562.026. Culpable mental state, when not required. - Missouri Statutes

Culpable mental state, when not required.

562.026. A culpable mental state is not required:

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

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

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