Missouri · Missouri Revised Statutes — Criminal Offenses (Ch. 565–575)

Mo. Rev. Stat. (Crimes) § 566.148: Certain offenders not to physically be present or loiter within five hundred feet of a child care facility

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Persons convicted of certain child-related sexual offenses cannot knowingly be present or loiter within 500 feet of child care facilities where minors are present, unless they are a parent, guardian, or custodian. Violation is a class A misdemeanor.

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