FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.95
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESCHWADRON.
0726H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter570,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheoffenseof
mailtheft,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter570,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection570.212,toreadasfollows:
570.212.1.Asusedinthissection,"mail"meansaletter,postalcard,package,
2bag,orothersealedarticlethat:
3 (1)Isdeliveredbyacommoncarrierordeliveryserviceandnotyetreceivedby
4theaddressee;or
5 (2)Hasbeenlefttobecollectedfordeliverybyacommoncarrierordelivery
6service.
7 2.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofmailtheftifthepersonpurposefully
8appropriatesmailfromanotherperson'smailboxorpremiseswithoutconsentofthe
9addresseeandwithintenttodeprivesuchaddresseeofthemail.
10 3.TheoffenseofmailtheftisaclassAmisdemeanorforafirstoffenseanda
11classEfelonyforanysecondorsubsequentoffense.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.
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