What Happens When You Register As A Sex Offender In Missouri

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalty; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Affiliate 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Department 589.400 Registration of certain offenders with primary constabulary officers of county of residence–time limitation–cities may request copy of registration–fees–automatic removal from registry–petitions for removal–procedure, notice, deprival of petition–higher educational activity students and workers–persons removed.

589.400. one. Sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall employ to:

Missouri Sex Offender Registry Statutes (1) Whatsoever person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is hereafter bedevilled of, been found guilty of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit a felony offense of affiliate 566, including sexual trafficking of a kid and sexual trafficking of a child under the age of twelve, or any criminal offence of chapter 566 where the victim is a small-scale, unless such person is exempted from registering under subsection 8 of this section; or

(2) Any person who, since July one, 1979, has been or is futurity bedevilled of, been found guilty of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit one or more of the following offenses: kidnapping or kidnapping in the first degree when the victim was a child and the defendant was not a parent or guardian of the child; abuse of a child under section 568.060 when such abuse is sexual in nature; felonious restraint or kidnapping in the 2nd degree when the victim was a child and the accused is not a parent or guardian of the child; sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a resident of a nursing home or sexual conduct with a nursing facility resident or vulnerable person in the first or second degree; endangering the welfare of a child nether section 568.045 when the endangerment is sexual in nature; genital mutilation of a female child, under department 568.065; promoting prostitution in the first caste; promoting prostitution in the second degree; promoting prostitution in the third degree; sexual exploitation of a minor; promoting child pornography in the starting time caste; promoting child pornography in the 2nd degree; possession of child pornography; furnishing pornographic fabric to minors; public display of explicit sexual material; coercing acceptance of obscene material; promoting obscenity in the first degree; promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the 2nd degree; incest; use of a child in a sexual operation; or promoting sexual functioning by a child; or

(3) Whatever person who, since July ane, 1979, has been committed to the section of mental wellness every bit a criminal sexual psychopath; or

(4) Any person who, since July ane, 1979, has been establish non guilty equally a issue of mental disease or defect of any offense listed in subdivision (1) or (ii) of this subsection; or

(v) Whatever juvenile certified every bit an adult and transferred to a court of general jurisdiction who has been convicted of, found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit a felony under chapter 566 which is equal to or more astringent than aggravated sexual abuse under xviii UsaC. Section 2241, which shall include any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offense;

(six) Whatever juvenile xiv years of age or older at the time of the offense who has been adjudicated for an offense which is equal to or more than severe than aggravated sexual abuse nether 18 U.S.C. Section 2241, which shall include whatsoever attempt or conspiracy to commit such offense;

(7) Any person who is a resident of this state who has, since July ane, 1979, or is time to come convicted of, been plant guilty of, or pled guilty to or nolo contendere in whatsoever other state, or foreign country, or under federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit an offense which, if committed in this land, would be a violation of affiliate 566, or a felony violation of whatsoever criminal offense listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection or has been or is required to register in another state or has been or is required to annals under tribal, federal, or military constabulary; or

(8) Whatever person who has been or is required to register in some other state or has been or is required to annals under tribal, federal, or armed forces constabulary and who works or attends an educational institution, whether public or private in nature, including any secondary school, merchandise school, professional school, or institution of higher education on a full-time or on a function-time basis or has a temporary residence in Missouri. "Part-time" in this subdivision ways for more than vii days in any twelve-month period.

Whatever person to whom sections 589.400 to 589.425 apply shall, inside 3 days of conviction, release from incarceration, or placement upon probation, register with the master constabulary enforcement official of the county or city non within a county in which such person resides unless such person has already registered in that canton for the same offense. Any person to whom sections 589.400 to 589.425 utilize if not currently registered in their county of residence shall register with the main law enforcement official of such county or city non inside a county within three days. The chief law enforcement official shall forrad a copy of the registration course required by section 589.407 to a city, boondocks, village, or campus police enforcement agency located within the canton of the chief law enforcement official, if and so requested. Such asking may ask the chief law enforcement official to forrad copies of all registration forms filed with such official. The primary police enforcement official may frontwards a copy of such registration form to any city, boondocks, village, or campus law enforcement agency, if so requested.
The registration requirements of sections 589.400 through 589.425 are lifetime registration requirements unless:

(one) All offenses requiring registration are reversed, vacated or set bated;

(2) The registrant is pardoned of the offenses requiring registration;

(3) The registrant is no longer required to annals and his or her name shall be removed from the registry nether the provisions of subsection half dozen of this section; or

(4) The registrant may petition the courtroom for removal or exemption from the registry under subsection 7 or 8 of this section and the court orders the removal or exemption of such person from the registry.

