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MO Rev Stat § 407.1104 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1104 - Caller identification service, telephone solicitor not to interfere with subscriber's use of service.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   407.1104. Caller identification service, telephone solicitor not to interfere with subscriber's use of service. — 1. Any person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to any residential subscriber in this state shall, at the beginning of such solicitation, state clearly the identity of the person or entity initiating the solicitation.  2. No person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to a residential subscriber in this state shall knowingly use any method to block or otherwise circumvent any subscriber's use of a caller identification service. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1107, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1549)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1107 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1107 - Penalties, attorney general to enforce — civil, criminal, injunctive relief — private actions — defenses — statute of limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   407.1107. Penalties, attorney general to enforce — civil, criminal, injunctive relief — private actions — defenses — statute of limitations. — 1. The attorney general may initiate proceedings relating to a knowing violation or threatened knowing violation of section 407.1098 or 407.1104. Such proceedings may include, without limitation, an injunction, a civil penalty up to a maximum of five thousand dollars for each knowing violation and additional relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. The attorney general may issue investigative demands, issue subpoenas, administer oaths and conduct hearings in the course of investigating a violation of section 407.1098 or 407.1104.  2. In addition to the penalties provided in subsection 1 of this section, any person or entity that violates section 407.1104 shall be subject to all penalties, remedies and procedures provided in sections 407.010 to 407.130. The remedies available in this section are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available by law.  3. Any person who has received more than one telephone solicitation within any twelve-month period by or on behalf of the same person or entity in violation of section 407.1098 or 407.1104 may either:  (1) Bring an action to enjoin such violation;  (2) Bring an action to recover for actual monetary loss from such knowing violation or to receive up to five thousand dollars in damages for each such knowing violation, whichever is greater; or  (3) Bring both such actions.  4. It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent telephone solicitations in violation of section 407.1098 or 407.1104.  5. No action or proceeding may be brought pursuant to this section:  (1) More than two years after the person bringing the action knew or should have known of the occurrence of the alleged violation; or  (2) More than two years after the termination of any proceeding or action arising out of the same violation or violations by the state of Missouri, whichever is later.  6. A court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident or his or her executor or administrator as to an action or proceeding authorized by this section in the manner otherwise provided by law.  7. The remedies, duties, prohibitions and penalties of sections 407.1095 to 407.1107 are not exclusive and are in addition to all other causes of action, remedies and penalties provided by law.  8. No provider of telephone caller identification service shall be held liable for violations of section 407.1098 or 407.1104 committed by other persons or entities. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1110, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1549)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1110 - Advisory group for consumer protection from telemarketers — publication of information on consumer rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1110. Advisory group for consumer protection from telemarketers — publication of information on consumer rights. — The attorney general shall establish an advisory group composed of government entities, local telecommunications companies, businesses, and senior citizen and other community advocates to compile and promote a list of educational literature to help consumers understand their options with regard to telephone solicitations. The attorney general shall work with local exchange telecommunications companies to disseminate to their residential subscribers information about the availability of and instructions about how to request educational literature from the attorney general. The attorney general may enter into agreements with those companies for the purpose of dissemination of the educational literature. The attorney general shall include on his or her internet website information that informs residential subscribers of their rights to be placed on a no-call list and the various methods, including notice to the attorney general, of placing their names on this no-call list. The attorney general shall have this literature developed for dissemination to the public no later than January 1, 2001. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1113)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1120 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1120. Definitions. — As used in sections 407.1120 to 407.1132, the following terms mean:  (1) "Assist the transmission", actions taken by a person to provide substantial assistance or support which enables any person to formulate, compose, send, originate, initiate or transmit a commercial electronic mail message;  (2) "Commercial electronic mail message", an electronic mail message sent for the purpose of promoting real property, goods or services for sale or lease. Commercial electronic mail message does not include:  (a) An electronic mail message to which an interactive computer service provider has attached an advertisement in exchange for free use of an electronic mail account, when the user has agreed to such an arrangement;  (b) An electronic mail message between persons with a prior business relationship; or  (c) An electronic mail message between persons with a personal relationship;  (3) "Electronic mail address", a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered;  (4) "Initiate the transmission", the action by the original sender of an electronic mail message, but not the action by any intervening interactive computer service that may handle or retransmit the message, unless such intervening interactive computer service assists in the transmission of an electronic mail message when it knows, or consciously avoids knowing, that the person initiating the transmission is engaged, or intends to engage, in any act or practice that violates sections 407.1120 to 407.1132;  (5) "Interactive computer service", any information service, system or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions;  (6) "Internet domain name", a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an internet host or service, assigned through centralized internet naming authorities, comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1300)  Contingent expiration date, see § 407.1132
MO Rev Stat § 407.1123 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1123 - Unsolicited electronic mail without either return email address or toll-free number prohibited

