2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 416 Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies
Section 416.445 Sales and advertisements exempt from law, when.
Effective 28 Aug 1959
Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 416416.445. Sales and advertisements exempt from law, when. — The provisions of sections 416.415 to 416.430 do not apply to advertisements, offers to sell or sales where:
(1) The sales are made in an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business;
(2) The merchandise is damaged;
(3) The items are sold upon the final liquidation of any business;
(4) The items are sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies;
(5) The items are sold by an officer acting under the direction of any court;
(6) The price of the item is made in good faith to meet the equally lower price of competition, provided however, the person charged with a violation of this section further affirmatively proves the reduction in price is not made with the intent or with the effect of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor, or of otherwise injuring a competitor, or of destroying competition, or of creating a monopoly, and unless such is affirmatively shown, the court shall enter its order enjoining the violation as charged.
(L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 8)