Defacing a credit card reader, offense of, penalty.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.436
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407.436. Defacing a credit card reader, offense of, penalty. — A person commits the offense of defacing a credit card reader if a person damages, defaces, alters, or destroys a scanning device and the person has no right to do so. The offense of defacing a credit card reader is a class A misdemeanor. (L. 1991 S.B. 112, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1832)
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