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MO Rev Stat § 565.153 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.153 - Parental kidnapping — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.153. Parental kidnapping — penalty. — 1. In the absence of a court order determining rights of custody or visitation to a child, a person having a right of custody of the child commits the offense of parental kidnapping if he or she removes, takes, detains, conceals, or entices away that child within or without the state, without good cause, and with the intent to deprive the custody right of another person or a public agency also having a custody right to that child.  2. Parental kidnapping is a class E felony, unless committed by detaining or concealing the whereabouts of the child for:  (1) Not less than sixty days but not longer than one hundred nineteen days, in which case, the offense is a class D felony;  (2) Not less than one hundred twenty days, in which case, the offense is a class B felony.  3. A subsequently obtained court order for custody or visitation shall not affect the application of this section.  4. Upon a finding of guilt for an offense under this section, the court may, in addition to or in lieu of any sentence or fine imposed, assess as restitution against the defendant and in favor of the legal custodian or parent, any reasonable expenses incurred by the legal custodian or parent in searching for or returning the child. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 2, A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.156 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.156 - Child abduction — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.156. Child abduction — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of child abduction if he or she:  (1) Intentionally takes, detains, entices, conceals or removes a child from a parent after being served with process in an action affecting marriage or paternity but prior to the issuance of a temporary or final order determining custody; or  (2) At the expiration of visitation rights outside the state, intentionally fails or refuses to return or impedes the return of the child to the legal custodian in Missouri; or  (3) Conceals, detains, or removes the child for payment or promise of payment at the instruction of a person who has no legal right to custody; or  (4) Retains in this state for thirty days a child removed from another state without the consent of the legal custodian or in violation of a valid court order of custody; or  (5) Having legal custody of the child pursuant to a valid court order, removes, takes, detains, conceals or entices away that child within or without the state, without good cause, and with the intent to deprive the custody or visitation rights of another person, without obtaining written consent as is provided under section 452.377.  2. The offense of child abduction is a class E felony.  3. Upon a finding of guilt for an offense under this section, the court may, in addition to or in lieu of any sentence or fine imposed, assess as restitution against the defendant and in favor of the legal custodian or parent, any reasonable expenses incurred by the legal custodian or parent in searching for or returning the child. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.160 - Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.160. Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction. — It shall be an absolute defense to the offenses of interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction that:  (1) The person had custody of the child pursuant to a valid court order granting legal custody or visitation rights which existed at the time of the alleged violation, except that this defense is not available to persons charged with child abduction under subdivision (5) of subsection 1 of section 565.156;  (2) After expiration of a period of custody or visitation granted by court order, the person failed to return the child as a result of circumstances beyond such person's control, and the person notified or made a reasonable attempt to notify the other parent or legal custodian of the child of such circumstance within twenty-four hours after the expiration of the period of custody or visitation and returned the child as soon as possible; or  (3) The person was fleeing an incident or pattern of domestic violence. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 4, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.163 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.163 - Venue.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.163. Venue. — Persons accused of committing the offense of interference with custody, parental kidnapping or child abduction may be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney:  (1) In the county in which the child was taken or enticed away from legal custody;  (2) In any county in which the child who was taken or enticed away from legal custody was taken or held by the defendant;  (3) The county in which lawful custody of the child taken or enticed away was granted; or  (4) The county in which the defendant is found. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.167 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.167 - Custody of child — peace officer to take child into protective custody, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   565.167. Custody of child — peace officer to take child into protective custody, when. — 1. A peace officer investigating a report of a violation of section 565.150, or section 565.153 or 565.156, may take the child into temporary protective custody if it reasonably appears to the officer that any person unlawfully will flee the jurisdictional territory with the child.  2. If during the course of an investigation under section 565.150, or section 565.153 or 565.156, the child is found in the physical custody of the defendant or another, the law enforcement officer shall return the child to the parent or legal custodian from whom the child was concealed, detained or removed, unless there is good cause for the law enforcement officer to retain temporary protective custody of the child pursuant to section 210.125. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 565.184 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.184 - Abuse of an elderly person, a person with disability, or a vulnerable person — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.184. Abuse of an elderly person, a person with disability, or a vulnerable person — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of abuse of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person if he or she:  (1) Purposely engages in conduct involving more than one incident that causes emotional distress to an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person. The course of conduct shall be such as would cause a reasonable elderly person, person with a disability, or vulnerable person to suffer substantial emotional distress; or  (2) Intentionally fails to provide care, goods or services to an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person. The result of the conduct shall be such as would cause a reasonable elderly person, person with a disability, or vulnerable person to suffer physical or emotional distress; or  (3) Knowingly acts or knowingly fails to act in a manner which results in a substantial risk to the life, body or health of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person.  