{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.445","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.445","heading":"Sales and advertisements exempt from law, when.","body":"The provisions of sections 416.415 to 416.430 do not apply to advertisements, offers to sell or sales where:\n(1) The sales are made in an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business;\n(2) The merchandise is damaged;\n(3) The items are sold upon the final liquidation of any business;\n(4) The items are sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies;\n(5) The items are sold by an officer acting under the direction of any court;\n(6) The price of the item is made in good faith to meet the equally lower price of competition, provided however, the person charged with a violation of this section further affirmatively proves the reduction in price is not made with the intent or with the effect of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor, or of otherwise injuring a competitor, or of destroying competition, or of creating a monopoly, and unless such is affirmatively shown, the court shall enter its order enjoining the violation as charged.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=416.445","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"2c030fa79e64b5198f245e14c930528a194f23946df0f8d1e8ee0d964fc4fbe5","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.440","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-416.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}