2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.015. Definitions.

589.015. As used in sections 589.010 to 589.040:

(1) The term "center" shall mean the state center for the prevention and control of sexual assault established pursuant to section 589.030;

(2) The term "sexual assault" shall include:

(a) The acts of rape, forcible rape, statutory rape in the first degree, statutory rape in the second degree, sexual assault, sodomy, forcible sodomy, statutory sodomy in the first degree, statutory sodomy in the second degree, child molestation in the first degree, child molestation in the second degree, deviate sexual assault, sexual misconduct and sexual abuse, or attempts to commit any of the aforesaid, as these acts are defined in chapter 566;

(b) The act of incest, as this act is defined in section 568.020;

(c) The act of abuse of a child, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 568.060, which involves sexual contact, and as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 568.060;

(d) The act of use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 568.080; and

(e) The act of enticement of a child, as defined in section 566.151*, or any attempt to commit such act.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1138, et al. 3, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1255, A.L. 1996 H.B. 974, A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)

*Section "566.150" appears in original rolls, a typographical error.

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