334.170. Issuance or acceptance of false diploma or certificate, misdemeanor. - Missouri Statutes

Issuance or acceptance of false diploma or certificate, misdemeanor.

334.170. Any officer, agent or employee of any professionalschool or college, whether organized as a corporation,association, partnership, common law trust, or individually ownedand operated, who knowingly permits the issuance of any diplomaor any certificate of graduation from any such school or collegeas aforesaid to anyone, or anyone who knowingly accepts orreceives such certificate or diploma, unless the recipient orbeneficiary thereof has actually attended in good faith at leasteighty percent of the minimum curriculum prescribed in thischapter for such character of schools in this or some otherstate, and has received instruction in and has satisfactorilypassed all the courses and subjects purported* to be required bysaid school for completion of its course, and has actually beengranted a degree by vote of the trustees of said college orschool, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 9985, A.L. 1959 S.B. 50 § 15, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16) Prior revision: 1929 § 9115

*Word "purporting" appears in original rolls.