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MO Rev Stat § 567.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.010 - Chapter definitions.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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, of the penis, the female genitalia, or the anus by a finger, instrument, or object done for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person or for the purpose of terrorizing the victim;  (2) "Persistent prostitution offender", a person who has been found guilty of two or more prostitution-related offenses;  (3) "Prostitution-related offense", any violation of state law for prostitution, patronizing prostitution, or promoting prostitution;  (4) "Sexual conduct", sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact;  (5) "Sexual contact", any touching of another person with the genitals or any touching of the genitals or anus of another person or the breast of a female person, or such touching through the clothing, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of any person or for the purpose of terrorizing the victim;  (6) "Sexual intercourse", any penetration, however slight, of the female genitalia by the penis;  (7) "Something of value", any money or property, or any token, object or article exchangeable for money or property. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1986 H.B. 895, A.L. 1997 S.B. 347, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17  (1981) Statute defining "promoting prostitution" excludes the prosecution of a prostitute or a patron from promoting prostitution in a single act of prostitution involving only the prostitute and the patron. State v. Linder (A.), 613 S.W.2d 918.
MO Rev Stat § 567.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.020 - Prostitution — penalty — affirmative defense.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 4 histories   567.020. Prostitution — penalty — affirmative defense. — 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. The offense of prostitution is a class B misdemeanor unless the person knew prior to performing the act of prostitution that he or she was infected with HIV in which case prostitution is a class B felony. The use of condoms is not a defense to this offense.  3. As used in this section, "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  4. The judge may order a drug and alcohol abuse treatment program for any person found guilty of prostitution, either after trial or upon a plea of guilty, before sentencing. For the class B misdemeanor offense, upon the successful completion of such program by the defendant, the court may at its discretion allow the defendant to withdraw the plea of guilty or reverse the verdict and enter a judgment of not guilty. For the class B felony offense, the court shall not allow the defendant to withdraw the plea of guilty or reverse the verdict and enter a judgment of not guilty. The judge, however, has discretion to take into consideration successful completion of a drug or alcohol treatment program in determining the defendant's sentence.  5. In addition to the affirmative defense provided in subsection 2 of section 566.223, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution pursuant to this section that the defendant was under the age of eighteen and was acting under the coercion, as defined in section 566.200, of an agent at the time of the offense charged. In such cases where the defendant was under the age of eighteen, the defendant shall be classified as a victim of abuse, as defined under section 210.110, and such abuse shall be reported, as required under section 210.115. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1997 S.B. 347, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1756, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397)
MO Rev Stat § 567.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.030 - Patronizing prostitution — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories   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) Gives or agrees to give something of value to another person with the understanding that such person or another person will engage in sexual conduct with any person; or  (3) Solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with any person in return for something of value.  2. It shall not be a defense that the person believed that the individual he or she patronized for prostitution was eighteen years of age or older.  3. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class B misdemeanor, unless the individual who the person patronizes is less than eighteen years of age but older than fourteen years of age, in which case patronizing prostitution is a class E felony.  4. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class D felony if the individual who the person patronizes is fourteen years of age or younger. Nothing in this section shall preclude the prosecution of an individual for the offenses of:  (1) Statutory rape in the first degree pursuant to section 566.032;  (2) Statutory rape in the second degree pursuant to section 566.034;  (3) Statutory sodomy in the first degree pursuant to section 566.062; or  (4) Statutory sodomy in the second degree pursuant to section 566.064. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1487, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793)
MO Rev Stat § 567.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.050 - Promoting prostitution in the first degree — penalties — civil action for victims — restitution.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 4 histories   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 in, or remain in prostitution;  (2) Promotes prostitution of a person less than sixteen years of age; or  (3) Owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service, or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another. As used in this subdivision, the term "interactive computer service" shall mean any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions.  2. The term "compelling" includes:  (1) The use of forcible compulsion;  (2) The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating its nature;  (3) Withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugs or a narcotic from a drug dependent person.  3. (1) The offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree under subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection 1 of this section is a class B felony.  (2) The offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree under subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section is a class A felony if a person acts in reckless disregard of the fact that such conduct contributed to the offense of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation under section 566.209.  (3) The offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section is a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment not less than ten years and not to exceed fifteen years.  4. A person injured by the acts committed in violation of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section or subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section shall have a civil cause of action to recover damages and reasonable attorneys' fees for such injury.  5. In addition to the court's authority to order a defendant to make restitution for the damage or loss caused by his or her offense as provided in section 559.105, the court shall enter a judgment of restitution against the defendant convicted of violating subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section and subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397)
MO Rev Stat § 567.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.060 - Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories   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 others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes; or  (2) Promotes prostitution of a person sixteen or seventeen years of age.  2. The offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree is a class D felony. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793)  (1984) Defendant cannot be charged with promoting her own prostitution where defendant was acting as a prostitute herself and the definition of promoting prostitution excludes one who is also acting as a prostitute. State v. Fredrickson (Mo.App.), 689 S.W.2d 58.
MO Rev Stat § 567.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.070 - Promoting prostitution in the third degree — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 prostitution;  (3) Provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes;  (4) Operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise;  (5) Accepts or receives or agrees to accept or receive something of value pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby he or she participates or is to participate in proceeds of prostitution activity; or  (6) Engages in any conduct designed to institute, aid or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.  2. The offense of promoting prostitution in the third degree is a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 567.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.080 - Prostitution houses deemed public nuisances.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 criminal sanctions, prosecute a suit in equity to enjoin the nuisance. If the court finds that the owner of the room, building or structure knew or had reason to believe that the premises were being used regularly for prostitution activity, the court may order that the premises shall not be occupied or used for such period as the court may determine, not to exceed one year.  3. All persons, including owners, lessees, officers, agents, inmates or employees, aiding or facilitating such a nuisance may be made defendants in any suit to enjoin the nuisance, and they may be enjoined from engaging in any prostitution activity anywhere within the jurisdiction of the court.  4. Appeals shall be allowed from the judgment of the court as in other civil actions. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 567.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.085 - Promoting travel for prostitution — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 section 567.020.  2. The offense of promoting travel for prostitution is a class D felony. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 567.087 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.087 - Prohibitions on travel agencies or tour operators — rebuttable presumption, advertisements.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 services or facilitate travel:  (a) For the purpose of engaging in a commercial sex act as defined in section 566.010;  (b) That consists of tourism packages or activities using and offering any sexual contact as defined in section 566.010 as enticement for tourism; or  (c) That provides or purports to provide access to or that facilitates the availability of sex escorts or sexual services.  2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any travel agency or charter tour operator using advertisements that include the term "sex tours" or "sex travel" or include depictions of human genitalia is in violation of this section. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 567.089 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.089 - Offering travel for purpose of prostitution prohibited — penalties.

