§ 570.140 — Deceptive business practice — penalty.

Missouri § 570.140

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XXXVIII: CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
• Ch. 570: Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses

Text

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.

Legislative History

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17