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Missouri Drone Privacy & Surveillance (2026)

Info: Missouri has no drone-specific privacy crime; the general invasion-of-privacy law (565.252) bars nonconsensual nude imaging but does not mention drones.

InfoVerified Jul 7, 2026

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Drone Privacy & Surveillance in states bordering Missouri

The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.

ArkansasRestricted
Arkansas criminalizes knowingly using a drone to secretly record or view a person with a reasonable expectation of privacy (video voyeurism, Ark. Code 5-16-101(b)).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · Full Arkansas rule →
IllinoisInfo
Illinois has no statute criminalizing private drone surveillance; its Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act restricts only law-enforcement drone use (725 ILCS 167).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: ilga.gov · Full Illinois rule →
IowaInfo
Iowa has no statute criminalizing private drone surveillance; Iowa Code 808.15 only makes warrantless drone-gathered information inadmissible as evidence.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: legis.iowa.gov · Full Iowa rule →
KansasRestricted
Kansas folds drone surveillance into its stalking/harassment law — drone use over or near a dwelling or occupied vehicle where one expects privacy counts as harassment (K.S.A. 60-31a02).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: ksrevisor.gov · Full Kansas rule →
KentuckyRestricted
Kentucky (HB 19, 2025) bars using a drone to record images of private property or its occupants to conduct surveillance without consent (KRS 500.130).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov · Full Kentucky rule →
NebraskaRestricted
In Nebraska, causing a drone over another's property to observe a person in a place of solitude/seclusion is second-degree criminal trespass (Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-521).
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: nebraskalegislature.gov · Full Nebraska rule →
OklahomaRestricted
Oklahoma (21 O.S. 1743) makes it a misdemeanor to use a drone to photograph, record or observe a person where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: oscn.net · Full Oklahoma rule →
TennesseeRestricted
Tennessee (TCA 39-13-903) makes it a Class C misdemeanor to use a drone to capture an image of a person or private property with intent to conduct surveillance.
Verified Jul 7, 2026 · Source: publications.tnsosfiles.com · Full Tennessee rule →

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