Buyer Guides

Missouri runs two fence laws at once. In Franklin, Gasconade, Crawford, Phelps, and Dent Counties the general fence law governs: the obligation follows the livestock, the right-hand rule divides the work, and the fence is not the property line.

Missouri regulates dams 35 feet and greater, but the authorization that catches most creek dams is federal. DNR dam safety, Corps 404, the farm pond exemption, spawning closures, and downstream liability, from a Missouri attorney and land specialist.

The CWD Management Zone is gone for 2026–27, but the feeding ban, mandatory sampling, and statewide carcass rules are not. A plain-English guide for Franklin, Gasconade, Crawford, Phelps, and Dent counties.

Missouri’s rules for recovering a wounded deer: leashed tracking dogs, thermal drones, firearms while tracking, artificial light after dark, and why you cannot cross the property line without a yes.

Electric service, utility easements, line-extension costs, and power-line rights on rural Missouri property.

If you own rural land in Missouri, odds are good that you reach it over a road you don’t entirely own. A shared gravel lane, a private drive crossing a neighbor’s ground, a low-water slab over a creek, an easement that three or four families all rely on to get home. It works fine right … Read more

Who owns the creek bed in Missouri, who may float and wade it, where the ordinary high-water mark falls, and what it all means when you buy or sell rural land.

In Missouri, a properly placed purple mark is the legal equivalent of a “No Trespassing” sign under RSMo 569.145. Here’s exactly how to post your land the right way — and what crossing purple paint really means.