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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.125 - Fraudulently stopping payment on an instrument — penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.125. Fraudulently stopping payment on an instrument — penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently stopping payment of an instrument if he or she, with the purpose to defraud, stops payment on a check, draft, or debit device used in payment for the receipt of goods or services.
2. The offense of fraudulently stopping payment of an instrument is a class A misdemeanor, unless the face amount of the check or draft is seven hundred fifty dollars or more or, if the stopping of payment of more than one check or draft is involved in the same course of conduct, the aggregate amount is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case the offense is a class E felony.
3. It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section if a person stops payment on a check, draft, or debit device and fails to make good the check, draft, or debit device transaction, or fails to return or make and comply with reasonable arrangements to return the property for which the check, draft, or debit device was used in the same or substantially the same condition as when received within ten days after notice in writing from the payee that the check, draft, or debit device transaction has not been paid because of a stop payment order by the issuer to the drawee.
4.
"Notice in writing"
means notice deposited as certified or registered mail in the United States mail and addressed to the issuer at his address as it appears on the dishonored check, draft, or debit device transaction or to his last known address. The notice shall contain a statement that failure to make good the check, draft, or debit device transaction within ten days of receipt of the notice may subject the issuer to criminal prosecution.
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(L. 1983 S.B. 75, A.L. 1985 S.B. 264, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.130 - Fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.130. Fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device if he or she uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of obtaining services or property, knowing that:
(1) The device is stolen, fictitious or forged; or
(2) The device has been revoked or cancelled; or
(3) For any other reason his or her use of the device is unauthorized; or
(4) Uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of paying property taxes and knowingly cancels such charges or payment without just cause. It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section if a person cancels such charges or payment after obtaining a property tax receipt to obtain license tags from the Missouri department of revenue.
2. The offense of fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device is a class A misdemeanor unless the value of the property tax or the value of the property or services obtained or sought to be obtained within any thirty-day period is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device is a class E felony.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1999 S.B. 328, et al., A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888 merged with S.B. 895, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.135 - Fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit card — penalty — limitation of liability.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote
570.135. Fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit card — penalty — limitation of liability. —
1. A person commits the offense of fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit device if he or she:
(1) Knowingly makes or causes to be made, directly or indirectly, a false statement regarding another person for the purpose of fraudulently procuring the issuance of a credit or debit device;
(2) Knowingly obtains a means of identification of another person without the authorization of that person and uses that means of identification fraudulently to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods or services in the name of the other person without the consent of that person; or
(3) Knowingly possesses a fraudulently obtained credit or debit device.
2. The offense of fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit device is a class A misdemeanor.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no corporation, proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other business entity shall be criminally liable under this section for accepting applications for credit or debit devices or for the use of a credit or debit device in any transaction, absent clear and convincing evidence that such business entity conspired with or was a part of the fraudulent procuring of the issuance of a credit or debit device.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 386 § 2, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2016 S.B. 624)
Effective 1-01-2017
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.140 - Deceptive business practice — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.140. Deceptive business practice — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he or she recklessly:
(1) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;
(2) Sells, offers, displays for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service;
(3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he or she furnishes the weight or measure;
(4) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities;
(5) Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit;
(6) Promotes the sale of property or services by a false or misleading statement in any advertisement; or
(7) Advertises in any manner the sale of property or services with the purpose not to sell or provide the property or services:
(a) At the price which he or she offered them;
(b) In a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonably expected public demand, unless the quantity is specifically stated in the advertisement; or
(c) At all.
2. The offense of deceptive business practice is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.150 - Commercial bribery — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.150. Commercial bribery — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of commercial bribery if he or she:
(1) Solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity, which he or she is subject to as:
(a) An agent or employee of another;
(b) A trustee, guardian or other fiduciary;
(c) A lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser or other professional adviser or informant;
(d) An officer, director, partner, manager or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an incorporated or unincorporated association; or
(e) An arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee;
(2) As a person who holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal or criticism of commodities or services, solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit to influence his or her selection, appraisal or criticism;
(3) Confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit the acceptance of which would be criminal under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section.
