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Ray County
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Cross Reference: As to alcohol-related offenses involving minors, §600.060.
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
CRIMINAL ACT
An act which violates the Statutes of the United States, the Statutes of the State of Missouri or the ordinances of the City of Richmond, including curfew and moving traffic violations.
GUARDIAN
Guardian appointed by court of competent jurisdiction.
MINOR
Any person under the age of seventeen (17).
PARENT
The natural father or mother, or the adoptive father or mother.
PARENTAL NEGLECT
Any act or omission by which a parent fails to exercise customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or tend to cause a minor to commit any criminal act.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of seventeen (17) years to be in or upon any public place or way within the City of Richmond between the hours of 12:01 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any such persons accompanied by a parent or guardian, to any such person upon an errand or other legitimate business directed by such person's parent or guardian, to any such person who is engaged in gainful, lawful employment during said time period, or who is returning or in route to said employment, or to any such person who is attending or in route to or from any organized religious or school activity.
B. 
Responsibility Of Parent. The parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a person under the age of seventeen (17) years shall not knowingly permit such person to violate this Section.
C. 
Notice To Parent. Any Police Officer finding any person under the age of seventeen (17) years violating the provisions of this Section shall warn such person to desist immediately from such violation and shall promptly report the violation to his/her superior officer, who shall cause a written notice to be served upon the parent, guardian or person in charge of such person, setting forth the manner in which this Section has been violated. Any parent, guardian or person in charge of such person who shall knowingly permit such person to violate the provisions of this Section, after receiving notice of the first (1st) violation, shall be guilty of an offense.
D. 
Service Of Notice. The written notice provided in Subsection (C) may be served by leaving a copy thereof at the residence of such parent, guardian or person in charge of the person in violation of this Section, with any person found at such residence over the age of seventeen (17) years, or by mailing such notice to the last-known address of such parent, guardian or person in charge of such person, wherever such person may be found.
A. 
Whenever a minor shall be arrested or detained for the commission of any criminal act within the City, the Police Department shall, as soon as possible thereafter, deliver written notice to the minor's parent of the arrest or detention, and such notice shall advise the parent of his/her responsibility under this Section. The notice shall be in such a form as to be signed by the notified parent signifying receipt thereof. If the parent refuses to sign said notice, the notifying Police Officer shall indicate such refusal on the notice.
B. 
No parent shall fail to exercise customary and effective control over a minor so as to contribute to, cause or tend to cause a minor to commit any criminal act. Written parental notice as defined in Subsection (A) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of parental neglect if the minor commits a second (2nd) or successive violation of any criminal act.
C. 
Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who shall violate this Section shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three (3) months and/or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first (1st) violation, not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second (2nd) violation, and not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any successive violation. In addition, the court may, as a condition of any probation granted to any parent found guilty of violating Subsection (B) of this Section, order the defendant to make restitution to any person who has been damaged by the misconduct of the minor in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
[CC 1974 §13-79; Ord. No. 791 §III, 12-15-1971]
Any person who encourages, aids or causes a child under seventeen (17) years of age to commit any act or engage in any conduct which would be injurious to the child's morals or health, or who commits any act or omits the performance of any duty which contributes to, causes or tends to cause a child under the age of seventeen (17) years to violate any law of the State or any ordinance of the City shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1974 §13-80; Ord. No. 791 §IV, 12-15-1971]
No person shall procure for any minor any article which the minor is forbidden by law to purchase or possess.
[Ord. No. 1704 §§1 — 3, 3-8-2000]
A. 
Unless the provisions explicitly state otherwise, as used in this Chapter the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
ADULT
Person seventeen (17) years of age or older.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Any alcoholic liquor as defined now or hereafter by the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Currently, "alcoholic liquor" is defined by Chapter 311.020, RSMo.
CONTROL
Any form of authority, regulation, responsibility or dominion, including a possessory right.
DRUG
A controlled substance as defined and described now or hereafter by the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Currently, controlled substances are defined and described by Sections 195.005 to 195.425, RSMo. (Chapter 195).
MINOR
A person not legally permitted by reason of age to possess, consume or purchase alcoholic liquor as described now or hereafter by the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
OPEN HOUSE PARTY
A social gathering at a residence or premises of persons in addition to the owner or those with rights of possession or their immediate family members.
RESIDENCE OR PREMISES
A motel room, hotel room, home, apartment, condominium, or other dwelling unit, including the curtilage of a dwelling unit, or a hall, meeting room, or other place of assembly, whether occupied as a dwelling or specifically for social functions, and whether owned, leased, rented, or used with or without compensation.
B. 
Prohibited Activities. No adult who owns, rents, leases or sub-leases any residence or premises shall allow an open house party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic beverage or drug is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises by any minor where the adult knew or reasonably should have known that any alcoholic beverage or drug was in the possession or being consumed by a minor at the residence or premises and where the adult failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the possession or consumption of the alcoholic beverage or drug at the residence or premises.
C. 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
1. 
The consumption, use or possession of a drug by a minor pursuant to a lawful prescription for such drug.
2. 
Religious observance or prescribed medical treatment.
3. 
The possession by a minor of alcoholic beverages or lawfully prescribed drugs incidental to the lawful employment of such minor.
D. 
Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.