For processing an initial sex offender registration the principal law enforcement officer of the canton or city not within a canton may accuse the offender registering a fee of up to ten dollars.
For processing any alter in registration required pursuant to section 589.414 the master law enforcement official of the county or city non inside a county may charge the person irresolute their registration a fee of five dollars for each change made after the initial registration.
Any person currently on the sexual offender registry for being convicted of, institute guilty of, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit, felonious restraint when the victim was a child and he or she was the parent or guardian of the child, nonsexual child corruption that was committed under section 568.060, or kidnapping when the victim was a kid and he or she was the parent or guardian of the child shall exist removed from the registry. Nevertheless, such person shall remain on the sexual offender registry for any other law-breaking for which he or she is required to register nether sections 589.400 to 589.425
Any person currently on the sexual offender registry for having been convicted of, constitute guilty of, or having pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit promoting prostitution in the second degree, promoting prostitution in the third degree, public display of explicit sexual cloth, statutory rape in the 2d degree, and no physical forcefulness or threat of physical force was used in the commission of the law-breaking may file a petition in the civil segmentation of the circuit court in the canton in which the offender was convicted or found guilty of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit the offense or offenses for the removal of his or her proper name from the sexual offender registry after ten years have passed from the date he or she was required to register.
Effective August 28, 2009, any person on the sexual offender registry for having been convicted of, found guilty of, or having pled guilty or nolo contendere to an crime included under subsection 1 of this section may file a petition after two years have passed from the appointment the offender was convicted or plant guilty of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to the offense or offenses in the civil segmentation of the circuit court in the county in which the offender was convicted or found guilty of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to the criminal offense or offenses for removal of his or her name from the registry if such person was nineteen years of age or younger and the victim was thirteen years of age or older at the time of the offense and no physical force or threat of physical force was used in the commission of the offense, unless such person meets the qualifications of this subsection, and such person was xviii years of age or younger at the time of the offense, and is convicted or plant guilty of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation of section 566.068, 566.090*, 566.093, or 566.095 when such offense is a misdemeanor, in which case, such person may immediately file a petition to remove or exempt his or her proper name from the registry upon his or her confidence or finding or pleading of guilty or nolo contendere to such offense.
(ane) The courtroom may grant such relief under subsection 7 or 8 of this section if such person demonstrates to the court that he or she has complied with the provisions of this section and is not a electric current or potential threat to public safety. The prosecuting attorney in the circuit court in which the petition is filed must be given observe, past the person seeking removal or exemption from the registry, of the petition to present evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate the reasons why the petition should exist denied. Failure of the person seeking removal or exemption from the registry to notify the prosecuting chaser of the petition shall result in an automatic deprival of such person's petition. If the prosecuting chaser is notified of the petition he or she shall make reasonable efforts to notify the victim of the criminal offense for which the person was required to register of the petition and the dates and times of any hearings or other proceedings in connexion with that petition.

(2) If the petition is denied, such person shall wait at least twelve months before petitioning the courtroom again. If the court finds that the petitioner is entitled to relief, which removes or exempts such person's name from the registry, a certified copy of the written findings or lodge shall exist forwarded by the courtroom to the main law enforcement official having jurisdiction over the offender and to the Missouri state highway patrol in guild to take such person's name removed or exempted from the registry.

Any nonresident worker or nonresident student shall annals for the elapsing of such person's employment or attendance at whatever schoolhouse of higher instruction and is not entitled to relief under the provisions of subsection 9 of this section. Whatsoever registered offender from another land who has a temporary residence in this state and resides more than seven days in a twelve-calendar month menses shall register for the elapsing of such person's temporary residency and is not entitled to the provisions of subsection 9 of this section.
Any person whose name is removed or exempted from the sexual offender registry under subsection 7 or 8 of this department shall no longer exist required to fulfill the registration requirements of sections 589.400 to 589.425, unless such person is required to register for committing some other criminal offense subsequently being removed from the registry.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.L. 2000 South.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2002 S.B. 758 merged with Due south.B. 969, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 5 merged with S.B. 184, A.50. 2004 H.B. 1055, A.50. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 Due south.B. 714, et al., A.50. 2009 H.B. 62, A.Fifty. 2014 South.B. 491)

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*Department 566.090 was transferred 2013; now 566.101.

