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565.100. 1. It is an element of the offenses described in sections 565.110 through 565.130 of this chapter that the confinement, movement or restraint be committed without the consent of the victim.

2. Lack of consent results from:

(1) Forcible compulsion; or

(2) Incapacity to consent.

3. A person is deemed incapable of consent if he is

(1) Less than fourteen years old; or

(2) Incapacitated.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79

(1981) Statute defining offense of harassment was not unconstitutionally vague, and was not overbroad and did not deny due process. State v. Koetting (Mo.), 616 S.W.2d 822.