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FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 353
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Crime Prevention and Public Safety March 9, 2005 with recommendation that House Committee
Substitute for House Bill No. 353 Do Pass. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f).
Reported from the Committee on Rules March 17, 2005 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill
No. 353 Do Pass with a time of two hours for debate on Perfection.
Taken up for Perfection April 18, 2005. House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 353 ordered Perfected and printed, as
amended. STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
0830L.05P
AN ACT
To repeal sections 1.160, 8.177, 43.010, 43.120, 43.509, 43.532, 43.543, 195.017, 195.214,
211.031, 217.105, 217.750, 302.321, 302.541, 304.022, 306.112, 306.114, 306.116,
306.117, 306.119, 306.140, 306.147, 540.031, 542.276, 544.170, 545.550, 556.036,
558.016, 558.019, 559.016, 559.036, 559.115, 566.140, 568.045, 568.050, 569.040,
569.050, 569.080, 569.090, 570.030, 570.040, 570.080, 570.255, 570.300, 575.150,
576.050, 577.023, 577.041, 577.500, 589.417, and 595.209, RSMo, and to enact in lieu
thereof sixty-five new sections relating to crime, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 1.160, 8.177, 43.010, 43.120, 43.509, 43.532, 43.543, 195.017,
195.214, 211.031, 217.105, 217.750, 302.321, 302.541, 304.022, 306.112, 306.114, 306.116,
306.117, 306.119, 306.140, 306.147, 540.031, 542.276, 544.170, 545.550, 556.036, 558.016,
558.019, 559.016, 559.036, 559.115, 566.140, 568.045, 568.050, 569.040, 569.050, 569.080,
569.090, 570.030, 570.040, 570.080, 570.255, 570.300, 575.150, 576.050, 577.023, 577.041,
577.500, 589.417, and 595.209, RSMo, are repealed and sixty-five new sections enacted in lieu
thereof, to be known as sections 1.160, 8.177, 43.010, 43.120, 43.300, 43.310, 43.320, 43.330,
43.509, 43.532, 43.535, 43.543, 195.017, 195.214, 195.216, 211.031, 217.105, 217.750,
302.321, 302.541, 304.022, 306.112, 306.114, 306.116, 306.117, 306.119, 306.140, 306.147,
540.031, 542.276, 544.170, 545.550, 556.036, 558.016, 558.019, 559.016, 559.036, 559.105,
559.115, 566.086, 566.140, 568.045, 568.050, 569.040, 569.050, 569.080, 569.090, 570.030,
570.040, 570.080, 570.255, 570.300, 575.150, 575.185, 576.050, 577.023, 577.041, 577.500,
577.625, 577.628, 578.500, 589.417, 595.209, 650.030, and 1, to read as follows:
1.160. No offense committed and no fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred, or prosecution
commenced or pending previous to or at the time when any statutory provision is repealed or
amended, shall be affected by the repeal or amendment, but the trial and punishment of all such
offenses, and the recovery of the fines, penalties or forfeitures shall be had, in all respects, as if
the provision had not been repealed or amended, except[:
(1)] that all such proceedings shall be conducted according to existing procedural laws[;
and
(2) That if the penalty or punishment for any offense is reduced or lessened by any
alteration of the law creating the offense prior to original sentencing, the penalty or punishment
shall be assessed according to the amendatory law].
8.177. 1. The director of the department of public safety shall employ Missouri capitol
police officers for public safety at the seat of state government. Each Missouri capitol police
officer, upon appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath of office to support the constitution
and laws of the United States and the state of Missouri and shall receive a certificate of
appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the secretary of state, granting such police
officers all the same powers of arrest held by other police officers to maintain order and preserve
the peace in all state-owned or leased buildings, and the grounds thereof, at the seat of
government and such buildings and grounds within the county which contains the seat of
government.
2. The director of the department of public safety shall appoint a sufficient number of
Missouri capitol police officers, with available appropriations, as appropriated specifically for
the purpose designated in this subsection, so that the capitol grounds may be patrolled at all
times, and that traffic and parking upon the capitol grounds and the grounds of other state
buildings owned or leased within the capital city and the county which contains the seat of
government may be properly controlled. Missouri capitol police officers may make arrests for
the violation of parking and traffic regulations promulgated by the office of administration.
3. Missouri capitol police officers may take action on criminal, terrorist, and
suspicious activities that occur in their presence. Missouri capitol police officers shall be
authorized to investigate and arrest a person anywhere in the county which contains the
seat of government, when there is probable cause to believe the person committed a crime
within capitol police jurisdiction.
43.010. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(1) "Commission", the Missouri state highways and transportation commission;
(2) "Members of the patrol", the superintendent, lieutenant colonel, majors, captains,
director of radio, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and patrolmen of the Missouri state highway
patrol;
(3) "Mules", Missouri uniform law enforcement system, a statewide-computerized
communications system provided by the patrol designed to provide services, information,
and capabilities to the law enforcement and criminal justice community in the state of
Missouri;
[(3)] (4) "Patrol", the Missouri state highway patrol;
[(4)] (5) "Peace officers", sheriffs, police officers and other peace officers of this state;
[(5)] (6) "Radio personnel", those employees of the patrol engaged in the construction,
operation, and maintenance of the patrol radio system.
43.120. 1. The superintendent shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline and
make all administrative rules and regulations and fix the hours of duty for the members of the
patrol. The superintendent shall divide the state into districts and assign members of the patrol
to such districts in the manner as deemed proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The
superintendent may call members of the patrol from one district to another.
2. The superintendent shall appoint the lieutenant colonel and five majors from within
the membership. Such individuals shall serve at the superintendent's pleasure and shall return
to their previously held rank after being relieved of their position duties by the present or
incoming superintendent. The superintendent shall classify and rank through promotions the
majors, the director of radio, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, patrolmen, and radio
personnel from the next lower grade after not less than one year of service satisfactorily
performed therein.
3. In case of the absence of the superintendent, or at the time the superintendent
designates, the lieutenant colonel shall assume the duties of the superintendent. In the absence
of both the superintendent and the lieutenant colonel, a major shall be designated by the
superintendent or by the lieutenant colonel. In case of the disability of the superintendent and
the lieutenant colonel, the governor may designate a major as acting superintendent and when
so designated, the acting superintendent shall have all the powers and duties of the
superintendent.
4. The superintendent shall collect, compile and keep available for the use of peace
officers of the state the information as is deemed necessary for the detection of crime and
identification of criminals.
5. The superintendent is responsible for establishing policy, procedures, and
regulations in cooperation with the law enforcement and criminal justice community in
protecting the integrity of the MULES system. The superintendent shall be responsible for
the administration and enforcement of all MULES policies and regulations consistent with
state and federal rules, policy, and law by which the MULES system operates.
[5.] 6. Within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, the superintendent shall
make to the governor and the commission a report of the activities of the patrol and the cost
thereof for the fiscal period.
43.300. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 43.025, there is
hereby created within the Missouri state highway patrol a "Governor's Security Division".
43.310. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall appoint from
the membership of the patrol, a director of the governor's security division who shall be
responsible for the operation of the division.
43.320. 1. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol may assign
highway patrol members under the superintendent's command to serve in the governor's
security division on a permanent or temporary basis.
2. All salaries, expenses and other costs relating to the assignment of Missouri state
highway patrol members to the governor's security division shall be paid within the limits
of appropriations from general revenue, or from such other funding as may be authorized
by the general assembly.
43.330. 1. The director of the governor's security division shall provide
transportation, security, and protection for the governor and the governor's immediate
family.
2. At the discretion of the superintendent, the director of the governor's security
division may also provide transportation, security, and protection for other public officials.
43.509. The director of the department of public safety shall, in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to
implement the provisions of sections 43.500 to [43.530] 43.543. All collection and
dissemination of criminal history information shall be in compliance with chapter 610, RSMo,
and applicable federal laws or regulations. Such rules shall relate to the collection of criminal
history information from or dissemination of such information to criminal justice, noncriminal
justice, and private agencies or citizens both in this and other states. No rule or portion of a rule
promulgated under the authority of sections 43.500 to [43.530] 43.543 shall become effective
unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo.
43.532. 1. Criminal history and identification records obtained from the central
repository shall not be altered in any way and shall be used solely for the purpose for which
they were obtained. Except as permitted in this section, any person wishing to disseminate
or to rely on the accuracy and completeness of the criminal history record information
more than thirty days from receipt from the central repository should initiate a new
request to the patrol for current information. The subject of the record shall be afforded the
opportunity to challenge the correctness, accuracy, or completeness of a criminal history record.
2. The central records repository shall have authority to engage in the practice of
collecting, assembling, or disseminating criminal history record information for the purpose of
retaining manually or electronically stored criminal history information. Any person obtaining
criminal history record information from the central repository under false pretense, or who
advertises or engages in the practice of collecting, assembling, and disseminating as a business
enterprise, other than for the purpose of furnishing criminal history information to the authorized
requester for its intended purpose, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
43.535. 1. Law enforcement agencies within the state of Missouri may perform a
Missouri criminal record review for only open records through the MULES system for the
purpose of hiring of municipal or county governmental employees. For each request, other
than those related to the administration of criminal justice, the requesting entity shall pay
a fee to the central repository, pursuant to section 43.530.
2. Municipalities and counties may, by local or county ordinance, require the
fingerprinting of applicants or licensees in specified occupations for the purpose of
receiving criminal history record information by local or county officials. A copy of the
ordinance must be forwarded for approval to the Missouri state highway patrol prior to
the submission of fingerprints to the central repository. The local or county law
enforcement agency shall submit a set of fingerprints of the applicant or licensee,
accompanied with the appropriate fees, to the central repository for the purpose of
checking the person's criminal history. The set of fingerprints shall be used to search the
Missouri criminal records repository and shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to be used for searching the federal criminal history files if necessary. The
fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Missouri
state highway patrol. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120, RSMo, all records
related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to
the municipal or county officials making the record request.
3. All criminal record check information shall be confidential and any person who
discloses the information beyond the scope allowed is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
43.543. Any state agency listed in section 621.045, RSMo, the division of professional
registration of the department of economic development, the department of social services, the
supreme court of Missouri, the state court administrator, the department of elementary and
secondary education, the Missouri lottery, [and] the Missouri gaming commission, or any state,
municipal, or county agency which screen persons seeking employment with such agencies or
issuance or renewal of a license, permit, certificate, or registration of authority from such
agencies; or any state, municipal, or county agency or committee, or state school of higher
education which is authorized by state statute or executive order, or local or county ordinance
to screen applicants or candidates seeking or considered for employment, assignment,
contracting, or appointment to a position within state, municipal, or county government; or
the Missouri peace officers standards and training, POST, commission which screens persons,
not employed by a criminal justice agency, who seek enrollment or access into a certified POST
training academy police school, or persons seeking a permit to purchase or possess a firearm for
employment as a watchman, security personnel, or private investigator; or law enforcement
agencies which screen persons seeking issuance or renewal of a license, permit, certificate, or
registration to purchase or possess a firearm shall submit two sets of fingerprints to the Missouri
state highway patrol, Missouri criminal records repository, for the purpose of checking the
person's criminal history. The first set of fingerprints shall be used to search the Missouri
criminal records repository and the second set shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to be used for searching the federal criminal history files if necessary. The
fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Missouri state
highway patrol. Fees assessed for the searches shall be paid by the applicant or in the manner
prescribed by the Missouri state highway patrol. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
610.120, RSMo, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be
accessible and available to the state, municipal, or county agency making the record request.
195.017. 1. The department of health and senior services shall place a substance in
Schedule I if it finds that the substance:
(1) Has high potential for abuse; and
(2) Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted
safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.
2. Schedule I:
(1) The controlled substances listed in this subsection are included in Schedule I;
(2) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts
of isomers, esters, and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these
isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl;
(b) Acetylmethadol;
(c) Allylprodine;
(d) Alphacetylmethadol;
(e) Alphameprodine;
(f) Alphamethadol;
(g) Alpha-methylfentanyl;
(h) Alpha-methylthiofentanyl;
(i) Benzethidine;
(j) Betacetylmethadol;
(k) Beta-hydroxyfentanyl;
(l) Beta-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl;
(m) Betameprodine;
(n) Betamethadol;
(o) Betaprodine;
(p) Clonitazene;
(q) Dextromoramide;
(r) Diampromide;
(s) Diethylthiambutene;
(t) Difenoxin;
(u) Dimenoxadol;
(v) Dimepheptanol;
(w) Dimethylthiambutene;
(x) Dioxaphetyl butyrate;
(y) Dipipanone;
(z) Ethylmethylthiambutene;
(aa) Etonitazene;
(bb) Etoxeridine;
(cc) Furethidine;
(dd) Hydroxypethidine;
(ee) Ketobemidone;
(ff) Levomoramide;
(gg) Levophenacylmorphan;
(hh) 3-Methylfentanyl;
(ii) 3-Methylthiofentanyl;
(jj) Morpheridine;
(kk) MPPP;
(ll) Noracymethadol;
(mm) Norlevorphanol;
(nn) Normethadone;
(oo) Norpipanone;
(pp) Para-fluorofentanyl;
(qq) PEPAP;
(rr) Phenadoxone;
(ss) Phenampromide;
(tt) Phenomorphan;
(uu) Phenoperidine;
(vv) Piritramide;
(ww) Proheptazine;
(xx) Properidine;
(yy) Propiram;
(zz) Racemoramide;
(aaa) Thiofentanyl;
(bbb) Tilidine;
(ccc) Trimeperidine;
(3) Any of the following opium derivatives, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers
unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers and salts of isomers
is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Acetorphine;
(b) Acetyldihydrocodeine;
(c) Benzylmorphine;
(d) Codeine methylbromide;
(e) Codeine-N-Oxide;
(f) Cyprenorphine;
(g) Desomorphine;
(h) Dihydromorphine;
(i) Drotebanol;
(j) Etorphine; (except Hydrochloride Salt);
(k) Heroin;
(l) Hydromorphinol;
(m) Methyldesorphine;
(n) Methyldihydromorphine;
(o) Morphine methylbromide;
(p) Morphine methyl sulfonate;
(q) Morphine-N-Oxide;
(r) Morphine;
(s) Nicocodeine;
(t) Nicomorphine;
(u) Normorphine;
(v) Pholcodine;
(w) Thebacon;
(4) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically
excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within
the specific chemical designation:
(a) 4-brome-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine;
(b) 4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine;
(c) 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine;
(d) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine;
(e) 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(n)-propylthiophenethylamine;
(f) 4-methoxyamphetamine;
[(f)] (g) 5-methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
[(g)] (h) 4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy amphetamine;
[(h)] (i) 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
[(i)] (j) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine;
[(j)] (k) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine;
[(k)] (l) N-nydroxy-3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;
[(l)] (m) 3,4,5-trimethoxyamphetamine;
[(m)] (n) Alpha-ethyltryptamine;
(o) Benzylpiperazine or B.P.;
[(n)] (p) Bufotenine;
[(o)] (q) Diethyltryptamine;
[(p)] (r) Dimethyltryptamine;
[(q)] (s) Ibogaine;
[(r)] (t) Lysergic acid diethylamide;
[(s)] (u) Marijuana; (Marihuana);
[(t)] (v) Mescaline;
[(u)] (w) Parahexyl;
[(v)] (x) Peyote, to include all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as
Lophophora Williamsil Lemaire, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; any extract from any
part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of
the plant, its seed or extracts;
[(w)] (y) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;
[(x)] (z) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate;
[(y)] (aa) Psilocybin;
[(z)] (bb) Psilocyn;
[(aa)] (cc) Tetrahydrocannabinols;
[(bb)] (dd) Ethylamine analog of phencyclidine;
[(cc)] (ee) Pyrrolidine analog of phencyclidine;
[(dd)] (ff) Thiophene analog of phencyclidine;
(gg) 1-(3-Trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine or TFMPP;
[(ee)] (hh) 1-(1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl) pyrrolidine;
(ii) Salvia divinorum;
(jj) Salvinorin A;
(5) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of the
following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including their
salts, isomers and salts of isomers whenever the existence of these salts, isomers and salts of
isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Gamma hydroxybutyric acid;
(b) Mecloqualone;
(c) Methaqualone;
(6) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of the
following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their
salts, isomers and salts of isomers:
(a) Aminorex;
(b) Cathinone;
(c) Fenethylline;
(d) Methcathinone;
(e) (+)cis-4-methylaminorex ((+)cis-4,5-dihydro- 4-methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolamine);
(f) N-ethylamphetamine;
(g) N,N-dimethylamphetamine;
(7) A temporary listing of substances subject to emergency scheduling under federal law
shall include any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances:
(a) N-(1-benzyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenyl-propanamide (benzylfentanyl), its optical isomers,
salts and salts of isomers;
(b) N-(1-(2-thienyl)methyl-4-piperidyl)-N-phenylpropanamide (thenylfentanyl), its
optical isomers, salts and salts of isomers;
(c) Alpha-Methyltryptamine, or (AMT);
(d) 5-Methoxy-N,N-Diisopropyltryptamine, or(5-MeO-DIPT).
