GENERALLY

§ 143.01 CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.

   (A)   No person shall by an act, or by any word, encourage, contribute toward, cause or tend to cause any minor child under the age of 17 years to become neglected or a delinquent minor. DELINQUENT MINOR means any of the following:

      (1)   A minor who comes or tends to come under the jurisdiction of the family division of the Circuit Court, whether or not such child shall in fact be adjudicated a ward of the Court.

      (2)   A minor who has violated or attempted to violate any state, county, or local law or ordinance constituting a criminal misdemeanor.

   (B)   No person shall knowingly and willfully aid, abet, or conspire with a child under the age of 17 years to violate an order of a juvenile court, any state, county or local law or ordinance constituting a misdemeanor, or encourage a minor to violate any state, county, or local law or ordinance constituting a criminal misdemeanor, or knowingly and willfully conceal or harbor a juvenile who has taken flight from the custody of the court, their parents, or legal guardian.

§ 143.02 FURNISHING OBSCENE MATERIALS TO A MINOR.

   No person shall sell, give away, or in any way furnish to a person under the age of 18 years a book, pamphlet, or other printed paper or other thing, containing obscene language, or obscene prints, pictures, figures, or descriptions tending to corrupt the morals of youth, and no person shall in any manner hire, use, or employ a person under the age of 18 years to sell, give away, or in any manner distribute this type of books, pamphlets, or printed papers, and any person having the care, custody or control of a person under the age of 18 years, who permits him or her to engage in any such employment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 143.03 CURFEW FOR MINORS; MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES.

   (A)   No minor under the age of 12 years shall loiter, idle, congregate, or be in or on any public street, highway, alley, park, or public place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless the minor child is accompanied by a parent or guardian or some adult delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the child.

   (B)   No minor under the age of 17 years shall loiter, idle, congregate, or be in or on any public street, highway, alley, park, or public place between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m., immediately following, except where the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian or some adult over the age of 21 years, delegated by the parent or guardian to accompany the minor child or where the minor is upon an errand or other legitimate business directed by his or her parent or guardian.

§ 143.04 MINORS IN CUSTODY; FAILURE OF PARENT TO COLLECT.

   Any parent or legal guardian of a minor child who is notified that his or her minor child has been taken into custody for any violation of § 143.03, and who refuses to collect that minor child from the authorities or make provisions therefore within a period of 3 hours after notification, shall be guilty of a municipal civil infraction.

§ 143.05 POSSESSION OF HANDGUN BY MINOR.

   No person under 16 years of age shall use or possess any handgun designed and manufactured exclusively for propelling BBs not exceeding 0.177 caliber by means of spring, gas, or air, outside the curtilage of his or her domicile, unless he or she is accompanied by a person over 18 years of age.

§ 143.06 FURNISHING CIGARETTES TO MINOR.

   No person shall sell, give, or in any way furnish cigarettes in any form to a person under 18 years of age, except for the parents or legal guardians of that person under 18 years of age within a private premises.

§ 143.07 SMOKING OR USE OF CIGARETTES BY MINOR.

   No person under the age of 18 years of age shall smoke or use cigarettes in any form on a public highway, street, alley, park, or other lands used for public purposes, or in a public place of business or amusement.