Animal Ordinances in Clay County, MO (2026)

MO Rev. Stat. §273.036

The owner or possessor of any dog that bites, without provocation, any person while such person is on public property, or lawfully on private property, including the property of the owner or possessor of the dog, is strictly liable for damages suffered by persons bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's or possessor's knowledge of such viciousness.

MO Rev. Stat. §578.024

A person commits the offense of keeping a dangerous dog if he or she owns or possesses a dog that has previously bitten a person or a domestic animal without provocation and that dog bites any person on a subsequent occasion.

MO Rev. Stat. §264.041

Inspection of bees for bee diseases or pests shall be made by the director or an authorized inspector upon the request of any beekeeper, directed to the office of the director, for inspection of bees owned or managed by that beekeeper.

Clay County, MO Code of Ordinances § 90.23(I)

(I)No person shall pursue, catch, kill, molest, possess, illuminate, spotlight, feed, or take in any manner or any quantity any wildlife, nor shall any person destroy the den or nest of any wildlife on park land except as otherwise permitted by this chapter, or by the express permission of the director when necessary to control animal damage.