When someone is found guilty of certain serious sex crimes in Missouri, the court can put them on probation for the rest of their life. While on that lifetime probation, the person must wear an electronic tracking device at all times so the court always knows where they are. In some cases, if a risk check shows it is appropriate, the court can end the probation once the person reaches age 65 or older.
559.106. of certain sexual s — — at age sixty-five permitted, when. — 1. any statutory to the contrary, when a court to an offender who has been of an in:
(1) Section 566.030, 566.032, 566.060, 566.062, 566.067, 566.083, 566.100, 566.151, 566.210, 566.211, 568.020, 573.200, or 573.205, based on an act committed on or after August 28, 2006; or
(2) Section 566.068, 566.069, 566.210, 566.211, 573.200, or 573.205 based on an act committed on or after January 1, 2017, against a victim who was less than fourteen years of age and the offender is a as defined in 2 of this section;
2. For the purpose of this section, a prior sex offender is a person who has previously been found guilty of an offense contained in , or violating section 568.020, when the person had sexual intercourse or with the victim, or of violating (2) of subsection 1 of section 568.045.
3. When probation for the duration of the offender's natural life has been ordered, a mandatory condition of such probation is that the offender be . Electronic monitoring shall be based on a or other technology that identifies and records the offender's location at all times.
4. In cases as determined by a , the court may terminate the probation of an offender who is being under this section when the offender is sixty-five years of age or older.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2005 H.B. 353 merged with H.B. 972, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
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