Facing any sex crime charge can be overwhelming to process. If you face charges in Missouri, the result of your case could change how you live your day-to-day life, regardless of jail time. Missouri requires people convicted of a sex crime to register as a sex offender.
The sex offender registry can affect where you can live, who will hire you and what your community may think of you. If you do not register, however, you could face serious penalties. According to the Missouri State Records, you may have to register as a sex offender if you are convicted of second-degree sexual misconduct.
What is sexual misconduct?
To convict a person of second-degree sexual misconduct, the court must prove that the defendant requested or attempted to solicit sexual conduct from another person, knowing the other person may become upset or alarmed at the request. To prove misconduct, the prosecution must prove that you knew how the other person would react to the advances.
How long must you register?
Missouri separates sex offenders into three tiers. Tier three must register for the rest of their lives, whereas tier two must register for 25 years. If a court finds you guilty of second-degree sexual misconduct, the law would see you as a tier-one sex offender.
Under the law, you must register for at least 15 years. However, if the law can reduce the time by five years when you have no further convictions for ten years.
You will have a class C misdemeanor if convicted of sexual misconduct in the second degree.
