Effective - 01 Jan 2017
556.038. Time limitation to prosecute. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 556.036, either misdemeanor or felony prosecutions under sections 565.252 to 565.257 shall be commenced within the following periods of limitation:
(1) Three years from the date the viewing, photographing or filming occurred; or
(2) If the person who was viewed, photographed or filmed did not realize at the time that he was being viewed, photographed or filmed, within three years of the time the person who was viewed or in the photograph or film first learns that he was viewed, photographed or filmed.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 1 subsec. 4, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 565.255; Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 556 - Preliminary Provisions (Criminal Code)
Section 556.001 - Effective date, criminal code revision.
Section 556.011 - Short title.
Section 556.021 - Infractions — procedure — default judgment, when — effective date.
Section 556.026 - Offenses and infractions to be defined by statute.
Section 556.031 - Application to offenses committed before and after enactment.
Section 556.036 - Time limitations.
Section 556.038 - Time limitation to prosecute.
Section 556.041 - Limitation on conviction for multiple offenses.
Section 556.046 - Conviction of included offenses — jury instructions.
Section 556.061 - Code definitions.
Section 556.101 - Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint.