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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo): unclassified",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri's official statute index is maintained by the Revisor of Statutes at revisor.mo.gov.",
      "body": "Missouri's official statute index is maintained by the Revisor of Statutes at revisor.mo.gov.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Missouri Revisor of Statutes - Revised Statutes of Missouri(RSMo)”\n\nNote: Anchor record for the batch; the official index page heading is quoted exactly.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 542.402(2)(3) — wire-communication interception consent: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] For a person not acting under law, Missouri permits interception of a wire communication when the interceptor is a party or one party gave prior consent, unless the interception is for a criminal or tortious act.",
      "body": "For a person not acting under law, Missouri permits interception of a wire communication when the interceptor is a party or one party gave prior consent, unless the interception is for a criminal or tortious act.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“(3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.”\n\nNote: This is the operative one-party-consent language for wire communications.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 542.402(2)(2) — oral-communication interception by persons acting under law: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 542.402(2)(2) permits a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication when that person is a party or one party gave prior consent, but it does not state a general private-person oral-recording rule.",
      "body": "Section 542.402(2)(2) permits a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication when that person is a party or one party gave prior consent, but it does not state a general private-person oral-recording rule.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“(2) For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception;”\n\nNote: The opened section states only the person-acting-under-law exception for oral communications.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 565.252 — Invasion of privacy: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri criminalizes knowingly photographing, filming, videotaping, producing, or otherwise creating an image of another person without consent while the person is in full or partial nudity in a place with a reasonable expectation of privacy, or photographing or filming under or through clothing to view the body or undergarments without consent.",
      "body": "Missouri criminalizes knowingly photographing, filming, videotaping, producing, or otherwise creating an image of another person without consent while the person is in full or partial nudity in a place with a reasonable expectation of privacy, or photographing or filming under or through clothing to view the body or undergarments without consent.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly: (1) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person, without the person's consent, while the person is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or (2) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person under or through the clothing worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent. 2. Invasion of privacy is a class A misdemeanor unless: (1) A person who creates an image in violation of this section distributes the image to another or transmits the image in a manner that allows access to that image via computer; (2) A person disseminates or permits the dissemination by any means, to another person, of a videotape, photograph, or film obtained in violation of this section; (3) More than one person is viewed, photographed, filmed or videotaped during the same course of conduct; or (4) The offense was committed by a person who has previously been found guilty of invasion of privacy in which case invasion of privacy is a class E felony.”\n\nNote: Missouri has no standalone video voyeurism statute. The closest provision is § 565.252 invasion of privacy.",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly: (1) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person, without the person's consent, while the person is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or (2) Photographs, films, videotapes, produces, or otherwise creates an image of another person under or through the clothing worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent. 2. Invasion of privacy is a class A misdemeanor unless: (1) A person who creates an image in violation of this section distributes the image to another or transmits the image in a manner that allows access to that image via computer; (2) A person disseminates or permits the dissemination by any means, to another person, of a videotape, photograph, or film obtained in violation of this section; (3) More than one person is viewed, photographed, filmed or videotaped during the same course of conduct; or (4) The offense was committed by a person who has previously been found guilty of invasion of privacy in which case invasion of privacy is a class E felony.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.110 — Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images (Evan's Voice Act): Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri prohibits intentionally disseminating an identifiable image of a person engaged in a sexual act or with intimate parts exposed, obtained under circumstances the image was to remain private, when the disseminator knows or should know the depicted person did not consent and acts with intent to harass, threaten, or coerce.",
      "body": "Missouri prohibits intentionally disseminating an identifiable image of a person engaged in a sexual act or with intimate parts exposed, obtained under circumstances the image was to remain private, when the disseminator knows or should know the depicted person did not consent and acts with intent to harass, threaten, or coerce.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“3. A person commits the offense of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images if he or she: (1) Intentionally disseminates an image with the intent to harass, threaten, or coerce another person: (a) Who is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image; and (b) Who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; (2) Obtains the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and (3) Knows or should have known that the person in the image did not consent to the dissemination.”\n\nNote: The section's definition of image includes photograph, film, videotape, digital recording, or other depiction but does not expressly mention computer-generated depictions.",
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      "evidence_quote": "3. A person commits the offense of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images if he or she: (1) Intentionally disseminates an image with the intent to harass, threaten, or coerce another person: (a) Who is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image; and (b) Who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; (2) Obtains the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and (3) Knows or should have known that the person in the image did not consent to the dissemination.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_intimate_images_penalty_573_110",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.110 — Penalty and private cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A violation of Missouri's nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images statute is a class D felony, or class C felony if the image is of a minor or vulnerable person, and the depicted person has a private cause of action for ten thousand dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus attorney's fees.",
