If someone breaks a traffic or vehicle rule in this chapter and the law does not already list a specific punishment for it, they can be fined between $5 and $500, put in county jail for up to one year, or both.
304.570. for violations. — Any person who violates any of the of this chapter or of sections 307.020 to 307.295, for which no specific punishment is provided, upon thereof, shall be punished by a of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(RSMo 1939 § 8404, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1961 p. 496)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7786; 1919 § 7601
(1955) charging that operated automobile in careless, and imprudent manner so as to endanger life, etc., held insufficient as failing to inform defendant of of which he was charged. State v. Reynolds (A.), 274 S.W.2d 514.
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