[CC 1985 § 25-38; 1977 Code]
A.
No owner, or agent of the owner, of any
land located within the platting jurisdiction of the City of St. James,
knowingly or with intent to defraud, may transfer, sell, agree to
sell, or negotiate to sell that land by reference to or by other use
of a plat of any purported subdivision of the land before the plat
has been approved by the City Council or City Planning and Zoning
Commission and recorded in the office of the Phelps County, Missouri,
Recorder unless the owner or agent shall disclose in writing that
such plat has not been approved by the City Council or City Planning
and Zoning Commission and the sale is contingent upon the approval
of such plat by the City Council or City Planning and Zoning Commission.
B.
Any person violating the provisions of
this Section shall forfeit and pay to the said City of St. James a
penalty not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each lot
transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold; and the description
by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document
used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the
transaction from this penalty. The said City of St. James may enjoin
or vacate the transfer or sale or agreement by legal action, and may
recover the penalty in such action.