      "body": "A violation of Missouri's nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images statute is a class D felony, or class C felony if the image is of a minor or vulnerable person, and the depicted person has a private cause of action for ten thousand dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus attorney's fees.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“7. The offense of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images is a class D felony, unless the image was of a minor or of a vulnerable person, in which case it is a class C felony. 8. In addition to the criminal penalties listed in subsection 7 of this section, the person in violation of the provisions of this section shall also be subject to a private cause of action from the depicted person. Any successful private cause of action brought under this subsection shall result in an award equal to ten thousand dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, and in addition shall include attorney's fees. Humiliation or embarrassment shall be an adequate showing that the plaintiff has incurred damages; however, no physical manifestation of either humiliation or embarrassment is necessary for damages to be shown.”\n\nNote: Penalty and civil remedy stated in subsections 7 and 8.",
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      "evidence_quote": "7. The offense of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images is a class D felony, unless the image was of a minor or of a vulnerable person, in which case it is a class C felony. 8. In addition to the criminal penalties listed in subsection 7 of this section, the person in violation of the provisions of this section shall also be subject to a private cause of action from the depicted person. Any successful private cause of action brought under this subsection shall result in an award equal to ten thousand dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, and in addition shall include attorney's fees. Humiliation or embarrassment shall be an adequate showing that the plaintiff has incurred damages; however, no physical manifestation of either humiliation or embarrassment is necessary for damages to be shown.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_digital_altered_573_570",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.570 — Disclosure of an intimate digital depiction: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri prohibits disclosing or threatening to disclose a realistic visual depiction created or altered using digital manipulation depicting an identifiable individual's uncovered intimate parts, bodily sexual fluids, or sexually explicit conduct when disclosed with intent to harass or with knowledge or reckless disregard of harm.",
      "body": "Missouri prohibits disclosing or threatening to disclose a realistic visual depiction created or altered using digital manipulation depicting an identifiable individual's uncovered intimate parts, bodily sexual fluids, or sexually explicit conduct when disclosed with intent to harass or with knowledge or reckless disregard of harm.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) Depicted individual, an individual who, as a result of digitization or by means of digital manipulation, appears in whole or in part in an intimate digital depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the individual's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic; (2) Digital depiction, a realistic visual depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation; (4) Intimate digital depiction, a digital depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation and that depicts: (a) The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple of an identifiable individual; (b) The display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids; or (c) An identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct; 2. A person commits the offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction if the person: (1) Discloses an intimate digital depiction: (a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual; or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual; or (2) Threatens to disclose an intimate digital depiction: (a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual; or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such threatened disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual. 3. (1) A violation of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class D felony. (2) A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class E felony. (3) A violation of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class C felony if: (a) The violation is a second or other subsequent violation of subsection 2 of this section; or (b) The violation is such that the digital depiction could be reasonably expected to: a. Affect the conduct of any administrative, legislative, or judicial proceeding of a federal, state, local, or tribal government agency, including the administration of an election or the conduct of foreign relations; or b. Facilitate violence. 4. It shall not be a defense to an offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction under this section that there is a disclaimer stating that the intimate digital depiction of the depicted individual was unauthorized or that the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the digital depiction.”\n\nNote: This section expressly covers realistic visual depictions created or altered using digital manipulation.",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) Depicted individual, an individual who, as a result of digitization or by means of digital manipulation, appears in whole or in part in an intimate digital depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the individual's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic; (2) Digital depiction, a realistic visual depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation; (4) Intimate digital depiction, a digital depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation and that depicts: (a) The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple of an identifiable individual; (b) The display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids; or (c) An identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct; 2. A person commits the offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction if the person: (1) Discloses an intimate digital depiction: (a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual; or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual; or (2) Threatens to disclose an intimate digital depiction: (a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual; or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such threatened disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual. 3. (1) A violation of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class D felony. (2) A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class E felony. (3) A violation of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class C felony if: (a) The violation is a second or other subsequent violation of subsection 2 of this section; or (b) The violation is such that the digital depiction could be reasonably expected to: a. Affect the conduct of any administrative, legislative, or judicial proceeding of a federal, state, local, or tribal government agency, including the administration of an election or the conduct of foreign relations; or b. Facilitate violence. 