Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses
Section 570.070 - Claim of right.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories
570.070. Claim of right. — 1. A person does not commit an offense under section 570.030 if, at the time of the appropriation, he or she:
(1) Acted in the honest belief that he had the right to do so; or
(2) Acted in the honest belief that the owner, if present, would have consented to the appropriation.
2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of claim of right.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.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.