Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 272.010 (2026)
Field to be enclosed by fence
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272.010. Field to be enclosed by fence. — All fields and enclosures where animals are kept shall be enclosed by a lawful fence as defined in section 272.020.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14569, A.L. 2001 H.B. 219 merged with S.B. 462)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12906; 1919 § 5511; 1909 § 6454
CROSS REFERENCE:
Railroad companies to maintain lawful fence; gates and cattle guards, where, 389.650
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1953–2014 · leading case: Sellers v. Swehla, 261 S.W.2d 26 (Mo. 1953).
Sellers v. Swehla, 261 S.W.2d 26 (Mo. 1953). “8; Section 272.010 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. Another statute covered the building of partition fences between the lands of adjoining owners on demand of either.”
Paul C. Ferguson v. R. Kenneth Ewing & Dorothy A. Ewing, 437 S.W.3d 821 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). “The general law is contained within sections 272.010 to 272.200, and the local option law is found in sections 272.”
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