Section 562.011 - Voluntary act1. A person is not guilty of an offense unless his or her liability is based on conduct which includes a voluntary act.2. A "voluntary act" is: (1) A bodily movement performed while conscious as a result of effort or determination; or(2) An omission to perform an act of which the actor is physically capable.3. Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procures or receives the thing possessed, or having acquired control of it was aware of his or her control for a sufficient time to have enabled him or her to dispose of it or terminate his or her control.4. A person is not guilty of an offense based solely upon an omission to perform an act unless the law defining the offense expressly so provides, or a duty to perform the omitted act is otherwise imposed by law.Amended by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.L. 1977 S.B. 60
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