3. The department of health and senior services shall place a substance in Schedule II
if it finds that:
(1) The substance has high potential for abuse;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States,
or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and
(3) The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychic or physical dependence.
4. The controlled substances listed in this subsection are included in Schedule II:
(1) Any of the following substances whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction
from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by
combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(a) Opium and opiate and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation of opium or
opiate, excluding apomorphine, thebaine-derived butorphanol, dextrorphan, nalbuphine,
nalmefene, naloxone and naltrexone, and their respective salts but including the following:
a. Raw opium;
b. Opium extracts;
c. Opium fluid;
d. Powdered opium;
e. Granulated opium;
f. Tincture of opium;
g. Codeine;
h. Ethylmorphine;
i. Etorphine hydrochloride;
j. Hydrocodone;
k. Hydromorphone;
l. Metopon;
m. Morphine;
n. Oxycodone;
o. Oxymorphone;
p. Thebaine;
(b) Any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically
equivalent or identical with any of the substances referred to in this subdivision, but not
including the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium;
(c) Opium poppy and poppy straw;
(d) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, and
any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical
with any of these substances, but not including decocainized coca leaves or extractions which
do not contain cocaine or ecgonine;
(e) Concentrate of poppy straw (the crude extract of poppy straw in either liquid, solid
or powder form which contains the phenanthrene alkaloids of the opium poppy);
(2) Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts
of isomers, whenever the existence of these isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within
the specific chemical designation, dextrorphan and levopropoxyphene excepted:
(a) Alfentanil;
(b) Alphaprodine;
(c) Anileridine;
(d) Bezitramide;
(e) Bulk Dextropropoxyphene;
(f) Carfentanil;
(g) Butyl nitrite;
(h) Dihydrocodeine;
(i) Diphenoxylate;
(j) Fentanyl;
(k) Isomethadone;
(l) Levo-alphacetylmethadol;
(m) Levomethorphan;
(n) Levorphanol;
(o) Metazocine;
(p) Methadone;
(q) Meperidine;
(r) Methadone-Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenylbutane;
(s) Moramide-Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenylpropane--carboxylic
acid;
(t) Pethidine;
(u) Pethidine-Intermediate-A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine;
(v) Pethidine-Intermediate-B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate;
(w) Pethidine-Intermediate-C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperdine-4-carboxylic acid;
(x) Phenazocine;
(y) Piminodine;
(z) Racemethorphan;
(aa) Racemorphan;
(bb) [Sulfentanil] Sufentanil;
(3) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:
(a) Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers;
(b) Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers;
(c) Phenmetrazine and its salts;
(d) Methylphenidate;
(4) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts,
isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers
is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Amobarbital;
(b) Glutethimide;
(c) Pentobarbital;
(d) Phencyclidine;
(e) Secobarbital;
(5) Any material, compound or compound which contains any quantity of [the following
substances:
(a) Dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a
United States Food and Drug Administration approved drug product;
(b)] Nabilone;
(6) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances:
(a) Immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine: Phenylacetone;
(b) Immediate precursors to phencyclidine (PCP):
a. 1-phenylcyclohexylamine;
b. 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC).
5. The department of health and senior services shall place a substance in Schedule III
if it finds that:
(1) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in Schedules
I and II;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;
and
(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high
psychological dependence.
6. The controlled substances listed in this subsection are included in Schedule III:
(1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the
central nervous system:
(a) Benzphetamine;
(b) Chlorphentermine;
(c) Clortermine;
(d) Phendimetrazine;
(2) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity or salt
of the following substances or salts having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:
(a) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity or salt
of the following substances combined with one or more active medicinal ingredients:
a. Amobarbital;
b. Gamma hydroxybutyric acid and its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers contained in
a drug product for which an application has been approved under Section 505 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
c. Secobarbital;
d. Pentobarbital;
(b) Any suppository dosage form containing any quantity or salt of the following:
a. Amobarbital;
b. Secobarbital;
c. Pentobarbital;
(c) Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or its
salt;
(d) Chlorhexadol;
(e) Ketamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
(f) Lysergic acid;
(g) Lysergic acid amide;
(h) Methyprylon;
(i) Sulfondiethylmethane;
(j) Sulfonethylmethane;
(k) Sulfonmethane;
(l) Tiletamine and zolazepam or any salt thereof;
(3) Nalorphine;
(4) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any
of the following narcotic drugs or their salts:
(a) Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or not more than
ninety milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid
of opium;
(b) Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or not more than
ninety milligrams per dosage unit with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized
therapeutic amounts;
(c) Not more than three hundred milligrams of hydrocodone per one hundred milliliters
or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater quantity of an
isoquinoline alkaloid of opium;
(d) Not more than three hundred milligrams of hydrocodone per one hundred milliliters
or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic
ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
(e) Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine per one hundred milliliters or more than
ninety milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized
therapeutic amounts;
(f) Not more than three hundred milligrams of ethylmorphine per one hundred milliliters
or not more than fifteen milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic
ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
(g) Not more than five hundred milligrams of opium per one hundred milliliters or per
one hundred grams or not more than twenty-five milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more
active nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
(h) Not more than fifty milligrams of morphine per one hundred milliliters or per one
hundred grams, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic
amounts;
(5) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the
following narcotic drugs or their salts, as set forth in subdivision (6) of this subsection;
buprenorphine.
(6) Anabolic steroids. Any drug or hormonal substance, chemically and
pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and
corticosteroids) that promotes muscle growth, except an anabolic steroid which is expressly
intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species and
which has been approved by the secretary of Health and Human Services for that
administration. If any person prescribes, dispenses, or distributes such steroid for human
use, such person shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an
anabolic steroid within the meaning of this paragraph. Unless [specially] specifically
excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture or preparation
containing any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers and salts of
isomers whenever the existence of such salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical
designation:
(a) Boldenone;
(b) Chlorotestosterone (4-Chlortestosterone);
(c) Clostebol;
(d) Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone;
(e) Dihydrostestosterone (4-Dihydro-testosterone);
(f) Drostanolone;
(g) Ethylestrenol;
(h) Fluoxymesterone;
(i) Formebulone (Formebolone);
(j) Mesterolone;
(k) Methandienone;
(l) Methandranone;
(m) Methandriol;
(n) Methandrostenolone;
(o) Methenolone;
(p) Methyltestosterone;
(q) Mibolerone;
(r) Nandrolone;
(s) Norethandrolone;
(t) Oxandrolone;
(u) Oxymesterone;
(v) Oxymetholone;
(w) Stanolone;
(x) Stanozolol;
(y) Testolactone;
(z) Testosterone;
(aa) Trenbolone;
(bb) Any salt, ester, or isomer of a drug or substance described or listed in this
subdivision, if that salt, ester or isomer promotes muscle growth except an anabolic steroid
which is expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman
species and which has been approved by the secretary of health and human services for that
administration.
(7) Dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule
in a United States Food and Drug Administration approved drug product. Some other
names for dronabinol: (6aR-trans)-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6.6.9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6H-dibenzo (b,d) pyran-1-ol, or (-)-delta-9-(trans)-tetrahydracannabinol).
[(6)] (8) The department of health and senior services may except by rule any compound,
mixture, or preparation containing any stimulant or depressant substance listed in subdivisions
(1) and (2) of this subsection from the application of all or any part of sections 195.010 to
195.320 if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal
ingredients not having a stimulant or depressant effect on the central nervous system, and if the
admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that
vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a stimulant or depressant effect on
the central nervous system.
7. The department of health and senior services shall place a substance in Schedule IV
if it finds that:
(1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;
and
(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological
dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.
8. The controlled substances listed in this subsection are included in Schedule IV:
(1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following
narcotic drugs or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities
as set forth below:
(a) Not more than one milligram of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five micrograms
of atropine sulfate per dosage unit;
(b) Dextropropoxyphene (alpha-(+)-4-dimethy-lamino-1, 2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2-
propionoxybutane);
(c) Any of the following limited quantities of narcotic drugs or their salts, which shall
include one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer
upon the compound, mixture or preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those
possessed by the narcotic drug alone:
a. Not more than two hundred milligrams of codeine per one hundred milliliters or per
one hundred grams;
b. Not more than one hundred milligrams of dihydrocodeine per one hundred milliliters
or per one hundred grams;
c. Not more than one hundred milligrams of ethylmorphine per one hundred milliliters
or per one hundred grams;
(2) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of the
following substances, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence
of those salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Alprazolam;
(b) Barbital;
(c) Bromazepam;
(d) Camazepam;
(e) Chloral betaine;
(f) Chloral hydrate;
(g) Chlordiazepoxide;
(h) Clobazam;
(i) Clonazepam;
(j) Clorazepate;
(k) Clotiazepam;
(l) Cloxazolam;
(m) Delorazepam;
(n) Diazepam;
(o) Dichloralphenazone;
(p) Estazolam;
[(p)] (q) Ethchlorvynol;
[(q)] (r) Ethinamate;
[(r)] (s) Ethyl loflazepate;
[(s)] (t) Fludiazepam;
[(t)] (u) Flunitrazepam;
[(u)] (v) Flurazepam;
[(v)] (w) Halazepam;
[(w)] (x) Haloxazolam;
[(x)] (y) Ketazolam;
[(y)] (z) Loprazolam;
[(z)] (aa) Lorazepam;
[(aa)] (bb) Lormetazepam;
[(bb)] (cc) Mebutamate;
[(cc)] (dd) Medazepam;
[(dd)] (ee) Meprobamate;
[(ee)] (ff) Methohexital;
[(ff)] (gg) Methylphenobarbital;
[(gg)] (hh) Midazolam;
[(hh)] (ii) Nimetazepam;
[(ii)] (jj) Nitrazepam;
[(jj)] (kk) Nordiazepam;
[(kk)] (ll) Oxazepam;
[(ll)] (mm) Oxazolam;
[(mm)] (nn) Paraldehyde;
[(nn)] (oo) Petrichloral;
[(oo)] (pp) Phenobarbital;
[(pp)] (qq) Pinazepam;
[(qq)] (rr) Prazepam;
[(rr)] (ss) Quazepam;
[(ss)] (tt) Temazepam;
[(tt)] (uu) Tetrazepam;
[(uu)] (vv) Triazolam;
(xx) Zaleplon;
[(vv)] (yy) Zolpidem;
(3) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substance including its salts, isomers and salts of isomers whenever the existence of
such salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible: fenfluramine;
(4) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of the
following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including their
salts, isomers and salts of isomers:
(a) Cathine ((+)-norpseudoephedrine);
(b) Diethylpropion;
(c) Fencamfamin;
(d) Fenproporex;
(e) Mazindol;
(f) Mefenorex;
(g) Modafinil;
(h) Pemoline, including organometallic complexes and chelates thereof;
[(h)] (i) Phentermine;
[(i)] (j) Pipradrol;
(k) Sibutramine;
[(j)] (l) SPA ((-)-1-dimethyamino-1,2-diphenylethane);
(5) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any quantity of the
following substance, including its salts:
(a) butorphanol;
(b) pentazocine;
(6) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the
following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system including their
salts, isomers and salts of isomers: ephedrine or its salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical
isomers as the only active medicinal ingredient or contains ephedrine or its salts, optical isomers,
or salts of optical isomers and therapeutically insignificant quantities of another active medicinal
ingredient;
(7) The department of health and senior services may except by rule any compound,
mixture, or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subdivision (1) of this
subsection from the application of all or any part of sections 195.010 to 195.320 if the
compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having
a depressant effect on the central nervous system, and if the admixtures are included therein in
combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the potential for abuse of the
substances which have a depressant effect on the central nervous system.
9. The department of health and senior services shall place a substance in Schedule V
if it finds that:
(1) The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed
in Schedule IV;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;
and
(3) The substance has limited physical dependence or psychological dependence liability
relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV.
10. The controlled substances listed in this subsection are included in Schedule V:
(1) [Any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing any of the following
narcotic drug and its salts: buprenorphine;
(2)] Any compound, mixture or preparation containing any of the following narcotic
drugs or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set
forth below, which also contains one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in
sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture or preparation valuable medicinal
qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone:
(a) Not more than two and five-tenths milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less than
twenty-five micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit;
(b) Not more than one hundred milligrams of opium per one hundred milliliters or per
one hundred grams;
(c) Not more than five-tenths milligram of difenoxin and not less than twenty-five
micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit;
[(3)] (2) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity
of the following substance having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system including its
salts, isomers and salts of isomers: pyrovalerone.
11. The department of health and senior services shall revise and republish the schedules
annually.
195.214. 1. A person commits the offense of distribution of a controlled substance near
schools if such person violates section 195.211 by unlawfully distributing or delivering any
controlled substance to a person in or on, or within two thousand feet of, the real property
comprising a child care facility as defined in section 210.201, RSMo, a public or private
elementary or secondary school, public vocational school, or a public or private junior college,
college or university or on any school bus.
2. Distribution of a controlled substance near schools is a class A felony which term shall be
served without probation or parole if the court finds the defendant is a persistent drug offender.
195.216. 1. A person commits the offense of distribution of a controlled substance
near a park if such person violates section 195.211 by unlawfully distributing or delivering
any controlled substance to a person in or on, or within two thousand feet of, the real
property comprising a public or private park, state park, county park, or municipal park.
2. Distribution of a controlled substance near a park is a class A felony which term
shall be served without probation or parole if the court finds the defendant is a persistent
drug offender.
211.031. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the juvenile court or the family
court in circuits that have a family court as provided in sections 487.010 to 487.190, RSMo, shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings:
(1) Involving any child or person seventeen years of age who may be a resident of or
found within the county and who is alleged to be in need of care and treatment because:
(a) The parents, or other persons legally responsible for the care and support of the child
or person seventeen years of age, neglect or refuse to provide proper support, education which
is required by law, medical, surgical or other care necessary for his or her well-being; except that
reliance by a parent, guardian or custodian upon remedial treatment other than medical or
surgical treatment for a child or person seventeen years of age shall not be construed as neglect
when the treatment is recognized or permitted pursuant to the laws of this state;
(b) The child or person seventeen years of age is otherwise without proper care, custody
or support; or
(c) The child or person seventeen years of age was living in a room, building or other
structure at the time such dwelling was found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a public
nuisance pursuant to section 195.130, RSMo;
(d) The child or person seventeen years of age is a child in need of mental health services
and the parent, guardian or custodian is unable to afford or access appropriate mental health
treatment or care for the child;
(2) Involving any child who may be a resident of or found within the county and who is
alleged to be in need of care and treatment because:
(a) The child while subject to compulsory school attendance is repeatedly and without
justification absent from school; or
(b) The child disobeys the reasonable and lawful directions of his or her parents or other
custodian and is beyond their control; or
(c) The child is habitually absent from his or her home without sufficient cause,
permission, or justification; or
(d) The behavior or associations of the child are otherwise injurious to his or her welfare
or to the welfare of others; or
(e) The child is charged with an offense not classified as criminal, or with an offense
applicable only to children; except that, the juvenile court shall not have jurisdiction over any
child fifteen and one-half years of age who is alleged to have violated a state or municipal traffic
ordinance or regulation, the violation of which does not constitute a felony, or any child who is
alleged to have violated a state or municipal ordinance or regulation prohibiting possession or
use of any tobacco product;
(3) Involving any child who is alleged to have violated a state law or municipal
ordinance, or any person who is alleged to have violated a state law or municipal ordinance prior
to attaining the age of seventeen years, in which cases jurisdiction may be taken by the court of
the circuit in which the child or person resides or may be found or in which the violation is
alleged to have occurred; except that, the juvenile court shall not have jurisdiction over any child
fifteen and one-half years of age who is alleged to have violated a state or municipal traffic
ordinance or regulation, the violation of which does not constitute a felony[, or any child who
is alleged to have violated a state or municipal ordinance or regulation prohibiting possession
or use of any tobacco product], and except that the juvenile court shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with the municipal court over any child who is alleged to have violated a municipal
curfew ordinance;
(4) For the adoption of a person;
(5) For the commitment of a child or person seventeen years of age to the guardianship
of the department of social services as provided by law.
