Title XXXVIII — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
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§ 568.010 RSMo Bigamy — penalty
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568.010. Bigamy — penalty. — 1. A married person commits the offense of bigamy if he or she: (1) Purports to marry another; or (2) Cohabits with one whom he or she entered into a bigamous marriage in another jurisdiction. 2. A married person does not commit bigamy if, at the time…
§ 568.020 RSMo Incest — penalty
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568.020. Incest — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of incest if he or she marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he or she knows to be, without regard to legitimacy, his or her: (1) Ancestor or descendan…
§ 568.030 RSMo Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty
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568.030. Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of abandonment of a child in the first degree if, as a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than four years of age, he or she leaves …
§ 568.032 RSMo Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty
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568.032. Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of abandonment of a child in the second degree if, as a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eight years of age, he or she leaves …
§ 568.040 RSMo Criminal nonsupport, penalty — definitions — payment of support as a
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568.040. Criminal nonsupport, penalty — definitions — payment of support as a condition of parole — expungement of records, when — prosecuting attorneys to report cases to family support division. — 1. A person commits the offense of nonsupport if he or she knowingly fails to pro…
§ 568.045 RSMo Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties
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568.045. Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if he or she: (1) Knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body, or health of a c…
§ 568.050 RSMo Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, penalties
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568.050. Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree if he or she: (1) With criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body …
§ 568.060 RSMo Abuse or neglect of a child, penalty
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568.060. Abuse or neglect of a child, penalty. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Abuse", the infliction of physical, sexual, or mental injury against a child by any person eighteen years of age or older. For purposes of this section, abuse shall n…
§ 568.065 RSMo Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses
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568.065. Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses. — 1. A person commits the offense of genital mutilation if he or she: (1) Excises or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, vulva or clitoris of a female child less than seve…
§ 568.070 RSMo Unlawful transactions with a child
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568.070. Unlawful transactions with a child. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful transactions with a child if he or she: (1) Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhand goods, or any employee of such person, with criminal negligence buys or receives any person…
§ 568.175 RSMo Trafficking in children, penalty
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568.175. Trafficking in children, penalty. — 1. A person or entity commits the offense of trafficking in children if he, she, or it offers, gives, receives or solicits any money, consideration or other thing of value for the delivery or offer of delivery of a child to another per…