Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 565.010 - Consent as a defense1. When conduct is charged to constitute an offense because it causes or threatens physical injury, consent to that conduct or to the infliction of the injury is a defense only if:(1) The physical injury consented to or threatened by the conduct is not serious physical injury; or(2) The conduct and the harm are reasonably foreseeable hazards of:(a) The victim's occupation or profession; or(b) Joint participation in a lawful athletic contest or competitive sport; or(3) The consent establishes a justification for the conduct under chapter 563 of this code.2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of consent.Added by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.