2018 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.
Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 570570.140. 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
