1. A person commits the offense of patronizing a sexual performance by a child if such person obtains, solicits, or participates in a sexual performance by a child under eighteen years of age.

2. The offense of patronizing a sexual performance by a child is a class C felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the Missouri Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonybetween 3 and 10 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Mo. Rev. Stat.§ 558.011

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 573.206

  • Child: any person under the age of fourteen. See Missouri Laws 573.010
  • Performance: any play, motion picture film, videotape, dance or exhibition performed before an audience of one or more. See Missouri Laws 573.010
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Sexual performance: any performance, or part thereof, which includes sexual conduct by a child who is less than eighteen years of age. See Missouri Laws 573.010