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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.180

Defrauding secured creditors — penalty

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Mershon v. Kyser (1988)

Most recently applied in Mershon v. Kyser (July 1988)

Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote; (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

1. A person commits the offense of defrauding secured creditors if he or she destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with purpose to defraud the holder of the security interest.

2. The offense of defrauding secured creditors is a class A misdemeanor unless the amount remaining to be paid on the secured debt, including interest, is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case defrauding secured creditors is a class E felony.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.