2. The offense of commercial bribery is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.180 - Defrauding secured creditors — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.180. Defrauding secured creditors — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of defrauding secured creditors if he or she destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with purpose to defraud the holder of the security interest.
2. The offense of defrauding secured creditors is a class A misdemeanor unless the amount remaining to be paid on the secured debt, including interest, is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case defrauding secured creditors is a class E felony.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.210 - Library theft, guilty of stealing.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote
570.210. Library theft, guilty of stealing. —
1. Any person who:
(1) Knowingly removes any library material from the premises of a library without authorization;
(2) Borrows or attempts to borrow any library material from a library by the unauthorized use of a library card;
(3) Borrows library materials from any library pursuant to an agreement or procedure established by the library which requires the return of such library material and fails to return the library material to the library; or
(4) Knowingly writes on, injures, defaces, tears, cuts, mutilates, or destroys a book, document, or other library material belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of a library;
­­shall be deemed to have appropriated said item with the intent to deprive the library of said item without its consent and shall be guilty of the offense of stealing under section 570.030.
2. It shall be prima facie evidence of the person's purpose to deprive the library of the library materials if, within ten days after notice in writing deposited as certified mail from the library demanding the return of such library material, such person without good cause shown fails to return the library material. A person is presumed to have received the notice required by this subsection if the library mails such notice to the last address provided to the library by such person. Payment to the library, in an amount equal to the cost of replacement of an item of no historical significance shall be considered returning the item for purposes of this subsection.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 450, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.217 - Misapplication of funds of a financial institution — penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.217. Misapplication of funds of a financial institution — penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of misapplication of funds of a financial institution if, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of, or connected in any capacity with, any financial institution, he or she embezzles, appropriates, or purposely misapplies any of the money, funds, or credits of such financial institution or any moneys, funds, assets, or securities entrusted to the custody or care of such financial institution, or to the custody or care of any such agent, officer, director, employee, or receiver.
2. The offense of misapplication of funds of a financial institution is a class E felony, unless the amount embezzled, appropriated, or misapplied is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case it is a class D felony.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 408 § 570.195, A.L. 1991 H.B. 206, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.219 - False entries in the records of a financial institution with intent to defraud — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.219. False entries in the records of a financial institution with intent to defraud — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of making false entries in the records of a financial institution if he or she makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of a financial institution with intent to injure or defraud such financial institution, or any other entity, or with intent to deceive any officer or director of a financial institution or any agent or examiner appointed to examine the affairs of such financial institution.
2. The offense of making false entries in the records of a financial institution is a class D felony.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 408 § 570.200, A.L. 1991 H.B. 206, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.220 - Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.220. Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of check kiting if he or she, with intent to defraud, obtains money from a financial institution by drawing a check against an account in which there is not sufficient collected funds to pay the check and, he or she purports to cover that check by depositing in such account another check drawn against insufficient collected funds.
2. For purposes of this section, the term
"collected funds"
means that portion of a deposit account representing checks and other credits as to which the depositary has directly and affirmatively verified that final payment has been made or, in the alternative, with respect to checks as to which at least ten business days have elapsed, without return of the checks, since presentation for payment.
3. The offense of check kiting is a class E felony.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 408 § 570.210, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.224 - Trafficking in stolen identities — possession of documents, exemptions — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.224. Trafficking in stolen identities — possession of documents, exemptions — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of trafficking in stolen identities if he or she, for the purpose of committing identity theft, manufactures, sells, transfers, or possesses with intent to sell or transfer means of identification.
2. Possession of five or more means of identification of the same person or possession of means of identification of five or more separate persons shall be evidence that the identities are possessed with intent to manufacture, sell, or transfer means of identification for the purpose of committing identity theft. In determining possession of five or more means of identification of the same person, or possession of means of identification of five or more separate persons for the purposes of evidence pursuant to this subsection, the following do not apply:
(1) The possession of his or her own identification documents;
(2) The possession of the identification documents of a person who has consented to the person at issue possessing his or her identification documents.
