# Missouri · retail and wholesale · prohibition — State below-cost motor fuel selling laws and minimum-markup percentages

For Missouri · retail and wholesale · prohibition, state is Missouri; applies to is retail and wholesale; rule is prohibition; law name is Sale below cost or at lower price, prohibited when; statute citation is 416.615, recorded from its source on 2026-08-20; source re-checked 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Missouri _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Applies to:** retail and wholesale _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule:** prohibition _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Law name:** Sale below cost or at lower price, prohibited when. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** 416.615 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is prohibited:** It is unlawful for any person engaged in commerce within this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel below cost _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> It is unlawful for any person engaged in commerce within this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel below cost as defined in subdivision (2) of section <https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=416.605> 416.605 , if: (1) The intent of the sale or offer is to injure competition; or (2) The intent of the sale or offer is to induce the purchase of other merchandise, to unfairly divert trade from a competitor, or otherwise to injure a competitor.

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=416.615

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-02-16.
Part of [State below-cost motor fuel selling laws and minimum-markup percentages](https://referencesource.org/motor-fuel-minimum-markup-laws-by-state/).