[R.O. 1997 § 210.400; Ord. No. 71 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A. 
A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she:
1. 
Appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him/her thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion; or
2. 
For the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, receives, retains or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen.
B. 
Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to legally qualified Police Officers or other persons whose bona fide duty requires them to come into possession or receive personal property unlawfully taken from another in the discharge of their official duties.
[R.O. 1997 § 210.410; Ord. No. 90 § 1, 9-1-1995]
No person shall steal, take or carry away any article of value of less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) which is the property of another person.
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Editor's Note: R.O. 1997 § 210.420, Buying, Receiving Or Possessing Personal Property Which Has Been Unlawfully Taken From Another — Prohibited, was repealed by the City during the 2019 recodification project. The authorizing Statute, former § 570.080, RSMo., was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017.
[R.O. 1997 § 210.430; Ord. No. 110 § 1, 9-1-1995]
A. 
A person commits the offense of passing a bad check when he/she:
1. 
With purpose to defraud, makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee or that there is no such drawee; or
2. 
Makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information for the payment of money, knowing that there are insufficient funds in or on deposit with that account for the payment of such check, sight order or other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information upon such funds then outstanding, or that there is no such account or no drawee and fails to pay the check or sight order or other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information within ten (10) days after receiving actual notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient funds or credit with the drawee or because there is no such drawee.
B. 
As used in Subsection (A)(2) of this Section, "actual notice in writing" means notice of the nonpayment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten (10) day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten (10) day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.