Missouri Code § 556.101

Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint.
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1. It is an element of the offenses described in sections 565.110 to 565.130 that the confinement, movement or restraint be committed without the consent of the victim.
2. Lack of consent results from:
(1) Forcible compulsion; or
(2) Incapacity to consent.
3. A person is deemed incapable of consent if he is:
(1) Less than fourteen years of age; or
(2) Incapacitated.

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