Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 570 Effective - 01 Jan 1979, see footnote 570.060. Lost property. — 1. A person who appropriates lost property shall not be deemed to have stolen that property within the meaning of section 570.030 unless such property is found under circumstances which gave the finder knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner. 2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of lost property. -------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60) Effective 1-01-79
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