such dead animal, in whole or in any part, for the purpose of transporting the same over any highway of this state and of disposing of the carcass, or the hide, skin, grease, or other products, of such dead animal, to any person or by any method shall be guilty of violating this chapter, and shall be subject to all the penalties of this chapter.