Effective - 01 Jan 2017
579.105. Keeping or maintaining a public nuisance — violation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance if he or she knowingly keeps or maintains:
(1) Any room, building, structure or inhabitable structure, as defined in section 556.061, which is used for the illegal manufacture, distribution, storage, or sale of any amount of a controlled substance, except thirty-five grams or less of marijuana or thirty-five grams or less of any synthetic cannabinoid; or
(2) Any room, building, structure or inhabitable structure, as defined in section 556.061, where on three or more separate occasions within the period of a year, two or more persons, who were not residents of the room, building, structure, or inhabitable structure, gathered for the principal purpose of unlawfully ingesting, injecting, inhaling or using any amount of a controlled substance, except thirty-five grams or less of marijuana or thirty-five grams or less of any synthetic cannabinoid.
2. In addition to any other criminal prosecutions, the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may by information or indictment charge the owner or the occupant, or both the owner and the occupant of the room, building, structure, or inhabitable structure with the offense of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance.
3. The offense of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance is a class E felony.
4. Upon the conviction of the owner pursuant to this section, the room, building, structure, or inhabitable structure is subject to the provisions of sections 513.600 to 513.645.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9844, A.L. 1971 H.B. 69, A.L. 1985 H.B. 488, A.L. 1989 H.B. 479, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371)
Transferred 2014; formerly 195.130; Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 579 - Controlled Substance Offenses
Section 579.015 - Possession or control of a controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.020 - Delivery of a controlled substance — penalties.
Section 579.030 - Distribution of controlled substance in a protected location — penalty.
Section 579.040 - Unlawful distribution, delivery, or sale of drug paraphernalia — penalties.
Section 579.045 - Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.050 - Manufacture of an imitation controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.055 - Manufacture of a controlled substance — penalties.
Section 579.065 - Trafficking drugs, first degree — penalty.
Section 579.068 - Trafficking drugs, second degree — penalty.
Section 579.070 - Creating a danger — penalty.
Section 579.072 - Furnishing materials for production of a controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.074 - Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia — penalty.
Section 579.076 - Unlawful manufacture of drug paraphernalia — penalties.
Section 579.078 - Possession of an imitation controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.080 - Delivery of an imitation controlled substance — penalty.
Section 579.082 - Marketing of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine — penalty.
Section 579.090 - Tampering with a prescription or a drug prescription order — penalty.
Section 579.095 - Possession of anhydrous ammonia — penalty.
Section 579.105 - Keeping or maintaining a public nuisance — violation, penalty.
Section 579.110 - Possession of methamphetamine precursors — penalty.
Section 579.150 - Distribution of prescription medication on school property — exceptions — penalty.
Section 579.155 - Possession of prescription medication on school property — exceptions — penalty.
Section 579.170 - Prior and persistent drug offenders, definitions, sentencing.
Section 579.175 - Arrest without warrant, when.
Section 579.180 - Burden of proof of any exception or exemption upon defendant.