2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 573 Pornography and Related Offenses
573.052. Child pornography, attorney general authorized to investigate, when--violator immune from civil liability, when.

573.052. Upon receipt of any information that child pornography as defined in section 573.010 is contained on a web site, the attorney general shall investigate such information. If the attorney general has probable cause to believe the web site contains child pornography, the attorney general shall notify a web site operator of any child pornography site residing on that web site operator's server, in writing. If the web site operator promptly, but in no event longer than five days after receiving notice, removes the alleged pornography from its server, and so long as the web site operator is not the purveyor of such child pornography, it shall be immune from civil liability. If the web site operator does not promptly remove the alleged pornography, the attorney general may seek an injunction pursuant to section 573.070 to remove the child pornography site from the web site operator's server. This section shall not be construed to create any defense to any criminal charges brought pursuant to this chapter or chapter 568, RSMo.

(L. 2003 H.B. 228)