What is the law for sex offenders in MO?

Question

If u are a sex offender in MO, Can u go around schools, and have children living in ure home?

Answer 1

Missouri
updated 4/24/06


Contact Person: Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Records and
Identification Division, Offender Registration. Phone: [phone]
Offenders Required to Register: 589.400. 1. Sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall apply to:

(1) Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is hereafter convicted of, been found guilty of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, or attempting to commit, a felony offense of chapter 566, RSMo, or any offense of chapter 566, RSMo, where the victim is a minor; or

(2) Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is hereafter convicted of, been found guilty of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to committing, or attempting to commit one or more of the following offenses: kidnapping, pursuant to section 565.110, RSMo; felonious restraint; promoting prostitution in the first degree; promoting prostitution in the second degree; promoting prostitution in the third degree; sexual exploitation of a minor; promoting child pornography in the first degree; promoting child pornography in the second degree; possession of child pornography; furnishing pornographic material to minors; public display of explicit sexual material; coercing acceptance of obscene material; promoting obscenity in the first degree; promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree; incest; abuse of a child, pursuant to section 568.060, RSMo; use of a child in a sexual performance; or promoting sexual performance by a child; and committed or attempted to commit the offense against a victim who is a minor, defined for the purposes of sections 589.400 to 589.425 as a person under eighteen years of age; or

(3) Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been committed to the department of mental health as a criminal sexual psychopath; or

(4) Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been found not guilty as a result of mental disease or defect of any offense listed in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection; or

(5) Any person who is a resident of this state who has, since July 1, 1979, or is hereafter convicted of, been found guilty of, or pled guilty to or nolo contendere in any other state, foreign country, or under federal or military jurisdiction to committing, or attempting to commit, an offense which, if committed in this state, would be a violation of chapter 566, RSMo, or a felony violation of any offense listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection or has been or is required to register in another state or has been or is required to register under federal or military law; or

(6) Any person who has been or is required to register in another state or has been or is required to register under federal or military law and who works or attends school or training on a full-time or on a part-time basis in Missouri. "Part-time" in this subdivision means for more than fourteen days in any twelve-month period.

2. Any person to whom sections 589.400 to 589.425 apply shall, within ten days of conviction, release from incarceration, or placement upon probation, register with the chief law enforcement official of the county in which such person resides unless such person has already registered in that county for the same offense. Any person to whom sections 589.400 to 589.425 apply if not currently registered in their county of residence shall register with the chief law enforcement official of such county within ten days of August 28, 2003. The chief law enforcement official shall forward a copy of the registration form required by section 589.407 to a city, town, village, or campus law enforcement agency located within the county of the chief law enforcement official, if so requested. Such request may ask the chief law enforcement official to forward copies of all registration forms filed with such official. The chief law enforcement official may forward a copy of such registration form to any city, town, village, or campus law enforcement agency, if so requested.

3. The registration requirements of sections 589.400 through 589.425 are lifetime registration requirements unless all offenses requiring registration are reversed, vacated or set aside or unless the registrant is pardoned of the offenses requiring registration.

4. For processing an initial sex offender registration the chief law enforcement officer of the county may charge the offender registering a fee of up to ten dollars.

5. For processing any change in registration required pursuant to section 589.414 the chief law enforcement official of the county may charge the person changing their registration a fee of five dollars for each change made after the initial registration.

(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2002 S.B. 758 merged with S.B. 969, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 5 merged with S.B. 184, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1055)

(2002) Person entering Alford plea to one of the enumerated offenses is subject to sex offender registration. Haffner v. Saulters, 77 S.W.3d 45 (Mo.App. E.D.).

6. And all sex offenders must re-register annually in the month of their birth.

Information Collected: Phone number, place of employment, crime committed, date and place of crime, date and place of conviction, photo, and fingerprints and other identifying information.
Administrating Agency: State Highway Patrol, local law enforcement.
Timeframe for Registration: Notified upon release, given 10 days to register to county official; within 10 days of moving into state; within 10 days of changing address. Every offender much register annually on the month of their birth.
Applies to Out of State Offenders: Yes
Duration of Requirement: Life. Persistent or predatory offenders, every 90 days; for offenders with victims under the age of 18, every 90 days.
Verification of Address: No
Penalties for Non-Compliance: 589.425. 1. Any person who is required to register pursuant to sections 589.400 to 589.425 and does not meet all requirements of sections 589.400 to 589.425 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has been convicted pursuant to chapter 566 of an unclassified felony, class A felony, class B felony, or any felony involving a child under the age of fourteen, in which case the person is guilty of a class D felony.

2. Any person who commits a second or subsequent violation of subsection 1 of this section is guilty of a class D felony, unless the person has been convicted pursuant to chapter 566 of an unclassified felony, class A felony, class B felony, or any felony involving a child under the age of fourteen, in which case the person is guilty of a class C felony.
(L. 1997 H.B. 883, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1055)
Access to Information: Procedures for Public Access: Upon request, a local law enforcement agency will provide a complete list of the sexual offenders registered within that agency's jurisdiction to any member of the public.
Confidentiality Provision: No
Number Registered: 11,411 register sex offenders as of 4/7/06
Percent Compliance: Not known
Internet Access: Missouri: http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/PatrolDivisions/CRID/SOR/SORPage.html

Barton County Sheriff’s Department: www.bartoncountysd.org

Boone County Sheriff’s Department: www.showmeboone.com/SHERIFF/

Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department: www.buchanancosheriff.com

Callaway County Sheriff’s Department: www.callawaycountysheriff.org

Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department: www.capecountysheriff.org

Christian County Sheriff’s Department: www.christiancountysheriff.net

Clay County Sheriff’s Department: www.claycogov.com

Cole County Sheriff’s Department: www.colecounty.org

Crawford County Sheriff’s Department: www.crawfordcountysheriffsoffice.bravepages.com

Dallas County Sheriff’s Department: www.dallascountysheriff.net

Douglas County Sheriff’s Department: http://members.getgoin.net

Greene County Sheriff’s Department: www.greenecomo.org/sheriff

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department: www.jcsd.org

Laclede County Sheriff’s Department: www.lacledecountymissouri.org/

Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department: www.lawrencecosheriff.com

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department: www.lcsdmo.com

Newton County Sheriff’s Department: www.nc-so.org

Platte County Sheriff’s Department: www.plattesheriff.org

Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department: www.pulaskicountyweb.com

Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Department: www.sgcsd.com

Scott County Sheriff’s Department-
www.showmenet/scottcountysheriff/sexual offender.htm
St Charles County Sheriff's Department-www.saintcharlescounty.org
St Francois County Sheriff's Department-www.sfcsd.org
St Louis County PD-www.stlouisco.com
St Louis City Pd-www.circuitattorney.org
Taney County Sheriff's Department-www.co.taney.mo.us

Answer 2

Hope not, for gawd's sake.
But the restrictions are arbitrary in most cases, and up to a judge to decide