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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.050 (2026)

Possession of defaced firearm, penalty

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  571.050.  Possession of defaced firearm, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the crime of possession of a defaced firearm if he knowingly possesses a firearm which is defaced.

  2.  Possession of a defaced firearm is a class B misdemeanor.

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(L. 1981 H.B. 296)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1983–2012 · leading case: State v. Speaks, 298 S.W.3d 70 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Speaks, 298 S.W.3d 70 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “020, RSMo 2000 1 , and two counts of armed criminal action, in violation of Section 571.050. Defendant was sentenced to consecutive life terms in prison without parole for the two murder counts, and running concurrent to the life sentences, thirty years in prison for each of the…”
State v. Hashman, 197 S.W.3d 119 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Hashman was charged in an amended information as a prior and persistent felony offender with one count each of assault in the first degree, § 571.050, RSMo, and armed criminal action, § 571.”
Gray v. State, 378 S.W.3d 376 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “030 2 and one misdemeanor count of possession of a defaced firearm in violation of Section 571.050. Gray filed a motion to suppress evidence, seeking to exclude any and all articles seized and intended to be used against him.”
State v. Williams, 659 S.W.2d 309 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “Now § 571.050, RSMo 1981. . But see the later case of State v, Wright, 582 S.”
Dudley v. State, 903 S.W.2d 263 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). “1(4) (counts II and III); and one count of possession of a defaced firearm, a class B misdemeanor, RSMo § 571.050 (count IV). The information also listed four prior felonies and the date of movant’s guilty plea for each.”
State v. Poindexter, 173 S.W.3d 926 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “015, RSMo 2000, and possession of a defaced firearm, Section 571.050, RSMo 2000, for which Defendant was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to concurrent terms of thirty years for assault and ten years for armed criminal and a concurrent term of 180 days in the St.”
State v. Barnes, 377 S.W.3d 614 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 3× “080 RSMo 2000; and possession of a defaced firearm, Section 571.050 RSMo 2000. No jurisprudential purpose would be served by a written opinion.”
State v. Coleman, 30 S.W.3d 836 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “140 RSMo (1994); and one count of possession of a defaced firearm, in violation of Section 571.050 RSMo (1994). The court found defendant was a prior and persistent offender and sentenced him to a total of 95 years imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections and six…”
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