What past criminal activity must I disclose to the MREC?

The Missouri real estate application must disclose the following information regarding an applicant’s past criminal activity:

· If the applicant has pleaded guilty to the offenses, or similar offenses, noted below.

· If the Missouri real estate license applicant has entered a plea of nolo contendere to the offenses, or similar offenses, noted below.

· If the applicant has been found guilty to the offenses, or similar offenses, as noted below.

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

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

· Family and related offices which include 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 include the promotion of obscenity, child pornography possession, giving child pornography with a child as content, among others. Missouri Statute 339.100. (4).

· Mortgage fraud, as defined by Missouri Statute 339.1005(5).

Or,

· If the applicant has been found guilty with regard to the following criminal offenses:

· Embezzlement

· Forgery

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