2. Transfer of a matter, proceeding, jurisdiction or supervision for a child or person
seventeen years of age who resides in a county of this state shall be made as follows:
(1) Prior to the filing of a petition and upon request of any party or at the discretion of
the juvenile officer, the matter in the interest of a child or person seventeen years of age may be
transferred by the juvenile officer, with the prior consent of the juvenile officer of the receiving
court, to the county of the child's residence or the residence of the person seventeen years of age
for future action;
(2) Upon the motion of any party or on its own motion prior to final disposition on the
pending matter, the court in which a proceeding is commenced may transfer the proceeding of
a child or person seventeen years of age to the court located in the county of the child's residence
or the residence of the person seventeen years of age, or the county in which the offense pursuant
to subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section is alleged to have occurred for further action;
(3) Upon motion of any party or on its own motion, the court in which jurisdiction has
been taken pursuant to subsection 1 of this section may at any time thereafter transfer jurisdiction
of a child or person seventeen years of age to the court located in the county of the child's
residence or the residence of the person seventeen years of age for further action with the prior
consent of the receiving court;
(4) Upon motion of any party or upon its own motion at any time following a judgment
of disposition or treatment pursuant to section 211.181, the court having jurisdiction of the cause
may place the child or person seventeen years of age under the supervision of another juvenile
court within or without the state pursuant to section 210.570, RSMo, with the consent of the
receiving court;
(5) Upon motion of any child or person seventeen years of age or his or her parent, the
court having jurisdiction shall grant one change of judge pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court
Rules;
(6) Upon the transfer of any matter, proceeding, jurisdiction or supervision of a child or
person seventeen years of age, certified copies of all legal and social documents and records
pertaining to the case on file with the clerk of the transferring juvenile court shall accompany the
transfer.
3. In any proceeding involving any child or person seventeen years of age taken into
custody in a county other than the county of the child's residence or the residence of a person
seventeen years of age, the juvenile court of the county of the child's residence or the residence
of a person seventeen years of age shall be notified of such taking into custody within
seventy-two hours.
4. When an investigation by a juvenile officer pursuant to this section reveals that the
only basis for action involves an alleged violation of section 167.031, RSMo, involving a child
who alleges to be home schooled, the juvenile officer shall contact a parent or parents of such
child to verify that the child is being home schooled and not in violation of section 167.031,
RSMo, before making a report of such a violation. Any report of a violation of section 167.031,
RSMo, made by a juvenile officer regarding a child who is being home schooled shall be made
to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the child legally resides.
217.105. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "COCC", corrections officer certification commission;
(2) "Corrections officer", a corrections officer of the state or any political subdivision
of the state;
(3) "Director", the director of the Missouri department of corrections or his or her
designated agent or representative.
2. There is hereby established within the department of corrections a "Corrections
Officer Certification Commission" which shall be composed of nine members nominated by the
director and appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate:
(1) Three members shall be department of corrections officers below the rank of
lieutenant; of which, at least two will be members of a statewide association of corrections
officers with more than one thousand members;
(2) Three members shall be corrections officers or supervisors above the rank of
sergeant; two of which must be the rank of lieutenant or captain. Of these three, at least one will
be a member of a statewide association of corrections officers with more than one thousand
members;
(3) Two members shall be county sheriffs, at least one of whom shall be from a third
class county; and
(4) One member shall represent the general public.
3. Each member shall be at the time of appointment a citizen of the United States and
a resident of this state for a period of at least one year.
4. The original members of the commission shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Three for terms of one year;
(2) Three for terms of two years; and
(3) Three for terms of three years.
Thereafter, all terms of membership on the commission shall be for three years or until a
successor is appointed.
5. The director may remove any member of the commission for misconduct or neglect
of office. Any member of the commission may be removed for cause by the director but such
member shall first be presented with a written statement of the reasons thereof.
6. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by appointment for
the unexpired term.
7. Annually the director shall appoint one of the members as chairperson. The
commission shall meet to perform its duties at least once each year as determined by the director
or a majority of the members. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a
quorum.
8. No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for the performance
of official duties but the members shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses.
9. The commission may:
(1) Cause a job task analysis to be made of the jobs of corrections officers pursuant to
this chapter; [jailers pursuant to chapter 221, RSMo; jailers in charter counties and private jail
custody staff;]
(2) Make recommendations to the department of corrections, the legislature, or the
governor concerning the qualifications, training, testing, and certification of corrections officers[,
jailers and private jail custody staff];
(3) Recommend qualifications and training standards for corrections officers pursuant
to this chapter[, jailers pursuant to chapter 221, RSMo, and jailers in charter counties].
10. The director may establish various classes of corrections officers certification.
11. The name, certification status, and employing corrections agency of any of the
applicants or individuals certified pursuant to this chapter shall be open record. All other records
retained by the director pertaining to any applicant or certified officer shall be confidential and
shall not be disclosed to the public or any member of the public, except with the written consent
of the person or entity whose records are involved, provided, however, that the director may
disclose such information in the course of interstate exchange of information, during the course
of litigation involving the director or to other state agencies. No closed record conveyed to the
director pursuant to this chapter shall lose its status as a closed record solely because it is
retained by the director. Nothing in this chapter shall be used to compel the director to disclose
any record subject to attorney-client privilege or work-product privilege.
217.750. 1. At the request of a judge of any circuit court, the board shall provide
probation services for such court as provided in subsection 2 of this section.
2. The board shall provide probation services for any person convicted of any class of
felony. The board shall not provide probation services for any class of misdemeanor except
those class A misdemeanors the basis of which is contained in chapters 565 and 566, RSMo, or
in section 568.050, RSMo, 455.085, RSMo, 589.425, RSMo, or section 455.538, RSMo.
302.321. 1. A person commits the crime of driving while revoked if [he] such person
operates a motor vehicle on a highway when [his] such person's license or driving privilege has
been canceled, suspended, or revoked under the laws of this state or any other state and acts with
criminal negligence with respect to knowledge of the fact that [his] such person's driving
privilege has been canceled, suspended, or revoked.
2. Any person convicted of driving while revoked is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Any person with no prior alcohol-related enforcement contacts as defined in section 302.525,
convicted a fourth or subsequent time of driving while revoked or a county or municipal
ordinance of driving while suspended or revoked where [the judge in such case was an attorney
and] the defendant was represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing, and where
the prior three driving-while-revoked offenses occurred within ten years of the date of occurrence
of the present offense and where the person received and served a sentence of ten days or more
on such previous offenses; and any person with a prior alcohol-related enforcement contact as
defined in section 302.525, convicted a third or subsequent time of driving while revoked or a
county or municipal ordinance of driving while suspended or revoked where [the judge in such
case was an attorney and] the defendant was represented by or waived the right to an attorney in
writing, and where the prior two driving-while-revoked offenses occurred within ten years of the
date of occurrence of the present offense and where the person received and served a sentence
of ten days or more on such previous offenses is guilty of a class D felony. No court shall
suspend the imposition of sentence as to such a person nor sentence such person to pay a fine in
lieu of a term of imprisonment, nor shall such person be eligible for parole or probation until [he]
such person has served a minimum of forty-eight consecutive hours of imprisonment, unless as
a condition of such parole or probation, such person performs at least ten days involving at least
forty hours of community service under the supervision of the court in those jurisdictions which
have a recognized program for community service. Driving while revoked is a class D felony
on the second or subsequent conviction pursuant to section 577.010, RSMo, or a fourth or
subsequent conviction for any other offense.
302.541. 1. In addition to other fees required by law, any person who has had a license
to operate a motor vehicle suspended or revoked following a determination, pursuant to section
302.505, or section 577.010, 577.012, 577.041 or 577.510, RSMo, or any county or municipal
ordinance, where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the defendant was represented by
or waived the right to an attorney, that such person was driving while intoxicated or with a blood
alcohol content of eight- hundredths of one percent or more by weight or, where such person was
at the time of the arrest less than twenty-one years of age and was driving with a blood alcohol
content of two-hundredths of one percent or more by weight, shall pay an additional fee of
twenty-five dollars prior to the reinstatement or reissuance of the license.
2. Any person less than twenty-one years of age whose driving privilege has been
suspended or revoked solely for a first determination pursuant to sections 302.500 to 302.540
that such person was driving a motor vehicle with two-hundredths of one percent or more blood
alcohol content is exempt from filing proof of financial responsibility with the department of
revenue in accordance with chapter 303, RSMo, as a prerequisite for reinstatement of driving
privileges or obtaining a restricted driving privilege as provided by section 302.525.
304.022. 1. Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving audible signal
by siren or while having at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under normal
atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle or a
flashing blue light authorized by section 307.175, RSMo, the driver of every other vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as far as possible
to the right of, the traveled portion of the highway and thereupon stop and remain in such
position until such emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police
or traffic officer.
2. Upon approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying lighted red or red and
blue lights, the driver of every motor vehicle shall:
(1) Proceed with caution and yield the right-of-way, if possible with due regard to safety
and traffic conditions, by making a lane change into a lane not adjacent to that of the stationary
vehicle, if on a roadway having at least four lanes with not less than two lanes proceeding in the
same direction as the approaching vehicle; or
(2) Proceed with due caution and reduce the speed of the vehicle, maintaining a safe
speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be unsafe or impossible.
3. The motorman of every streetcar shall immediately stop such car clear of any
intersection and keep it in such position until the emergency vehicle has passed, except as
otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer.
4. An "emergency vehicle" is a vehicle of any of the following types:
(1) A vehicle operated by the state highway patrol, the state water patrol or a state park
ranger, those vehicles operated by enforcement personnel of the state highways and
transportation commission, police or fire department, sheriff, constable or deputy sheriff, federal
law enforcement officer authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of the
laws of the United States, traffic officer or coroner or by a privately owned emergency vehicle
company;
(2) A vehicle operated as an ambulance or operated commercially for the purpose of
transporting emergency medical supplies or organs;
(3) Any vehicle qualifying as an emergency vehicle pursuant to section 307.175, RSMo;
(4) Any wrecker, or tow truck or a vehicle owned and operated by a public utility or
public service corporation while performing emergency service;
(5) Any vehicle transporting equipment designed to extricate human beings from the
wreckage of a motor vehicle;
(6) Any vehicle designated to perform emergency functions for a civil defense or
emergency management agency established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 44, RSMo;
(7) Any vehicle operated by an authorized employee of the department of corrections
who, as part of the employee's official duties, is responding to a riot, disturbance, hostage
incident, escape or other critical situation where there is the threat of serious physical injury or
death, responding to mutual aid call from another criminal justice agency, or in accompanying
an ambulance which is transporting an offender to a medical facility;
(8) Any vehicle designated to perform hazardous substance emergency functions
established pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.500 to 260.550, RSMo.
5. (1) The driver of any vehicle referred to in subsection 4 of this section shall not sound
the siren thereon or have the front red lights or blue lights on except when such vehicle is
responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected law violator, or
when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire.
(2) The driver of an emergency vehicle may:
(a) Park or stand irrespective of the provisions of sections 304.014 to 304.026;
(b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be
necessary for safe operation;
(c) Exceed the prima facie speed limit so long as the driver does not endanger life or
property;
(d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified
directions.
(3) The exemptions granted to an emergency vehicle pursuant to subdivision (2) of this
subsection shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds audible
signal by bell, siren, or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the vehicle
is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light or blue light visible under normal
atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle.
6. No person shall purchase an emergency light as described in this section without
furnishing the seller of such light an affidavit stating that the light will be used exclusively for
emergency vehicle purposes.
7. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class [C] B misdemeanor.
306.112. 1. A person commits the crime of operating a vessel with excessive blood
alcohol content if [he] such person operates a vessel on the Mississippi River, Missouri River
or the lakes of this state with ten-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in [his]
such person's blood.
2. As used in this section, percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon
grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood and may be shown by chemical analysis
of the person's blood, breath, urine, or saliva.
3. Any person convicted of operating a vessel with excessive blood alcohol content is
guilty of a class B misdemeanor upon conviction for the first violation, guilty of a class A
misdemeanor upon conviction for the second violation, and guilty of a class D felony for
conviction for the third and subsequent violations.
306.114. 1. No person convicted of or pleading guilty to a violation of section 306.111
or 306.112 shall be granted a suspended imposition of sentence, unless such person is placed on
probation for a minimum of two years and a record of the conviction or plea of guilty is entered
into the records of the Missouri uniform law enforcement system maintained by the Missouri
state highway patrol.
2. Chemical tests of a person's blood, breath, urine, or saliva to be considered valid
under the provisions of sections 306.111 to 306.119 shall be performed according to methods
and devices approved by the department of health and senior services by licensed medical
personnel or by a person possessing a valid permit issued by the department of health and senior
services for this purpose. In addition, any state, county, or municipal law enforcement officer
who is certified pursuant to chapter 590, RSMo, may, prior to arrest, administer a portable
chemical test to any person suspected of operating any vessel in violation of section 306.111 or
306.112. A portable chemical test shall be admissible as evidence of probable cause to arrest and
as exculpatory evidence, but shall not be admissible as evidence of blood alcohol content. The
provisions of section 306.116 shall not apply to a test administered prior to arrest pursuant to this
section.
3. The department of health and senior services shall approve satisfactory techniques,
devices, equipment, or methods to conduct tests required by sections 306.111 to 306.119, and
shall establish standards as to the qualifications and competence of individuals to conduct
analyses and to issue permits which shall be subject to termination, suspension or revocation by
the department of health and senior services.
4. A licensed physician, registered nurse, or trained medical technician, acting at the
request and direction of a law enforcement officer, shall withdraw blood for the purpose of
determining the alcohol content of the blood, unless the medical personnel, in the exercise of
good faith medical judgment, believes such procedure would endanger the life or health of the
person in custody. Blood may be withdrawn only by such medical personnel, but such restriction
shall not apply to the taking of a breath test or a urine or saliva specimen. In withdrawing blood
for the purpose of determining the alcohol content in the blood, only a previously unused and
sterile needle and sterile vessel shall be used and the withdrawal shall otherwise be in strict
accord with accepted medical practices. A nonalcoholic antiseptic shall be used for cleansing
the skin prior to a venapuncture. Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information
concerning the test taken at the direction of the law enforcement officer shall be made available
to [him] such person.
5. No person who administers any test pursuant to the provisions of sections 306.111 to
306.119 upon the request of a law enforcement officer, no hospital in or with which such person
is employed or is otherwise associated or in which such test is administered, and no other person,
firm, or corporation by whom or with which such person is employed or is in any way associated
shall be civilly liable for damages to the person tested, except for negligence in administering
of the test or for willful and wanton acts or omissions.
6. Any person who is dead, unconscious or who is otherwise in a condition rendering
[him] such person incapable of refusing to take a test as provided in sections 306.111 to 306.119
shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by section 306.116 and the test or
tests may be administered.
