Section 565.252

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 565

Effective - 28 Aug 2002, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  *565.252.  Until December 31, 2016 — Invasion of privacy, first degree, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the crime of invasion of privacy in the first degree if such person:

  (1)  Knowingly photographs or films another person, without the person's knowledge and consent, while the person being photographed or filmed is in a state of full or partial nudity and is in a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and the person subsequently distributes the photograph or film to another or transmits the image contained in the photograph or film in a manner that allows access to that image via a computer; or

  (2)  Knowingly disseminates or permits the dissemination by any means, to another person, of a videotape, photograph, or film obtained in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection or in violation of section 565.253.

  2.  Invasion of privacy in the first degree is a class D felony.

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(L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)

*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.  Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.