2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 565.130. — False imprisonment.

565.130. 1. A person commits the crime of false imprisonment if he knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his liberty.

2. False imprisonment is a class A misdemeanor unless the person unlawfully restrained is removed from this state, in which case it is a class D felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79

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