Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 567

Prostitution

←567.050

Section 567.050.2

567.060→

August 28, 2015

Until December 31, 2016--Promoting prostitution in the first degree.

567.050. 1. A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the

first degree if he knowingly



(1) Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage

in, or remain in prostitution; or



(2) Promotes prostitution of a person less than sixteen years old.



2. The term "compelling" includes



(1) The use of forcible compulsion;



(2) The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person

incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating its nature;



(3) Withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugs or a narcotic

from a drug dependent person.



3. Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.



(L. 1977 S.B. 60)



Effective 1-01-79



*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Due

to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are

printed here.







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