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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.180 (2026)

Defrauding secured creditors

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  570.180.  Defrauding secured creditors — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of defrauding secured creditors if he or she destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with purpose to defraud the holder of the security interest.

  2.  The offense of defrauding secured creditors is a class A misdemeanor unless the amount remaining to be paid on the secured debt, including interest, is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case defrauding secured creditors is a class E felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1980–1991 · leading case: Deaton v. State, 705 S.W.2d 70 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985).
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Deaton v. State, 705 S.W.2d 70 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “-130, RSMo 1978), and defrauding creditors (§ 570.180, RSMo 1978).”
Shinn v. Bank of Crocker, 803 S.W.2d 621 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “On May 29, 1986, the Prosecuting Attorney of Camden County filed a complaint against Ernest Shinn in the Associate Circuit Judge Division of the Circuit Court of Camden County charging Ernest Shinn with the class D felony of defrauding secured creditors in violation of §…”
State v. Dahmer, 743 S.W.2d 462 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Greg Dahmer appeals a jury conviction of defrauding a secured creditor in violation of § 570.180, RSMo 1978. The punishment imposed was a fine of $20,000.”
State v. Reed, 815 S.W.2d 474 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “In making this observation, we note that defendant in oral argument before this court effectively admitted defrauding a secured creditor, in violation of § 570.180 RSMo 1986. Defendant’s conduct is not, however, proscribed by § 570.”
State v. Alexander, 693 S.W.2d 216 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). “A jury found defendant William Alexander guilty of “defrauding secured creditors,” § 570.180, 1 with the amount remaining to be paid on the secured debt, including interest, being $500 or more, a Class D felony, § 570.”
Ives v. Schroeder, 644 S.W.2d 667 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 8× “Relator 1 is a defendant in a criminal cause on an information originally filed in Lincoln County charging relator with violation of § 570.180 RSMo 1979, which defines the crime of defrauding secured creditors.”
State ex rel. Newman v. Anderson, 607 S.W.2d 445 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “090 RSMo 1978 and § 570.180 RSMo 1978. .“Income tax evasion (Were unreported profits realized from these lands?), perjury, (Has relator, in the past, under oath, denied owning an interest in such lands?), accessory to any number of crimes, (Are the people with whom Relator may…”
State v. Stidham, 673 S.W.2d 829 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “Defendant, Donnie Stidham, was charged by information with defrauding a secured creditor in violation of § 570.180, RSMo 1978. The information charged that Stid-ham, on or about May 1, 1981, in Dallas County, Missouri, with purpose to defraud, transferred or concealed 90 head of…”
State v. Miller, 741 S.W.2d 703 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “PER CURIAM: Appeal from jury trial convictions of defrauding secured creditors, § 570.180 RSMo.1986, forger, § 570.090.1(4), RSMo.”
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