GASKILL, LINTON, MYERS, BARNETT, LEVIN, HEGEMAN, REINHART AND BERKSTRESSER.
Read 1st time January 27, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 570, RSMo, relating to stealing by adding thereto one new section relating to selling stolen property over the Internet, with penalty provisions.
Section A. Chapter 570, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 570.083, to read as follows:
570.083. 1. A person who uses the Internet to sell new or used property when that person knows or has reasonable cause to believe the property is stolen, commits theft by Internet.
2. The offense of theft by Internet occurs in the state where the sale of property originates. Theft by Internet is committed by the seller of stolen property using the Internet, knowing the same to be stolen, and does not include a person who unknowingly purchases stolen property over the Internet.
3. A person who uses the Internet to purchase new or used property or merchandise from a merchant with a credit card or checking account that the person knows or has cause to believe the credit card or checking account is fictitious or stolen, commits theft by Internet.
4. The offense of theft by Internet occurs in the state where the property or merchandise was ordered or received using the fictitious or stolen credit card or checking account. Theft by Internet is committed by the buyer of property or merchandise using the Internet, knowing or having cause to believe the credit card or checking account numbers are fictitious or stolen.
5. Theft by Internet is a class C felony regardless of the value of the stolen property.
Missouri House of Representatives