Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 566 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote 566.069. Child molestation, third degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of child molestation in the third degree if he or she subjects a child who is less than fourteen years of age to sexual contact. 2. The offense of child molestation in the third degree is a class C felony, unless committed by the use of forcible compulsion, in which case it is a class B felony. -------- (L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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