Section 573.052

There are multiple enactments of 573.052

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 573

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, 3 histories, see footnote   

  573.052.  Child sexual abuse material, attorney general authorized to investigate, when — violator immune from civil liability, when. — Upon receipt of any information that child sexual abuse material as defined in section 573.010 is contained on a website, the attorney general shall investigate such information.  If the attorney general has probable cause to believe the website contains child sexual abuse material, the attorney general shall notify a website operator of any child sexual abuse material site residing on that website operator's server, in writing.  If the website operator promptly, but in no event longer than five days after receiving notice, removes the alleged material from its server, and so long as the website operator is not the purveyor of such child sexual abuse material, it shall be immune from civil liability.  If the website operator does not promptly remove the alleged material, the attorney general may seek an injunction pursuant to section 573.070 to remove the child sexual abuse material site from the website operator's server.  This section shall not be construed to create any defense to any criminal charges brought pursuant to this chapter.

­­--------

(L. 2003 H.B. 228, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2273, et al.)