Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 556 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote 556.101. Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint. — 1. It is an element of the offenses described in sections 565.110 to 565.130 that the confinement, movement or restraint be committed without the consent of the victim. 2. Lack of consent results from: (1) Forcible compulsion; or (2) Incapacity to consent. 3. A person is deemed incapable of consent if he is: (1) Less than fourteen years of age; or (2) Incapacitated. -------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 565.100; Effective 1-01-17
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