{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-578.013","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.013","heading":"Recordings of farm animals alleged to be abused or neglected, submission to law enforcement required — violation, penalty.","body":"1. Whenever any farm animal professional videotapes or otherwise makes a digital recording of what he or she believes to depict a farm animal subjected to abuse or neglect under sections 578.009 or 578.012, such farm animal professional shall have a duty to submit such videotape or digital recording to a law enforcement agency within twenty-four hours of the recording.\n2. No videotape or digital recording submitted under subsection 1 of this section shall be spliced, edited, or manipulated in any way prior to its submission.\n3. An intentional violation of any provision of this section is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 578 - Miscellaneous Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=578.013","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"259ca991f6d332a73722aa7a3171a85f878b8d3e0bbff504896b1cc786a00ea8","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-578.012","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-578.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}