Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 562 • Effective - 28 Aug 1997 562.026. Culpable mental state, when not required. — A culpable mental state is not required: (1) If the offense is an infraction and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense; or (2) If the offense is a felony or misdemeanor and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense, and imputation of a culpable mental state to the offense is clearly inconsistent with the purpose of the statute defining the offense or may lead to an absurd or unjust result. -------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1997 S.B. 89)
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