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RSMo 452.915effective 28 Aug 2009

Costs and expenses

In plain English

If the person who was taken to court loses the case, the judge can make that person pay back all the money spent by government officials and law enforcement to handle the case.

Word-for-word law

452.915. Costs and expenses. — If the is not the , the court may against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the or other public official and law officers under sections 452.905 and 452.910.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)

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