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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes: Access.signup",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri's official statutory code is published at revisor.mo.gov under the title 'Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo)'",
      "body": "Missouri's official statutory code is published at revisor.mo.gov under the title 'Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo)'\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Official Website for the Revised Statutes of Missouri”\n\nNote: This is the anchor record for the batch. The Missouri Revisor of Statutes at revisor.mo.gov is the official state government domain. The site contains all Missouri statutes organized by title and chapter.",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri's statutory definition of 'sexually oriented business' covers only physical commercial establishments and does not reach private home-based online content production",
      "body": "Missouri's statutory definition of 'sexually oriented business' covers only physical commercial establishments and does not reach private home-based online content production\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"Sexually oriented business\" includes: (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store... (b) An adult cabaret; (c) An adult motion picture theater... (d) A semi-nude model studio... (e) A sexual encounter center”\n\nNote: The definition in § 573.010(22) lists five specific types of physical commercial establishments: adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, semi-nude model studio, and sexual encounter center. None of these is a private residence producing content for online sale. The private home production of adult content for online sale falls outside this definition.",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Sexually oriented business\" includes: (a) An adult bookstore or adult video store... (b) An adult cabaret; (c) An adult motion picture theater... (d) A semi-nude model studio... (e) A sexual encounter center",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri defines 'adult cabaret' as a physical commercial establishment that regularly features semi-nude persons",
      "body": "Missouri defines 'adult cabaret' as a physical commercial establishment that regularly features semi-nude persons\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"Adult cabaret\", a nightclub, bar, juice bar, restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment, regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which regularly features persons who appear semi-nude;”\n\nNote: This definition is part of § 573.010(1) and is explicitly about a physical commercial establishment. It does not cover private home-based online content production.",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Adult cabaret\", a nightclub, bar, juice bar, restaurant, bottle club, or other commercial establishment, regardless of whether alcoholic beverages are served, which regularly features persons who appear semi-nude;",
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      "id": "learn_r273_missouri_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_mo_ch573_531_distance_buffer",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri prohibits establishing a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of certain sensitive locations, but this applies only to physical establishments",
      "body": "Missouri prohibits establishing a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of certain sensitive locations, but this applies only to physical establishments\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business within one thousand feet of any preexisting primary or secondary school, house of worship, state-licensed day care facility, public library, public park, residence, or other sexually oriented business.\"”\n\nNote: The 1,000-foot buffer in § 573.531(1) applies to the 'establishment' of a sexually oriented business, which under § 573.010(22) is defined as a physical commercial establishment. The buffer includes 'residence' as a protected location. Private home-based online content production does not constitute establishing a 'sexually oriented business' under this definition.",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business within one thousand feet of any preexisting primary or secondary school, house of worship, state-licensed day care facility, public library, public park, residence, or other sexually oriented business.\"",
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      "id": "learn_r273_missouri_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_mo_ch573_531_background_check",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Access.id",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri requires background checks for persons with influential interest in sexually oriented businesses, but this applies only to physical establishments",
      "body": "Missouri requires background checks for persons with influential interest in sexually oriented businesses, but this applies only to physical establishments\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business if a person with an influential interest in the sexually oriented business has been found guilty of any of the following specified offenses...\" including rape, sexual offenses involving minors, prostitution, obscenity offenses, money laundering, tax evasion”\n\nNote: The background check requirement in § 573.531(2) applies to the establishment of a sexually oriented business, which is a physical commercial establishment under § 573.010(22). It does not apply to private home-based online content production.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.531",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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      "source_publisher": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
      "evidence_quote": "\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business if a person with an influential interest in the sexually oriented business has been found guilty of any of the following specified offenses...\" including rape, sexual offenses involving minors, prostitution, obscenity offenses, money laundering, tax evasion",
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      "id": "learn_r273_missouri_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_mo_ch573_531_nudity_restrictions",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri prohibits nudity and restricts semi-nude appearances in sexually oriented businesses, but these apply only to physical establishments",
