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RSMo §568.020

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Posted by Christopher Combs on September 3, 2024

568.020. Incest — penalty.

1. A person commits the offense of incest if he or she marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he or she knows to be, without regard to legitimacy, his or her:

  1. Ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; or
  2. Stepchild, while the marriage creating that relationship exists; or
  3. Brother or sister of the whole or half-blood; or
  4. Uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the whole blood.

2. The offense of incest is a class E felony.

3. The court shall not grant probation to a person who has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section.

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