4. It shall not be a defense to an offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction under this section that there is a disclaimer stating that the intimate digital depiction of the depicted individual was unauthorized or that the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the digital depiction.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.010 — Obscenity definition: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri defines obscene material or performance as that, taken as a whole, has a predominant appeal to prurient interest in sex under contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(11) Obscene, any material or performance if, taken as a whole: (a) Applying contemporary community standards, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest in sex; and (b) The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find the material depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value;",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.020 — Promoting obscenity in the first degree: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri makes it a class E felony to knowingly wholesale promote or possess with purpose to wholesale promote obscene material, wholesale promote or possess for minors material pornographic for minors, or promote such material via computer, internet or computer network to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor.",
      "body": "Missouri makes it a class E felony to knowingly wholesale promote or possess with purpose to wholesale promote obscene material, wholesale promote or possess for minors material pornographic for minors, or promote such material via computer, internet or computer network to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. A person commits the offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree if, knowing of its content and character, such person: (1) Wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote any obscene material; or (2) Wholesale promotes for minors or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors any material pornographic for minors; or (3) Promotes, wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors material that is pornographic for minors via computer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor. 2. The offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree is a class E felony. 3. As used in this section, wholesale promote means to manufacture, issue, sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the same for purposes of resale or redistribution.”\n\nNote: The wholesale distribution offense for obscene material.",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. A person commits the offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree if, knowing of its content and character, such person: (1) Wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote any obscene material; or (2) Wholesale promotes for minors or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors any material pornographic for minors; or (3) Promotes, wholesale promotes or possesses with the purpose to wholesale promote for minors material that is pornographic for minors via computer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor. 2. The offense of promoting obscenity in the first degree is a class E felony. 3. As used in this section, wholesale promote means to manufacture, issue, sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the same for purposes of resale or redistribution.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.030 — Promoting obscenity in the second degree: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri makes it a class A misdemeanor, elevated to class E felony on a prior conviction, to knowingly promote or possess with purpose to promote obscene material for pecuniary gain, produce, present, direct or participate in an obscene performance for pecuniary gain, or promote, possess, produce, present, direct or participate in material or performance pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain.",
      "body": "Missouri makes it a class A misdemeanor, elevated to class E felony on a prior conviction, to knowingly promote or possess with purpose to promote obscene material for pecuniary gain, produce, present, direct or participate in an obscene performance for pecuniary gain, or promote, possess, produce, present, direct or participate in material or performance pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. A person commits the offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree if, knowing of its content and character, he or she: (1) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any obscene material for pecuniary gain; or (2) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any obscene performance for pecuniary gain; or (3) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any material pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or (4) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or (5) Promotes, possesses with the purpose to promote, produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance that is pornographic for minors via computer, electronic transfer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor. 2. The offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor unless the person has been found guilty of an offense pursuant to this section committed at a different time, in which case it is a class E felony.”\n\nNote: The primary for-profit obscenity and obscene-performance offense.",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. A person commits the offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree if, knowing of its content and character, he or she: (1) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any obscene material for pecuniary gain; or (2) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any obscene performance for pecuniary gain; or (3) Promotes or possesses with the purpose to promote any material pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or (4) Produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance pornographic for minors for pecuniary gain; or (5) Promotes, possesses with the purpose to promote, produces, presents, directs or participates in any performance that is pornographic for minors via computer, electronic transfer, internet or computer network if the person made the matter available to a specific individual known by the defendant to be a minor. 2. The offense of promoting pornography for minors or obscenity in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor unless the person has been found guilty of an offense pursuant to this section committed at a different time, in which case it is a class E felony.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_public_display_573_060",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 573.060 — Public display of explicit sexual material: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri makes it a class A misdemeanor, elevated to class E felony on a prior conviction, to recklessly expose, place, exhibit or display explicit sexual material where it may be readily seen from a street, highway, public sidewalk or another's property, or fail to remove such a display after learning of it.",
