1. Any person engaged in manufacturing, bottling, or selling milk, buttermilk; cream or ice cream in any kind of receptacle, having the name of such person or other mark or device printed, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, painted or otherwise permanently fixed upon the same, may file in the office of the secretary of state for record a description of the name, mark or device so used; and cause such description to be printed once each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the principal place of business of such person is located, or if the principal place of business of such person is located in another state, then in the county wherein the principal office or depot of such person within the state of Missouri is located.

2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to issue to the person so filing for record a description of such name, mark or device in his office, to duly attest a certificate of the record of the same, for which he shall receive the fee prescribed by statute for the issuance of certificates.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 417.300

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

3. In all prosecutions under sections 417.300 to 417.360 such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the adoption and ownership of such name, mark or device and of the right of the person named therein to adopt and use the same.