Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses
Section 570.039 - Cable television services, appropriation of — not stealing, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017
570.039. Cable television services, appropriation of — not stealing, when. — A person who appropriates cable television service shall not be deemed to have stolen that service within the meaning of section 570.030, if a cable television company either:
(1) Provides unsolicited cable television service; or
(2) Fails to change or disconnect cable television service within ten days after receiving written notice to do so by the customer. The customer may deem such service to be a gift without any obligation to the cable television company from ten days after such written notice is received until the service is changed or disconnected.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses

Section 570.010 - Chapter definitions.

Section 570.020 - Determination of value.

Section 570.023 - Robbery in the first degree — penalty.

Section 570.025 - Robbery in the second degree — penalty.

Section 570.027 - Vehicle hijacking, offense of — penalties.

Section 570.030 - Stealing — penalties.

Section 570.039 - Cable television services, appropriation of — not stealing, when.

Section 570.053 - Feigned blindness — penalty.

Section 570.057 - Stealing leased or rented property — evidence of intent to violate, when — law enforcement procedure — venue — penalties.

Section 570.060 - Lost property.

Section 570.070 - Claim of right.

Section 570.085 - Alteration or removal of item numbers with intent to deprive lawful owner — penalties.

Section 570.090 - Forgery — penalty.

Section 570.095 - Filing false documents, offense of, elements — penalty, enhancement — restitution, when — system to log suspected fraudulent documents, procedure.

Section 570.100 - Possession of a forging instrumentality — penalty.

Section 570.103 - Crime of counterfeiting, definitions — penalty.

Section 570.105 - Seizure and forfeiture of counterfeit property.

Section 570.110 - Issuing a false instrument or certificate — penalty.

Section 570.120 - Crime of passing bad checks, penalty — actual notice given, when — administrative handling costs, amount, deposit in fund — use of fund — additional costs, amount — payroll checks, action, when — service charge may be collected — re...

Section 570.125 - Fraudulently stopping payment on an instrument — penalties.

Section 570.130 - Fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device — penalty.

Section 570.135 - Fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit card — penalty — limitation of liability.

Section 570.140 - Deceptive business practice — penalty.

Section 570.145 - Financial exploitation of the elderly person or person with a disability — penalties — certain defense prohibited, additional violation, restitution.

Section 570.150 - Commercial bribery — penalty.

Section 570.180 - Defrauding secured creditors — penalty.

Section 570.210 - Library theft, guilty of stealing.

Section 570.217 - Misapplication of funds of a financial institution — penalties.

Section 570.219 - False entries in the records of a financial institution with intent to defraud — penalty.

Section 570.220 - Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty.

Section 570.223 - Identity theft — penalty — restitution — other civil remedies available — exempted activities.

Section 570.224 - Trafficking in stolen identities — possession of documents, exemptions — penalty.

Section 570.225 - Misappropriation of intellectual property — penalty — definitions.

Section 570.300 - Facilitating the theft of cable television service — penalty.

Section 570.302 - Operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater — definitions — penalty.

Section 570.310 - Mortgage fraud — penalty — venue.

Section 570.350 - Misuse of military medals, penalty — misrepresentation of awarding of military medals, penalty — fraudulent use of the title of veteran, penalty.

Section 570.375 - Fraud or deception in obtaining an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license — penalty.

Section 570.380 - Mass manufacture or possession of five or more fake IDs — penalty.

Section 570.400 - Unlawful receipt of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Section 570.402 - Conversion of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Section 570.404 - Unlawful transfer of public assistance benefits or EBT cards — penalties.

Section 570.406 - Single criminal episode, when.

Section 570.408 - Perjury for the purpose of obtaining public assistance — penalty.

Section 570.410 - Director of department of social services, attorney general — investigative powers — improper disclosure of information, penalty.