306.116. 1. Any person who operates a vessel upon the Mississippi River, Missouri
River or the lakes of this state shall be deemed to have given consent to, subject to the provisions
of sections 306.111 to 306.119, a chemical test or tests of [his] such person's breath, blood,
urine, or saliva for the purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content of [his] such person's
blood if arrested for any offense arising out of acts which the arresting law enforcement officer
had reasonable grounds to believe were committed while the person was operating a vessel upon
the Mississippi River, Missouri River or lakes of this state in violation of section 306.111 or
306.112. The test shall be administered at the direction of the arresting law enforcement officer
whenever the person has been arrested for the offense.
2. The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in subsection 1 of this
section shall be limited to not more than two such tests arising from the same arrest, incident,
or charge.
3. The person tested may have a physician, or a qualified technician, chemist, registered
nurse, or other qualified person of [his own] such person's choosing and at [his] such person's
expense administer a test in addition to any administered at the direction of a law enforcement
officer. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the
admission of evidence relating to the test taken at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
4. Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information concerning the test shall
be made available to [him] such person.
306.117. 1. Upon the trial of any person for violation of any of the provisions of section
306.111 or 306.112 the amount of alcohol or drugs in the person's blood at the time of the act
alleged as shown by any chemical analysis of the person's blood, breath, urine, or saliva is
admissible in evidence and the provisions of subdivision (5) of section 491.060, RSMo, shall not
prevent the admissibility or introduction of such evidence if otherwise admissible. Evidence of
alcohol in a person's blood shall be given the following effect:
(1) If there was five-hundredths of one percent or less by weight of alcohol in [his] such
person's blood, it shall be presumed that the person was not intoxicated at the time the specimen
was obtained;
(2) If there was in excess of five-hundredths of one percent but less than ten-hundredths
of one percent by weight of alcohol in [his] such person's blood, the fact shall not give rise to
any presumption that the person was or was not intoxicated, but the fact may be considered with
other competent evidence in determining whether the person was intoxicated;
(3) If there was ten-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in the
person's blood, this shall be prima facie evidence that the person was intoxicated at the time the
specimen was taken.
2. Percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon grams of alcohol per
one hundred milliliters of blood.
3. A chemical analysis of a person's breath, blood, urine, or saliva, in order to give rise
to the presumption or to have the effect provided for in subsection 1 of this section, shall have
been performed as provided in sections 306.111 to 306.119 and in accordance with methods and
standards approved by the department of health and senior services.
4. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting the introduction of
any other competent evidence bearing upon the question whether the person was intoxicated or
under the influence of a controlled substance, or drug, or a combination of either or both with
or without alcohol.
306.119. 1. If an arresting officer requests a person under arrest to submit to a chemical
test, such request shall include the reasons of the officer for requesting the person to submit to
a test and shall inform the person that he or she may refuse such request but that [his] such
person's refusal may be used as evidence against him or her. If a person refuses a test as
provided in this subsection, no test shall be given.
2. If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test of [his] such person's breath, blood,
urine, or saliva and that person stands trial for the crimes provided in section 306.111 or
306.112, such refusal may be admissible into evidence at the trial.
306.140. 1. It shall be the duty of the operator of a watercraft involved in a collision,
accident, or other casualty, so far as [he] the operator can do so without serious danger to [his
own] the operator's watercraft, crew and passengers, to render to other persons affected by the
collision, accident, or other casualty, assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary
in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident, or other
casualty, and also to give his or her name, address, and identification of his or her watercraft
in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision,
accident, or other casualty.
2. In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a watercraft, the operator
thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty results in death or injury to a person or
damage to property in excess of [two] five hundred dollars, shall file with the Missouri state
water patrol a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty, including such
information as the patrol may, by regulation, require.
306.147. 1. As used in this section, the term "muffler" means a sound suppression
device or system designed and installed to abate the sound of exhaust gases emitted from an
internal combustion engine and which prevents excessive or unusual noise.
2. Effective January 1, 1996, a person shall not manufacture, sell or offer for sale or
operate in this state any motorboat manufactured after that date that exceeds the noise level of
90dB(A) when subjected to a stationary sound level test as prescribed by SAE J2005. All
motorboats manufactured prior to January 1, 1996, shall not exceed eighty-six decibels on an
A-weighted scale when subjected to a sound level test as prescribed by SAE J34 when measured
from a distance of fifty or more feet from the motorboat.
3. No person shall remove, alter or otherwise modify in any way a muffler or muffler
system in a manner which will prevent it from being operated in accordance with this section.
Nothing in this section shall preclude a person from removing, altering or modifying a muffler
or muffler system so long as the muffler or muffler system continues to comply with subsection
2 of this section. This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit the use of any exhaust
system or device, including but not limited to those not discharging water with exhaust gases,
so long as the device or system is in compliance with subsection 2 of this section.
4. No motorboat shall be equipped with any electrical or mechanical device or
switch that when manipulated in any manner would allow the muffler or exhaust system
to emit a noise level that exceeds the maximums in subsection 2 of this section.
5. Effective January 1, 1996, a person shall not manufacture, nor shall any person sell
or offer for sale any motorboat which is manufactured after January 1, 1996, which is equipped
with a muffler or muffler system which does not comply with this section. The subsection shall
not apply to power vessels designed, manufactured and sold for the sole purpose of competing
in racing events and for no other purpose. Any such exemption or exception shall be
documented in every sale agreement and shall be formally acknowledged by signature on the part
of both the buyer and the seller. Copies of such agreement shall be maintained by both parties.
A copy of such agreement shall be kept on board whenever the motorboat is operated. Any
motorboat sold under this exemption may only be operated on the waters of this state in
accordance with subsection 6 of this section.
[5.] 6. As of January 1, 1996, every manufacturer which delivers a new motorboat for
sale in this state shall certify, if the purchaser or dealer makes a request in writing, that the
decibel level of the motorboat engine, muffler and exhaust system, as delivered to any licensed
dealer in this state, does not exceed the noise level of 90dB(A) when subjected to a stationary
sound level test as prescribed by SAE J2005. Such certificate of decibel level from the
manufacturer shall be given by the dealer to the purchaser of the new motorboat if the motorboat
is sold for use upon the waters of this state. The purchaser shall sign a statement acknowledging
receipt of the certificate of decibel level which shall be supplied by the dealer. The dealer shall
represent by affidavit whether or not the engine or muffler system of the new motorboat being
sold has been altered or modified in any way.
[6.] 7. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorboats registered and actually
participating in a racing event or tune-up periods for such racing events or to a motorboat being
operated by a boat or engine manufacturer for the purpose of testing or development. The
operator of any motorboat operated upon the waters of this state for the purpose of a tune-up for
a sanctioned race or for testing or development by a boat or engine manufacturer shall at all times
have in such operator's possession and produce on demand by a law enforcement officer a test
permit issued by the state water patrol. For the purpose of races or racing events, such race shall
only be sanctioned when conducted in accordance with and approved by the United States Coast
Guard or this state.
[7.] 8. Any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this section who has probable
cause to believe that a motorboat is not in compliance with the noise levels established in this
section may direct the operator of such motorboat to submit the motorboat to an on-site test to
measure noise levels, with the officer on board if such officer chooses, and the operator shall
comply with such request. The owner of any motorboat which violates any provision of this
section shall have sixty days from the date of the violation to bring the motorboat into
compliance with the provisions of this section. Thereafter, it shall be the owner's responsibility
to have the motorboat tested by the state water patrol. If the motorboat fails the state water patrol
test, the owner shall immediately moor the motorboat and shall keep the motorboat moored until
the state water patrol certifies that the motorboat is in compliance with the provisions of this
section. Any person who fails to comply with a request or direction of an officer made pursuant
to this subsection is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to limit the officer's ability to enforce this section and to issue citations to the owner
or operator of any motorboat during the sixty-day compliance period.
[8.] 9. Any officer who conducts motorboat sound level tests as provided in this section
shall be qualified in motorboat noise testing by the department of public safety. Such
qualifications shall include but may not be limited to the selection of the measurement site, and
the calibration and use of noise testing equipment in accordance with the testing procedure
prescribed by SAE J2005 and SAE J34.
[9.] 10. Unless otherwise indicated, any person who knowingly violates this section is
guilty of an infraction for a first offense with a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars, is
guilty of an infraction for a second offense with a penalty not to exceed two hundred dollars, and
is guilty of an infraction for a third or subsequent offense with a penalty not to exceed three
hundred dollars.
[10.] 11. This section shall only apply to the waters of the Mississippi River, the waters
of the Missouri River, and lakes with an aggregate shoreline in excess of one hundred sixty
miles. This section shall not apply to motorboats not intended for use in this state.
540.031. A grand jury may make inquiry into and return indictments for all grades of
crimes and shall make inquiry into all possible violations of the criminal laws as the court may
direct. The grand jury [shall] may examine public buildings and report on their conditions.
542.276. 1. Any peace officer or prosecuting attorney may make application under
section 542.271 for the issuance of a search warrant.
2. The application shall:
(1) Be in writing;
(2) State the time and date of the making of the application;
(3) Identify the property, article, material, substance or person which is to be searched
for and seized, in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can
readily ascertain it;
(4) Identify the person, place, or thing which is to be searched, in sufficient detail and
particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain whom or what he or she
is to search;
(5) State facts sufficient to show probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant;
(6) Be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant;
(7) Be filed in the proper court;
(8) Be signed by the prosecuting attorney of the county where the search is to take place,
or his or her designated assistant.
3. The application may be supplemented by a written affidavit verified by oath or
affirmation. Such affidavit shall be considered in determining whether there is probable cause
for the issuance of a search warrant and in filling out any deficiencies in the description of the
person, place, or thing to be searched or of the property, article, material, substance, or person
to be seized. Oral testimony shall not be considered. The application may be submitted by
facsimile or other electronic means.
4. The judge shall determine whether sufficient facts have been stated to justify the
issuance of a search warrant. If it appears from the application and any supporting affidavit that
there is probable cause to believe that property, article, material, substance, or person subject to
seizure is on the person or at the place or in the thing described, a search warrant shall
immediately be issued. The warrant shall be issued in the form of an original and two copies.
5. The application and any supporting affidavit and a copy of the warrant shall be
retained in the records of the court from which the warrant was issued.
6. The search warrant shall:
(1) Be in writing and in the name of the state of Missouri;
(2) Be directed to any peace officer in the state;
(3) State the time and date the warrant is issued;
(4) Identify the property, article, material, substance or person which is to be searched
for and seized, in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer executing the warrant can
readily ascertain it;
(5) Identify the person, place, or thing which is to be searched, in sufficient detail and
particularity that the officer executing the warrant can readily ascertain whom or what he or she
is to search;
(6) Command that the described person, place, or thing be searched and that any of the
described property, article, material, substance, or person found thereon or therein be seized
[and] or photographed or copied and within ten days after filing of the application, any [all
photographs and copies or] photographs or copies of the items [shall] may be filed with the
[circuit clerk] issuing court;
(7) Be signed by the judge, with his or her title of office indicated.
7. A search warrant issued under this section may be executed only by a peace officer.
The warrant shall be executed by conducting the search and seizure commanded. The search
warrant issued under this section may be issued by facsimile or other electronic means.
8. A search warrant shall be executed as soon as practicable and shall expire if it is not
executed and the return made within ten days after the date of the making of the application.
9. After execution of the search warrant, the warrant with a return thereon, signed by
the officer making the search, shall be delivered to the judge who issued the warrant. The return
shall show the date and manner of execution, what was seized, and the name of the possessor and
of the owner, when he or she is not the same person, if known. The return shall be accompanied
by a copy of the itemized receipt required by subsection 6 of section 542.291. The judge or clerk
shall, upon request, deliver a copy of such receipt to the person from whose possession the
property was taken and to the applicant for the warrant.
10. A search warrant shall be deemed invalid:
(1) If it was not issued by a judge; or
(2) If it was issued without a written application having been filed and verified; or
(3) If it was issued without probable cause; or
(4) If it was not issued in the proper county; or
(5) If it does not describe the person, place, or thing to be searched or the property,
article, material, substance, or person to be seized with sufficient certainty; or
(6) If it is not signed by the judge who issued it; or
(7) If it was not executed within the time prescribed by subsection 8 of this section.
544.170. 1. [Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section,] all persons arrested and
confined in any jail or other place of confinement by any peace officer, without warrant or other
process, for any alleged breach of the peace or other criminal offense, or on suspicion thereof,
shall be discharged from said custody within [twenty] thirty-two hours from the time of such
arrest, unless they shall be charged with a criminal offense by the oath of some credible person,
and be held by warrant to answer to such offense.
2. [Upon a determination by the commanding officer, or the delegate thereof, of the law
enforcement agency making such an arrest, a person arrested for any of the following offenses
without warrant or other process of law shall be released from custody within twenty-four hours
of arrest, unless the person is charged and held pursuant to a warrant to answer for such offense:
(1) First degree murder pursuant to section 565.020, RSMo;
(2) Second degree murder pursuant to section 565.021, RSMo;
(3) First degree assault pursuant to section 565.050, RSMo;
(4) Forcible rape pursuant to section 566.030, RSMo;
(5) Forcible sodomy pursuant to section 566.060, RSMo;
(6) First degree robbery pursuant to section 569.020, RSMo; or
(7) Distribution of drugs pursuant to section 195.211, RSMo.
3.] In any confinement to which the provisions of this section apply, the confinee shall
be permitted at any reasonable time to consult with counsel or other persons acting on the
confinee's behalf.
[4.] 3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, by refusing to release any
person who is entitled to release pursuant to this section, or by refusing to permit a confinee to
consult with counsel or other persons, or who transfers any such confinees to the custody or
control of another, or to another place, or who falsely charges such person, with intent to avoid
the provisions of this section, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
545.550. 1. If the defendant be in actual custody or confinement, the court or officer
granting the order of removal shall, subject to any arrangements made pursuant to section
2 of this section, also make an order commanding the sheriff to remove the body of the
defendant to the jail of the county into which the cause is to be removed, and then deliver him
to the keeper of such jail, together with the warrant or process, by virtue of which he is
imprisoned or held.
2. The sheriff of the county granting the change of venue and the sheriff of the
county into which the cause is removed, may agree as to which county's jail will house the
defendant. If the sheriffs do not agree where the defendant will be confined, the defendant
will be confined in the county into which the cause is removed. In the event that the county
granting the change of venue continues to house the defendant, the sheriff of that county
shall be responsible for the timely transportation of the defendant for all court
appearances that require the presence of the defendant.
556.036. 1. A prosecution for murder, forcible rape, attempted forcible rape, forcible
sodomy, attempted forcible sodomy, or any class A felony may be commenced at any time.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, prosecutions for other offenses must be
commenced within the following periods of limitation:
(1) For any felony, three years;
(2) For any misdemeanor, one year;
(3) For any infraction, six months.
3. If the period prescribed in subsection 2 of this section has expired, a prosecution may
nevertheless be commenced for:
(1) Any offense a material element of which is either fraud or a breach of fiduciary
obligation within one year after discovery of the offense by an aggrieved party or by a person
who has a legal duty to represent an aggrieved party and who is himself or herself not a party to
the offense, but in no case shall this provision extend the period of limitation by more than three
years. As used in this subdivision, the term "person who has a legal duty to represent an
aggrieved party" shall mean the attorney general or the prosecuting or circuit attorney having
jurisdiction pursuant to section 407.553, RSMo, for purposes of offenses committed pursuant
to sections 407.511 to 407.556, RSMo; and
(2) Any offense based upon misconduct in office by a public officer or employee at any
time when the defendant is in public office or employment or within two years thereafter, but in
no case shall this provision extend the period of limitation by more than three years; and
(3) Any offense based upon an intentional and willful fraudulent claim of child support
arrearage to a public servant in the performance of his or her duties within one year after
discovery of the offense, but in no case shall this provision extend the period of limitation by
more than three years[.];
(4) Any violation of sections 569.040 to 569.055, RSMo, within five years.
4. An offense is committed either when every element occurs, or, if a legislative purpose
to prohibit a continuing course of conduct plainly appears, at the time when the course of
conduct or the defendant's complicity therein is terminated. Time starts to run on the day after
the offense is committed.
5. A prosecution is commenced [either when an indictment is found or an information
filed] as follows: For a misdemeanor or infraction, when the information is filed; and for
a felony, when the complaint is filed.
