Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.190
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
If any sheriff or marshall shall fail to pay, without delay, the moneys with which he shall become chargeable on the settlement in section 57.180 mentioned, he shall forfeit to the county entitled to the said moneys double the amount with which he is chargeable, to be recovered by motion in the court in which such settlement shall have been made, after ten days' previous notice of such motion.
§ 57.190, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 13840