{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.200","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.200","heading":"Child used in sexual performance — penalties.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of use of a child in a sexual performance if, knowing the character and content thereof, the person employs, authorizes, or induces a child less than eighteen years of age to engage in a performance which includes sexual conduct or, being a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of such child, consents to the participation by such child in such sexual performance.\n2. The offense of use of a child in a sexual performance is a class C felony, unless in the course thereof the person inflicts serious emotional injury on the child, in which case the offense is a class B felony.\n3. The court shall not grant a suspended imposition of sentence or a suspended execution of sentence 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 573 - Pornography and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.200","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"64f20a0b6e5c4d6b102c8801ad74acfc59b39802d1123cd73a02439c64add5d5","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.114","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-573.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}