{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-210.118","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.118","heading":"Court finding of abuse by preponderance of evidence, responsible party to be listed in registry — procedure.","body":"1. Except for actions under the uniform parentage act, sections 210.817 to 210.852, in any action under chapter 210 or 211 in which the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a party is responsible for child abuse or neglect, as those terms are defined in section 210.110, the clerk shall send a certified copy of the judgment or order to the children's division and to the appropriate prosecuting attorney. Upon receipt of the order, the children's division shall list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry.\n2. In every case in which the person has pled guilty to or been found guilty of:\n(1) A crime under section 565.020, 565.021, 565.023, 565.024, 565.050, 566.030, 566.060, or 567.050 and the victim is a child under eighteen years of age;\n(2) Any other crime in chapter 566 if the victim is a child under eighteen years of age and the perpetrator is twenty-one years of age or older;\n(3) A crime under section 568.020, 568.030, 568.045, 568.050, 568.060, 568.080*, 568.090*, 573.023, 573.025, 573.035, 573.037, 573.040, 573.200, or 573.205; or\n(4) An attempt to commit any such crimes;\nthe court shall enter an order directing the children's division to list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry. The clerk shall send a certified copy of the order to the children's division. Upon receipt of the order, the children's division shall list the individual as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in the central registry.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=210.118","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"dfd9a942253cdb2047b849b6ecc335e9ad62a54b612b7f11bda00fec9d887e96","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-210.117","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-210.119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}