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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 562.026

Culpable mental state, when not required

Effective: 28 Aug 1997; (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1997 S.B. 89)

A culpable mental state is not required:

(1) If the offense is an infraction and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense; or

(2) If the offense is a felony or misdemeanor and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense, and imputation of a culpable mental state to the offense is clearly inconsistent with the purpose of the statute defining the offense or may lead to an absurd or unjust result.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.