Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 573 - Pornography and Related Offenses
Section 573.037 - Possession of child pornography — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 4 histories
573.037. Possession of child pornography — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of possession of child pornography if such person knowingly or recklessly possesses any child pornography of a minor less than eighteen years of age or obscene material portraying what appears to be a minor less than eighteen years of age.
2. The offense of possession of child pornography is a class D felony if the person possesses one still image of child pornography or one obscene still image. The offense of possession of child pornography is a class B felony if the person:
(1) Possesses:
(a) More than twenty still images of child pornography; or
(b) More than twenty obscene still images; or
(c) Child pornography comprised of one motion picture, film, videotape, videotape production, or other moving image; or
(d) Obscene material comprised of one motion picture, film, videotape production, or other moving image; or
(2) Has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section.
3. A person who has committed the offense of possession of child pornography is subject to separate punishments for each item of child pornography or obscene material possessed by the person.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 113, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al., A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 573 - Pornography and Related Offenses

Section 573.010 - Definitions.

Section 573.020 - Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty.

Section 573.023 - Sexual exploitation of a minor — penalties.

Section 573.024 - Enabling sexual exploitation of a minor, offense of — penalty.

Section 573.025 - Promoting child pornography in the first degree — penalties.

Section 573.030 - Promoting obscenity in the second degree — penalties.

Section 573.035 - Promoting child pornography in the second degree — penalties.

Section 573.037 - Possession of child pornography — penalty.

Section 573.038 - Property or material constituting child pornography to remain in custody of the state — availability of, when.

Section 573.040 - Furnishing pornographic materials to minors — penalty.

Section 573.050 - Evidence in obscenity and child pornography cases.

Section 573.052 - Child pornography, attorney general authorized to investigate, when — violator immune from civil liability, when.

Section 573.060 - Public display of explicit sexual material — penalties.

Section 573.065 - Coercing acceptance of obscene material — penalty.

Section 573.070 - Injunctions and declaratory judgments.

Section 573.080 - Preemption and standardization — cities, towns, and certain counties may regulate, limitations.

Section 573.090 - Video cassettes, morbid violence, to be kept in separate area — sale or rental to persons under seventeen prohibited, penalties.

Section 573.100 - Telephones, obscene or indecent commercial messages, direct or electronic recording, penalties, exceptions.

Section 573.110 - Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, offense of — definitions — elements — exemptions — immunity from liability, when — penalty — private cause of action, when.

Section 573.112 - Threatening the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, offense of — elements — penalty.

Section 573.200 - Child used in sexual performance — penalties.

Section 573.205 - Promoting sexual performance by a child — penalties.

Section 573.206 - Patronizing a sexual performance of a child, offense of — penalty.

Section 573.215 - Failure to report child pornography — penalty.

Section 573.503 - Local government may require background checks.

Section 573.505 - Sales tax authorized, vote required — ballot — disposition of revenue — termination — city and county background check tax trust fund created, refunds — duties of director of revenue.

Section 573.507 - Minimum age limit — security personnel — random drug testing — space limitation — prohibition of public displays.

Section 573.509 - Adult cabaret, persons less than nineteen years of age prohibited from dancing, penalty.

Section 573.525 - Purpose — findings.

Section 573.531 - Establishment of business, prohibited where — nudity in establishment prohibited — display of sexual activities, requirements — state requirements — hours of operation — minors and alcohol prohibited — definitions.

Section 573.534 - Strict liability not imposed — mental state required for violation — act by employee not imputed to the business, when.

Section 573.537 - Violations, penalty — public nuisance for repeated violations — state remedies permitted.

Section 573.540 - No state preemption on regulation — consistency with state law required for local law.

Section 573.550 - Providing explicit sexual material to a student, offense of — penalty — definitions.