      "body": "Missouri makes it a class A misdemeanor, elevated to class E felony on a prior conviction, to recklessly expose, place, exhibit or display explicit sexual material where it may be readily seen from a street, highway, public sidewalk or another's property, or fail to remove such a display after learning of it.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“1. A person commits the offense of public display of explicit sexual material if he or she recklessly: (1) Exposes, places, exhibits, or in any fashion, displays explicit sexual material in any location, whether public or private, and in such a manner that it may be readily seen and its content or character distinguished by normal unaided vision as viewed from a street, highway, public sidewalk, or the property of others, or from any portion of the person's store, the exhibitor's store or property when items and material other than this material are offered for sale or rent to the public; or (2) Fails to take prompt action to remove such a display from property in his or her possession after learning of its existence. 2. The offense of public display of explicit sexual material is a class A misdemeanor unless the person has been found guilty of an offense under this section committed at a different time, in which case it is a class E felony. 3. For purposes of this section, each day there is a violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.”\n\nNote: Could reach a filmed performance displayed publicly, but is not an indecent exposure statute.",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. A person commits the offense of public display of explicit sexual material if he or she recklessly: (1) Exposes, places, exhibits, or in any fashion, displays explicit sexual material in any location, whether public or private, and in such a manner that it may be readily seen and its content or character distinguished by normal unaided vision as viewed from a street, highway, public sidewalk, or the property of others, or from any portion of the person's store, the exhibitor's store or property when items and material other than this material are offered for sale or rent to the public; or (2) Fails to take prompt action to remove such a display from property in his or her possession after learning of its existence. 2. The offense of public display of explicit sexual material is a class A misdemeanor unless the person has been found guilty of an offense under this section committed at a different time, in which case it is a class E felony. 3. For purposes of this section, each day there is a violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 542.525 — Surveillance cameras on private property: Safety.privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from placing surveillance or game cameras on private property without landowner consent, a search warrant, or permission from the highest-ranking law enforcement chief when the camera faces public access and is within one hundred feet of the intended location.",
      "body": "Missouri prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from placing surveillance or game cameras on private property without landowner consent, a search warrant, or permission from the highest-ranking law enforcement chief when the camera faces public access and is within one hundred feet of the intended location.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“542.525. Surveillance or game cameras on private property, state and local government prohibited from placing without landowner consent. — No employee of a state agency or a political subdivision of the state shall place any surveillance camera or game camera on private property without first obtaining consent from the landowner or the landowner's * designee; a search warrant as required by and under Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Missouri or the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States; or permission from the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer of the agency or political subdivision, provided that permission of the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer of the agency or political subdivision is valid only when the camera is facing a location that is open to public access or use and the camera is located within one hundred feet of the intended surveillance location.”\n\nNote: Not a general video voyeurism statute; restricts government placement only.",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "542.525. Surveillance or game cameras on private property, state and local government prohibited from placing without landowner consent. — No employee of a state agency or a political subdivision of the state shall place any surveillance camera or game camera on private property without first obtaining consent from the landowner or the landowner's * designee; a search warrant as required by and under Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Missouri or the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States; or permission from the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer of the agency or political subdivision, provided that permission of the highest ranking law enforcement chief or officer of the agency or political subdivision is valid only when the camera is facing a location that is open to public access or use and the camera is located within one hundred feet of the intended surveillance location.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_absence_voyeurism",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri — no standalone video voyeurism or unlawful surveillance statute: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri has no standalone video voyeurism or unlawful surveillance statute.",
      "body": "Missouri has no standalone video voyeurism or unlawful surveillance statute.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in Missouri's code index for \"voyeur\" (473 chapters/sections indexed from 4 pages).”\n\nNote: Searched the official Missouri statute index on 2026-09-24 using the listed terms and reviewed Chapters 565, 574, and 542. The closest provision is § 565.252 invasion of privacy.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_absence_indecent_exposure",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri — no indecent exposure or public lewdness statute: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri has no indecent exposure or public lewdness statute that could reach a filmed performance.",
      "body": "Missouri has no indecent exposure or public lewdness statute that could reach a filmed performance.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in Missouri's code index for \"indecent exposure\" (473 chapters/sections indexed from 4 pages).”\n\nNote: Searched the official Missouri statute index on 2026-09-24 using the listed terms and reviewed Chapters 574, 568, and 565. A filmed performance displayed publicly would be evaluated under § 573.060 if it qualifies as explicit sexual material.",