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1123. Unsolicited electronic mail without either return email address or toll-free number prohibited — 1. No person or entity conducting business in this state shall electronically mail (email) or cause to be emailed documents consisting of advertising material for the lease, sale, rental, gift offer or other disposition of any realty, goods, services or extensions of credit without a toll-free telephone number or valid sender-operated return email address that the recipient of the unsolicited documents may call or email to notify the sender not to email any further unsolicited documents.  2. It is an unlawful merchandising practice pursuant to section 407.020 to assist in the transmission of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message when the person providing the assistance knows, or consciously avoids knowing, that the initiator of the commercial electronic mail message is engaged, or intends to engage, in any act or practice that violates sections 407.1120 to 407.1132.  3. As used in this section, the phrase "assist or initiate the transmission" does not include or refer to the transmission of any commercial electronic mail message by a telecommunications utility or internet service provider to the extent that the telecommunications utility or internet service provider merely carries such transmission over its network. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1310)  Contingent expiration date, see § 407.1132
MO Rev Stat § 407.1126 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1126 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1126. Penalties. — It is an unlawful merchandising practice pursuant to section 407.020 to violate the provisions of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1320)  Contingent expiration date, see § 407.1132
MO Rev Stat § 407.1129 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1129 - Damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1129. Damages. — 1. Damages to the recipient of a commercial electronic mail message sent in violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132 are five hundred dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater.  2. Damages to an interactive computer service resulting from a violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132 are one thousand dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1330)  Contingent expiration date, see § 407.1132
MO Rev Stat § 407.1132 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1132 - Interactive computer service may block certain electronic mail without liability — federal law to control if enacted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   407.1132. Interactive computer service may block certain electronic mail without liability — federal law to control if enacted. — 1. An interactive computer service may, upon its own initiative, block the receipt or transmission through its service of any commercial electronic mail that it reasonably believes is, or will be, sent in violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132.  2. No interactive computer service may be held liable for any action voluntarily taken in good faith to block the receipt or transmission through its service of any commercial electronic mail which it reasonably believes is, or will be, sent in violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132.  *3. Sections 407.1120 to 407.1132 shall be of no force and effect on and after the date that federal law is enacted that prohibits or otherwise regulates the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1340)  *Contingent expiration date *Revisor's Note: No federal law as specified in this section had been enacted as of the date of the general republication of the Revised Statutes of Missouri in 2016.
MO Rev Stat § 407.1138 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1138 - Prohibited acts — rulemaking authority, attorney general.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   407.1138. Prohibited acts — rulemaking authority, attorney general. — 1. It shall be a violation of this section for any person or entity who initiates the transmission of any commercial electronic mail message to any subscriber in this state to provide a false identity or false or misleading information in the subject line.  2. It shall be a violation of this section for any person that sends an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message to fail to use the exact characters "ADV:" as the first four characters in the subject line of the unsolicited commercial electronic mail message.  3. It shall be a violation of this section for any person that sends an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message that contains obscene material as defined in section 573.010 or references a website that contains obscene material to fail to use the exact characters "ADV:ADLT" as the first eight characters in the subject line of the unsolicited commercial electronic mail message that contains obscene material.  4. It shall be a violation of this section to initiate the transmission of any unsolicited commercial electronic mail to a subscriber in this state who has notified a sender not to initiate the transmission of any further unsolicited commercial electronic mail. For purposes of this subsection, a subscriber is deemed to have notified a sender not to initiate the transmission of any further unsolicited commercial electronic mail if the subscriber:  (1) Replies to a sender at the valid sender-operated return electronic mail address or the sender's toll-free telephone number with directions not to initiate the transmission of any further unsolicited commercial electronic mail as provided in section 407.1123; or  (2) Otherwise gives actual notice to a sender not to initiate the transmission of further unsolicited commercial electronic mail; or  (3) Notifies the attorney general if a sender fails to provide a toll-free telephone number or valid sender-operated return electronic mail address as required by section 407.1123.  5. The attorney general shall promulgate rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary and appropriate to fully implement the provisions of sections 407.1135 to 407.1141. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 228 § 407.1144)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1141 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1141 - Attorney general to initiate proceedings for violation — penalties — defenses — action barred, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   407.1141. Attorney general to initiate proceedings for violation — penalties — defenses — action barred, when. — 1. The attorney general may initiate proceedings relating to a knowing violation of sections 407.1135 to 407.1141. Such proceedings may include an injunction, a civil penalty up to a maximum of five thousand dollars for each knowing violation, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per day, in any court of competent jurisdiction. The attorney general may issue investigative demands, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and conduct hearings in the course of investigating a violation of sections 407.1135 to 407.1141.  2. In addition to the penalties provided in subsection 1 of this section, any person or entity that violates sections 407.1135 to 407.1141 shall be subject to all penalties, remedies and procedures provided in sections 407.010 to 407.130. The remedies available in this section are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available by law. Any civil penalties recovered pursuant to this section shall be credited to the merchandising practices revolving fund.  3. It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages in violation of section 407.1138.  