2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 566 Sexual Offenses
566.206. Trafficking for the purpose of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor--penalty.

Trafficking for the purpose of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor--penalty.

566.206. 1. A person commits the crime of trafficking for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor if a person knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means another person for labor or services, for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor.

2. A person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of the crime of trafficking for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor shall not be required to register as a sexual offender pursuant to the provisions of section 589.400, RSMo, unless such person is otherwise required to register pursuant to the provisions of such section.

3. The crime of trafficking for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor is a class B felony.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1487)

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