Missouri § 566.211 Sexual trafficking of a child, second degree, penalty.

Missouri Statutes

§ 566.211 — Sexual trafficking of a child, second degree, penalty.

Missouri § 566.211

Title XXXVIIICRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Ch. 566Sexual Offenses

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.211 (2026).

Text

1. A person commits the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree if he or she knowingly:

(1)Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, including but not limited to through the use of force, abduction, coercion, fraud, deception, blackmail, or causing or threatening to cause financial harm, a person under the age of eighteen to participate in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010 , or benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in such activities;

(2)Causes a person under the age of eighteen to engage in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.0

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1. A person commits the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree if he or she knowingly:

(1) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, including but not limited to through the use of force, abduction, coercion, fraud, deception, blackmail, or causing or threatening to cause financial harm, a person under the age of eighteen to participate in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010 , or benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in such activities;

(2) Causes a person under the age of eighteen to engage in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010 ; or

(3) Advertises the availability of a person under the age of eighteen to participate in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010 .

2. It shall not be a defense that the defendant believed that the person was eighteen years of age or older.

3. The offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not less than twenty years or life and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars if the child is under the age of eighteen. If a violation of this section was effected by force, abduction, or coercion, the crime of sexual trafficking of a child shall be a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole until the defendant has served not less than twenty-five years of such sentence.

Legislative History

(L. 2004 H.B. 1487, A.L. 2011 H.B. 214, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1562, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Transferred 2014; formerly566.212; Effective 1-01-17 Severability clause, see §1.1001 Child sexual abuse, action for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046