Effective - 05 Jun 2006   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 travel for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.  2. Upon violation of this section by a travel agency or charter tour operator, the secretary of state shall revoke the articles of incorporation of the travel agency or charter tour operator. The secretary of state, as part of a proceeding brought under this section, may order a freeze of the bank or deposit accounts of the travel agency or charter tour operator. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al.)  Effective 6-05-06
MO Rev Stat § 567.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.090 - Preemption and standardization.

Effective - 01 Jan 1979   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 subdivisions may adopt in other areas covered by this chapter. No governmental subdivision may enact or enforce a law that makes any conduct in the area covered by sections 567.050 through 567.070 subject to a criminal or civil penalty or sanction of any kind. Cities and towns may enact and enforce laws prohibiting and penalizing conduct subject to criminal or civil penalties or sanctions under other provisions of this chapter, but the provisions of such laws shall be the same and the authorized penalties or sanctions under such laws shall not be greater than those of this chapter. Cities and towns may also enact and enforce laws prohibiting and penalizing public solicitation of sexual conduct, whether or not the offer to engage in sexual conduct is in return for something of value, and health laws to prevent the spread of venereal diseases. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60)  Effective 1-01-79
MO Rev Stat § 567.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.100 - Responsibilities of prosecuting attorneys and attorney general.

Effective - 01 Jan 1979   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 the provisions of section 567.080; and the attorney general shall have a concurrent duty to enforce the civil provisions of section 567.080. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60)  Effective 1-01-79
MO Rev Stat § 567.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.110 - Persistent prostitution offender — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 567.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 567 - Prostitution|Section 567.120 - HIV testing for persons arrested for a prostitution-related offense.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 testing as a condition precedent to the issuance of bond for the offense. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 347, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 568.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family|Section 568.010 - Bigamy — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 of the subsequent marriage ceremony, he or she reasonably believes that he or she is legally eligible to remarry.  3. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of reasonable belief of eligibility to remarry.  4. An unmarried person commits the offense of bigamy if he or she:  (1) Purports to marry another knowing that the other person is married; or  (2) Cohabits with one whom he or she entered into a bigamous marriage in another jurisdiction.  5. The offense of bigamy is a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 568.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family|Section 568.020 - Incest — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 descendant by blood or adoption; or  (2) Stepchild, while the marriage creating that relationship exists; or  (3) Brother or sister of the whole or half-blood; or  (4) Uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the whole blood.  2. The offense of incest is a class E felony.  3. The court shall not grant probation to a person who has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1979 S.B. 234, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17  CROSS REFERENCES:  Child abuse, definitions, actions for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046  Conviction of offense, on release registration requirements and penalty for failure to comply (Megan's Law), 589.400 to 589.426
MO Rev Stat § 568.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family|Section 568.030 - Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 the child in any place with purpose wholly to abandon the child, under circumstances which are likely to result in serious physical injury or death.  2. The offense of abandonment of a child in the first degree is a class B felony, unless the child dies, in which case it is a class A felony. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1995 H.B. 160, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 568.032 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family|Section 568.032 - Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   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 the child in any place with purpose wholly to abandon the child, under circumstances which are likely to result in serious physical injury or death.  2. The offense of abandonment of a child in the second degree is a class D felony, unless the child suffers serious physical injury, in which case it is a class B felony. It is a class A felony if the child dies. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 160, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17