2. The offense of abuse of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person is a class A misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person is abused solely because such person chooses to rely on spiritual means through prayer, in lieu of medical care, for his or her health care, as evidence by such person's explicit consent, advance directive for health care, or practice. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 573 & 634 § 3, A.L. 2007 S.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.188 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.188 - Failure to report elder abuse or neglect — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories   565.188. Failure to report elder abuse or neglect — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of failure to report elder abuse or neglect if he or she is required to make a report as required under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 192.2405, and knowingly fails to make a report.   2. The offense of failure to report elder abuse or neglect is a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 573 & 634 § 5, A.L. 2003 S.B. 556 & 311, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.189 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.189 - Filing a false elder abuse or neglect report — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017   565.189. Filing a false elder abuse or neglect report — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of filing a false elder abuse or neglect report if he or she knowingly files a false report of elder abuse or neglect.  2. The offense of filing a false elder abuse or neglect report is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has previously been found guilty of making a false report to the department and is subsequently found guilty of making a false report under this section, in which case it is a class E felony.  3. Evidence of prior findings of guilt of false reporting shall be heard by the court, out of the hearing of the jury, prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and the court shall determine the existence of the prior findings of guilt. ­­-------- (L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.218 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.218 - Failure to report vulnerable person abuse — or neglect — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.218. Failure to report vulnerable person abuse — or neglect — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of failure to report vulnerable person abuse or neglect if he or she is required to make a report under section 630.162 and knowingly fails to make a report.  2. The offense of knowingly failing to make a report as required in this section is a class A misdemeanor and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars, unless the offender has previously been found guilty of failing to make a report as required in this section, in which case the offense is a class E felony and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to five thousand dollars. Penalties collected for violations of this section shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund as established in section 166.051 and distributed to the public schools of this state in the manner provided in section 163.031. Such penalties shall not be considered charitable for tax purposes. ­­-------- (L. 2007 S.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.222 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.222 - Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017   565.222. Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of filing a false vulnerable person abuse report if he or she knowingly files a false report of vulnerable person abuse or neglect.  2. The offense of filing a false report of vulnerable person abuse or neglect is a class A misdemeanor and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars, unless the offender has previously been found guilty of making a false report to the department, in which case the offense is a class E felony and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to five thousand dollars. Penalties collected for violations of this subsection shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund as established in section 166.051 and distributed to the public schools of this state in the manner provided in section 163.031. Such penalties shall not be considered charitable for tax purposes.  3. Evidence of prior findings of guilt under this section shall be heard by the court, out of the hearing of the jury, prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and the court shall determine the existence of the prior findings of guilt. ­­-------- (L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.227 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.227 - Stalking, second degree, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   565.227. Stalking, second degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of stalking in the second degree if he or she purposely, through his or her course of conduct, disturbs, or follows with the intent to disturb another person.  2. This section shall not apply to activities of federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers conducting investigations of any violation of federal, state, county, or municipal law.  3. Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section.  4. The offense of stalking in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor, unless the defendant has previously been found guilty of a violation of this section or section 565.225, or of any offense committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be chargeable or indictable as a violation of any offense listed in this section or section 565.225, or unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 556.061, or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to a law enforcement officer, in which case stalking in the second degree is a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
