Except as otherwise provided in this section, the collector shall, at the time of delivering such license, collect the sum of five dollars, the fee allowed in this section to the clerk for issuing the license, except that any fees herein received by the collector shall be paid into the county or city treasury, as provided by law. In any county of the first classification with a charter form of government which contains all or part of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, the collector shall, at the time of delivering such license, collect a fee set by the governing body of the county, except that such fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars and the governing body of the county may, in lieu of altering the fee otherwise prescribed in this section, elect to not collect any fee for the issuance and delivery of such licenses.

(RSMo 1939 § 11314, A.L. 1945 p. 1838, A.L. 1945 p. 1959, A.L. 1979 H.B. 148, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1566)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10086; 1919 § 13076; 1909 § 11628

* H.B. 1566, 1994, and S.B. 579, 1994, both amended this section in the 2d Regular Session of the 87th General Assembly