Missouri § 229.280 - Violation defined.
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§ 229.280. Violation defined.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation engaged as principal or employee in moving any house, building or other structure upon, across or over any public highway outside of the limits of any city of the first, second or third class, or any city existing under a scheme and charter or special charter, to touch, move, cut, molest or in any way interfere with any electric wires, or any transmission lines, or the feed or trolley wires of any interurban railroad, or any poles bearing any such wires or cables, or other structures on any public highway, except under and in compliance with the provisions of sections 229.230 to 229.290.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8603)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7954; 1919 § 10741
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Section 229.280 ("Violation defined.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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