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2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 556 Preliminary Provisions (Criminal Code)
Section 556.101 Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint.
Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 556.101 (2017)
Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 556556.101. Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint. — 1. It is an element of the offenses described in sections 565.110 to 565.130 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 of age; or
(2) Incapacitated.
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 565.100; Effective 1-01-17
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