4. No action or proceeding may be brought pursuant to this section:  (1) More than two years after the person bringing the action knew or should have known of the occurrence of the alleged violation; or  (2) More than two years after the termination of any proceeding or action arising out of the same violation or violations by the state of Missouri, whichever is later.  5. A court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident or his or her executor or administrator as to an action or proceeding authorized by this section in the manner otherwise provided by law.  6. No telecommunications utility, electronic mail service provider, or internet service provider shall be liable for violations of section 407.1138 when:  (1) It is an intermediary between the sender and recipient in the transmission of an email that violates sections 407.1135 to 407.1141; or  (2) It provides transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages over the provider's computer network or facilities; or  (3) It voluntarily takes action in good faith to block the receipt or transmission through its service of any electronic mail advertisements that it believes are, or will be, sent in violation of sections 407.1135 to 407.1141. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 228 § 407.1147)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1150 - Publishing or disseminating criminal record information prohibited — definitions — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   407.1150. Publishing or disseminating criminal record information prohibited — definitions — violation, penalty. — 1. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall mean:  (1) "Booking photograph", a photograph of a subject individual that was taken in this state by an arresting law enforcement agency;  (2) "Criminal record information", a booking photograph, or the name, address, charges filed, or a description of a subject individual who is asserted or implied to have engaged in illegal conduct;  (3) "Subject individual", an individual who was arrested and had his or her photograph taken by law enforcement during the processing of the arrest.  2. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in publishing or otherwise disseminating criminal record information through a print or electronic medium to solicit or accept from a subject individual the payment of a fee or other consideration to remove or correct criminal record information.  3. A person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  4. Each payment solicited or accepted in violation of this section constitutes a separate violation.  5. In addition to the remedies already provided in this section, any subject individual who suffers a loss or harm as a result of a violation of this section may be awarded an amount equal to ten thousand dollars or actual and punitive damages, whichever is greater, and in addition may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and any other remedies provided by law. Humiliation or embarrassment shall be adequate to show that the plaintiff has incurred damages; however, no physical manifestation of either humiliation or embarrassment is necessary for damages to be shown. ­­-------- (L. 2014 H.B. 1665 & 1335)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1246 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1246 - Renewal of registration, procedure, fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   407.1246. Renewal of registration, procedure, fee. — Each travel club registered under sections 407.1240 to 407.1252 may renew its registration by filing with the attorney general a registration renewal statement containing all of the information required in section 407.1243 within thirty calendar days of the anniversary date of the attorney general's issuance of its approval of the travel club's registration statement. The attorney general may charge an annual renewal fee in a sum not to exceed fifty dollars. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 274)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1249 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1249 - Right to rescind and cancel, time period allowed.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   407.1249. Right to rescind and cancel, time period allowed. — Assuming a purchaser returns to the travel club all materials of value delivered to the purchaser at closing, all purchasers of travel club memberships from a travel club that is registered shall have the nonwaivable right for a period of three business days after the date of their purchase to rescind and cancel their travel club purchase and receive a full refund of all sums otherwise paid to the travel club within fifteen business days of such rescission, minus the actual and reasonable cost of processing the refund, including credit card fees if applicable. Use of travel club benefits during such rescission period shall not waive the right afforded by this section. Individuals who purchase travel club memberships from a travel club that is not registered under sections 407.1240 to 407.1252 shall have a nonwaivable right for a period of three years from the date of purchase to rescind and cancel their travel club membership and shall receive a full refund within fifteen business days of such rescission. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 274, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1216, A.L. 2009 H.B. 83)
MO Rev Stat § 407.1323 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 407 - Merchandising Practices|Section 407.1323 - Recreational vehicle manufacturers and dealers, written agreement required, when — sales of RVs, conditions.

Effective - 01 Aug 2002   407.1323. Recreational vehicle manufacturers and dealers, written agreement required, when — sales of RVs, conditions. — 1. All manufacturers and dealers doing business in this state must have a written agreement signed by both parties. This law shall supercede any conflicting statutes in states where enacted.  2. The manufacturer shall designate in writing subject to annual review the area of sales responsibility exclusively assigned to an RV dealer and shall not establish another RV dealer for the same line-make in the same area during the duration of the agreement unless the manufacturer can show good cause for the addition of the new RV dealer including reasonable evidence that the market will support the establishment of a new dealership.  3. Sales of RVs by manufacturers or distributors shall be in accordance with published prices, charges and terms of sale in effect at any given time. The manufacturer will sell products on the same basis, with respect to all rebates, discounts and programs, to all competing dealers similarly situated.  4. No manufacturer, directly or through any officer, agent or employee, may terminate an RV dealer agreement without good cause. The burden of showing good cause is on the manufacturer. Prior to the expiration of a dealer agreement, both parties shall enter into negotiations for renewal of the dealer agreement in good faith, and neither will arbitrarily require a substantial change in competitive circumstances. When taking on a competing manufacturer's lines, a dealer must notify existing manufacturers in writing, at least thirty days prior to entering into such an agreement, to sell the same type of recreational vehicle. ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 575)  Effective 8-01-02