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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revisor of Statutes: official statute site",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri's official statute site is the Missouri Revisor of Statutes at revisor.mo.gov",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.252: invasion of privacy (non-consensual intimate images)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits invasion of privacy by knowingly creating an image of another person without consent while the person is nude or partially nude in a place with reasonable expectation of privacy, or by creating images under/through clothing to view the body or undergarments without consent",
      "body": "A person commits invasion of privacy by knowingly creating an image of another person without consent while the person is nude or partially nude in a place with reasonable expectation of privacy, or by creating images under/through clothing to view the body or undergarments without consent\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“565.252.  Invasion of privacy, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:\n\n   (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\n\n   (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.”\n\nNote: Civil remedy not provided; criminal penalties only",
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      "evidence_quote": "565.252.  Invasion of privacy, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:\n\n   (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\n\n   (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.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.252: penalties for distribution of invasive images",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Invasion of privacy is a class A misdemeanor unless: (1) the person who creates the image distributes it to another or transmits it via computer; (2) the person disseminates or permits dissemination of the image to another; (3) more than one person is viewed during the same conduct; or (4) the offender has a prior invasion of privacy conviction, in which case it is a class E felony",
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      "evidence_quote": "2.  Invasion of privacy is a class A misdemeanor unless :\n\n   (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;\n\n   (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;\n\n   (3)  More than one person is viewed, photographed, filmed or videotaped during the same course of conduct; or\n\n   (4)  The offense was committed by a person who has previously been found guilty of invasion of privacy ­­ ­\nin which case invasion of privacy is a class E felony.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.225: stalking in the first degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits stalking in the first degree by knowingly engaging in conduct directed at another person or through technological abuse conduct that would cause a reasonable person to fear death/bodily injury, fear an offense against family/household/dating partner, fear an offense against property, or feel harassed/terrified/intimidated",
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      "evidence_quote": "565.225.  Stalking, first degree, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of stalking in the first degree if he or she knowingly, through a course of conduct that is directed at another person or through technological abuse conduct, engages in conduct that would cause a reasonable person under similar circumstances to:\n\n   (1)  Fear death or bodily injury to the person;\n\n   (2)  Fear that an offense will be committed against a member of the person's family or household members, or an individual with whom the person has a dating relationship;\n\n   (3)  Fear that an offense will be committed against the person's property; or\n\n   (4)  Feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.225: penalty for stalking in the first degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Stalking in the first degree is a class E felony unless the defendant has previously been found guilty of a violation of this section or section 565.227, or of any offense committed in another jurisdiction that would be chargeable as a violation of any offense listed in this section or section 565.227 if committed in Missouri",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.227: stalking in the second degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits stalking in the second degree by knowingly engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person or technological abuse conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.227: penalty for stalking in the second degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Stalking in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor unless the defendant has previously been found guilty of a violation of this section or section 565.225, or of any offense committed in another jurisdiction that would be chargeable as a violation of any offense listed in this section or section 565.225, or unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a law enforcement officer or targeted because the victim is a relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to a law enforcement officer",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.240: unlawful posting of personal information over internet",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet by knowingly posting name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any person on the internet intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death",
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      "evidence_quote": "565.240.  Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet if he or she knowingly posts the name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information of any person on the internet intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death to such person.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.240: penalty for unlawful posting of personal information over internet",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet is a class C misdemeanor unless the person knowingly posts law enforcement/corrections/parole/judge/commissioner/prosecuting attorney or immediate family member info intending to cause great bodily harm/death (class E felony), or if such intention/threat results in bodily harm/death (class D felony)",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.400: cyberharassment offense",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits cyberharassment by purposely or knowingly engaging in a threatening, aggressive, or fear-inducing course of conduct using digital technology, internet service providers, electronic service providers, or other electronic communications/devices to cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to others by repeated contact with no legitimate purpose",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.400: penalty for cyberharassment",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The first offense of cyberharassment is a class B misdemeanor; a second and any subsequent offense is a class A misdemeanor",
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      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits cyberstalking by purposely or knowingly engaging in a threatening, aggressive, or fear-inducing course of conduct using digital technology, internet service providers, electronic service providers, or other electronic communications/devices to enhance the ability to intimidate, track, follow, or cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 589.663: address confidentiality program (Safe at Home)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Address Confidentiality Program protects victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, or other crimes who fear for their safety by authorizing use of designated addresses for victims, their minor children, and individuals residing with them",
