Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.147 (2026)

Certain offenders not to reside within one thousand feet of a property line of a school, child care facility, or victim's residence

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566.147. Certain offenders not to reside within one thousand feet of a property line of a school, child care facility, or victim's residence — violations, penalties. — 1. Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or hereafter has been found guilty of:

(1) Violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of section 568.020, incest; section 568.045, endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; subsection 2 of section 568.080 as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, or section 573.200, use of a child in a sexual performance; section 568.090 as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, or section 573.205, promoting a sexual performance by a child; section 573.023, sexual exploitation of a minor; section 573.025, promoting child pornography in the first degree; section 573.035, promoting child pornography in the second degree; section 573.037, possession of child pornography, or section 573.040, furnishing pornographic material to minors; or

(2) Any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be a violation listed in this section;

shall not reside within one thousand feet of any public school as defined in section 160.011, any private school giving instruction in a grade or grades not higher than the twelfth grade, or any child care facility that is licensed under chapter 210, or any child care facility as defined in section 210.201 that is exempt from state licensure but subject to state regulation under section 210.252 and holds itself out to be a child care facility, where the school or facility is in existence at the time the individual begins to reside at the location. Such person shall also not reside within one thousand feet of the property line of the residence of a former victim of such person.

2. If such person has already established a residence and a public school, a private school, or child care facility is subsequently built or placed within one thousand feet of such person's residence, or a former victim subsequently resides on property with a property line within one thousand feet of such person's residence, then such person shall, within one week of the opening of such public school, private school, or child care facility, or the former victim residing on the property, notify the county sheriff where such public school, private school, child care facility, or residence of a former victim is located that he or she is now residing within one thousand feet of such public school, private school, child care facility, or property line of the residence of a former victim, and shall provide verifiable proof to the sheriff that he or she resided there prior to the opening of such public school, private school, or child care facility, or the former victim residing on the property.

3. For purposes of this section, "resides" means sleeps in a residence, which may include more than one location and may be mobile or transitory, but shall not include transitory or longer term presence in facilities licensed under chapters 197 and 198 for purposes of receiving care, treatment, or services from such licensed facility.

4. For the purposes of the section, one thousand feet shall be measured from the edge of the offender's property nearest the public school, private school, child care facility, or former victim to the nearest edge of the public school, private school, child care facility, or former victim's property.

5. Violation of the provisions of subsection 1 of this section is a class E felony except that the second or any subsequent violation is a class B felony. Violation of the provisions of subsection 2 of this section is a class A misdemeanor except that the second or subsequent violation is a class E felony.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2008 S.B. 714, et al., A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 250, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397)

Effective 7-11-19

(2021) Statutorily prescribed distance between a school and the location of sex offender's residence is measured from property line to property line. State v. McCord, 621 S.W.3d 496 (Mo.banc).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2008–2024 · leading case: F.R. v. St. Charles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo. 2010).

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F.R. v. St. Charles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo. 2010). · cites it 94× “Section 566.147, RSMo Supp.2004. [5] In June 2008, F.”

State v. Molsbee, 316 S.W.3d 549 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 26× “Background In March 2008, the State charged Robert Molsbee with violating section 566.147, RSMo cumulative supplement 2006, which provides, in relevant part: Any person who, since July 1, 1979, has .”

State v. Gonzales, 253 S.W.3d 86 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 32× “Defendant, Robert Edward Gonzales, appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court on a jury verdict finding him guilty of establishing a residency within 1000 feet of a school, in violation of section 566.147 RSMo (2004 Supp.). The trial court sentenced him to four years…”

State v. Wade, 421 S.W.3d 429 (Mo. 2013). · cites it 10× “, this Court held section 566.147, which imposed residency restrictions on a registered sex offender who committed sex offenses before the statute’s effective date, violated the constitutional prohibition against the enactment of retrospective laws.”

R.L. v. State of Missouri Dep't of Correcions, 245 S.W.3d 236 (Mo. 2008). · cites it 9× “The Missouri Department of Corrections appeals from a judgment declaring that section 566.147, RSMo 2006, is an unconstitutional retrospective law under article I, section 13 of the Missouri Constitution.”

Kevin P. Wright v. State of Missouri, 488 S.W.3d 263 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “See § 566.147. 2 Because the motion court failed to conduct an independent inquiry into whether Wright was abandoned by post-conviction counsel following counsel’s untimely amended post-conviction motion, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.”

Brand v. State, 313 S.W.3d 226 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 32× “035 motion 1 for postconviction relief from his conviction and sentence in the trial court after pleading guilty of being a prior offender residing within 1,000 feet of a school or child care facility, in violation of Section 566.147. 2 We reverse and remand.”

Wagner v. Bowyer, 559 S.W.3d 26 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). “021; "has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, or been convicted of" in Sections 566.147, 566.148, and 566.149; as well as "pleaded guilty to, or been convicted of" in Sections 566.”

State of Missouri v. Matthew James Lee McCord (Mo. 2021). · cites it 30× “Because the circuit court did not err in concluding the word “school” as used in section 566.147 1 includes the Carver Middle School building as well as the adjoining school property and in finding McCord’s residence 1 All statutory references are to RSMo 2016 unless otherwise…”

State v. Guyer, 353 S.W.3d 458 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). “§ 566.147. 4 The Court held that this amendment could not apply retroactively to R.”

State of Missouri, Plaintiff-respondent v. Matthew James Lee Mccord (Mo. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 22× “The trial court subsequently sentenced Defendant to four years in prison on that offense, but suspended execution of that sentence and placed him on supervised probation for five years.”

State v. Dorris, 518 S.W.3d 297 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “ORDER Per curiam: Thomas Wayne Dorris (“Dorris”) appeals his conviction following a bench trial by the Circuit Court of Henry County of one count of residing as a sex offender within one-thousand feet of a school, a violation of section 566.147. Dorris was sentenced by the…”

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