2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 565 Offenses Against the Person
Section 565.252. Invasion of privacy, first degree, penalty.


MO Rev Stat § 565.252. What's This?

Invasion of privacy, first degree, penalty.

565.252. 1. A person commits the crime of invasion of privacy in the first degree if such person:

(1) Knowingly photographs or films another person, without the person's knowledge and consent, while the person being photographed or filmed is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and the person subsequently distributes the photograph or film to another or transmits the image contained in the photograph or film in a manner that allows access to that image via a computer; or

(2) Knowingly disseminates or permits the dissemination by any means, to another person, of a videotape, photograph, or film obtained in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection or in violation of section 565.253.

2. Invasion of privacy in the first degree is a class D felony.

(L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)

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