Section 562.026 – Culpable mental state, when not required.

Effective – 28 Aug 1997

562.026. Culpable mental state, when not required. — A culpable mental state is not required:

(1) If the offense is an infraction and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense; or

(2) If the offense is a felony or misdemeanor and no culpable mental state is prescribed by the statute defining the offense, and imputation of a culpable mental state to the offense is clearly inconsistent with the purpose of the statute defining the offense or may lead to an absurd or unjust result.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1997 S.B. 89)