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RSMo 579.040effective 01 Jan 2017

Unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia

In plain English

It is against the law to sell, give away, or have drug paraphernalia with plans to sell or give it away, if the person knows it will be used with illegal drugs. Doing this as a business makes it a more serious crime than just giving it away once.

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

579.040. distribution, , or sale of — penalties. — 1. A person commits the of unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia if he or she , , or sells, or possesses with intent to , , or sell drug paraphernalia knowing, or under circumstances in which one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propogate, cultivate, grow, harvest, , compound, convert, produce, , prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a or an in violation of this chapter.

2. The offense of unlawful delivery of drug paraphernalia is a , unless done for commercial purposes, in which case it is a .

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Source & history notes

(L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

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