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Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C568 > 568_070

Unlawful transactions with a child.

568.070. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawfultransactions with a child if:

(1) Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhandgoods, or any employee of such person, he with criminalnegligence buys or receives any personal property other thanagricultural products from an unemancipated minor, unless thechild's custodial parent or guardian has consented in writing tothe transaction; or

(2) He knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain ina place where illegal activity in controlled substances, asdefined in chapter 195, RSMo, is maintained or conducted; or

(3) He with criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulkgunpowder, or explosives to a child under the age of seventeen,or fireworks as defined in section 320.110, RSMo, to a childunder the age of fourteen, unless the child's custodial parent orguardian has consented in writing to the transaction. Criminalnegligence as to the age of the child is not an element of thiscrime.

2. Unlawful transactions with a child is a class Bmisdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C568 > 568_070

Unlawful transactions with a child.

568.070. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawfultransactions with a child if:

(1) Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhandgoods, or any employee of such person, he with criminalnegligence buys or receives any personal property other thanagricultural products from an unemancipated minor, unless thechild's custodial parent or guardian has consented in writing tothe transaction; or

(2) He knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain ina place where illegal activity in controlled substances, asdefined in chapter 195, RSMo, is maintained or conducted; or

(3) He with criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulkgunpowder, or explosives to a child under the age of seventeen,or fireworks as defined in section 320.110, RSMo, to a childunder the age of fourteen, unless the child's custodial parent orguardian has consented in writing to the transaction. Criminalnegligence as to the age of the child is not an element of thiscrime.

2. Unlawful transactions with a child is a class Bmisdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C568 > 568_070

Unlawful transactions with a child.

568.070. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawfultransactions with a child if:

(1) Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhandgoods, or any employee of such person, he with criminalnegligence buys or receives any personal property other thanagricultural products from an unemancipated minor, unless thechild's custodial parent or guardian has consented in writing tothe transaction; or

(2) He knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain ina place where illegal activity in controlled substances, asdefined in chapter 195, RSMo, is maintained or conducted; or

(3) He with criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulkgunpowder, or explosives to a child under the age of seventeen,or fireworks as defined in section 320.110, RSMo, to a childunder the age of fourteen, unless the child's custodial parent orguardian has consented in writing to the transaction. Criminalnegligence as to the age of the child is not an element of thiscrime.

2. Unlawful transactions with a child is a class Bmisdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79