3. The offense of trafficking in stolen identities is a class B felony.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 916, A.L. 2004 H.B. 959, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.300 - Facilitating the theft of cable television service — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote
570.300. Facilitating the theft of cable television service — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of facilitating the theft of cable television service if he or she knowingly sells, uses, manufactures, rents, or offers for sale, rental, or use any device, plan, or kit designed and intended to obtain cable television without paying all lawful compensation to the operator of such service.
2. The offense of facilitating theft of cable television service is a class D felony.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to render unlawful or prohibit an individual or other legal entity from owning or operating a video cassette recorder or devices commonly known as a satellite receiving dish for the purpose of receiving and utilizing satellite-relayed television signals for his or her own use.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 450 § 18, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.302 - Operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater — definitions — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.302. Operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater — definitions — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater if he or she, while a motion picture is being exhibited, knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture theater without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater.
2. As used in this section, the term
"audiovisual recording function"
means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed.
3. As used in this section, the term
"motion picture theater"
means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense, but excluding the lobby, entrance, or other areas of the building where a motion picture cannot be viewed.
4. The provisions of this section shall not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence-gathering employee or agent, of the state or federal government, from operating any audiovisual recording device in any facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence-gathering activities. The owner or lessee of a facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, or the authorized agent or employee of such owner or lessee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken by such owner, lessee, agent, or employee in the course of subsequently detaining a person that the owner, lessee, agent, or employee in good faith believed to have violated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities, unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing evidence that such measures were unreasonable or the period of detention was unreasonably long.
5. The offense of operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has previously been found guilty of violating the provisions of this section, in which case it is a class E felony.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.500; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.310 - Mortgage fraud — penalty — venue.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.310. Mortgage fraud — penalty — venue. —
1. A person commits the offense of mortgage fraud if he or she, in connection with the application for or procurement of a loan secured by real estate, willfully:
(1) Employs a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(2) Makes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, not misleading;
(3) Receives any portion of the purchase, sale, or loan proceeds, or any other consideration paid or generated in connection with a real estate closing that such person knew involved a violation of this section; or
(4) Influences, through extortion or bribery, the development, reporting, result, or review of a real estate appraisal, except that this subsection does not prohibit a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, real estate licensee, or other person from asking the appraiser to do one or more of the following:
(a) Consider additional property information;
(b) Provide further detail, substantiation, or explanation for the appraiser's value conclusion; or
(c) Correct errors in the appraisal report in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
2. The offense of mortgage fraud is a class D felony.
3. Each transaction in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
4. Venue over any dispute relating to mortgage fraud or a conspiracy or endeavor to engage in or participate in a pattern of mortgage fraud shall be:
(1) In the county in which the real estate is located;
(2) In the county in which any act was performed in furtherance of mortgage fraud;
(3) In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this section had control or possession of any proceeds from mortgage fraud;
(4) In any county in which a related real estate closing occurred; or
(5) In any county in which any document related to a mortgage fraud is filed with the recorder of deeds.
5. The punishment imposed under this section shall be in addition to any punishment provided by law for the offense.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 2188, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.375 - Fraud or deception in obtaining an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.375. Fraud or deception in obtaining an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of fraud or deception in obtaining an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license if he or she:
(1) Knowingly or in reckless disregard of the truth, assists any person in committing fraud or deception during the examination process for an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license;
(2) Knowingly or in reckless disregard of the truth, assists any person in applying for an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license that contains or is substantiated with false or fraudulent information or documentation;
(3) Knowingly or in reckless disregard of the truth, assists any person in concealing a material fact or otherwise committing a fraud in an application for an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license; or
(4) Engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts or aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts.
2. The offense of fraud or deception in obtaining an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1549, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.570; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.380 - Mass manufacture or possession of five or more fake IDs — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
570.380. Mass manufacture or possession of five or more fake IDs — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of mass manufacture or possession of fake IDs if he or she manufactures or possesses five or more fictitious or forged means of identification, as defined in section 570.010, with the intent to distribute to others for the purpose of committing an offense.