(2005) Sex offender registration statutes are non-castigating civil regulation and thus practise not found an ex post facto punishment; sections besides do non violate the due process rights of registrants. R. W. 5. Sanders, 168 South.West.3d 65 (Mo.banc).

(2006) Sections 589.400 to 589.425 are constitutional under ex mail facto, due process, equal protection, bill of attainder, and special law provisions; however, application of registration requirement to persons who pled guilty or were found guilty prior to sections' constructive appointment of January 1, 1995, violates constitutional ban on laws retrospective in operation. Doe v. Phillips, 194 S.Westward.3d 833 (Mo.banc).

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalisation; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Offense Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Department 589.402 Internet search capability of registered sex offenders to be maintained–data to be fabricated available–newspaper publication.

589.402. 1. The principal law enforcement officeholder of the canton or city not within a county may maintain a spider web folio on the internet, which shall be open up to the public and shall include a registered sexual offender search capability.

The registered sexual offender search shall make information technology possible for whatsoever person using the internet to search for and find the data specified in subsection 3 of this section, if known, on offenders registered in this state pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425, except that merely persons who have been convicted of, found guilty of, or plead guilty to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit sexual offenses shall be included on this website.
Only the information listed in this subsection shall be provided to the public in the registered sexual offender search:

(one) The proper noun and any known aliases of the offender;

(2) The date of birth and any known alias dates of birth of the offender;

(3) A physical description of the offender;

(iv) The residence, temporary, work, and school addresses of the offender, including the street address, city, county, state, and nothing code;

(5) Any photographs of the offender;

(six) A physical clarification of the offender'south vehicles, including the year, make, model, color, and license plate number;

(7) The nature and dates of all offenses qualifying the offender to register;

(8) The date on which the offender was released from the department of mental health, prison, or jail, or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation for the offenses qualifying the offender to register;

(nine) Compliance status of the offender with the provisions of sections 589.400 to 589.425; and

(x) Any online identifiers, equally divers in section 43.651, used by the person. Such online identifiers shall not be included in the general profile of an offender on the spider web page and shall only be available to a member of the public by a search using the specific online identifier to make up one's mind if a friction match exists with a registered offender.

The chief law enforcement officer of any county or city not inside a county may publish in whatsoever newspaper distributed in the county or city non within a county the sexual offender information provided under subsection 3 of this section for whatsoever offender residing in the canton or city not inside a county.

(Fifty. 2005 S.B. 73, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.Fifty. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Punishment; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Criminal offense Prevention and Command Programs and Services

Department 589.403 Correctional facility or mental health institution releasing on parole or discharge, official in charge, duties.

589.403. Any person to whom subsection 1 of section 589.400 applies who is paroled, discharged, or otherwise released from any correctional facility of the department of corrections or any mental health institution where such person was confined shall exist informed by the official in charge of such correctional facility or mental health institution of the person'due south possible duty to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425. If such person is required to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425, the official in charge of the correctional facility or the mental wellness institution shall consummate the initial registration prior to release and frontwards the offender's registration, within three business days, to the chief law enforcement official of the county or city not inside a county where the person expects to reside upon discharge, parole or release. When the person lists an address where he or she expects to reside that is not in this land, the initial registration shall be forwarded to the Missouri superhighway patrol.

(50. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalization; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.405 Court's duties upon release of sexual offender.

589.405. Whatever person to whom subsection 1 of department 589.400 applies who is released on probation, discharged upon payment of a fine, or released after solitude in a canton jail shall, prior to such release or discharge, be informed of the possible duty to annals pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425 by the courtroom having jurisdiction over the case. If such person is required to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425, the courtroom shall obtain the address where the person expects to reside upon discharge, parole or release and shall report, within iii business organization days, such accost to the main law enforcement official of the county or city non within a county where the person expects to reside, upon discharge, parole or release.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 Southward.B. 714, et al.)

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sexual activity Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Law-breaking Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.407 Registration, required information–substantiating accurateness of information.

