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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.160 (2026)

Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when

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  304.160.  Glass, tacks, injurious substances, duty to remove from highway, when — penalty. — 1.  Any person who has purposely, accidentally, or by reason of an accident, dropped any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones, or other substances injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of vehicles, including motor vehicles, upon any highway shall immediately make all reasonable efforts to clear the highway of the substances.

  2.  Violation of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor.

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(RSMo 1939 § 8401, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1961 p. 496, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)

Prior revision: 1929 § 7783

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2015 · leading case: Green v. Missouri Dep't of Transp., 151 S.W.3d 877 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004).
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Green v. Missouri Dep't of Transp., 151 S.W.3d 877 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 14× “600 meaningless, in that “relieving the negligent employee of liability [thereby negates] any liability of the sovereign which, by its nature, is vicarious”; (b) in incorrectly determining that Appellant failed to state a cause of action based on the public duty doctrine,…”
Dennis Hente v. 21st Century Centennial Ins. Co., 467 S.W.3d 857 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “151 (defining as an infraction the failure of a driver to make a reasonable effort to keep his vehicle from obstructing the flow of traffic); section 577.”
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