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§ 288.395 — Fraud or misrepresentation, penalties.

Missouri § 288.395
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XVIIILABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Ch. 288Employment Security

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.395 (2026).

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Any person or entity perpetrating a fraud or misrepresentation under this chapter for which a penalty has not herein been specifically provided shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, in addition, shall be liable to this state for a civil penalty not to exceed the value of the fraud.  Any person or entity who has previously been found guilty of perpetrating a fraud or misrepresentation under this chapter and who subsequently violated any such provisions shall be guilty of a class E felony.

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Legislative History

(L. 2004 H.B. 1268 & 1211, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

Nearby Sections

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§ 288.010
Title of law.
§ 288.020
Public policy declared — construction of law.
§ 288.030
Definitions — calculation of Missouri average annual wage.
§ 288.032
Employer defined, exceptions.
§ 288.034
Employment defined.
§ 288.035
Owner and operator leasing motor vehicle with driver to a for-hire common or contract carrier not deemed employed for unemployment compensation, exception.
§ 288.036
Wages defined — state taxable wage base.
§ 288.037
Indian tribes considered employers for purposes of unemployment compensation payments, when — definitions — requirements.
§ 288.038
Maximum weekly benefit amount defined.
§ 288.040
Eligibility for benefits — exceptions — report, contents.
§ 288.041
Employer to provide notice of ineligibility for unemployment benefits, when.
§ 288.042
War on terror veterans, defined — eligible for benefits — time period — penalty — offer of similar wages — fund — rulemaking authority.
§ 288.045
Misconduct connected with the claimant's work, when — controlled substance and blood alcohol content levels — notice — tests conducted, when — violation, penalty — preemployment testing — testing provision not to apply, when — specimens for testing — confirmation tests — prescriptions — section not applicable, when — implementation of testing program.
§ 288.046
General assembly's intent to abrogate certain case law — determining misconduct, evidence of impairment.
§ 288.050
Benefits denied unemployed workers, when — pregnancy, requirements for benefit eligibility.
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