6. The period of limitation does not run:
(1) During any time when the accused is absent from the state, but in no case shall this
provision extend the period of limitation otherwise applicable by more than three years; or
(2) During any time when the accused is concealing himself from justice either within
or without this state; or
(3) During any time when a prosecution against the accused for the offense is pending
in this state; or
(4) During any time when the accused is found to lack mental fitness to proceed pursuant
to section 552.020, RSMo.
558.016. 1. The court may sentence a person who has pleaded guilty to or has been
found guilty of an offense to a term of imprisonment as authorized by section 558.011 or to a
term of imprisonment authorized by a statute governing the offense if it finds the defendant is
a prior offender or a persistent misdemeanor offender, or to an extended term of imprisonment
if it finds the defendant is a persistent offender or a dangerous offender.
2. A "prior offender" is one who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of one
felony.
3. A "persistent offender" is one who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of
two or more felonies committed at different times.
4. A "dangerous offender" is one who:
(1) Is being sentenced for a felony during the commission of which he knowingly
murdered or endangered or threatened the life of another person or knowingly inflicted or
attempted or threatened to inflict serious physical injury on another person; and
(2) Has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of a class A or B felony or a dangerous
felony.
5. A "persistent misdemeanor offender" is one who has pleaded guilty to or has been
found guilty of two or more class A or B misdemeanors, committed at different times, which are
defined as offenses under chapters 195, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575,
and 576, RSMo.
6. The pleas or findings of guilty shall be prior to the date of commission of the present
offense.
7. The total authorized maximum terms of imprisonment for a persistent offender or a
dangerous offender are:
(1) For a class A felony, any sentence authorized for a class A felony;
(2) For a class B felony, any sentence authorized for a class A felony;
(3) For a class C felony, any sentence authorized for a class B felony;
(4) For a class D felony, any sentence authorized for a class C felony.
[8. An offender convicted of a nonviolent class C or class D felony with no prior prison
commitments, after serving one hundred twenty days of his or her sentence, may, in writing,
petition the court to serve the remainder of his or her sentence on probation, parole, or other
court-approved alternative sentence. No hearing shall be conducted unless the court deems it
necessary. Upon the offender petitioning the court, the department of corrections shall submit
a report to the sentencing court which evaluates the conduct of the offender while in custody,
alternative custodial methods available to the offender, and shall recommend whether the
offender be released or remain in custody. If the report issued by the department is favorable and
recommends probation, parole, or other alternative sentence, the court shall follow the
recommendations of the department if the court deems it appropriate. Any placement of an
offender pursuant to section 559.115, RSMo, shall be excluded from the provisions of this
subsection.]
558.019. 1. This section shall not be construed to affect the powers of the governor
under article IV, section 7, of the Missouri Constitution. This statute shall not affect those
provisions of section 565.020, RSMo, section 558.018 or section 571.015, RSMo, which set
minimum terms of sentences, or the provisions of section 559.115, RSMo, relating to probation.
2. The provisions of subsections 2 to 5 of this section shall be applicable to all classes
of felonies except those set forth in chapter 195, RSMo, and those otherwise excluded in
subsection 1 of this section. For the purposes of this section, "prison commitment" means and
is the receipt by the department of corrections of an offender after sentencing. For purposes of
this section, prior prison commitments to the department of corrections shall not include
commitment to a regimented discipline program established pursuant to section 217.378, RSMo.
Other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, any offender who has pleaded guilty
to or has been found guilty of a felony other than a dangerous felony as defined in section
556.061, RSMo, and is committed to the department of corrections shall be required to serve the
following minimum prison terms:
(1) If the offender has one previous prison commitment to the department of corrections
for a felony offense, the minimum prison term which the offender must serve shall be forty
percent of his or her sentence or until the offender attains seventy years of age, and has served
at least thirty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs first;
(2) If the offender has two previous prison commitments to the department of corrections
for felonies unrelated to the present offense, the minimum prison term which the offender must
serve shall be fifty percent of his or her sentence or until the offender attains seventy years of
age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs first;
(3) If the offender has three or more previous prison commitments to the department of
corrections for felonies unrelated to the present offense, the minimum prison term which the
offender must serve shall be eighty percent of his or her sentence or until the offender attains
seventy years of age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever
occurs first.
3. Other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, any offender who has
pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of a dangerous felony as defined in section 556.061,
RSMo, and is committed to the department of corrections shall be required to serve a minimum
prison term of eighty-five percent of the sentence imposed by the court or until the offender
attains seventy years of age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed,
whichever occurs first.
4. For the purpose of determining the minimum prison term to be served, the following
calculations shall apply:
(1) A sentence of life shall be calculated to be thirty years;
(2) Any sentence either alone or in the aggregate with other consecutive sentences for
crimes committed at or near the same time which is over seventy-five years shall be calculated
to be seventy-five years.
5. For purposes of this section, the term "minimum prison term" shall mean time
required to be served by the offender before he or she is eligible for parole, conditional release
or other early release by the department of corrections. [Except that the board of probation and
parole, in the case of consecutive sentences imposed at the same time pursuant to a course of
conduct constituting a common scheme or plan, shall be authorized to convert consecutive
sentences to concurrent sentences, when the board finds, after hearing with notice to the
prosecuting or circuit attorney, that the sum of the terms results in an unreasonably excessive
total term, taking into consideration all factors related to the crime or crimes committed and the
sentences received by others similarly situated.]
6. (1) A sentencing advisory commission is hereby created to consist of eleven
members. One member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house. One member shall be
appointed by the president pro tem of the senate. One member shall be the director of the
department of corrections. Six members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the
governor from among the following: the public defender commission; private citizens; a private
member of the Missouri Bar; the board of probation and parole; and a prosecutor. Two members
shall be appointed by the supreme court, one from a metropolitan area and one from a rural area.
All members shall be appointed to a four-year term. All members of the sentencing commission
appointed prior to August 28, 1994, shall continue to serve on the sentencing advisory
commission at the pleasure of the governor.
(2) The commission shall study sentencing practices in the circuit courts throughout the
state for the purpose of determining whether and to what extent disparities exist among the
various circuit courts with respect to the length of sentences imposed and the use of probation
for offenders convicted of the same or similar crimes and with similar criminal histories. The
commission shall also study and examine whether and to what extent sentencing disparity among
economic and social classes exists in relation to the sentence of death and if so, the reasons
therefor sentences are comparable to other states, if the length of the sentence is appropriate, and
the rate of rehabilitation based on sentence. It shall compile statistics, examine cases, draw
conclusions, and perform other duties relevant to the research and investigation of disparities in
death penalty sentencing among economic and social classes.
(3) The commission shall establish a system of recommended sentences, within the
statutory minimum and maximum sentences provided by law for each felony committed under
the laws of this state. This system of recommended sentences shall be distributed to all
sentencing courts within the state of Missouri. The recommended sentence for each crime shall
take into account, but not be limited to, the following factors:
(a) The nature and severity of each offense;
(b) The record of prior offenses by the offender;
(c) The data gathered by the commission showing the duration and nature of sentences
imposed for each crime; and
(d) The resources of the department of corrections and other authorities to carry out the
punishments that are imposed.
(4) The commission shall study alternative sentences, prison work programs, work
release, home-based incarceration, probation and parole options, and any other programs and
report the feasibility of these options in Missouri.
(5) The commission shall publish and distribute its recommendations on or before July
1, 2004. The commission shall study the implementation and use of the recommendations until
July 1, 2005, and return a report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and
the president pro tem of the senate. Following the July 1, 2005, report, the commission shall
revise the recommended sentences every two years.
(6) The governor shall select a chairperson who shall call meetings of the commission
as required or permitted pursuant to the purpose of the sentencing commission.
(7) The members of the commission shall not receive compensation for their duties on
the commission, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of these duties and for which they are not reimbursed by reason of their other paid
positions.
(8) The circuit and associate circuit courts of this state, the office of the state courts
administrator, the department of public safety, and the department of corrections shall cooperate
with the commission by providing information or access to information needed by the
commission. The office of the state courts administrator will provide needed staffing resources.
7. Courts shall retain discretion to lower or exceed the sentence recommended by the
commission as otherwise allowable by law, and to order restorative justice methods, when
applicable.
8. If the imposition or execution of a sentence is suspended, the court may order any or
all of the following restorative justice methods, or any other method that the court finds just or
appropriate:
(1) Restitution to any victim or a statutorily created fund for costs incurred as a result
of the offender's actions;
(2) Offender treatment programs;
(3) Mandatory community service;
(4) Work release programs in local facilities; and
(5) Community-based residential and nonresidential programs.
9. The provisions of this section shall apply only to offenses occurring on or after August
28, 2003.
10. Pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 8 of this section, the court may order the
assessment and payment of a designated amount of restitution to a county law enforcement
restitution fund established by the county commission pursuant to section 50.565, RSMo. Such
contribution shall not exceed three hundred dollars for any charged offense. Any restitution
moneys deposited into the county law enforcement restitution fund pursuant to this section shall
only be expended pursuant to the provisions of section 50.565, RSMo.
11. A judge may order payment to a restitution fund only if such fund had been created
by ordinance or resolution of a county of the state of Missouri prior to sentencing. A judge shall
not have any direct supervisory authority or administrative control over any fund to which the
judge is ordering a defendant to make payment.
12. A defendant who fails to make a payment to a county law enforcement restitution
fund may not have his or her probation revoked solely for failing to make such payment unless
the judge, after evidentiary hearing, makes a finding supported by a preponderance of the
evidence that the defendant either willfully refused to make the payment or that the defendant
willfully, intentionally, and purposefully failed to make sufficient bona fide efforts to acquire the
resources to pay.
559.016. 1. Unless terminated as provided in section 559.036, the terms during which
each probation shall remain conditional and be subject to revocation are:
(1) A term of years not less than one year and not to exceed five years for a felony;
(2) A term not less than six months and not to exceed two years for a misdemeanor;
(3) A term not less than six months and not to exceed one year for an infraction.
2. The court shall designate a specific term of probation at the time of sentencing or at
the time of suspension of imposition of sentence.
3. The court may extend a period of probation, however, no more than one extension of
any probation may be ordered except that the court may extend the total time on probation
by one additional year by order of the court if the defendant admits he or she has violated
the conditions of his or her probation or is found by the court to have violated the
conditions of his or her probation. Total time on any probation term, including any extension,
shall not exceed the maximum term as established in subsection 1 of this section plus one
additional year if the defendant admits or the court finds that the defendant has violated
the conditions of his or her probation.
559.036. 1. A term of probation commences on the day it is imposed. Multiple terms
of Missouri probation, whether imposed at the same time or at different times, shall run
concurrently. Terms of probation shall also run concurrently with any federal or other state jail,
prison, probation or parole term for another offense to which the defendant is or becomes subject
during the period, unless otherwise specified by the Missouri court.
2. The court may terminate a period of probation and discharge the defendant at any time
before completion of the specific term fixed under section 559.016 if warranted by the conduct
of the defendant and the ends of justice. The court may extend the term of the probation, but no
more than one extension of any probation may be ordered except that the court may extend the
term of probation by one additional year by order of the court if the defendant admits he
or she has violated the conditions of probation or is found by the court to have violated the
conditions of his or her probation. Total time on any probation term, including any extension
shall not exceed the maximum term established in section 559.016. Procedures for termination,
discharge and extension may be established by rule of court.
3. If the defendant violates a condition of probation at any time prior to the expiration
or termination of the probation term, the court may continue him on the existing conditions, with
or without modifying or enlarging the conditions or extending the term, or, if such continuation,
modification, enlargement or extension is not appropriate, may revoke probation and order that
any sentence previously imposed be executed. If imposition of sentence was suspended, the
court may revoke probation and impose any sentence available under section 557.011, RSMo.
The court may mitigate any sentence of imprisonment by reducing the prison or jail term by all
or part of the time the defendant was on probation. The court may, upon revocation of probation,
place an offender on a second term of probation. Such probation shall be for a term of probation
as provided by section 559.016, notwithstanding any amount of time served by the offender on
the first term of probation.
4. Probation shall not be revoked without giving the probationer notice and an
opportunity to be heard on the issues of whether he violated a condition of probation and, if he
did, whether revocation is warranted under all the circumstances.
5. The prosecuting or circuit attorney may file a motion to revoke probation or at
any time during the term of probation, the court may issue a notice to the probationer to appear
to answer a charge of a violation, and the court may issue a warrant of arrest for the violation.
Such notice shall be personally served upon the probationer. The warrant shall authorize the
return of the probationer to the custody of the court or to any suitable detention facility
designated by the court. Upon the filing of the prosecutor or circuit attorney’s motion or on
the court’s own motion, the court may immediately enter an order suspending the period
of probation and may order a warrant for the defendant’s arrest. The probation shall
remain suspended until the court rules on the prosecutor or circuit attorney’s motion, or
until the court otherwise orders the probation reinstated.
6. The power of the court to revoke probation shall extend for the duration of the term
of probation designated by the court and for any further period which is reasonably necessary for
the adjudication of matters arising before its expiration, provided that some affirmative
manifestation of an intent to conduct a revocation hearing occurs prior to the expiration of the
period and that every reasonable effort is made to notify the probationer and to conduct the
hearing prior to the expiration of the period.
559.105. 1. Any person who has been convicted of or has pled guilty to a violation
of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 569.080, RSMo, or paragraph (a) of subdivision
(3) of subsection 3 of section 570.030, RSMo, may be ordered by the court to make
restitution to the victim for the victim's losses due to such offense. Restitution pursuant
to this section shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A victim's reasonable expenses to participate in the prosecution of the crime;
(2) A victim's payment for any repairs or replacement of the motor vehicle,
watercraft, or aircraft; and
(3) A victim's costs associated with towing or storage fees for the motor vehicle
caused by the acts of the defendant.
2. No person ordered by the court to pay restitution pursuant to this section shall
be released from probation until such restitution is complete. If full restitution is not made
within the original term of probation, the court shall order the maximum term of
probation allowed for such offense.
3. Any person eligible to be released on parole for a violation of subdivision (2) of
subsection 1 of section of section 569.080, RSMo, or paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of
subsection 3 of section 570.030, RSMo, may be required, as a condition of parole, to make
restitution pursuant to this section. The board of probation and parole shall not release
any person from any term of parole for such offense until the person has completed such
restitution, or until the maximum term of parole for such offense has been served.
559.115. 1. Neither probation nor parole shall be granted by the circuit court between
the time the transcript on appeal from the offender's conviction has been filed in appellate court
and the disposition of the appeal by such court.
2. Unless otherwise prohibited by subsection 5 of this section, a circuit court only upon
its own motion and not that of the state or the offender shall have the power to grant probation
to an offender anytime up to one hundred twenty days after such offender has been delivered to
the department of corrections but not thereafter. The court may request information and a
recommendation from the department concerning the offender and such offender's behavior
during the period of incarceration. Except as provided in this section, the court may place the
offender on probation in a program created pursuant to section 217.777, RSMo, or may place the
offender on probation with any other conditions authorized by law.
3. The court may recommend placement of an offender in a department of corrections
one hundred twenty-day program. Upon the recommendation of the court, the department of
corrections shall determine the offender's eligibility for the program, the nature, intensity, and
duration of any offender's participation in a program and the availability of space for an offender
in any program. When the court recommends and receives placement of an offender in a
department of corrections one hundred twenty-day program, the offender shall be released on
probation if the department of corrections determines that the offender has successfully
completed the program except as follows. Upon successful completion of a treatment program,
the board of probation and parole shall advise the sentencing court of an offender's probationary
release date thirty days prior to release. The court shall release the offender unless such release
constitutes an abuse of discretion. If the court determined that there is an abuse of discretion,
the court may order the execution of the offender's sentence only after conducting a hearing on
the matter within ninety to one hundred twenty days of the offender's sentence. If the court does
not respond when an offender successfully completes the program, the offender shall be released
on probation. Upon successful completion of a shock incarceration program, the board of
probation and parole shall advise the sentencing court of an offender's probationary release date
thirty days prior to release. The court shall follow the recommendation of the department unless
the court determines that probation is not appropriate. If the court determines that probation is
not appropriate, the court may order the execution of the offender's sentence only after
conducting a hearing on the matter within ninety to one hundred twenty days of the offender's
sentence. If the department determines that an offender is not successful in a program, then after
one hundred days of incarceration the circuit court shall receive from the department of
corrections a report on the offender's participation in the program and department
recommendations for terms and conditions of an offender's probation. The court shall then
release the offender on probation or order the offender to remain in the department to serve the
sentence imposed.
