What does the Missouri Commission consider a conviction?

An application may be denied, or a real estate license may be revoked for the following reasons:

· Any person who has been shown to be guilty in a court of law for:

· Embezzlement

· Forgery

· Criminal Conspiracy to defraud, among other convictions. Missouri Statute 556.061.(8).

Criminal Offenses That Cause Denial of Application or Revocation of Current Real Estate License

Missouri Statute 339.100.5, RSMo.

An application may be denied, or a real estate license may be revoked for the following reasons:

· The applicant has pleaded guilty to the offenses, or similar offenses, that are detailed below.

· Entered a plea of nolo contendere to the offenses, or similar offenses, that are detailed below.

· Has been found guilty to the offenses, or similar offenses, that are detailed below.

· A dangerous felony (as defined by Missouri Statute 556.061) like murder in the first degree. Missouri Statute 339.100.5(1). Other examples of dangerous felonies include arson, forcible rape, kidnapping, assault of a law enforcement member, domestic assault, any type of senior abuse, rape, or sodomy of a child less than 12 years of age.

· Sexual assaults including statutory rape, sodomy, child molestation, or sexual misconduct involving a child, among other sexual offenses. Missouri Statute 339.100.5(2).

· Family and related offenses including abandonment, incest, child abuse, trafficking of children, and promoting a sexual performance by a child, among other offenses. Missouri Statute 339.100.5(3).

· Child pornography offenses which include promoting obscenity, the possession of child pornography, giving child pornography with children as contents, among other offenses. Missouri Statute 339.100. (4).

· Mortgage fraud, as defined by Missouri Statute 339.100.5(5).