Title XXXVIII, CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

566.211. Sexual trafficking of a child, second degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree if he or she knowingly: (1) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, including but not limited…

566.215. Contributing to human trafficking through the misuse of documentation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of contributing to human trafficking through the misuse of documentation when he or she knowingly: (1) Destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or possesses…

566.218. Restitution required for certain offenders. — 1. Notwithstanding sections 557.011, 558.019, and 559.021, a person found guilty of violating any provisions of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211, 566.212, 566.213, or 566.215 shall be ordered by the sentenc…

566.223. Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to apply, when — affirmative defense — procedures to identify victims, training on protocols. — 1. Any individual who is alleging that a violation of sections 566.200 to 566.218 and section 578.475* has occurred against …

567.010. Chapter definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following terms mean: (1) "Deviate sexual intercourse", any sexual act involving the genitals of one person and the mouth, hand, tongue, or anus of another person; or any act involving the penetration, however slight, o…

567.020. Prostitution — penalty — no certification as an adult, when. — 1. A person commits the offense of prostitution if he or she engages in or offers or agrees to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for something of value to be received by any person. 2. Th…

567.030. Patronizing prostitution — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of patronizing prostitution if he or she: (1) Pursuant to a prior understanding, gives something of value to another person as compensation for having engaged in sexual conduct with any person; or (2) …

567.050. Promoting prostitution in the first degree — penalties — civil action for victims — restitution. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he or she knowingly: (1) Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage…

567.060. Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he or she knowingly: (1) Promotes prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with …

567.070. Promoting prostitution in the third degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the third degree if he or she knowingly: (1) Causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution; (2) Procures or solicits patrons for prostitutio…

567.080. Prostitution houses deemed public nuisances. — 1. Any room, building or other structure regularly used for any prostitution activity prohibited by this chapter is a public nuisance. 2. The attorney general, circuit attorney or prosecuting attorney may, in addition to all…

567.085. Promoting travel for prostitution — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting travel for prostitution if he or she knowingly sells or offers to sell travel services that include or facilitate travel for the purpose of engaging in prostitution as defined by …

567.087. Prohibitions on travel agencies or tour operators — rebuttable presumption, advertisements. — 1. No travel agency or charter tour operator shall: (1) Promote travel for prostitution as described in section 567.085; (2) Sell, advertise, or otherwise offer to sell travel s…

567.089. Offering travel for purpose of prostitution prohibited — penalties. — 1. No travel agency or charter tour operator shall engage in selling, advertising, or otherwise offering to sell travel services, tourism packages, or activities that solicit, encourage, or facilitate …

567.090. Preemption and standardization. — The general assembly by enacting this chapter intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by felony sections 567.050 through 567.070, to promote statewide control of prostitution, and to standardize laws that governmental…

567.100. Responsibilities of prosecuting attorneys and attorney general. — In addition to the responsibility of circuit attorneys and prosecuting attorneys in their respective jurisdictions to enforce the criminal provisions of this chapter, they shall have the duty to enforce th…

567.110. Persistent prostitution offender — penalty. — Any person who has been found guilty of a violation of section 567.020 or 567.030 and who is alleged and proved to be a persistent prostitution offender is guilty of a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 347, A.L. 2014 S…

567.120. HIV testing for persons arrested for a prostitution-related offense. — Any person arrested for a prostitution-related offense, who has been found guilty of a prior prostitution-related offense, may, within the sound discretion of the court, be required to undergo HIV tes…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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…

569.010. Chapter definitions. — As used in this chapter the following terms mean: (1) "Cave or cavern", any naturally occurring subterranean cavity enterable by a person including, without limitation, a pit, pothole, natural well, grotto, and tunnel, whether or not the opening ha…

569.040. Arson in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of arson in the first degree if he or she: (1) Knowingly damages a building or inhabitable structure, and when any person is then present or in near proximity thereto, by starting a fire or causing an…

569.050. Arson in the second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of arson in the second degree if he or she knowingly damages a building or inhabitable structure by starting a fire or causing an explosion. 2. A person does not commit an offense under this section …

569.053. Arson in the third degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of arson in the third degree if he or she knowingly starts a fire or causes an explosion and thereby recklessly damages or destroys a building or an inhabitable structure of another. 2. The offense of…

569.055. Knowingly burning or exploding — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of knowingly burning or exploding if he or she knowingly damages property of another by starting a fire or causing an explosion. 2. The offense of knowingly burning or exploding is a class E felo…

569.060. Reckless burning or exploding — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of reckless burning or exploding if he or she recklessly starts a fire or causes an explosion and thereby damages or destroys the property of another. 2. The offense of reckless burning or explodi…

569.065. Negligent burning or exploding — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of negligent burning or exploding if he or she with criminal negligence causes damage to property or to the woodlands, cropland, grassland, prairie, or marsh of another by: (1) Starting a fire or…

569.075. Possessing a tool to break into a vending machine — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of possessing a tool to break into a vending machine if he or she possesses any key, tool, instrument, explosive, or similar device, or a drawing, print, mold of a key, tool, i…

569.080. Tampering in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering in the first degree if he or she: (1) For the purpose of causing a substantial interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providi…

569.086. Trespass on a critical infrastructure facility — penalty. — 1. As used in this section, "critical infrastructure facility" means any of the following facilities that are under construction or operational: a petroleum or alumina refinery; critical electric infrastructure,…

569.090. Tampering in the second degree — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering in the second degree if he or she: (1) Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another; or (2) Unlawfully rides i…

569.095. Tampering with computer data — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering with computer data if he or she knowingly and without authorization or without reasonable grounds to believe that he has such authorization: (1) Modifies or destroys data or programs…

569.097. Tampering with computer equipment — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering with computer equipment if he or she knowingly and without authorization or without reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has such authorization: (1) Modifies, destroys, …

569.099. Tampering with computer users — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering with computer users if he or she knowingly and without authorization or without reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has such authorization: (1) Accesses or causes to be acc…

569.100. Property damage in the first degree — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of property damage in the first degree if such person: (1) Knowingly damages property of another to an extent exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars; or (2) Damages property to an extent ex…

569.117. Damage of a critical infrastructure facility, offense of — violation, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of damage of a critical infrastructure facility, as defined in section 569.086, if he or she: (1) Purposely damages, destroys, or tampers with equipment in …

569.119. Unauthorized possession of certain copper, brass, aluminum, fiber or telecommunications material — definitions — violations, penalties. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Copper, brass, aluminum, fiber, or telecommunications material", any insul…