Effective - 01 Jan 2017
573.215. Failure to report child pornography — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of failure to report child pornography if he or she being a film and photographic print processor, computer provider, installer or repair person, or any internet service provider who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of the person's professional capacity or employment, any film, photograph, videotape, negative, slide, or computer-generated image or picture depicting a child under eighteen years of age engaged in an act of sexual conduct fails to report such instance to any law enforcement agency immediately or as soon as practically possible.
2. The offense of failure to report child pornography is a class B misdemeanor.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a provider of electronic communication services or remote computing services to monitor any user, subscriber or customer of the provider, or the content of any communication of any user, subscriber or customer of the provider.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1255, A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 568.110; Effective 1-01-17
Structure 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 573.040 - Furnishing pornographic materials to minors — penalty.
Section 573.050 - Evidence in obscenity and child pornography cases.
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 573.200 - 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.