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Missouri lawmakers advance proposals to criminalize unlawful vehicle tracking with exceptions for lenders and permitted uses
Summary
Three related bills would make placing a tracking device on a motor vehicle without all owners' consent a misdemeanor; sponsors and witnesses described exceptions for law enforcement, lienholders, rental companies and certain commercial tracking, and discussed increasing penalties for repeat offenders.
A group of legislators presented three related bills to create an offense for placing a tracking device on a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent and to carve out a set of specific exceptions.
"What this bill does is it establishes an offense for unlawful tracking of a motor vehicle without the the owner's consent," Representative Kemp Strickler said, emphasizing that the bills are intended to criminalize surreptitious tracking while preserving legitimate uses. Sponsors said the bills include numerous exceptions — law enforcement with a warrant, tracking of a minor child, tracking goods (for example, freight or pallets),…
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