{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.090","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.090","heading":"Video cassettes, morbid violence, to be kept in separate area — sale or rental to persons under seventeen prohibited, penalties.","body":"1. Video cassettes or other video reproduction devices, or the jackets, cases or coverings of such video reproduction devices shall be displayed or maintained in a separate area if the same are pornographic for minors as defined in section 573.010, or if:\n(1) Taken as a whole and applying contemporary community standards, the average person would find that it has a tendency to cater or appeal to morbid interest in violence for persons less than seventeen years of age; and\n(2) It depicts violence in a way which is patently offensive to the average person applying contemporary adult community standards with respect to what is suitable for persons less than seventeen years of age; and\n(3) Taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for persons less than seventeen years of age.\n2. Any video cassettes or other video reproduction devices meeting the description in subsection 1 of this section shall not be rented or sold to a person less than seventeen years of age.\n3. Violation of the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 of this section shall be punishable as an infraction, unless such violation constitutes furnishing pornographic materials to minors as defined in section 573.040, in which case it shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor or class E felony as prescribed in section 573.040, or unless such violation constitutes promoting obscenity in the second degree as defined in section 573.030, in which case it shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor or class E felony as prescribed in section 573.030.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 573 - Pornography and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.090","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"0e1d912659ad750eeeee1a195f8745109f0308a6811c31a7f380b990403df6da","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.080","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}