2. The offense of mass manufacture or possession of fake IDs is a class D felony.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1384 and H.B. 2157, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.400 - Unlawful receipt of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.400. Unlawful receipt of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits or EBT cards if he or she knowingly receives or uses the proceeds of public assistance benefits or EBT cards to which he or she is not lawfully entitled or for which he or she has not applied and been approved by the department to receive.
2. The offense of unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits or EBT cards is a class A misdemeanor, unless the face value of the public assistance benefits or EBT cards is seven hundred fifty dollars or more or the person is found guilty of a second offense of unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits or EBT cards in an amount less than seven hundred fifty dollars, in which case it is a class E felony. Any person who is found guilty of a second or subsequent offense of felony unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits or EBT cards, or any person who is found guilty of an offense under this section and has previously been found guilty of two violations under sections 570.400 to 570.410, shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who is found guilty of felony unlawfully receiving of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall serve not less than one hundred twenty days in the department of corrections unless such person pays full restitution to the state of Missouri within thirty days of the date of execution of sentence.
3. In addition to any criminal penalty, any person found guilty of unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall pay full restitution to the state of Missouri for the total amount of moneys converted. No person placed on probation for the offense shall be released from probation until full restitution has been paid.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 2, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2013 S.B. 251, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.377; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.402 - Conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.402. Conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards if he or she knowingly engages in any transaction to convert public assistance benefits or EBT cards to other property contrary to statutes, rules and regulations, either state or federal, governing the use of public assistance benefits.
2. The offense of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards is a class A misdemeanor, unless the face value of the public assistance benefits or EBT cards is seven hundred fifty dollars or more or the person is found guilty of a second offense of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards in an amount less than seven hundred fifty dollars, in which case it is a class E felony. Any person who is found guilty of a second or subsequent offense of felony unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards, or any person who is found guilty of an offense under this section and has previously been found guilty of two or more violations under sections 570.400 to 570.410, shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who is found guilty of felony unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall serve not less than one hundred twenty days in the department of corrections unless such person pays full restitution to the state of Missouri within thirty days of the date of execution of sentence.
3. In addition to any criminal penalty, any person found guilty of unlawful conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall pay full restitution to the state of Missouri for the total amount of moneys converted. No person placed on probation for the offense shall be released from probation until full restitution has been paid.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 3, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2013 S.B. 251, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.379; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.404 - Unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.404. Unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties. —
1. A person commits the offense of unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards if he or she knowingly transfers public assistance benefits or EBT cards to another not lawfully entitled or approved by the department of social services to receive the public assistance benefits or EBT cards.
2. The offense of unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards is a class A misdemeanor, unless the face value of the public assistance benefits or EBT cards is seven hundred fifty dollars or more or the person is found guilty of a second offense of unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards in an amount less than seven hundred fifty dollars, in which case it is a class E felony. Any person who is found guilty of a second or subsequent offense of felony unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits, or any person who is found guilty of an offense under this section and has been found guilty of two or more violations under sections 570.400 to 570.410, shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who is found guilty of felony unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall serve not less than one hundred twenty days in the department of corrections unless such person pays full restitution to the state of Missouri within thirty days of the date of execution of sentence.
3. In addition to any criminal penalty, any person found guilty of unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards shall pay full restitution to the state of Missouri for the total amount of moneys converted. No person placed on probation for the offense shall be released from probation until full restitution has been paid.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 4, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2013 H.B. 175 merged with H.B. 1035 merged with S.B. 248, A.L. 2013 S.B. 251, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.381; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.406 - Single criminal episode, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.406. Single criminal episode, when. —
The face value of public assistance benefits or EBT cards stolen, possessed, transferred or converted from one scheme or course of conduct, whether from one or several rightful possessors, or at the same or different times shall constitute a single criminal episode and their face values may be aggregated in determining the grade of offense.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 5, A.L. 2013 S.B. 251, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.383; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.408 - Perjury for the purpose of obtaining public assistance — penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.408. Perjury for the purpose of obtaining public assistance — penalty. —
1. A person commits the offense of perjury for the purpose of obtaining public assistance if he or she knowingly makes a false or misleading statement or misrepresents a fact material for the purpose of obtaining public assistance if the false or misleading statement is reduced to writing and verified by the signature of the person making the statement and by the signature of any employee of the Missouri department of social services. The same person may not be charged with unlawfully receiving public assistance benefits and perjury pursuant to this section when both offenses arise from the same application for benefits.