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      "evidence_quote": "NO MATCH in Missouri's code index for \"indecent exposure\" (473 chapters/sections indexed from 4 pages).",
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      "subject": "Missouri — no indecent exposure or public lewdness statute",
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      "applies_to_scope": "Missouri has no equivalent; § 573.060 public display of explicit sexual material is the closest display provision.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_absence_right_publicity",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri — no right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation statute: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri has no statutory right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation provision.",
      "body": "Missouri has no statutory right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation provision.\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in Missouri's code index for \"right of publicity\" (473 chapters/sections indexed from 4 pages).”\n\nNote: Searched the official Missouri statute index on 2026-09-24 using the listed terms and reviewed Chapter 417. Missouri common law may provide privacy protection, but no statutory right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation provision was found.",
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      "id": "learn_r270_missouri_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_270_recording_consent_542_402",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri RSMo § 542.402 — Wiretapping consent requirement: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri is a ONE-PARTY consent state for recording wire communications; a party to the communication or one party who has given prior consent may lawfully intercept, and the same applies to oral communications when acting under law (law enforcement)",
      "body": "Missouri is a ONE-PARTY consent state for recording wire communications; a party to the communication or one party who has given prior consent may lawfully intercept, and the same applies to oral communications when acting under law (law enforcement)\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“542.402. Penalty for illegal wiretapping, permitted activities. — 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 542.400 to 542.422, a person is guilty of a class E felony and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law, if such person: (1) Knowingly intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire communication; (2) Knowingly uses, endeavors to use, or procures any other person to use or endeavor to use any electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept any oral communication when such device transmits communications by radio or interferes with the transmission of such communication; provided, however, that nothing in sections 542.400 to 542.422 shall be construed to prohibit the use by law enforcement officers of body microphones and transmitters in undercover investigations for the acquisition of evidence and the protection of law enforcement officers and others working under their direction in such investigations; (3) Knowingly discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire communication, when he knows or has reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire communication in violation of this subsection; or (4) Knowingly uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire communication, when he knows or has reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire communication in violation of this subsection. 2. It is not unlawful under the provisions of sections 542.400 to 542.422: (1) For an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, however, communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks; (2) For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; (3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.\n\n2. It is not unlawful under the provisions of sections 542.400 to 542.422:\n\n(1) For an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, however, communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks;\n\n(2) For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception;\n\n(3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.\n\nThis is an excerpt of the statute with key provisions about consent, exemptions, and penalties for wiretapping violations under Missouri law, focusing on the specific subsections and their practical applications in legal contexts.”\n\nNote: The operative consent language is in subsection 2(2) and 2(3): one party consent for wire communications; for oral communications only law enforcement (person acting under law) may intercept with one-party consent. A two-person shoot where either party consents is lawful for wire communications under § 542.402(2)(3). For oral communications, a non-law-enforcement person may only record if they are a party to the communication (one-party consent).",
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      "evidence_quote": "542.402. Penalty for illegal wiretapping, permitted activities. — 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 542.400 to 542.422, a person is guilty of a class E felony and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law, if such person: (1) Knowingly intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire communication; (2) Knowingly uses, endeavors to use, or procures any other person to use or endeavor to use any electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept any oral communication when such device transmits communications by radio or interferes with the transmission of such communication; provided, however, that nothing in sections 542.400 to 542.422 shall be construed to prohibit the use by law enforcement officers of body microphones and transmitters in undercover investigations for the acquisition of evidence and the protection of law enforcement officers and others working under their direction in such investigations; (3) Knowingly discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire communication, when he knows or has reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire communication in violation of this subsection; or (4) Knowingly uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire communication, when he knows or has reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire communication in violation of this subsection. 2. It is not unlawful under the provisions of sections 542.400 to 542.422: (1) For an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, however, communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks; (2) For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; (3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.\n\n2. It is not unlawful under the provisions of sections 542.400 to 542.422:\n\n(1) For an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication, however, communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks;\n\n(2) For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception;\n\n(3) For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.\n\nThis is an excerpt of the statute with key provisions about consent, exemptions, and penalties for wiretapping violations under Missouri law, focusing on the specific subsections and their practical applications in legal contexts.",
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