242.580. All taxes provided for in sections 242.010 to242.690 remaining unpaid after December thirty-first of the yearfor which said taxes were levied shall become delinquent and beara penalty of one percent per month on the amount of said taxesfrom date of delinquency until paid. In computing said penaltyeach fractional part of a month shall be counted as a full month.
(RSMo 1939 § 12343)Prior revisions: 1929 § 10762; 1919 § 4397