{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-566.210","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.210","heading":"Sexual trafficking of a child, first degree, penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree if he or she knowingly:\n(1) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, including but not limited to through the use of force, abduction, coercion, fraud, deception, blackmail, or causing or threatening to cause financial harm, a person under the age of fourteen to participate in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010, or benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in such activities;\n(2) Causes a person under the age of fourteen to engage in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010; or\n(3) Advertises the availability of a person under the age of fourteen to participate in a commercial sex act, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010.\n2. It shall not be a defense that the defendant believed that the person was fourteen years of age or older.\n3. The offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole until the offender has served not less than thirty years of such sentence.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 566 - Sexual Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=566.210","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"056c6b2116b931d5391d0c3b1ff9afd8c0920ba90abcbcfb7ce75ac4751ad583","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-566.209","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-566.210--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}