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RSMo 407.1082effective 01 Jan 2017

Penalties

In plain English

This law sets punishments for breaking Missouri's telemarketing rules. Breaking certain telemarketing rules is a misdemeanor crime. Breaking more serious telemarketing rules is a felony crime, and repeat offenders can face bigger fines. Someone who loses money because of illegal telemarketing can sue and get money back, plus extra damages and lawyer fees.

Penalties named in this law
class A misdemeanorup to 1 year in jail
class E felonyup to 4 years in prison

Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.

Word-for-word law

407.1082. Penalties — criminal penalties — . — 1. It is to violate any of sections 407.1070 to 407.1085 or to or omit the required disclosures of section 407.1073 or 407.1076, and pursuant to sections 407.010 to 407.130, the violator shall be subject to all penalties, and procedures provided in sections 407.010 to 407.130. The remedies available in this section are and in addition to any other remedies available by law.

2. Any person who engages in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by any provision of (2) to (5) of section 407.1076 shall be guilty of a . Any person who willfully and knowingly engages in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by any provision of (1) of section 407.1076, or of subdivisions (6) to (11) of section 407.1076, shall be guilty of a . Any person previously of a class E felony pursuant to this shall, for each subsequent , be guilty of a class E felony punishable by the term of years set out for a class E felony, but with a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or a fine equal to , with no limit on the amount recoverable pursuant to any triple-the-gain . Any person who willfully and knowingly fails to keep the records required in section 407.1079 shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

3. In addition to the remedies already provided in sections 407.1070 to 407.1085, any that a loss or harm as a result of any unlawful act or practice pursuant to section 407.1076 may recover actual and , reasonable , and any other remedies provided by law.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2000 S.B. 763, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

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