Effective - 28 Aug 2002
413.115. Deceptive business practices, prohibited. — A person commits the crime of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession, he or she recklessly:
(1) Uses commercially an incorrect, rejected or condemned weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or
(2) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service; or
(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 by means of which the quantity is determined; or
(4) Sells, offers or exposes for sale misbranded commodities; or
(5) Misrepresents the quantity or price of any commodity or service sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale, rent or lease by weight, measure or count.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1994 S.B. 729, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1071)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 413 - Weights and Measures
Section 413.005 - Definitions.
Section 413.035 - Standards and systems of weights and measures authorized for use.
Section 413.055 - Specifications, tolerance and other technical requirements adopted by division.
Section 413.065 - Director, duties — rules, procedure.
Section 413.075 - Powers of director.
Section 413.105 - Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited.
Section 413.115 - Deceptive business practices, prohibited.
Section 413.125 - Bulk sales, delivery ticket required, when, content.
Section 413.130 - Investigations by director.
Section 413.135 - Prohibited actions.
Section 413.139 - Taximeter increments.
Section 413.145 - Packages for sale, certain information on package required.
Section 413.155 - Packages containing random weights to state price per single unit of weight.
Section 413.195 - Impersonation of director or inspectors, prohibited.
Section 413.205 - Injunctions, temporary or permanent, when.