4. If the department of corrections one hundred twenty-day program is full, the court may
place the offender in a private program approved by the department of corrections or the court,
the expenses of such program to be paid by the offender, or in an available program offered by
another organization. If the offender is convicted of a class C or class D nonviolent felony, the
court may order probation while awaiting appointment to treatment.
5. Except when the offender has been found to be a predatory sexual offender pursuant
to section 558.018, RSMo, the court shall request that the offender be placed in the sexual
offender assessment unit of the department of corrections if the defendant has pleaded guilty to
or has been found guilty of sexual abuse when classified as a class B felony.
6. Unless the offender is being granted probation pursuant to successful completion of
a one hundred twenty-day program the circuit court shall notify the state in writing when the
court intends to grant probation to the offender pursuant to the provisions of this section. The
state may, in writing, request a hearing within ten days of receipt of the court's notification that
the court intends to grant probation. Upon the state's request for a hearing, the court shall grant
a hearing as soon as reasonably possible. If the state does not respond to the court's notice in
writing within ten days, the court may proceed upon its own motion to grant probation.
7. An offender's first incarceration for one hundred twenty days for participation in a
department of corrections program prior to release on probation shall not be considered a
previous prison commitment for the purpose of determining a minimum prison term under the
provisions of section 558.019, RSMo.
8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, probation may not be granted pursuant
to this section to offenders who have been convicted of murder in the second degree pursuant
to section 565.021, RSMo; forcible rape pursuant to section 566.030, RSMo; forcible sodomy
pursuant to section 566.060, RSMo; statutory rape in the first degree pursuant to section 566.032,
RSMo; statutory sodomy in the first degree pursuant to section 566.062, RSMo; child
molestation in the first degree pursuant to section 566.067, RSMo, when classified as a class [B]
A felony; abuse of a child pursuant to section 568.060, RSMo, when classified as a class A
felony; an offender who has been found to be a predatory sexual offender pursuant to section
558.018, RSMo; or any offense in which there exists a statutory prohibition against either
probation or parole.
566.086. 1. A person commits the crime of sexual contact with a student while on
public school property if he or she is a teacher, as that term is defined in subdivisions (4),
(5), and (7) of section 168.104, RSMo, and he or she has sexual contact with a student of
the public school while on any public school property.
2. For the purposes of this section, public school property shall mean property of
any public school in this state serving kindergarten through grade twelve.
3. Sexual contact with a student while on public school property is a class D felony.
566.140. 1. Any person who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of violating the
provisions of this chapter, and is granted a suspended imposition or execution of sentence or
placed under the supervision of the board of probation and parole shall be required to participate
in and successfully complete a program of treatment, education and rehabilitation designed for
perpetrators of sexual offenses. Persons required to attend a program pursuant to this section
may be charged a reasonable fee to cover the costs of such program.
2. No person who provides assessment services or who makes a report, finding, or
recommendation for any probationer to attend any counseling or program of treatment, education
or rehabilitation as a condition or requirement of probation, following the probationer's plea of
guilty to or a finding of guilt of violating any provision of this chapter or chapter 565, RSMo,
may be related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person who has a
financial interest, whether direct or indirect, in the counseling or program of treatment, education
or rehabilitation or any financial interest, whether direct or indirect, in any private entity which
provides the counseling or program of treatment, education or rehabilitation. Any person who
violates this subsection shall thereafter:
(1) Immediately remit to the state of Missouri any financial income gained as a direct
or indirect result of the action constituting the violation;
(2) Be prohibited from providing assessment or counseling services or any program of
treatment, education or rehabilitation to, for, on behalf of, at the direction of, or in contract with
the state board of probation and parole or any office thereof; and
(3) Be prohibited from having any financial interest, whether direct or indirect, in any
private entity which provides assessment or counseling services or any program of treatment,
education or rehabilitation to, for, on behalf of, at the direction of, or in contract with the state
board of probation and parole or any office thereof.
3. The provisions of subsection 2 of this section shall not apply when the
department of corrections has identified only one qualified service provider within
reasonably accessible distance from the offender or when the only providers available
within a reasonable distance are related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity
to any person who has a financial interest in the service provider.
568.045. 1. A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first
degree if:
(1) The person knowingly acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to the life, body,
or health of a child less than seventeen years old; or
(2) The person knowingly engages in sexual conduct with a person under the age of
seventeen years over whom the person is a parent, guardian, or otherwise charged with the care
and custody;
(3) The person knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen years
of age to engage in any conduct which violates the provisions of chapter 195, RSMo;
(4) Such person enlists the aid, either through payment or coercion, of a person less than
seventeen years of age to unlawfully manufacture, compound, produce, prepare, sell, transport,
test or analyze amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues, or to obtain any
material used to manufacture, compound, produce, prepare, test or analyze amphetamine or
methamphetamine or any of their analogues; or
(5) Such person, in the presence of a person less than seventeen years of age or in a
residence where a person less than seventeen years of age resides, unlawfully manufactures,
or attempts to manufacture compounds, produces, prepares, sells, transports, tests or analyzes
amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues.
2. Endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree is a class C felony unless the
offense is committed as part of a ritual or ceremony, or except on a second or subsequent
offense, in which case the crime is a class B felony.
568.050. 1. A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the
second degree if:
(1) He or she with criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk
to the life, body or health of a child less than seventeen years old; or
(2) He or she knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen years old
to engage in any conduct which causes or tends to cause the child to come within the provisions
of paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section
211.031, RSMo; or
(3) Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of
a child less than seventeen years old, he or she recklessly fails or refuses to exercise reasonable
diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent him from coming within the provisions
of paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 or paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of
subsection 1 or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo; or
(4) He or she knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen years of
age to enter into any room, building or other structure which is a public nuisance as defined in
section 195.130, RSMo; or
(5) He or she operates a vehicle in violation of subsection 2 of section 565.024 or
subsection 4 of section 565.060,RSMo, or section 577.010 or 577.012, RSMo, while a child
less than seventeen years old is present in the vehicle.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean the welfare of a child is endangered
for the sole reason that he or she is being provided nonmedical remedial treatment recognized
and permitted under the laws of this state.
3. Endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor
unless the offense is committed as part of a ritual or ceremony, in which case the crime is a class
D felony.
569.040. 1. A person commits the crime of arson in the first degree when he knowingly
damages a building or inhabitable structure, and when any person is then present or in near
proximity thereto, by starting a fire or causing an explosion and thereby recklessly places such
person in danger of death or serious physical injury[.], or
2. A person commits the crime of arson in the first degree when he commits or
attempts to commit a felony, and in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such
felony, damages a building or inhabitable structure, and when any person is then present
or in near proximity thereto, by causing a fire or an explosion and thereby places such
person in danger of death or serious physical injury.
[2.] 3. Arson in the first degree is a class B felony unless a person has suffered serious
physical injury or has died as a result of the fire or explosion set by the defendant in which case
arson in the first degree is a class A felony.
569.050. 1. A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree when he
knowingly damages a building or inhabitable structure by starting a fire or causing an
explosion[.], or
2. A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree when he commits or
attempts to commit a felony, and in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such
felony, damages a building or inhabitable structure by causing a fire or an explosion.
[2.] 3. A person does not commit a crime under subsection 1 of this section if:
(1) No person other than himself has a possessory, proprietary or security interest in the
damaged building, or if other persons have those interests, all of them consented to his conduct;
and
(2) His sole purpose was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and proper
purpose.
[3.] 4. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under subsection 2 of
this section.
[4.] 5. Arson in the second degree is a class C felony unless a person has suffered serious
physical injury or has died as a result of the fire or explosion set by the defendant in which case
arson in the second degree is a class B felony.
569.080. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering in the first degree if:
(1) He or she for the purpose of causing a substantial interruption or impairment of a
service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providing health or safety
protection, damages or tampers with property or facilities of such a utility or institution, and
thereby causes substantial interruption or impairment of service; or
(2) He or she knowingly receives, possesses, sells, alters, defaces, destroys or unlawfully
operates an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle
without the consent of the owner thereof.
2. Tampering in the first degree is a class C felony.
3. Upon a finding by the court that the probative value outweighs the prejudicial
effect, evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution of a person under
subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section to prove the requisite knowledge or belief:
(1) That he or she received, possessed, sold, altered, defaced, destroyed, or operated
an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle
unlawfully on a separate occasion;
(2) That he or she acquired the automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or
other motor-propelled vehicle for a consideration which he or she knew was far below its
reasonable value.
569.090. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering in the second degree if he or she:
(1) Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial
inconvenience to that person or to another; or
(2) Unlawfully rides in or upon another's automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat
or other motor-propelled vehicle; or
(3) Tampers or makes connection with property of a utility; or
(4) Tampers with, or causes to be tampered with, any meter or other property of an
electric, gas, steam or water utility, the effect of which tampering is either:
(a) To prevent the proper measuring of electric, gas, steam or water service; or
(b) To permit the diversion of any electric, gas, steam or water service.
2. In any prosecution under subdivision (4) of subsection 1, proof that a meter or any
other property of a utility has been tampered with, and the person or persons accused received
the use or direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service, with one or more of the
effects described in subdivision (4) of subsection 1, shall be sufficient to support an inference
which the trial court may submit to the trier of fact, from which the trier of fact may conclude
that there has been a violation of such subdivision by the person or persons who use or receive
the direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service.
3. Tampering in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor unless:
(1) Committed as a second or subsequent violation of subdivision (4) of subsection 1,
in which case it is a class D felony;
(2) The defendant has a prior conviction or has had a prior finding of guilt
pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of section 570.030, RSMo,
section 570.080, or subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section, in which case it is a class
C felony.
570.030. 1. A person commits the crime of stealing if he or she [appropriates]:
(1) Appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him or her
thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of deceit or coercion; or
(2) Obtains control over property or services knowing the property to have been
stolen or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce a person to believe that the
property was stolen; or
(3) Obtains or exerts control over property in the custody of any law enforcement
agency which is explicitly represented to him or her by any law enforcement officer or any
individual acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency as being stolen; and
(a) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property;
or
(b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in such manner as to
deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit; or
(c) Uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing such use, concealment, or
abandonment is likely to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit.
2. Evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution pursuant to this
section on the issue of the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged stealer:
(1) That he or she failed or refused to pay for property or services of a hotel, restaurant,
inn or boardinghouse;
(2) That he or she gave in payment for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or
boardinghouse a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused;
(3) That he or she left the hotel, restaurant, inn or boardinghouse with the intent to not
pay for property or services;
(4) That he or she surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his or her baggage
from a hotel, inn or boardinghouse;
(5) That he or she, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters,
transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits, or reproduces a retail sales receipt, price tag, or universal
price code label, or possesses with intent to cheat or defraud, the device that manufactures
fraudulent receipts or universal price code labels;
(6) That he or she obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to
have been stolen or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce a person to
believe that the property was stolen.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any offense in which the value of
property or services is an element is a class C felony if:
(1) The value of the property or services appropriated is five hundred dollars or more but
less than twenty-five thousand dollars; or
(2) The actor physically takes the property appropriated from the person of the victim;
or
(3) The property appropriated consists of:
(a) Any motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft; or
(b) Any will or unrecorded deed affecting real property; or
(c) Any credit card or letter of credit; or
(d) Any firearms; or
(e) A United States national flag designed, intended and used for display on buildings
or stationary flagstaffs in the open; or
(f) Any original copy of an act, bill or resolution, introduced or acted upon by the
legislature of the state of Missouri; or
(g) Any pleading, notice, judgment or any other record or entry of any court of this state,
any other state or of the United States; or
(h) Any book of registration or list of voters required by chapter 115, RSMo; or
(i) Any animal of the species of horse, mule, ass, cattle, swine, sheep, or goat; or
(j) Live fish raised for commercial sale with a value of seventy-five dollars; or
(k) Any controlled substance as defined by section 195.010, RSMo; or
(l) Anhydrous ammonia; or
(m) Ammonium nitrate.
4. If an actor appropriates any material with a value less than five hundred dollars in
violation of this section with the intent to use such material to manufacture, compound, produce,
prepare, test or analyze amphetamine or methamphetamine or any of their analogues, then such
violation is a class C felony. The theft of any amount of anhydrous ammonia or liquid nitrogen,
or any attempt to steal any amount of anhydrous ammonia or liquid nitrogen, is a class B felony.
The theft of any amount of anhydrous ammonia by appropriation of a tank truck, tank trailer, rail
tank car, bulk storage tank, field (nurse) tank or field applicator is a class A felony.
5. The theft of any item of property or services pursuant to subsection 3 of this section
which exceeds five hundred dollars may be considered a separate felony and may be charged in
separate counts.
6. Any person with a prior conviction of paragraph (i) of subdivision (3) of subsection
3 of this section and who violates the provisions of paragraph (i) of subdivision (3) of subsection
3 of this section when the value of the animal or animals stolen exceeds three thousand dollars
is guilty of a class B felony.
7. Any offense in which the value of property or services is an element is a class B felony
if the value of the property or services equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars.
8. Any violation of this section for which no other penalty is specified in this section is
a class A misdemeanor.
570.040. 1. Every person who has previously pled guilty or been found guilty on two
separate occasions of a stealing-related offense where such offenses occurred within ten years
of the date of occurrence of the present offense and where the person received and served a
sentence of ten days or more on such previous offense and who subsequently pleads guilty or is
found guilty of a stealing-related offense is guilty of a class D felony, unless the subsequent
plea or guilty verdict is pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of subsection 3 of
section 570.030, in which case the person shall be guilty of a class B felony, and shall be
punished accordingly.
2. As used in this section, the term "stealing-related offense" shall include federal and
state violations of criminal statutes against stealing or buying or receiving stolen property and
shall also include municipal ordinances against same if the defendant was either represented by
counsel or knowingly waived counsel in writing and the judge accepting the plea or making the
findings was a licensed attorney at the time of the court proceedings.
3. Evidence of prior guilty pleas or findings of guilt shall be heard by the court, out of
the hearing of the jury, prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and the court shall
determine the existence of the prior guilty pleas or findings of guilt.
570.080. 1. A person commits the crime of receiving stolen property if for the purpose
of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, he or she receives, retains or disposes of
property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen.
2. Evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution pursuant to this
section to prove the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged receiver:
(1) That he or she was found in possession or control of other property stolen on
separate occasions from two or more persons;
(2) That he or she received other stolen property in another transaction within the year
preceding the transaction charged;
(3) That he or she acquired the stolen property for a consideration which he or she knew
was far below its reasonable value;
(4) That he or she obtained control over stolen property knowing the property to
have been stolen or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce a person to
believe the property was stolen.
3. Receiving stolen property is a class A misdemeanor unless the property involved has
a value of five hundred dollars or more, or the person receiving the property is a dealer in goods
of the type in question, in which cases receiving stolen property is a class C felony.
570.255. 1. Any person guilty of a violation of sections 570.225 to 570.255 is
punishable as follows:
(1) For the first offense of a violation of sections 570.225 to 570.241 which is not a
felony under subdivision (2) of this subsection, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by confinement
in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and confinement.
(2) For any offense of a violation of section 570.240 or 570.241 involving one hundred
or more articles upon which motion pictures or audiovisual works are recorded, or any other
violation of section 570.225 to 570.241 involving one [thousand] hundred or more articles, such
person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment by the department of corrections for not more than five
years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) For the second and subsequent violations of sections 570.225 to 570.255, such person
is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment by the department of corrections for not less than two years
nor more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. If a person is convicted of any violation of sections 570.225 to 570.255, the court in
its judgment of conviction may order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all
unlawful recordings and all implements, devices and equipment used or intended to be used in
the manufacture of the unlawful recordings. The court may enter an order preserving such
recordings and all implements, devices and equipment as evidence for use in other cases or
pending in the final determination of an appeal. The provisions of this subsection shall not be
construed to allow an order to destroy any such implements, devices, or equipment used or
intended to be used in such manufacture subject to any valid lien or rights under any security
agreement or title retention contract when the holder thereof is an innocent party.
