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

Attorney's Note

Under the Missouri Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D felonyup to 7 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Mo. Rev. Stat.§ 558.011

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 567.060

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(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.