Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders § 570.310. Mortgage fraud--penalty--venue

(1) Employs a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

(2) Makes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, not misleading;

(3) Receives any portion of the purchase, sale, or loan proceeds, or any other consideration paid or generated in connection with a real estate closing that such person knew involved a violation of this section; or

(4) Influences, through extortion or bribery, the development, reporting, result, or review of a real estate appraisal, except that this subsection does not prohibit a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, real estate licensee, or other person from asking the appraiser to do one or more of the following:

(1) In the county in which the real estate is located;

(2) In the county in which any act was performed in furtherance of mortgage fraud;

(3) In any county in which any person alleged to have violated this section had control or possession of any proceeds from mortgage fraud;

(4) In any county in which a related real estate closing occurred; or

(5) In any county in which any document related to a mortgage fraud is filed with the recorder of deeds.