{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-568.020","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 568.020","heading":"Incest — penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of incest if he or she marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he or she knows to be, without regard to legitimacy, his or her:\n(1) Ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; or\n(2) Stepchild, while the marriage creating that relationship exists; or\n(3) Brother or sister of the whole or half-blood; or\n(4) Uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the whole blood.\n2. The offense of incest is a class E felony.\n3. The court shall not grant probation to a person who has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 568 - Offenses Against the Family"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=568.020","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"689a68076d97ac56ebbd66628cffabd1876547456e9467ff6cefd8fb72e90048","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-568.010","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-568.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}