589.407. 1. Any registration pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall consist of completion of an offender registration form developed by the Missouri state highway patrol. Such form shall include, but is not express to the following:

(1) A statement in writing signed past the person, giving the name, address, Social Security number and telephone number of the person, the license plate number and vehicle description, including the yr, make, model, and color of each vehicle endemic or operated past the offender, any online identifiers, as defined in section 43.651, used by the person, the identify of employment of such person, enrollment inside any institutions of college teaching, the crime which requires registration, whether the person was sentenced as a persistent or predatory offender pursuant to section 566.125*, the date, place, and a brief description of such crime, the date and place of the conviction or plea regarding such crime, the age and gender of the victim at the time of the offense and whether the person successfully completed the Missouri sexual offender programme pursuant to section 589.040, if applicable;

(2) The fingerprints, palm prints, and a photograph of the person; and

(3) A Deoxyribonucleic acid sample, if a sample has not already been obtained.

2. The offender shall provide positive identification and documentation to substantiate the accuracy of the data completed on the offender registration form, including but not express to the following:

(1) A photocopy of a valid driver'southward license or nondriver's identification card;

(ii) A certificate verifying proof of the offender's residency; and

(three) A photocopy of the vehicle registration for each of the offender'south vehicles.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 5 merged with Southward.B. 184, A.Fifty. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.50. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)

*Section 558.018 was transferred to department 566.125 by Southward.B. 491, 2014, effective i-01-17.

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Criminal offence Prevention and Command Programs and Services
Section 589.410 Highway patrol to be notified, information to be made a function of MULES.

589.410. The main constabulary enforcement official shall forward the completed offender registration form to the Missouri motorway patrol within three days. The patrol shall enter the information into the Missouri uniform law enforcement system (MULES) where it is available to members of the criminal justice system, and other entities equally provided by law, upon inquiry.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.Fifty. 2002 S.B. 758 merged with Southward.B. 969, et al.)

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex activity Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.414 Registrant'due south duties on change of address–time limitations for certain notifications–change in online identifiers, duty to report.

589.414. 1. Any person required past sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register shall, not subsequently than three business days later each change of proper name, residence within the canton or city not inside a county at which the offender is registered, employment, or student status, appear in person to the chief law enforcement officer of the county or metropolis not inside a county and inform such officer of all changes in the data required by the offender. The primary constabulary enforcement officer shall immediately forward the registrant changes to the Missouri throughway patrol inside 3 business concern days.

2. If whatever person required by sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register changes such person's residence or address to a different county or city non within a county, the person shall appear in person and shall inform both the chief police enforcement official with whom the person terminal registered and the primary constabulary enforcement official of the canton or city not within a county having jurisdiction over the new residence or address in writing within 3 business days of such new accost and telephone number, if the phone number is likewise changed. If any person required by sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register changes their state of residence, the person shall appear in person and shall inform both the principal law enforcement official with whom the person was last registered and the chief law enforcement official of the surface area in the new state having jurisdiction over the new residence or address within iii concern days of such new address. Whenever a registrant changes residence, the chief law enforcement official of the canton or city non within a canton where the person was previously registered shall inform the Missouri thruway patrol of the alter within iii concern days. When the registrant is changing the residence to a new state, the Missouri superhighway patrol shall inform the responsible official in the new state of residence within three business organization days.

3. In add-on to the requirements of subsections ane and 2 of this department, the following offenders shall written report in person to the chief law enforcement agency every ninety days to verify the data independent in their statement made pursuant to department 589.407:

(1) Whatever offender registered as a predatory or persistent sexual offender under the definitions found in section 566.125*;

(2) Whatever offender who is registered for a crime where the victim was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the offense; and

(3) Whatsoever offender who has pled guilty or been found guilty pursuant to section 589.425 of declining to register or submitting fake information when registering.

four. In addition to the requirements of subsections one and ii of this section, all registrants shall report semiannually in person in the month of their birth and half dozen months thereafter to the chief police force enforcement bureau to verify the information contained in their argument made pursuant to section 589.407. All registrants shall allow the main police enforcement officer to take a electric current photograph of the offender in the month of his or her nativity to the chief law enforcement agency.

5. In addition to the requirements of subsections i and two of this department, all Missouri registrants who piece of work or nourish schoolhouse or training on a full-fourth dimension or part-time basis in any other state shall be required to report in person to the chief law enforcement officer in the area of the state where they piece of work or attend school or training and register in that state. "Part-fourth dimension" in this subsection means for more than seven days in any twelve-month catamenia.

half-dozen. If a person, who is required to register every bit a sexual offender nether sections 589.400 to 589.425, changes or obtains a new online identifier every bit defined in section 43.651, the person shall study such information in the same manner every bit a alter of residence before using such online identifier.