MO Rev Stat § 565.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.240 - Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   565.240. Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet if he or she knowingly posts the name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any person on the internet intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death to such person.  2. The offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet is a class C misdemeanor, unless the person knowingly posts on the internet the name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any law enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, judge, commissioner, or prosecuting attorney, or of any immediate family member of such law enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, judge, commissioner, or prosecuting attorney, intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death, in which case it is a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344 § 1, A.L. 2005 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60) Transferred 2014; formerly 578.450; Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.252 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.252 - Invasion of privacy, penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   565.252. Invasion of privacy, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:  (1) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person, without the person's consent, while the person is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or  (2) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person under or through the clothing worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent.  2. Invasion of privacy is a class A misdemeanor unless:  (1) A person who creates an image in violation of this section distributes the image to another or transmits the image in a manner that allows access to that image via computer;  (2) A person disseminates or permits the dissemination by any means, to another person, of a videotape, photograph, or film obtained in violation of this section;  (3) More than one person is viewed, photographed, filmed or videotaped during the same course of conduct; or  (4) The offense was committed by a person who has previously been found guilty of invasion of privacy ­­in which case invasion of privacy is a class E felony.  3. Prior findings of guilt shall be pleaded and proven in the same manner required by the provisions of section 558.021.  4. As used in this section, "same course of conduct" means more than one person has been viewed, photographed, filmed, or videotaped under the same or similar circumstances pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether at the same or different times. ­­-------- (L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 565.257 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person|Section 565.257 - Law enforcement officers viewing or photographing during investigations or in prisons for security not an invasion of privacy.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   565.257. Law enforcement officers viewing or photographing during investigations or in prisons for security not an invasion of privacy. — The provisions of sections 565.250* to 565.257 shall not apply to:  (1) Viewing, photographing or filming by law enforcement officers during a lawful criminal investigation;  (2) Viewing, photographing or filming by law enforcement officers or by personnel of the department of corrections or of a local jail or correctional facility for security purposes or during investigation of alleged misconduct by a person in the custody of the department of corrections or the local jail or correctional facility. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 1 subsec. 5)  *Section 565.250 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
MO Rev Stat § 566.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 566 - Sexual Offenses|Section 566.020 - Mistake as to age — consent not a defense, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   566.020. Mistake as to age — consent not a defense, when. — 1. Whenever in this chapter the criminality of conduct depends upon a child being less than fourteen years of age, it is no defense that the defendant believed the child to be older.  2. Whenever in this chapter the criminality of conduct depends upon a child being less than seventeen years of age, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed that the child was seventeen years of age or older.  3. Consent is not a defense to any offense under this chapter if the alleged victim is less than fourteen years of age. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 566.023 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 566 - Sexual Offenses|Section 566.023 - Marriage to victim, at time of offense, affirmative defense, for certain offenses.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   566.023. Marriage to victim, at time of offense, affirmative defense, for certain offenses. — It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecutions under sections 566.032, 566.034, 566.062, 566.064, and 566.071, that the defendant was married to the victim at the time of the offense. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1918, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 566.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 566 - Sexual Offenses|Section 566.025 - Evidence that defendant has committed other charged and uncharged crimes of a sexual nature involving victims under fourteen admissible to prove propensity to commit crime, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   566.025. Evidence that defendant has committed other charged and uncharged crimes of a sexual nature involving victims under fourteen admissible to prove propensity to commit crime, when. — In prosecutions pursuant to this chapter or chapter 568 of a sexual nature involving a victim under fourteen years of age, whether or not age is an element of the crime for which the defendant is on trial, evidence that the defendant has committed other charged or uncharged crimes of a sexual nature involving victims under fourteen years of age shall be admissible for the purpose of showing the propensity of the defendant to commit the crime or crimes with which he or she is charged unless the trial court finds that the probative value of such evidence is outweighed by the prejudicial effect. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602)  (1998) Section was ruled unconstitutional because it violated Sections 17 and 18(a) of Article I of the Missouri Constitution by allowing uncharged conduct to be introduced for the purpose of showing a propensity to commit a crime. State v. Burns, 978 S.W.2d 759 (Mo.banc). (2007) Section as amended in 2000 still violates state constitutional provisions; evidence of prior criminal acts is never admissible for purpose of demonstrating defendant's propensity to commit the crime presently charged. State v. Ellison, 239 S.W.3d 603 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 566.031 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders|Chapter 566 - Sexual Offenses|Section 566.031 - Rape in the second degree, penalties.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   566.031. Rape in the second degree, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of rape in the second degree if he or she has sexual intercourse with another person knowing that he or she does so without that person's consent.  2. The offense of rape in the second degree is a class D felony. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17  Transferred 2013, formerly 566.040  CROSS REFERENCE:  Child abuse, definitions, actions for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046