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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.010 (2026)

Duty of persons finding lost money, goods

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  447.010.  Duty of persons finding lost money, goods. — If any person finds any money, goods, right in action, or other personal property, or valuable thing whatever, of the value of ten dollars or more, the owner of which is unknown, he shall, within ten days, make an affidavit before some judge of the circuit court of the county, other than a municipal judge, stating when and where he found the same, that the owner is unknown to him, and that he has not secreted, withheld or disposed of any part thereof.

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(RSMo 1939 § 15317, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 14227; 1919 § 7287; 1909 § 8268

Effective 1-02-79

CROSS REFERENCE:

Strays, Chap. 271

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2002–2003 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clark, 106 S.W.3d 483 (Mo. 2003).
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State Ex Rel. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clark, 106 S.W.3d 483 (Mo. 2003). · cites it 4× “See section 447.010 et seq. (known as the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act) and In re Ancillary Adversary Proceeding Questions, 89 S.”
Buchholz Mortuaries, Inc. v. Dir. of Revenue, 113 S.W.3d 192 (Mo. 2003). · cites it 2× “See sections 447.010 et seq., RSMo 2000, (known as the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act), State ex rel Am.”
In Re Ancillary Adversary Proceeding Questions, 89 S.W.3d 460 (Mo. 2002). · cites it 2× “1 The receivers administering these funds asked the court below to determine whether they are obligated to pay the funds over to the treasurer of the State of Missouri under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (UDUPA), section 447.010 et seq., as asserted by the…”
State v. One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Sixty, & 00/100 Dollars ($152,760.00), in United States Currency, 87 S.W.3d 374 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). “See § 447.010; 765 ILL. COMP. STAT. 1020/27 (2001); and MASS.”
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