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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.023 (2026)

Sexual exploitation of a minor

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  573.023.  Sexual exploitation of a minor — penalties. — 1.  A person commits the offense of sexual exploitation of a minor if such person knowingly or recklessly photographs, films, videotapes, produces or otherwise creates obscene material with a minor or child pornography.

  2.  The offense of sexual exploitation of a minor is a class B felony unless the minor is a child, in which case it is a class A felony.

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(L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: State v. Oliver, 293 S.W.3d 437 (Mo. 2009).
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State v. Oliver, 293 S.W.3d 437 (Mo. 2009). · cites it 14× “The jury convicted Oliver of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor pursuant to section 573.023 1 and two counts of promoting child pornography in the first degree pursuant to section 573.”
F.R. v. St. Charles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo. 2010). · cites it 6× “090, RSMo, promoting a sexual performance by a child; section 573.023, RSMo, sexual exploitation of a minor; section 573.”
Chaney v. State, 323 S.W.3d 836 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “Movant pleaded guilty to one count of the class A felony of sexual exploitation of a minor, Section 573.023, RSMo 2000, 1 and one count of the class B felony of first-degree child molestation, Section 566.”
State v. Wade, 421 S.W.3d 429 (Mo. 2013). · cites it 2× “090, promoting a sexual performance by a child; section 573.023, sexual exploitation of a minor; section 573.”
United States v. Thomas Schopp, 938 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2019). “§ 97-5-33 ; Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.023 ; N.M. Stat. Ann.”
State v. Gray, 230 S.W.3d 613 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). “, a minor, § 573.023; 1 in No. 27701 with five counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, § 566.”
State v. LeFLORE, 254 S.W.3d 904 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “064, RSMo 2000, and three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Section 573.023, RSMo 2000, for which Defendant was sentenced as a prior offender to a total of thirty years imprisonment.”
RICHARD D. MCNABB, II, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent (Mo. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “The motion court decided that McNabb’s pro se motion should be treated as timely filed because McNabb was not properly given notice of his rights pursuant to Rule 29.15 at his sentencing hearing.”
State of Missouri v. Martese Jamon Johnson Winters (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “060 ("Count III"); and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor in violation of section 573.023 ("Count V"). After a three-day jury trial in October 2018, the jury returned its verdicts, finding Winters guilty of Count I, rape in the first degree, Count III, sodomy in the…”
George E. Martin v. State of Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “067; and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor in violation of Section 573.023. The evidence set forth above was adduced at trial.”
State of Missouri vs. Maggie P Ybarra (Mo. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “Sexual exploitation of a minor, section 573.023, in that Maggie “knowingly created child pornography of a person less than fourteen years of age by creating a still image depicting [Child’s] genitals.”
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