550.270. Payment of fees--deductions.
Payment of fees--deductions.
550.270. The county treasurers shall pay out all such feesto the proper owners as the same may be called for; provided,that before any such fees shall be paid the party to whom thesame is due shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the treasurerthat he or she, as the case may be, is not at the time indebtedto the state or county, on account of delinquent back taxes, oris indebted to the state or county on account of any fine,penalty, forfeitures or forfeited recognizances or costs for aviolation of any criminal statute of this state, or for contemptof any court, no matter if the same shall have been paid by oathof insolvency as provided by law; or is indebted to the state orany county on account of any funds coming to his hands by reasonof any public office; provided further, that after deducting theamount of the indebtedness of the claimant, if any, on account ofany or all of the various causes herein enumerated, the treasurershall pay him the balance, giving duplicate receipts for theseparate amounts paid, one of which shall be filed with thecounty clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with the same, butif the indebtedness of the claimant equals or exceeds the amountof his fees, the treasurer shall give him credit for the amountof his fees, stating on what account, and shall make duplicatereceipts for the same, one of which he shall deliver to theclaimant and the other he shall file with the county clerk, whoshall charge the treasurer with all such receipts, and in hisregular settlements with the county commission the treasurershall make a full and complete exhibit of all his acts and doingsunder sections 550.260 to 550.300.
(RSMo 1939 § 4249)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3854; 1919 § 4197; 1909 § 5405