2. A statement or fact is material, regardless of its admissibility under rules of evidence, if it could substantially affect or did substantially affect the granting of public assistance.
3. Knowledge of the materiality of the statement or fact is not an element of this offense, and it is no defense that:
(1) The person mistakenly believed the fact to be immaterial; or
(2) The person was not competent, for reasons other than mental disability, to make the statement.
4. The offense of perjury for the purpose of obtaining public assistance is a class A misdemeanor, unless the value of the public assistance unlawfully obtained or unlawfully attempted to be obtained is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case it is a class E felony, or the person has previously been found guilty of two violations under sections 570.400 to 570.410, in which case it is a class D felony.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 6, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.385; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses › Section 570.410 - Director of department of social services, attorney general — investigative powers — improper disclosure of information, penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
570.410. Director of department of social services, attorney general — investigative powers — improper disclosure of information, penalty. —
1. For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding relating to public assistance unlawfully received or an application for public assistance unlawfully tendered, the director of the department of social services or any officer designated by him or her or the attorney general for the state of Missouri or any officer designated by him or her may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take testimony, require answers to written interrogatories and require production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records which the director of the department or the attorney general deem relevant and material to the inquiry.
2. In the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the circuit court of any county of the state or the City of St. Louis, upon application by the department director or the attorney general may issue to the person an order requiring him or her to appear before the department director or the officer designated by him or her, or the attorney general or the officer designated by him or her, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give testimony or answer interrogatories touching the matter under investigation or in question in accordance with the forms and procedures otherwise authorized by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.
3. Information or documents obtained under this section by the director of the department or the attorney general shall not be disclosed except in the course of civil or criminal litigation or to another prosecutorial or investigative agency, or to the divisions of the department.
4. The offense of improper disclosure under this section is a class A misdemeanor.
5. The provisions of this section do not repeal existing provisions of law and shall be construed as supplementary thereto.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 259 § 7, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.387; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.012 - Health care professionals not required to disclose patient firearm information, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
*571.012. Health care professionals not required to disclose patient firearm information, when. —
1. No health care professional licensed in this state, nor anyone under his or her supervision, shall be required by law to:
(1) Inquire as to whether a patient owns or has access to a firearm;
(2) Document or maintain in a patient's medical records whether such patient owns or has access to a firearm; or
(3) Notify any governmental entity of the identity of a patient based solely on the patient's status as an owner of, or the patient's access to, a firearm.
2. No health care professional licensed in this state, nor anyone under his or her supervision, nor any person or entity that has possession or control of medical records, may disclose information gathered in a doctor/patient relationship about the status of a patient as an owner of a firearm, unless by order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, in response to a threat to the health or safety of that patient or another person, as part of a referral to a mental health professional, or with the patient's express consent on a separate document dealing solely with firearm ownership. The separate document shall not be filled out as a matter of routine, but only when, in the judgment of the health care professional, it is medically indicated or necessitated.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise restricting a health care professional from inquiring about and documenting whether a patient owns or has access to a firearm if such inquiry or documentation is necessitated or medically indicated by the health care professional's judgment and such inquiry or documentation does not violate any other state or federal law.
