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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.030

Promoting obscenity in the second degree — penalties

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Postscript Enterprises, Inc. v. Peach (1989)

Most recently applied in B.A.P., Inc. v. Robert P. McCulloch Prosecuting Attorney of St. Louis County, Mo. Ronald A. Battelle, Col., Chief of Police, St. Louis County Police Department (February 1999)

Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote; (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1987 H.B. 113, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

1. A person commits the offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree if, knowing of its content and character, he or she:

(1) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any obscene material for pecuniary gain; or

(2) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any obscene performance for pecuniary gain; or

(3) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any material pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or

(4) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or

(5) Promotes, possesses with the purpose to promote, produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance that is pornographic for minors via computer, electronic transfer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor.

2. The offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor unless the person has been found guilty of an offense pursuant to this section committed at a different time, in which case it is a class E felony.

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