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SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN HALSEY
ORDINANCE NO. 3 !Z
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING CHAPTER
17 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY ENACTING A
NEW SECTION 17-93 RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO RETURN
LEASED OR RENTED PROPERTY.
HE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 17 of the Code of the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, is hereby amended by enacting new Section 17-93 which
shall read as follows:
Section 17.93. Failure to return leased or rented
property.
(a) A person commits the offense of failing to return
leased or rented property if he willfully fails to return
leased or rented personal property to the place and within
the time specified in a written agreement providing for the
leasing or renting of such personal property.
(b) It shall be prima facie evidence of the willfulness
when a person who has leased or rented person property of
another fails to return or make arrangements acceptable with
the lessor to return the personal property to its owner
within -ten ( 10) days after proper notice following the
expiration of the lease or rental agreement.
( c) This section shall not apply if such personal
property is a vehicle and such return is made more difficult
or expensive by a defect in such vehicle which renders such
vehicle inoperable, if the lessee notifies the lessor of the
location of such vehicle and such defect before the
expiration of the lease or rental agreement or within ten
(10) days after proper notice.
(d) Proper notice by the lessor shall consist of a
written demand addressed and mailed by certified or
registered mail to the lessee at the address given at the
time of making the lease or rental agreement. The notice
shall contain a statement that the failure to return the
property may subject the lessee to criminal prosecution.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval.
Passed Approved /,
Presid4fig Officer Mayor
ATTEST:
- City Clerk
State law reference--Similar provisions: Section
578.150 RSMo 1987.
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