Section 537.054

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS

Chapter 537

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, see footnote   

  537.054.  Child sex trafficking, action to recover damages, statute of limitations. — 1.  As used in this section, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Child sex trafficking", any act committed by the defendant against the plaintiff that occurred when the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age and that would have been a violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211, or 566.215;

  (2)  "Injury" or "illness", either a physical injury or illness or a psychological injury or illness.  A psychological injury or illness need not be accompanied by physical injury or illness.

  2.  Any action to recover damages from injury or illness caused by child sex trafficking in an action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within twenty years of the plaintiff attaining twenty-one years of age or within three years of the date the plaintiff discovers, or reasonably should have discovered, that the injury or illness was caused by child sex trafficking.

  3.  This section shall apply to any action commenced on or after August 28, 2026.

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(L. 2026 H.B. 2273, et al.)