Title XXXVIII — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
28 chapters · 775 sections in this title.
§ 566.215 RSMo Contributing to human trafficking through the misuse of documentation, penalty
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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 RSMo Restitution required for certain offenders
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566.218. Restitution required for certain offenders. — 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 sentencing…
§ 566.223 RSMo Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to apply, when —
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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 RSMo Chapter definitions
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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 RSMo Prostitution — penalty — no certification as an adult, when
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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 RSMo Patronizing prostitution — penalty
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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 RSMo Promoting prostitution in the first degree — penalties — civil action for
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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 RSMo Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Promoting prostitution in the third degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Prostitution houses deemed public nuisances
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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 RSMo Promoting travel for prostitution — penalty
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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 RSMo Prohibitions on travel agencies or tour operators — rebuttable presumption,
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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 RSMo Offering travel for purpose of prostitution prohibited — penalties
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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 RSMo Preemption and standardization
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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 RSMo Responsibilities of prosecuting attorneys and attorney general
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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 RSMo Persistent prostitution offender — penalty
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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 RSMo HIV testing for persons arrested for a prostitution-related offense
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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 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…
§ 569.010 RSMo Chapter definitions
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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 RSMo Arson in the first degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Arson in the second degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Arson in the third degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Knowingly burning or exploding — penalty
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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 RSMo Reckless burning or exploding — penalty
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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 RSMo Negligent burning or exploding — penalty
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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 RSMo Possessing a tool to break into a vending machine — penalty
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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 RSMo Tampering in the first degree — penalty
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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 RSMo Trespass on a critical infrastructure facility — penalty
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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 RSMo Tampering in the second degree — penalties
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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 RSMo Tampering with computer data — penalties
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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 RSMo Tampering with computer equipment — penalties
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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 RSMo Tampering with computer users — penalties
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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 RSMo Property damage in the first degree — penalties
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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…
§ 569.120 RSMo Property damage in the second degree — penalty
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569.120. Property damage in the second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of property damage in the second degree if he or she: (1) Knowingly damages property of another; or (2) Damages property for the purpose of defrauding an insurer. 2. The offense of property…
§ 569.130 RSMo Claim of right
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569.130. Claim of right. — 1. A person does not commit an offense by damaging, tampering with, operating, riding in or upon, or making connection with property of another if he or she does so under a claim of right and has reasonable grounds to believe he or she has such a right.…
§ 569.132 RSMo Prohibited acts — involving crops — penalties
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569.132. Prohibited acts — involving crops — penalties. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Crop Protection Act". 2. A person commits the offense of prohibited acts involving crops if he or she: (1) Intentionally causes the loss of any crop; (2) Damages, van…
§ 569.135 RSMo Unlawfully entering or defacing a cave or cavern — penalty
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569.135. Unlawfully entering or defacing a cave or cavern — penalty. — 1. Unless a person has the prior written permission of an owner, officer, lessee, or superintendent of a cave or cavern, such person commits the offense of unlawfully entering or defacing a cave or cavern if h…
§ 569.137 RSMo Polluting cave or subsurface waters — penalty
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569.137. Polluting cave or subsurface waters — penalty. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Cave system", the caves in a given area related to each other hydrologically, whether continuous or discontinuous from a single opening; (2) "Sinkhole", a hollow p…
§ 569.140 RSMo Trespass in the first degree — penalty
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569.140. Trespass in the first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property. 2. A person does not commit th…
§ 569.145 RSMo Posting of property against trespassers, purple paint used to mark streets
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569.145. Posting of property against trespassers, purple paint used to mark streets and posts, requirements. — In addition to the posting of real property as set forth in section 569.140, the owner or lessee of any real property may post the property by placing identifying purple…