(Fifty. 1997 H.B. 883, A.Fifty. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.50. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2003 South.B. 5 merged with S.B. 184, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al.)

*Section 558.018 was transferred to department 566.125 past South.B. 491, 2014, constructive 1-01-17.

(2009) Section is ramble and does not operate retrospectively for those who committed offenses prior to its effective engagement as long every bit plea or conviction occurred subsequently effective date. State five. Holden, 278 S.Due west.3d 674 (Mo.banc).

(2011) Department requiring sex offenders to report change in employment status does not violate constitutional prohibition against retrospective laws as applied to offender whose conviction predated statute's enactment. State v. Guyer, 353 S.W.3d 458 (Mo.App.W.D.).

(2012 Department requires updating status on sexual criminal offense registry within three days of changing residence, rather than updating status only afterwards obtaining new permanent residence. State v. Kelly, 367 Southward.West.3d 629 (Mo.App.E.D.).

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalisation; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.415 Probation and parole officers to notify police force enforcement of sexual practice offender change of residence, when–probation officeholder defined.

589.415. ane. Any probation officer or parole officer assigned to a sexual offender who is required to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall notify the advisable law enforcement officials whenever the officer has reason to believe that the offender volition be changing his or her residence. Upon obtaining the new address where the offender expects to reside, the officeholder shall study such address to the chief police force enforcement official with whom the offender concluding registered and the master police enforcement official of the county having jurisdiction over the new residence, if unlike. The officer shall also inform the offender of the offender's duty to register. However, nothing in this section shall bear on the offender'southward duty to annals, pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425.

2. As used in this section, the term "probation officeholder" includes any agent of a private entity assigned to provide probation supervision services to an offender due to the offender'southward status as a sexual offender who is required to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1055)

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalty; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sex Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Law-breaking Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.417 Statements, photographs and fingerprints required non to be public records–disclosure authorized for law enforcement officials and agencies–complete list of offenders maintained–released upon asking.

589.417. 1. Except for the specific information listed in subsection 2 of this section, the complete statements, photographs and fingerprints required past sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall not exist discipline to the provisions of chapter 610 and are non public records every bit defined in section 610.010, and shall exist available simply to courts, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies.

2. Still any provision of law to the contrary, the chief law enforcement official of the county shall maintain, for all offenders registered in such canton, a complete list of the names, addresses and crimes for which such offenders are registered. Whatever person may asking such list from the chief police enforcement official of the county.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al.)

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Championship XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sexual practice Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Law-breaking Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.420 Temporary consignment outside correctional facility or mental health institution–official in charge to notify before release–exception.

589.420. In any example where any person who would be required by sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register is temporarily sent outside a correctional facility or a mental health institution where the person is confined, on any assignment of whatever nature, the chief police force enforcement official of the county having jurisdiction over the place where the consignment occurs shall be notified by the official in charge of the correctional facility or mental health establishment within a reasonable fourth dimension prior to removal from the correctional facility or mental health establishment. This department shall not apply to any person temporarily released under baby-sit from the correctional facility or mental health institution in which such person is bars.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883)

TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND Penalty; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS [Missouri Sexual practice Offender Registry]

Chapter 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.425 Failure to register, punishment–subsequent violations, penalty.

589.425. i. A person commits the crime of failing to annals every bit a sex offender when the person is required to annals under sections 589.400 to 589.425 and fails to comply with any requirement of sections 589.400 to 589.425. Failing to register equally a sex offender is a course Eastward felony unless the person is required to register based on having committed an offense in chapter 566 which was an unclassified felony, a class A or B felony, or a felony involving a kid under the age of fourteen, in which instance information technology is a class D felony.

2. A person commits the law-breaking of failing to register as a sex offender as a second offense by declining to comply with whatsoever requirement of sections 589.400 to 589.425 and he or she has previously pled guilty to or has previously been found guilty of failing to annals equally a sexual activity offender. Declining to annals as a sex offender every bit a second offense is a class E felony unless the person is required to register based on having committed an offense in chapter 566, or an criminal offence in any other land or foreign country, or under federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction, which if committed in this state would be an offense under chapter 566 which was an unclassified felony, a class A or B felony, or a felony involving a kid under the historic period of fourteen, in which example it is a class D felony.

