Effective - 01 Jan 2017
570.350. Misuse of military medals, penalty — misrepresentation of awarding of military medals, penalty — fraudulent use of the title of veteran, penalty. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Stolen Valor Act of 2007".
2. Any person who, with the intent to misrepresent himself or herself as a veteran or medal recipient, knowingly wears, purchases, attempts to purchase, solicits for purchase, mails, ships, imports, exports, produces blank certificates of receipt for, manufactures, sells, attempts to sell, advertises for sale, trades, barters, or exchanges for anything of value any decoration or medal authorized under chapter 41, or by the Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, or the ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under regulations promulgated under law, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation of this subsection is a class E felony.
3. Any person who misrepresents himself or herself, verbally or in writing, to have been awarded any decoration or medal authorized under chapter 41, or by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States, any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, the ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or any colorable imitation of such item is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation of this subsection is a class E felony.
4. Any person who fraudulently uses the title of "veteran", as defined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency, in order to obtain personal benefit, monetary or otherwise, and such person does not have verifiable proof of his or her status as a veteran is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation of this subsection is a class E felony.
5. If a decoration or medal involved in an offense described in subsections 2 to 4 of this section is a distinguished-service cross awarded under Section 3742 of Title 10 of the United States Code, a Navy Cross awarded under Section 6242 of Title 10 of the United States Code, an Air Force Cross awarded under Section 8742 of Section 10 of the United States Code, a Silver Star awarded under Section 3742, 6244, or 8746 of Title 10 of the United States Code, a Purple Heart awarded under Section 1129 of Title 10 of the United States Code, or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law, in lieu of the penalty provided in subsection 2, 3, or 4 of this section, the offender is guilty of a class E felony.
6. If a decoration or medal involved in an offense described in subsections 2 to 4 of this section is the Medal of Honor awarded under Section 1560 of Title 38 of the United States Code, the offender is guilty of a class D felony.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 654 & 938, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 578.510; Effective 1-01-17
Structure 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 570.060 - Lost property.
Section 570.070 - Claim of right.
Section 570.090 - Forgery — penalty.
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 570.125 - Fraudulently stopping payment on an instrument — penalties.
Section 570.130 - Fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device — penalty.
Section 570.140 - Deceptive business practice — penalty.
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 570.220 - Check kiting — collected funds defined — penalty.
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 570.310 - Mortgage fraud — penalty — venue.
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.