      "body": "Missouri prohibits nudity and restricts semi-nude appearances in sexually oriented businesses, but these apply only to physical establishments\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"No person shall knowingly or intentionally, in a sexually oriented business, appear in a state of nudity.\" and \"No employee shall knowingly or intentionally, in a sexually oriented business, appear in a semi-nude condition unless the employee, while semi-nude, shall be and remain on a fixed stage at least six feet from all patrons\"”\n\nNote: The nudity and semi-nude restrictions in § 573.531(3)-(4) apply to persons appearing 'in a sexually oriented business,' which is a physical commercial establishment under § 573.010(22). These do not regulate private home-based online content production.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.531",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"No person shall knowingly or intentionally, in a sexually oriented business, appear in a state of nudity.\" and \"No employee shall knowingly or intentionally, in a sexually oriented business, appear in a semi-nude condition unless the employee, while semi-nude, shall be and remain on a fixed stage at least six feet from all patrons\"",
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      "id": "learn_r273_missouri_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_mo_ch573_531_hours_restrictions",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 573: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Missouri restricts hours of operation for sexually oriented businesses to daytime hours, but this applies only to physical establishments",
      "body": "Missouri restricts hours of operation for sexually oriented businesses to daytime hours, but this applies only to physical establishments\n\nWhat Missouri Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"No operator shall allow or permit a sexually oriented business to be or remain open between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on any day.\"”\n\nNote: The hours restriction in § 573.531(8) applies to a 'sexually oriented business,' which is a physical commercial establishment under § 573.010(22). It does not regulate private home-based online content production.",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"No operator shall allow or permit a sexually oriented business to be or remain open between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on any day.\"",
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      "id": "learn_r273_missouri_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_kc_ordinance_adult_entertainment",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Kansas City, Missouri: Rules.content",
      "summary": "Kansas City, Missouri regulates adult entertainment businesses under its municipal code (Chapter 12, Article II), but the ordinance targets physical commercial establishments and does not appear to reach private home-based online content production",
      "body": "Kansas City, Missouri regulates adult entertainment businesses under its municipal code (Chapter 12, Article II), but the ordinance targets physical commercial establishments and does not appear to reach private home-based online content production\n\nWhat CityRuleLookup (citing KCMO Regulated Industries / Kansas City Code of Ordinances) actually says:\n\n“\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of any preexisting primary or secondary school, house of worship, state-licensed day care facility, public library, public park, residence, or other adult entertainment business.\" Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 12-47(b)”\n\nNote: This record is about Kansas City's municipal ordinance (Chapter 12, Article II). The ordinance requires a $500 annual license (§ 12-46), separate permits for managers and entertainers (§§ 12-44, 12-45), and bars new sexually oriented businesses within 1,000 feet of residences. The ordinance uses the term 'establish' and 'sexually oriented business,' which under the state definition (§ 573.010(22)) refers to physical commercial establishments. Private home-based online content production is not a 'sexually oriented business' under this ordinance.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://cityrulelookup.com/business-licensing/adult-entertainment/kansas-city-mo/",
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      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"No person shall establish a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of any preexisting primary or secondary school, house of worship, state-licensed day care facility, public library, public park, residence, or other adult entertainment business.\" Kansas City Code of Ordinances § 12-47(b)",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Kansas City, Missouri: Money.fees",
      "summary": "Kansas City charges a $500 annual license fee for adult entertainment businesses",
      "body": "Kansas City charges a $500 annual license fee for adult entertainment businesses\n\nWhat CityRuleLookup (citing KCMO Regulated Industries) actually says:\n\n“New and renewal business licenses cost $500 per year (Sec. 12-46)”\n\nNote: This fee applies to adult entertainment businesses as defined in Kansas City's Chapter 12, Article II. It does not apply to private home-based online content production.",
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      "title": "Kansas City, Missouri: Rules.enforcement",
      "summary": "Kansas City imposes fines of $150-$500 per day for operating an unlicensed adult entertainment business or working as an unpermitted manager or entertainer",
      "body": "Kansas City imposes fines of $150-$500 per day for operating an unlicensed adult entertainment business or working as an unpermitted manager or entertainer\n\nWhat CityRuleLookup (citing KCMO Regulated Industries) actually says:\n\n“Operating unlicensed, or working as an unpermitted manager/entertainer, is a municipal offense: fines of $150.00 to $500.00 per day (each day is a separate violation) or imprisonment, plus license suspension, revocation, or non-renewal.”\n\nNote: These penalties apply to adult entertainment businesses as defined in Kansas City's Chapter 12, Article II. They do not apply to private home-based online content production.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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