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      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] An adult person, parent/guardian acting for a minor, or guardian acting for an incapacitated person may apply to the secretary for a designated address; the secretary may approve applications filed in the manner established by rule on a prescribed form containing date, applicant signature, and application assistant signature/registration number",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 589.669: when designated address is accepted as participant's address",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Upon demonstration that an applicant has been accepted into the program by the secretary, government agencies and courts shall accept the designated address as a program participant's address when creating a new public record unless the agency has a bona fide statutory/administrative requirement for the actual address and cannot fulfill duties without it, or the address will be made publicly available",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.030: registered agent and office for LLCs",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each limited liability company shall have and continuously maintain in Missouri: (1) a registered office which may be but need not be the same as its place of business; (2) a registered agent for service of process which may be an individual resident in this state with business office identical to registered office, or a domestic/foreign corporation authorized to do business in this state with business office identical to registered office",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.039: articles of organization for LLCs",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The articles of organization for a limited liability company shall set forth: (1) the name of the LLC; (2) the purpose/purposes for organization; (3) the address including street and number of the registered office and name of the registered agent; (4) statement as to whether management is vested in managers or members; (5) events/duration for dissolution; (6) name and physical business/residence address of each organizer",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.370: registered office and agent for corporations",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in Missouri: (1) a registered office which may be but need not be the same as its place of business; (2) a registered agent which may be an individual resident in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office, or a corporation authorized to transact business in this state having a business office identical with the registered office",
      "body": "Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in Missouri: (1) a registered office which may be but need not be the same as its place of business; (2) a registered agent which may be an individual resident in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office, or a corporation authorized to transact business in this state having a business office identical with the registered office\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“351.370.  Registered office and registered agent. — 1.  Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state:\n\n   (1)  A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business;\n\n   (2)  A registered agent, which agent may be either an individual, resident in this state, whose business office is identical with such registered office, or a corporation authorized to transact business in this state having a business office identical with such registered office.\n\n   2.  The address, including street and number, if any, of the initial registered office, and the name of the initial registered agent of each corporation organized under this chapter shall be stated in its articles of incorporation.”\n\nNote: Initial registered office address and agent name must be stated in articles of incorporation",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revisor of Statutes: statutory code index",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Invasion of privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy by knowingly photographing, filming, videotaping, producing, or creating an image of another person without consent while in a state of full or partial nudity with a reasonable expectation of privacy, or under or through clothing.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Unlawful posting of certain information over the internet",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits the offense of unlawful posting of certain information over the internet if they knowingly post a name, home address, Social Security number, telephone number, or other personally identifiable information of any person on the internet intending to cause or threatening to cause great bodily harm or death.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Cyberharassment",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits cyberharassment if they purposely or knowingly engage in a threatening, aggressive, or fear-inducing course of conduct by using digital technology or electronic communications to cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror through repeated contact with no legitimate purpose.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Cyberstalking",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits cyberstalking if they purposely or knowingly engage in a threatening, aggressive, or fear-inducing course of conduct using digital technology or electronic communications to enhance the ability to intimidate, track, follow, or cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person.",
      "body": "A person commits cyberstalking if they purposely or knowingly engage in a threatening, aggressive, or fear-inducing course of conduct using digital technology or electronic communications to enhance the ability to intimidate, track, follow, or cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person.\n\nWhat Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“565.405.    Cyberstalking, offense of — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of cyberstalking if such person purposely or knowingly engages in a threatening, aggressive, or otherwise fear-inducing, course of conduct by using digital technology, internet service providers, electronic service providers, or other electronic communications and devices to enhance the ability to intimidate, track, follow or cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person.”\n\nNote: Cyberstalking criminal statute in Missouri.",
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      "evidence_quote": "565.405.    Cyberstalking, offense of — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of cyberstalking if such person purposely or knowingly engages in a threatening, aggressive, or otherwise fear-inducing, course of conduct by using digital technology, internet service providers, electronic service providers, or other electronic communications and devices to enhance the ability to intimidate, track, follow or cause reasonable fear, alarm, anxiety, undue stress, or terror to another person.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Stalking, first degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person commits stalking in the first degree if they knowingly, through a course of conduct directed at another person or through technological abuse conduct, engage in conduct that would cause a reasonable person under similar circumstances to fear death, bodily injury, family harm, property damage, or feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated.",
