Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 367

Pawnbrokers and Small Loans

←367.044

Section 367.045.1

367.045→

August 28, 2015

Beginning January 1, 2017--Customer failure to repay pawnbroker when notified that goods pledged or sold were misappropriated, penalty.

367.045. 1. When the tangible personal property subject to the pawn

or sales transaction has been delivered or awarded to a claimant pursuant

to section 367.044, and within ten business days after a written demand for

payment and notice is deposited by the pawnbroker as certified or

registered mail in the United States mail and addressed to the conveying

customer, the conveying customer fails to repay the pawnbroker the full

amount incurred by the pawnbroker in connection with such property and the

procedure described in section 367.044, the conveying customer shall have

committed the crime of fraudulently pledging or selling misappropriated

property.



2. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class B misdemeanor

if the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was

less than fifty dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a

class A misdemeanor if the amount received by the conveying customer from

the pawnbroker was more than fifty dollars and less than one hundred fifty

dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class D felony if

the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was one

hundred fifty dollars or more.



(L. 1993 S.B. 18, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1526, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)



Effective 1-01-17





1998



1998



367.045. 1. When the tangible personal property subject to the pawn or

sales transaction has been delivered or awarded to a claimant pursuant to

section 367.044, and within ten business days after a written demand for

payment and notice is deposited by the pawnbroker as certified or registered

mail in the United States mail and addressed to the conveying customer, the

conveying customer fails to repay the pawnbroker the full amount incurred by

the pawnbroker in connection with such property and the procedure described

in section 367.044, the conveying customer shall have committed the crime of

fraudulently pledging or selling misappropriated property.



2. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class B misdemeanor if

the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was less

than fifty dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class A

misdemeanor if the amount received by the conveying customer from the

pawnbroker was more than fifty dollars and less than one hundred fifty

dollars. Fraudulently pledging or selling property is a class C felony if

the amount received by the conveying customer from the pawnbroker was one

hundred fifty dollars or more.



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