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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. No travel agency or charter tour operator shall:
(1) Promote travel for prostitution as described in section 567.085;
(2) Sell, advertise, or otherwise offer to sell travel services or facilitate travel:
(a) For the purpose of engaging in a commercial sex act as defined in section 566.010;
(b) That consists of tourism packages or activities using and offering any sexual contact as defined in section 566.010 as enticement for tourism; or
(c) That provides or purports to provide access to or that facilitates the availability of sex escorts or sexual services.
2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any travel agency or charter tour operator using advertisements that include the term “sex tours” or “sex travel” or include depictions of human genitalia is in violation of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders § 567.087. Prohibitions on travel agencies or tour operators--rebuttable presumption, advertisements - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xxxviii-crimes-and-punishment-peace-officers-and-public-defenders/mo-rev-st-567-087/
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