      "body": "A person commits stalking in the first degree if they knowingly, through a course of conduct directed at another person or through technological abuse conduct, engage in conduct that would cause a reasonable person under similar circumstances to fear death, bodily injury, family harm, property damage, or feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated.\n\nWhat Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“565.225.    Stalking, first degree, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of stalking in the first degree if he or she knowingly, through a course of conduct that is directed at another person or through technological abuse conduct, engages in conduct that would cause a reasonable person under similar circumstances to:  (1)  Fear death or bodily injury to the person;  (2)  Fear that an offense will be committed against a member of the person's family or household members, or an individual with whom the person has a dating relationship;  (3)  Fear that an offense will be committed against the person's property; or  (4)  Feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated.”\n\nNote: First-degree stalking statute covering technological abuse conduct.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Registered office and agent requirements",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each limited liability company in Missouri must continuously maintain a registered office in the state and a registered agent for service of process whose business office is identical with the registered office.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Articles of organization contents",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri articles of organization for a limited liability company must set forth the name and physical business or residence address of each organizer, alongside the registered office address and registered agent.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 537: Civil remedy for adult non-consensual intimate image distribution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A search of Missouri Chapter 537 (Torts and Actions for Damages) index reveals no general statutory civil remedy or cause of action specifically for adult non-consensual intimate image distribution (civil remedies in Chapter 537.047 are limited to sexual and pornographic offenses involving minors).",
      "body": "A search of Missouri Chapter 537 (Torts and Actions for Damages) index reveals no general statutory civil remedy or cause of action specifically for adult non-consensual intimate image distribution (civil remedies in Chapter 537.047 are limited to sexual and pornographic offenses involving minors).\n\nWhat Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“537.047.    Civil action for damages authorized, sexual and pornographic offenses involving a minor — statute of limitations. — 1.  Any person who, while a child or minor as defined by section 573.010 , was a violation of sections 573.023 , 573.025 , 573.035 , or 573.037 , and who suffers physical or psychological injury or illness as a result of such violation, shall be entitled to bring a civil action to recover the actual damages sustained as a result of the violation, and shall also be entitled to recover the costs of the civil action and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses.  A psychological injury or illness as described under this section need not be accompanied by physical injury or illness.”\n\nNote: Absence of general adult civil remedy in Chapter 537; searched chapter table of contents and examined section 537.047.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=537",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes",
      "evidence_quote": "537.047.    Civil action for damages authorized, sexual and pornographic offenses involving a minor — statute of limitations. — 1.  Any person who, while a child or minor as defined by section 573.010 , was a violation of sections 573.023 , 573.025 , 573.035 , or 573.037 , and who suffers physical or psychological injury or illness as a result of such violation, shall be entitled to bring a civil action to recover the actual damages sustained as a result of the violation, and shall also be entitled to recover the costs of the civil action and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses.  A psychological injury or illness as described under this section need not be accompanied by physical injury or illness.",
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      "subject": "Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 537",
      "topic": "Civil remedy for adult non-consensual intimate image distribution",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Missouri jurisdiction",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 417: Right of publicity / misappropriation of likeness",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A search of Missouri Chapter 417 (Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems) index and statutory provisions reveals no statutory right of publicity or statutory misappropriation-of-likeness tort provision for living or deceased individuals.",
      "body": "A search of Missouri Chapter 417 (Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems) index and statutory provisions reveals no statutory right of publicity or statutory misappropriation-of-likeness tort provision for living or deceased individuals.\n\nWhat Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Chapter 417 Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems\n TRADEMARKS, BRANDS AND UNION LABELS\n 417.005 Definitions.\n 417.011 Prohibited marks.\n 417.016 Registration of trademark — application, contents — information required by ...\n 417.018 Additional fee — expiration date.\n 417.021 Certificate of registration, how issued — admissible as evidence — ...\n 417.026 Term of registration — notice of expiration, when required.\n 417.031 Assignment of mark, procedure.\n 417.036 Registry of marks open to public.\n 417.041 Cancellation of marks, when.\n 417.046 Classes of goods and services — single application for mark to cover only ...\n 417.051 Fraudulent filing or registration — civil damages to injured party.\n 417.056 Prohibited acts — civil action for damages, when.\n 417.061 Injunctive relief, when — order for payment to owner of mark — destruction ...\n 417.066 Common law marks not affected — actions to require cancellation of a mark ...”\n\nNote: Absence of statutory right of publicity in Chapter 417 index; searched chapter headings.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=417",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Missouri Office of the Revisor of Statutes",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 417 Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems\n TRADEMARKS, BRANDS AND UNION LABELS\n 417.005 Definitions.\n 417.011 Prohibited marks.\n 417.016 Registration of trademark — application, contents — information required by ...\n 417.018 Additional fee — expiration date.\n 417.021 Certificate of registration, how issued — admissible as evidence — ...\n 417.026 Term of registration — notice of expiration, when required.\n 417.031 Assignment of mark, procedure.\n 417.036 Registry of marks open to public.\n 417.041 Cancellation of marks, when.\n 417.046 Classes of goods and services — single application for mark to cover only ...\n 417.051 Fraudulent filing or registration — civil damages to injured party.\n 417.056 Prohibited acts — civil action for damages, when.\n 417.061 Injunctive relief, when — order for payment to owner of mark — destruction ...\n 417.066 Common law marks not affected — actions to require cancellation of a mark ...",
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      "subject": "Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 417",
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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