3. (1) A person commits the crime of failing to register as a sex offender as a 3rd law-breaking by failing to meet the requirements of sections 589.400 to 589.425 and he or she has, on two or more occasions, previously pled guilty to or has previously been plant guilty of failing to register as a sex offender. Declining to register equally a sexual activity offender as a 3rd offense is a felony which shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years and not more xxx years.

(2) No court may suspend the imposition or execution of judgement of a person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of failing to register every bit a sex activity offender every bit a third offense. No court may sentence such person to pay a fine in lieu of a term of imprisonment.

(3) A person sentenced nether this subsection shall non be eligible for provisional release or parole until he or she has served at least ii years of imprisonment.

(iv) Upon release, an offender who has committed failing to annals every bit a sex offender as a third offense shall be electronically monitored as a mandatory condition of supervision. Electronic monitoring may be based on a global positioning organization or any other technology which identifies and records the offender's location at all times.

(Fifty. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.Fifty. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 Southward.B. 714, et al., A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2014 Southward.B. 491)

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TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS[Missouri Sexual activity Offender Registry]

Affiliate 589 Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Department 589.426 Halloween, restrictions on acquit–violations, penalty.

589.426. 1. Whatsoever person required to register as a sexual offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall exist required on October thirty-first of each yr to:

(1) Avert all Halloween-related contact with children;

(ii) Remain inside his or her residence between the hours of 5 p.one thousand. and 10:thirty p.m. unless required to be elsewhere for simply crusade, including but not limited to employment or medical emergencies;

(3) Post a sign at his or her residence stating, "No candy or treats at this residence"; and

(iv) Leave all outside residential lighting off during the evening hours later on 5 p.chiliad.

2. Any person required to register as a sexual offender nether sections 589.400 to 589.425 who violates the provisions of subsection one of this section shall be guilty of a form A misdemeanor.

(Fifty. 2008 South.B. 714, et al.)

(2010) Department prohibiting convicted sexual practice offenders from various deportment on Halloween and requiring posted notices, as applied to person whose sex offense conviction predated the law'southward enactment, violated Article I, Section 13 provision prohibiting retrospective laws. F.R. v. St. Charles County Sheriff'due south Section, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo.banc).

Title Five MILITARY Affairs AND POLICE [Missouri Sexual practice Offender Registry]

Affiliate 43 Highway Patrol, State
Section 43.650. Internet site to be maintained, registered sexual practice offender search–confidentiality, release of information, when.

Internet site to be maintained, registered sex activity offender search–confidentiality, release of data, when.
43.650. 1. The patrol shall, discipline to appropriation, maintain a web page on the Cyberspace which shall be open up to the public and shall include a registered sexual offender search capability.

2. The registered sexual offender search shall make it possible for any person using the Cyberspace to search for and find the information specified in subsection 4 of this department, if known, on offenders registered in this state pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425, except that only persons who have been bedevilled of, found guilty of or plead guilty to committing, attempting to commit, or conspiring to commit sexual offenses shall be included on this website.

3. The registered sexual offender search shall include the capability to search for sexual offenders past name, zip lawmaking, and by typing in an address and specifying a search inside a certain number of miles radius from that address.

4. Only the data listed in this subsection shall be provided to the public in the registered sexual offender search:

(1) The name and any known aliases of the offender;

(2) The date of birth and any known allonym dates of birth of the offender;

(3) A physical clarification of the offender;

(four) The residence, temporary, work, and school addresses of the offender, including the street address, metropolis, county, country, and cypher code;

(5) Whatsoever photographs of the offender;

(vi) A concrete description of the offender'southward vehicles, including the yr, make, model, color, and license plate number;

(vii) The nature and dates of all offenses qualifying the offender to register;

(viii) The date on which the offender was released from the department of mental health, prison, or jail, or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation for the offenses qualifying the offender to register;

(9) Compliance status of the offender with the provisions of section 589.400 to 589.425; and

(10) Any online identifiers, every bit defined in section 43.651, used past the person. Such online identifiers shall non be included in the full general profile of an offender on the spider web folio and shall merely exist available to a fellow member of the public by a search using the specific online identifier to make up one's mind if a match exists with a registered offender.

(L. 2003 S.B. 184, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 South.B. 714, et al.)