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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.068 (2026)

Child molestation, second degree, penalties

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  566.068.  Child molestation, second degree, penalties. — 1.  A person commits the offense of child molestation in the second degree if he or she:

  (1)  Subjects a child who is less than twelve years of age to sexual contact; or

  (2)  Being more than four years older than a child who is less than seventeen years of age, subjects the child to sexual contact and the offense is an aggravated sexual offense.

  2.  The offense of child molestation in the second degree is a class B felony.

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(L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

CROSS REFERENCES:

Child, genital mutilation of a female child, crime, penalty, defenses, 568.065

Child sexual abuse, action for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: State of Missouri v. Russell Allen Renfrow, Jr., 495 S.W.3d 840 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016).
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State of Missouri v. Russell Allen Renfrow, Jr., 495 S.W.3d 840 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 24× “Renfrow also argues that his conviction for second-degree child molestation should be reversed, because § 566.”
State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Sprick, 59 S.W.3d 515 (Mo. 2001). · cites it 6× “Section 566.068, RSMo 1994, governing second-degree child molestation, provides that: “A person commits the crime of child molestation in the second degree if he subjects another person who is less than fourteen years of age to sexual contact.”
State v. Waddell, 164 S.W.3d 550 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “Marion Frank Waddell (“Appellant”) appeals his conviction following a bench trial for one count of the Class A misdemeanor of child molestation in the second degree, a violation of section 566.068. 1 In pertinent part, the trial court sentenced Appellant to one year in the…”
State v. Peeples, 288 S.W.3d 767 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “067, four counts of child molestation in the second degree, Section 566.068, and two counts of attempted victim tampering, Section 575.”
State v. Pullum, 281 S.W.3d 912 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “034 (Count IV); and child molestation in the second degree, in violation of section 566.068 (Count V). The trial court found defendant to be a prior and persistent offender and sentenced him to concurrent terms of fifteen years imprisonment for statutory rape in the first…”
State v. Helmig, 924 S.W.2d 562 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “1993, was repealed and reclassified to child molestation in the second degree under § 566.068, RSMo 1994, a class A misdemeanor, subject to a punishment of up to one year imprisonment, § 558.”
RICKY LEE STROSNIDER v. COLONEL RONALD REPLOGLE, Missouri State High. Patrol Superintendent, Defendant-Respondent, & RANDY MARTIN, Crawford Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, & J. KENT HOWALD, Crawford Cnty. Prosecutor, Defendants-Respondents., 502 S.W.3d 756 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “See section 566.068, RSMo 2000. The victim was 15 at the time of the offense, Plaintiff was 18, and no force was involved.”
State v. Ruff, 360 S.W.3d 880 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “Terry Wayne Ruff (“Defendant”) appeals his conviction of second-degree child *882 molestation, see section 566.068. 1 Defendant contends that his videotaped confession should not have been admitted into evidence because it was the result of an unlawful seizure and because the…”
State v. Pritchard, 982 S.W.2d 273 (Mo. 1999). · cites it 4× “Consequently, under the present statute, if Pritchard could not be charged with statutory sodomy in the first degree, then he could be charged with child molestation in the second degree pursuant to section 566.068 because the victim, K.G., was 13 years old at the time of the…”
State v. Barnard, 972 S.W.2d 462 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Appellant argues that child molestation in the second degree, Section 566.068, is a lesser included offense of statutory sodomy in the first degree, Section 566.”
State v. Perdue, 317 S.W.3d 645 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “We note the Information in this matter states that Appellant was charged with violating section 566.068, child molestation in the second degree, as opposed to section 566.”
State of Missouri v. LaTroy Sanders, 481 S.W.3d 907 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “child molestation in the second degree (Section 566.068: counts 27 and 28); seven counts of incest (Section 568.”
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— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.068(1) — 1 case
State of Missouri v. Samuel I. Holmes (Mo. Ct. App. 2021).
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