Missouri Laws 265.050 – Appointment of agents — bond — action on bond
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 265.050
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Director: means the director of the department of agriculture of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 265.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
The director may appoint employees and agents to assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and may fix their compensation. The director may require any such employee or agent and any inspector licensed under this chapter to execute and file with him a good and sufficient bond, payable to the state, in such sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars and with such sureties, as he may prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such employee, agent or licensed inspector of his duties as such employee, agent, or licensed inspector. Any person injured by the failure of such employee, agent or licensed inspector faithfully to perform such duties shall be entitled to sue on such bond in his own name in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of such damages as he may have sustained by reason of such failure.