3. The penalties provided under sections 570.225 to 570.255 are not exclusive and are
in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
570.300. 1. A person commits the crime of theft of cable television service if he:
(1) Knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain cable television service without paying all
lawful compensation to the operator of such service, by means of artifice, trick, deception or
device; or
(2) Knowingly assists another person in obtaining or attempting to obtain cable television
service without paying all lawful compensation to the operator of such service; or
(3) Knowingly connects to, tampers with or otherwise interferes with any cables, wires
or other devices used for the distribution of cable television if the effect of such action is to
obtain cable television without paying all lawful compensation therefor; or
(4) Knowingly sells, uses, manufactures, rents or offers for sale, rental or use any device,
plan or kit designed and intended to obtain cable television service in violation of this section;
or
(5) Knowingly attempts to connect to, tamper with, or otherwise interfere with any
cable television signal, cables, wires, devices, or equipment, which is used for the
distribution of cable television and which results in the unauthorized use of a cable
television system or the disruption of the delivery of the cable television service. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to prohibit, restrict, or otherwise limit the purchase, sale,
or use of any products, including without limitation hardware, software, or other items,
intended to provide services and features to a customer who has lawfully obtained a
connection from a cable company.
2. Theft of cable television service is a class C felony if the value of the service
appropriated is five hundred dollars or more or if the theft is a violation of subdivision (5) of
subsection 1 of this section; otherwise theft of cable television services is a class A
misdemeanor.
3. Any cable television operator may bring an action to enjoin and restrain any violation
of the provisions of this section or bring an action for conversion. In addition to any actual
damages, an operator may be entitled to punitive damages and reasonable attorney fees in any
case in which the court finds that the violation was committed willfully and for purposes of
commercial advantage. In the event of a defendant's verdict the defendant may be entitled to
reasonable attorney fees.
4. The existence on the property and in the actual possession of the accused of any
connection wire, or conductor, which is connected in such a manner as to permit the use of cable
television service without the same being reported for payment to and specifically authorized by
the operator of the cable television service shall be sufficient to support an inference which the
trial court may submit to the trier of fact, from which the trier of fact may conclude that the
accused has committed the crime of theft of cable television service.
5. If a cable television company either:
(1) Provides unsolicited cable television service; or
(2) Fails to change or disconnect cable television service within ten days after receiving
written notice to do so by the customer, the customer may deem such service to be a gift without
any obligation to the cable television company from ten days after such written notice is received
until the service is changed or disconnected.
6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to render unlawful or prohibit an individual
or other legal entity from owning or operating a video cassette recorder or devices commonly
known as a "satellite receiving dish" for the purpose of receiving and utilizing satellite-relayed
television signals for his own use.
7. As used in this section, the term "cable television service" includes microwave
television transmission from a multipoint distribution service not capable of reception by
conventional television receivers without the use of special equipment.
575.150. 1. A person commits the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention,
or stop if, knowing that a law enforcement officer is making an arrest, or attempting to lawfully
detain or stop an individual or vehicle, or the person reasonably should know that a law
enforcement officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or lawfully stop an
individual or vehicle, for the purpose of preventing the officer from effecting the arrest, stop or
detention, the person:
(1) Resists the arrest, stop or detention of such person by using or threatening the use of
violence or physical force or by fleeing from such officer; or
(2) Interferes with the arrest, stop or detention of another person by using or threatening
the use of violence, physical force or physical interference; or
(3) Interferes with the arrest, stop or detention of any person by providing false
information to a law enforcement officer regarding the person's name, address, date of
birth, or Social Security number.
2. This section applies to arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants and to
arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction or ordinance violation.
3. A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if that person continues to operate
a motor vehicle after that person has seen or should have seen clearly visible emergency lights
or has heard or should have heard an audible signal emanating from the law enforcement vehicle
pursuing that person.
4. It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to subsection 1 of this section that the law
enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. However, nothing in this section
shall be construed to bar civil suits for unlawful arrest.
5. Resisting or interfering with an arrest for a felony is a class D felony. Resisting an
arrest, detention or stop by fleeing in such a manner that the person fleeing creates a substantial
risk of serious physical injury or death to any person is a class D felony; otherwise, resisting or
interfering with an arrest, detention or stop in violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection
1 of this section is a class A misdemeanor, and resisting arrest or interfering with an arrest,
detention or stop in violation of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section is a class C
misdemeanor.
575.185. 1. A person commits the crime of failure to provide identity when, having
been lawfully stopped or detained by a law enforcement officer, and having been requested
by the officer to provide his or her identification to the officer:
(1) That person knowingly refuses to state his or her name and address or to
provide documentation of his or her name or address, such as, but not limited to, a driver's
license, credit card, or Social Security card; or
(2) That person falsely reports his or her name or address to a law enforcement
officer.
2. For the purposes of this section, a person has been "lawfully stopped or
detained" by a law enforcement officer when the law enforcement officer has briefly
stopped and detained the person upon reasonable suspicion to believe that the person has
committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. "Reasonable suspicion" means
specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those
facts, would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the person has committed, is
committing, or is about to commit a crime. The collective information in the possession of
all officers connected to an investigation can be considered in determining whether
reasonable suspicion existed for the stop or detention.
3. Failure to provide identity is a class C misdemeanor unless the person falsely
reported his or her name or address, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor.
576.050. 1. A public servant commits the crime of misuse of official information if, in
contemplation of official action by himself or herself or by a governmental unit with which he
or she is associated, or in reliance on information to which he or she has access in his or her
official capacity and which has not been made public, he or she knowingly:
(1) Acquires a pecuniary interest in any property, transaction, or enterprise which may
be affected by such information or official action; or
(2) Speculates or wagers on the basis of such information or official action; or
(3) Aids, advises or encourages another to do any of the foregoing with purpose of
conferring a pecuniary benefit on any person.
2. A person commits this crime if he or she knowingly obtains or recklessly
discloses information from the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System (MULES) or
the National Crime Information Center System (NCIC) for private or personal use, or for
a purpose other than in connection with their official duties and performance of their job.
[2.] 3. Misuse of official information is a class A misdemeanor.
577.023. 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) An "intoxication-related traffic offense" is driving while intoxicated, driving with
excessive blood alcohol content, involuntary manslaughter pursuant to subdivision (2) of
subsection 1 of section 565.024, RSMo, assault in the second degree pursuant to subdivision (4)
of subsection 1 of section 565.060, RSMo, assault of a law enforcement officer in the second
degree pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 565.082, RSMo, or driving under
the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation of state law or a county or municipal ordinance,
where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the defendant was represented by or waived
the right to an attorney in writing;
(2) A "persistent offender" is one of the following:
(a) A person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more
intoxication-related traffic offenses, where such two or more offenses occurred within ten years
of the occurrence of the intoxication-related traffic offense for which the person is charged;
(b) A person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of involuntary
manslaughter pursuant to subsection 1 of section 565.024, RSMo, assault in the second degree
pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 565.060, RSMo, assault of a law
enforcement officer in the second degree pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section
565.082, RSMo; and
(3) A "prior offender" is a person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of
one intoxication-related traffic offense, where such prior offense occurred within five years of
the occurrence of the intoxication-related traffic offense for which the person is charged.
2. Any person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of section 577.010
or 577.012 who is alleged and proved to be a prior offender shall be guilty of a class A
misdemeanor.
3. Any person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of section 577.010
or 577.012 who is alleged and proved to be a persistent offender shall be guilty of a class D
felony.
4. No court shall suspend the imposition of sentence as to a prior or persistent offender
under this section nor sentence such person to pay a fine in lieu of a term of imprisonment,
section 557.011, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding. No prior offender shall be eligible for
parole or probation until he or she has served a minimum of five days imprisonment, unless as
a condition of such parole or probation such person performs at least thirty days of community
service under the supervision of the court in those jurisdictions which have a recognized program
for community service. No persistent offender shall be eligible for parole or probation until he
or she has served a minimum of ten days imprisonment, unless as a condition of such parole or
probation such person performs at least sixty days of community service under the supervision
of the court.
5. The court shall find the defendant to be a prior offender or persistent offender, if:
(1) The indictment or information, original or amended, or the information in lieu of an
indictment pleads all essential facts warranting a finding that the defendant is a prior offender
or persistent offender; and
(2) Evidence is introduced that establishes sufficient facts pleaded to warrant a finding
beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant is a prior offender or persistent offender; and
(3) The court makes findings of fact that warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt
by the court that the defendant is a prior offender or persistent offender.
6. In a jury trial, the facts shall be pleaded, established and found prior to submission to
the jury outside of its hearing.
7. In a trial without a jury or upon a plea of guilty, the court may defer the proof in
findings of such facts to a later time, but prior to sentencing.
8. The defendant shall be accorded full rights of confrontation and cross-examination,
with the opportunity to present evidence, at such hearings.
9. The defendant may waive proof of the facts alleged.
10. Nothing in this section shall prevent the use of presentence investigations or
commitments.
11. At the sentencing hearing both the state and the defendant shall be permitted to
present additional information bearing on the issue of sentence.
12. The pleas or findings of guilty shall be prior to the date of commission of the present
offense.
13. The court shall not instruct the jury as to the range of punishment or allow the jury,
upon a finding of guilty, to assess and declare the punishment as part of its verdict in cases of
prior offenders or persistent offenders.
14. Evidence of prior convictions shall be heard and determined by the trial court out of
the hearing of the jury prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and shall include but not
be limited to evidence of convictions received by a search of the records of the Missouri uniform
law enforcement system maintained by the Missouri state highway patrol. After hearing the
evidence, the court shall enter its findings thereon.
577.041. 1. If a person under arrest, or who has been stopped pursuant to subdivision (2)
or (3) of subsection 1 of section 577.020, refuses upon the request of the officer to submit to any
test allowed pursuant to section 577.020, then none shall be given and evidence of the refusal
shall be admissible in a proceeding pursuant to [section] sections 565.024, [or] 565.060[,] or
565.082, RSMo, or section 577.010 or 577.012. The request of the officer shall include the
reasons of the officer for requesting the person to submit to a test and also shall inform the
person that evidence of refusal to take the test may be used against such person and that the
person's license shall be immediately revoked upon refusal to take the test. If a person when
requested to submit to any test allowed pursuant to section 577.020 requests to speak to an
attorney, the person shall be granted twenty minutes in which to attempt to contact an attorney.
If upon the completion of the twenty-minute period the person continues to refuse to submit to
any test, it shall be deemed a refusal. In this event, the officer shall, on behalf of the director of
revenue, serve the notice of license revocation personally upon the person and shall take
possession of any license to operate a motor vehicle issued by this state which is held by that
person. The officer shall issue a temporary permit, on behalf of the director of revenue, which
is valid for fifteen days and shall also give the person a notice of such person's right to file a
petition for review to contest the license revocation.
2. The officer shall make a sworn report to the director of revenue, which shall include
the following:
(1) That the officer has:
(a) Reasonable grounds to believe that the arrested person was driving a motor vehicle
while in an intoxicated or drugged condition; or
(b) Reasonable grounds to believe that the person stopped, being under the age of
twenty-one years, was driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths
of one percent or more by weight; or
(c) Reasonable grounds to believe that the person stopped, being under the age of
twenty-one years, was committing a violation of the traffic laws of the state, or political
subdivision of the state, and such officer has reasonable grounds to believe, after making such
stop, that the person had a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent or greater;
(2) That the person refused to submit to a chemical test;
(3) Whether the officer secured the license to operate a motor vehicle of the person;
(4) Whether the officer issued a fifteen-day temporary permit;
(5) Copies of the notice of revocation, the fifteen-day temporary permit and the notice
of the right to file a petition for review, which notices and permit may be combined in one
document; and
(6) Any license to operate a motor vehicle which the officer has taken into possession.
3. Upon receipt of the officer's report, the director shall revoke the license of the person
refusing to take the test for a period of one year; or if the person is a nonresident, such person's
operating permit or privilege shall be revoked for one year; or if the person is a resident without
a license or permit to operate a motor vehicle in this state, an order shall be issued denying the
person the issuance of a license or permit for a period of one year.
4. If a person's license has been revoked because of the person's refusal to submit to a
chemical test, such person may petition for a hearing before a circuit or associate circuit court
in the county in which the arrest or stop occurred. The person may request such court to issue
an order staying the revocation until such time as the petition for review can be heard. If the
court, in its discretion, grants such stay, it shall enter the order upon a form prescribed by the
director of revenue and shall send a copy of such order to the director. Such order shall serve
as proof of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state and the director shall maintain
possession of the person's license to operate a motor vehicle until termination of any revocation
pursuant to this section. Upon the person's request the clerk of the court shall notify the
prosecuting attorney of the county and the prosecutor shall appear at the hearing on behalf of the
director of revenue. At the hearing the court shall determine only:
(1) Whether or not the person was arrested or stopped;
(2) Whether or not the officer had:
(a) Reasonable grounds to believe that the person was driving a motor vehicle while in
an intoxicated or drugged condition; or
(b) Reasonable grounds to believe that the person stopped, being under the age of
twenty-one years, was driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths
of one percent or more by weight; or
(c) Reasonable grounds to believe that the person stopped, being under the age of
twenty-one years, was committing a violation of the traffic laws of the state, or political
subdivision of the state, and such officer had reasonable grounds to believe, after making such
stop, that the person had a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent or greater; and
(3) Whether or not the person refused to submit to the test.
5. If the court determines any issue not to be in the affirmative, the court shall order the
director to reinstate the license or permit to drive.
6. Requests for review as provided in this section shall go to the head of the docket of
the court wherein filed.
7. No person who has had a license to operate a motor vehicle suspended or revoked
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have that license reinstated until such person has
participated in and successfully completed a substance abuse traffic offender program defined
in section 577.001, or a program determined to be comparable by the department of mental
health or the court. Assignment recommendations, based upon the needs assessment as
described in subdivision (22) of section 302.010, RSMo, shall be delivered in writing to the
person with written notice that the person is entitled to have such assignment recommendations
reviewed by the court if the person objects to the recommendations. The person may file a
motion in the associate division of the circuit court of the county in which such assignment was
given, on a printed form provided by the state courts administrator, to have the court hear and
determine such motion pursuant to the provisions of chapter 517, RSMo. The motion shall name
the person or entity making the needs assessment as the respondent and a copy of the motion
shall be served upon the respondent in any manner allowed by law. Upon hearing the motion,
the court may modify or waive any assignment recommendation that the court determines to be
unwarranted based upon a review of the needs assessment, the person's driving record, the
circumstances surrounding the offense, and the likelihood of the person committing a like
offense in the future, except that the court may modify but may not waive the assignment to an
education or rehabilitation program of a person determined to be a prior or persistent offender
as defined in section 577.023, or of a person determined to have operated a motor vehicle with
fifteen-hundredths of one percent or more by weight in such person's blood. Compliance with
the court determination of the motion shall satisfy the provisions of this section for the purpose
of reinstating such person's license to operate a motor vehicle. The respondent's personal
appearance at any hearing conducted pursuant to this subsection shall not be necessary unless
directed by the court.
8. The fees for the substance abuse traffic offender program, or a portion thereof to be
determined by the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health, shall
be paid by the person enrolled in the program. Any person who is enrolled in the program shall
pay, in addition to any fee charged for the program, a supplemental fee to be determined by the
department of mental health for the purposes of funding the substance abuse traffic offender
program defined in section 302.010, RSMo, and section 577.001. The administrator of the
program shall remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health
on or before the fifteenth day of each month the supplemental fee for all persons enrolled in the
program, less two percent for administrative costs. Interest shall be charged on any unpaid
balance of the supplemental fees due the division of alcohol and drug abuse pursuant to this
section and shall accrue at a rate not to exceed the annual rates established pursuant to the
provisions of section 32.065, RSMo, plus three percentage points. The supplemental fees and
any interest received by the department of mental health pursuant to this section shall be
deposited in the mental health earnings fund which is created in section 630.053, RSMo.
