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.
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(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
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family
Section 568.010 - Bigamy — penalty.
Section 568.020 - Incest — penalty.
Section 568.030 - Abandonment of child in the first degree, penalty.
Section 568.032 - Abandonment of a child, second degree — penalty.
Section 568.045 - Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, penalties.
Section 568.050 - Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, penalties.
Section 568.060 - Abuse or neglect of a child, penalty.
Section 568.065 - Genital mutilation of a female child, penalty — affirmative defenses.