Access to personal home computer, authority to require registered sexual ...
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 589.042
in effect589.042. Access to personal home computer, authority to require registered sexual offenders to provide as condition of probation. — The court or the parole board shall have the authority to require a person who is required to register as a sexual offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425 to give his or her assigned probation or parole officer access to his or her personal home computer as a condition of probation or parole in order to monitor and prevent such offender from obtaining and keeping child pornography or from committing an offense under chapter 566 . Such access shall allow the probation or parole officer to view the internet use history, computer hardware, and computer software of any computer, including a laptop computer, that the offender owns.
(L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al. § 489.042, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=589.042Fetched: 10/17/2026