Restoring Civil Rights After a Felony in Missouri

In Missouri, voting rights return automatically when the voting bar ends (release from confinement, or discharge from probation or parole for the listed serious offenses), except that an election-related conviction bars voting permanently. A felony conviction permanently disqualifies a person from serving on a jury. A person convicted of a felony cannot hold public office until completing the sentence or probation, and a felony connected with the right of suffrage bars holding office forever; a public official convicted of a felony forfeits the office at sentencing. Possessing a firearm after any felony conviction is a separate crime (class C felony, or class B after a dangerous felony or a prior conviction for the same offense), and that statute contains no restoration procedure (its only exception is for antique firearms).