Section 568.020 - Incest - penalty1. A person commits the offense of incest if he or she marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he or she knows to be, without regard to legitimacy, his or her: (1) Ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption; or(2) Stepchild, while the marriage creating that relationship exists; or(3) Brother or sister of the whole or half-blood; or(4) Uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the whole blood.2. The offense of incest is a class E felony.3. The court shall not grant probation to a person who has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section.Amended by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1979 S.B. 234, A.L. 2006H.B. 1698 , et al.
Effective 6-05-06