4. No health care professional licensed in this state shall use an electronic medical record program that requires, in order to complete and save a medical record, entry of data regarding whether a patient owns, has access to, or lives in a home containing a firearm.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 656)
*Effective 10-10-14, see § 21.250. S.B. 656 was vetoed July 14, 2014. The veto was overridden on September 10, 2014.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.013 - Ownership of firearms records, closed records — violation, penalty.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
571.013. Ownership of firearms records, closed records — violation, penalty. —
1. Any records of ownership of a firearm or applications for ownership, licensing, certification, permitting, or an endorsement that allows a person to own, acquire, possess, or carry a firearm shall not be open records under chapter 610 and shall not be open for inspection or their contents disclosed except by order of the court to persons having a legitimate interest therein.
2. Any person or entity who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 75 § 571.011)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.014 - Unlawful refusal to transfer by denying sale of a firearm to a nonlicensee, crime of — violation, penalty — inapplicability, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
571.014. Unlawful refusal to transfer by denying sale of a firearm to a nonlicensee, crime of — violation, penalty — inapplicability, when. —
1. A person commits the crime of unlawful refusal to transfer by denying sale of a firearm to a nonlicensee, who is otherwise not prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, solely on the basis that the nonlicensee purchased a firearm that was later the subject of a trace request by law enforcement.
2. Violation of subsection 1 of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no federal firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923 who engages in the sale of firearms within this state shall fail or refuse to complete the sale of a firearm to a customer in every case in which the sale is authorized by federal law.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any individual federal firearms license holder, his agents, or employees to the extent they chose in their individual judgment to not complete the sale or transfer of a firearm for articulable reasons specific to that transaction, so long as those reasons are not based on the race, gender, religion, creed of the buyer.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 2034)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.017 - Imposition of sentences for both armed criminal action and crime committed with deadly weapon authorized, exception.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
571.017. Imposition of sentences for both armed criminal action and crime committed with deadly weapon authorized, exception. —
Nothing contained in any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection 4 of section 571.015, shall prevent imposition of sentences for both armed criminal action and the crime committed by, with, or through the use, assistance, or aid of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1201)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.020 - Possession--manufacture--transport--repair--sale of certain weapons a crime--exceptions--penalties.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 5 histories, see footnote
571.020. Possession--manufacture--transport--repair--sale of certain weapons a crime--exceptions--penalties. —
1. A person commits an offense if such person knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells:
(1) An explosive weapon;
(2) An explosive, incendiary or poison substance or material with the purpose to possess, manufacture or sell an explosive weapon;
(3) A gas gun;
(4) A bullet or projectile which explodes or detonates upon impact because of an independent explosive charge after having been shot from a firearm; or
(5) Knuckles; or
(6) Any of the following in violation of federal law:
(a) A machine gun;
(b) A short-barreled rifle or shotgun;
(c) A firearm silencer; or
(d) A switchblade knife.
2. A person does not commit an offense pursuant to this section if his or her conduct involved any of the items in subdivisions (1) to (5) of subsection 1, the item was possessed in conformity with any applicable federal law, and the conduct:
(1) Was incident to the performance of official duty by the Armed Forces, National Guard, a governmental law enforcement agency, or a penal institution; or
(2) Was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction with an organization enumerated in subdivision (1) of this section; or
(3) Was incident to using an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise; or
(4) Was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition; or
(5) Was incident to using the weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful dramatic performance.
3. An offense pursuant to subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (6) of subsection 1 of this section is a class D felony; a crime pursuant to subdivision (4) or (5) of subsection 1 of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1981 H.B. 296, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2034, A.L. 2011 H.B. 294, et al., A.L. 2012 H.B. 1647 merged with S.B. 489 & 637, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2332)
Effective 1-01-17
CROSS REFERENCE:
Illegal fireworks, possession, sale, manufacture or transportation of, penalty, 320.136
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 571 - Weapons Offenses › Section 571.037 - Open display of firearm permitted, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 571
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
571.037. Open display of firearm permitted, when. —
Any person who has a valid concealed carry endorsement issued prior to August 28, 2013, or a valid concealed carry permit, and who is lawfully carrying a firearm in a concealed manner, may briefly and openly display the firearm to the ordinary sight of another person, unless the firearm is intentionally displayed in an angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self defense.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1647, A.L. 2013 S.B. 75)