Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.420
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
If any tenant, for life or years, shall commit waste during his estate or term, of anything belonging to the tenement so held, without special license in writing so to do, he shall be subject to a civil action for such waste, and shall lose the thing wasted and pay treble the amount at which the waste shall be assessed.
§ 537.420, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 1939 § 3003