{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-570.070","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.070","heading":"Claim of right.","body":"1. A person does not commit an offense under section 570.030 if, at the time of the appropriation, he or she:\n(1) Acted in the honest belief that he had the right to do so; or\n(2) Acted in the honest belief that the owner, if present, would have consented to the appropriation.\n2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of claim of right.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 570 - Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=570.070","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"5e985e3af66c00cdc5552e043d08cc73b7b400098d556933708d8016f22891c9","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-570.060","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-570.085"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}