Missouri Laws 644.096 – State or its subdivisions may recover actual damages from violators
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 644.096
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
In addition to other penalties prescribed in sections 644.006 to 644.141, the state, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, has a cause of action against any person violating the provisions of sections 644.006 to 644.141 for actual damages, including all costs and expenses necessary to establish or collect any sums under sections 644.006 to 644.141, and the costs and expenses of restoring any waters of the state to their condition as they existed before the violation, sustained by it because of the violation. The action shall be brought by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney in any court where an action for injunctive relief hereunder could be brought.