Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 567.060 (2026)

Promoting prostitution in the second degree

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  567.060.  Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he or she knowingly:

  (1)  Promotes prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes; or

  (2)  Promotes prostitution of a person sixteen or seventeen years of age.

  2.  The offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree is a class D felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793)

(1984) Defendant cannot be charged with promoting her own prostitution where defendant was acting as a prostitute herself and the definition of promoting prostitution excludes one who is also acting as a prostitute. State v. Fredrickson (Mo.App.), 689 S.W.2d 58.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1981–1996 · leading case: State v. Charity, 619 S.W.2d 366 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981).
State v. Charity, 619 S.W.2d 366 (Mo. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 14× “Defendant Thomas Charity was convicted by a Jasper County jury of promoting prostitution in the second degree in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1978, and his punishment was fixed at seven years imprisonment.”
State v. Lulkowski, 721 S.W.2d 35 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 6× “1 provides: A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he knowingly promotes prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or…”
State v. Fredrickson, 689 S.W.2d 58 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 4× “Appellant was charged with knowingly promoting prostitution in the second degree, § 567.060, RSMo 1978. 1 A jury found her guilty and appellant was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail and fined $2,500.”
State v. Charity, 637 S.W.2d 319 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). “The verdict directing instruction clearly required the jury to find the defendant committed the offense of promotion of prostitution in the aggravated manner declared by § 567.060 to constitute promotion of prostitution in the second degree.”
State v. Irving, 714 S.W.2d 618 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “Irving, II was charged with promoting prostitution in the second degree in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1978. The jury found Irving guilty and upon a finding by the court that he was a prior offender, sentencing was left to the court.”
Irving v. State, 755 S.W.2d 378 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Irving, II, was convicted by a jury of promoting prostitution in the second degree, § 567.060, RSMo 1978. Mr. Irving’s conviction arose out of his participation in the operation of the V.”
United States v. Clarke, 925 F. Supp. 1433 (W.D. Mo. 1996). · cites it 2× “At the time of defendant’s arrest, the officers and agents were aware of the following: Calls would go into defendant’s residence, often from hotels and motels; and then shortly thereafter, a call would go out of defendant’s residence to a pager, a mobile phone or a residence of…”
Goodson v. State, 775 S.W.2d 189 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 6× “§ 567.060, RSMo 1986. Applying the abovementioned tests to the statutes movant was charged under, we find no double jeopardy occurred.”
State v. Gantos, 749 S.W.2d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “ORDER PER CURIAM: Direct appeal from a jury conviction for the offense of promoting prostitution, in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1986. Judgment affirmed. Rule 30.”
State v. Greer, 696 S.W.2d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “PER CURIAM: Appeal from conviction for promotion of prostitution, section 567.060, RSMo 1978, and sentence of one year imprisonment and $1,000 fine.”
State v. O'Connor, 696 S.W.2d 843 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “ORDER PER CURIAM: Appeal from conviction, after jury trial, for promoting prostitution in the second degree, in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1978. Judgment affirmed. Rule 30.”
State v. St. John, 719 S.W.2d 465 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “ORDER PER CURIAM: Direct appeal from jury convictions of promoting prostitution in the second degree, in violation of § 567.060, RSMo 1978. Judgments affirmed.”
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