9. Any administrator who fails to remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the
department of mental health the supplemental fees and interest for all persons enrolled in the
program pursuant to this section shall be subject to a penalty equal to the amount of interest
accrued on the supplemental fees due the division pursuant to this section. If the supplemental
fees, interest, and penalties are not remitted to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the
department of mental health within six months of the due date, the attorney general of the state
of Missouri shall initiate appropriate action of the collection of said fees and interest accrued.
The court shall assess attorney fees and court costs against any delinquent program.
577.500. 1. A court of competent jurisdiction shall, upon a plea of guilty, conviction or
finding of guilt, or, if the court is a juvenile court, upon a finding of fact that the offense was
committed by a juvenile, enter an order suspending or revoking the driving privileges of any
person determined to have committed one of the following offenses and who, at the time said
offense was committed, was under twenty-one years of age:
(1) Any alcohol related traffic offense in violation of state law or a county or, beginning
July 1, 1992, municipal ordinance, where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the
defendant was represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing;
(2) Any offense in violation of state law or, beginning July 1, 1992, a county or
municipal ordinance, where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the defendant was
represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing, involving the possession or use of
alcohol, committed while operating a motor vehicle;
(3) Any offense involving the possession or use of a controlled substance as defined in
chapter 195, RSMo, in violation of the state law or, beginning July 1, 1992, a county or
municipal ordinance, where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the defendant was
represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing;
(4) Any offense involving the alteration, modification or misrepresentation of a license
to operate a motor vehicle in violation of section 311.328, RSMo;
(5) Any offense in violation of state law or, beginning July 1, 1992, a county or
municipal ordinance, where [the judge in such case was an attorney and] the defendant was
represented by or waived the right to an attorney in writing, involving the possession or use of
alcohol for a second time; except that a determination of guilt or its equivalent shall have been
made for the first offense and both offenses shall have been committed by the person when the
person was under eighteen years of age.
2. The court shall require the surrender to it of any license to operate a motor vehicle
then held by any person against whom a court has entered an order suspending or revoking
driving privileges under subsection 1 of this section.
3. The court, if other than a juvenile court, shall forward to the director of revenue the
order of suspension or revocation of driving privileges and any licenses acquired under
subsection 2 of this section.
4. (1) The court, if a juvenile court, shall forward to the director of revenue the order
of suspension or revocation of driving privileges and any licenses acquired under subsection 2
of this section for any person sixteen years of age or older, the provision of chapter 211, RSMo,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
(2) The court, if a juvenile court, shall hold the order of suspension or revocation of
driving privileges for any person less than sixteen years of age until thirty days before the
person's sixteenth birthday, at which time the juvenile court shall forward to the director of
revenue the order of suspension or revocation of driving privileges, the provision of chapter 211,
RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding.
5. The period of suspension for a first offense under this section shall be ninety days.
Any second or subsequent offense under this section shall result in revocation of the offender's
driving privileges for one year.
577.625. 1. No person less than eighteen years of age shall distribute upon the real
property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school or school bus a
prescription medication to any individual who does not have a valid prescription for such
medication. For purposes of this section, prescription medication shall not include
medication containing a controlled substance, as defined in section 195.010, RSMo.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person less than eighteen
years of age authorized to distribute a prescription medication by any school personnel
who are responsible for storing, maintaining, or dispensing any prescription medication
under chapter 338, RSMo. This section shall not limit the use of any prescription
medication by emergency personnel, as defined in section 565.081, RSMo, during an
emergency situation.
3. Any person less than eighteen years of age who violates this section is guilty of
a class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a class A misdemeanor for any second or
subsequent offense.
577.628. 1. No person less than eighteen years of age shall possess upon the real
property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school or school bus
prescription medication without a valid prescription for such medication. For purposes
of this section, prescription medication shall not include medication containing a controlled
substance, as defined in section 195.010, RSMo.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person less than eighteen
years of age authorized to possess a prescription medication by any school personnel who
are responsible for storing, maintaining, or dispensing any prescription medication under
chapter 338, RSMo. This section shall not limit the use of any prescription medication by
emergency personnel, as defined in section 565.081, RSMo, during an emergency situation.
3. Any person less than eighteen years of age who violates the provisions of this
section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B misdemeanor for
any second or subsequent offense.
578.500. 1. Any person, while a motion picture is being exhibited, who knowingly
operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture theater without
the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater shall be guilty of criminal
use of real property.
2. As used in this section, the term "audiovisual recording function" means the
capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means
of any technology now known or later developed.
3. As used in this section, the term "motion picture theater" means a movie theater,
screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a
motion picture at the time of the offense, but excluding the lobby, entrance, or other areas
of the building where a motion picture cannot be viewed.
4. The provisions of this section shall not prevent any lawfully authorized
investigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent, of
the state or federal government, from operating any audiovisual recording device in any
facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized
investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities. The owner
or lessee of a facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, or the authorized agent or
employee of such owner or lessee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged
violation of this section shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken
by such owner, lessee, agent, or employee in the course of subsequently detaining a person
that the owner, lessee, agent, or employee in good faith believed to have violated this
section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities, unless the plaintiff can
show by clear and convincing evidence that such measures were unreasonable or the
period of detention was unreasonably long.
5. Any person who has pled guilty to or been found guilty of violating the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has
previously pled guilty or been found guilty of violating the provisions of this section, in
which case it is a class D felony.
589.417. 1. Except for the specific information listed in [subsection] subsections 2 and
3 of this section, the complete statements, photographs and fingerprints required by sections
589.400 to 589.425 shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo, and are not
public records as defined in section 610.010, RSMo, and shall be available only to courts,
prosecutors and law enforcement agencies.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chief law enforcement
official of the county shall maintain, for all offenders registered in such county, a complete list
of the names, addresses and crimes for which such offenders are registered. Any person may
request such list from the chief law enforcement official of the county.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law the chief law enforcement official of
the county may maintain a web page on the Internet which can be open to the public and
can include a registered sexual offender search capability. Only the information listed in
subdivisions (1) to (4) of this subsection shall be provided to the public in the registered
sexual offender search:
(1) The name of the offender;
(2) The last known address of the offender, including the street address, city,
county, state, and zip code;
(3) A photograph of the offender; and
(4) The crime or crimes for which the offender was convicted that caused him or
her to have to register.
595.209. 1. The following rights shall automatically be afforded to victims of dangerous
felonies, as defined in section 556.061, RSMo, victims of murder in the first degree, as defined
in section 565.020, RSMo, victims of voluntary manslaughter, as defined in section 565.023,
RSMo, and victims of an attempt to commit one of the preceding crimes, as defined in section
564.011, RSMo; and, upon written request, the following rights shall be afforded to victims of
all other crimes and witnesses of crimes:
(1) For victims, the right to be present at all criminal justice proceedings at which the
defendant has such right, including juvenile proceedings where the offense would have been a
felony if committed by an adult, even if the victim is called to testify or may be called to testify
as a witness in the case;
(2) For victims, the right to information about the crime, as provided for in subdivision
(5) of this subsection;
(3) For victims and witnesses, to be informed, in a timely manner, by the prosecutor's
office of the filing of charges, preliminary hearing dates, trial dates, continuances and the final
disposition of the case. Final disposition information shall be provided within five days;
(4) For victims, the right to confer with and to be informed by the prosecutor regarding
bail hearings, guilty pleas, pleas under chapter 552, RSMo, or its successors, hearings, sentencing
and probation revocation hearings and the right to be heard at such hearings, including juvenile
proceedings, unless in the determination of the court the interests of justice require otherwise;
(5) The right to be informed by local law enforcement agencies, the appropriate juvenile
authorities or the custodial authority of the following:
(a) The status of any case concerning a crime against the victim, including juvenile
offenses;
(b) The right to be informed by local law enforcement agencies or the appropriate
juvenile authorities, of the availability of victim compensation assistance, assistance in obtaining
documentation of the victim's losses, including, but not limited to and subject to existing law
concerning protected information or closed records, access to copies of complete, unaltered,
unedited investigation reports of motor vehicle, pedestrian, and other similar accidents upon
request to the appropriate law enforcement agency by the victim or the victim's representative,
and emergency crisis intervention services available in the community;
(c) Any release of such person on bond or for any other reason;
(d) Within twenty-four hours, any escape by such person from a municipal detention
facility, county jail, a correctional facility operated by the department of corrections, mental
health facility, or the division of youth services or any agency thereof, and any subsequent
recapture of such person;
(6) For victims, the right to be informed by appropriate juvenile authorities of probation
revocation hearings initiated by the juvenile authority and the right to be heard at such hearings
or to offer a written statement, video or audio tape in lieu of a personal appearance, the right to
be informed by the board of probation and parole of probation revocation hearings initiated by
the board and of parole hearings, the right to be present at each and every phase of parole
hearings and the right to be heard at probation revocation and parole hearings or to offer a written
statement, video or audio tape in lieu of a personal appearance, and the right to be informed by
the custodial mental health facility or agency thereof of any hearings for the release of a person
committed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 552, RSMo, the right to be present at such
hearings, the right to be heard at such hearings or to offer a written statement, video or audio tape
in lieu of personal appearance;
(7) For victims and witnesses, upon their written request, the right to be informed by the
appropriate custodial authority, including any municipal detention facility, juvenile detention
facility, county jail, correctional facility operated by the department of corrections, mental health
facility, division of youth services or agency thereof if the offense would have been a felony if
committed by an adult, postconviction or commitment pursuant to the provisions of chapter 552,
RSMo, of the following:
(a) The projected date of such person's release from confinement;
(b) Any release of such person on bond;
(c) Any release of such person on furlough, work release, trial release, electronic
monitoring program, or to a community correctional facility or program or release for any other
reason, in advance of such release;
(d) Any scheduled parole or release hearings, including hearings under section
217.362, RSMo, regarding such person and any changes in the scheduling of such hearings. No
such hearing shall be conducted without thirty days' advance notice;
(e) Within twenty-four hours, any escape by such person from a municipal detention
facility, county jail, a correctional facility operated by the department of corrections, mental
health facility, or the division of youth services or any agency thereof, and any subsequent
recapture of such person;
(f) Any decision by a parole board, by a juvenile releasing authority or by a circuit court
presiding over releases pursuant to the provisions of chapter 552, RSMo, or by a circuit court
presiding over releases under section 217.362, RSMo, to release such person or any decision
by the governor to commute the sentence of such person or pardon such person;
(g) Notification within thirty days of the death of such person;
(8) For witnesses who have been summoned by the prosecuting attorney and for victims,
to be notified by the prosecuting attorney in a timely manner when a court proceeding will not
go on as scheduled;
(9) For victims and witnesses, the right to reasonable protection from the defendant or
any person acting on behalf of the defendant from harm and threats of harm arising out of their
cooperation with law enforcement and prosecution efforts;
(10) For victims and witnesses, on charged cases or submitted cases where no charge
decision has yet been made, to be informed by the prosecuting attorney of the status of the case
and of the availability of victim compensation assistance and of financial assistance and
emergency and crisis intervention services available within the community and information
relative to applying for such assistance or services, and of any final decision by the prosecuting
attorney not to file charges;
(11) For victims, to be informed by the prosecuting attorney of the right to restitution
which shall be enforceable in the same manner as any other cause of action as otherwise
provided by law;
(12) For victims and witnesses, to be informed by the court and the prosecuting attorney
of procedures to be followed in order to apply for and receive any witness fee to which they are
entitled;
(13) When a victim's property is no longer needed for evidentiary reasons or needs to be
retained pending an appeal, the prosecuting attorney or any law enforcement agency having
possession of the property shall, upon request of the victim, return such property to the victim
within five working days unless the property is contraband or subject to forfeiture proceedings,
or provide written explanation of the reason why such property shall not be returned;
(14) An employer may not discharge or discipline any witness, victim or member of a
victim's immediate family for honoring a subpoena to testify in a criminal proceeding or for
participating in the preparation of a criminal proceeding;
(15) For victims, to be provided with creditor intercession services by the prosecuting
attorney if the victim is unable, as a result of the crime, temporarily to meet financial obligations;
(16) For victims and witnesses, the right to speedy disposition of their cases, and for
victims, the right to speedy appellate review of their cases, provided that nothing in this
subdivision shall prevent the defendant from having sufficient time to prepare such defendant's
defense. The attorney general shall provide victims, upon their written request, case status
information throughout the appellate process of their cases. The provisions of this subdivision
shall apply only to proceedings involving the particular case to which the person is a victim or
witness;
(17) For victims and witnesses, to be provided by the court, a secure waiting area during
court proceedings and to receive notification of the date, time and location of any hearing
conducted by the court for reconsideration of any sentence imposed, modification of such
sentence or recall and release of any defendant from incarceration.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall not be construed to imply any
victim who is incarcerated by the department of corrections or any local law enforcement agency
has a right to be released to attend any hearing or that the department of corrections or the local
law enforcement agency has any duty to transport such incarcerated victim to any hearing.
3. Those persons entitled to notice of events pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1
of this section shall provide the appropriate person or agency with their current addresses and
telephone numbers or the addresses or telephone numbers at which they wish notification to be
given.
4. Notification by the appropriate person or agency [by certified mail to the most current
address provided by the victim] utilizing the statewide automated crime victim notification
system as established in section 650.310, RSMo, shall constitute compliance with the victim
notification requirement of this section. If notification utilizing the statewide automated
crime victim notification system cannot be used, then written notification shall be sent by
certified mail to the most current address provided by the victim.
5. Victims' rights as established in section 32 of article I of the Missouri Constitution or
the laws of this state pertaining to the rights of victims of crime shall be granted and enforced
regardless of the desires of a defendant and no privileges of confidentiality shall exist in favor
of the defendant to exclude victims or prevent their full participation in each and every phase of
parole hearings or probation revocation hearings. The rights of the victims granted in this section
are absolute and the policy of this state is that the victim's rights are paramount to the defendant's
rights. The victim has an absolute right to be present at any hearing in which the defendant is
present before a probation and parole hearing officer.
650.030. The director of public safety shall have authority to establish a state
firearms training and qualification standard for retired law enforcement officers carrying
concealed firearms pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 926C of the Law Enforcement Officers Safety
Act of 2004, and shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this state standard as
required by 18 U.S.C. Section 926C(d)(2)(B). Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term
is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this
section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions
of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter
536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and
annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2005, shall be invalid and
void.
Section 1. 1. To defray the costs associated with adding an additive to anhydrous
ammonia as a deterrent to methamphetamine production in this state, the department of
agriculture shall authorize the disbursement of moneys from the anhydrous ammonia
additive fund created in this section to anhydrous ammonia distributors in an amount not
to exceed the actual cost to the distributor for adding an additive to anhydrous ammonia,
including but not limited to equipment, materials, and labor costs. The department, in
collaboration with the department of revenue shall verify that the moneys distributed from
the fund are used by distributors only for the purpose of adding an additive to anhydrous
ammonia and that the reimbursement is sufficient to result in a savings to distributors
equal to the actual cost of adding an additive to anhydrous ammonia.
2. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Anhydrous Ammonia Additive
Fund", which shall consist of money received from any state, federal, or any other source
for the purposes provided in this section. The department of agriculture shall administer
the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and shall disburse moneys
from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, RSMo. The moneys in the
fund shall be used solely to reimburse distributors for the cost of adding an additive to
anhydrous ammonia.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary, any
moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of
the general revenue fund.
4. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other
funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited
to the fund.
5. Any moneys remaining in the anhydrous ammonia additive fund on the date this
terminates under subsection 7 of this section shall revert to the credit of the general
revenue fund.
6. The department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo,
that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if
it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if
applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable
and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo,
to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or
adopted after August 28, 2005, shall be invalid and void.
7. Pursuant to section 23.253, RSMo, of the Missouri Sunset Act:
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall
automatically sunset six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by
an act of the general assembly; and
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section
shall automatically sunset twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this
section; and
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset.