This law is about hurting someone in a family or household relationship in a serious but not the worst way. A person breaks this law if they knowingly hurt a family or household member, or recklessly cause serious injury, or recklessly hurt them with a deadly weapon. This is a class D felony, which is a serious crime.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
565.073. , second degree — . — 1. A person commits the of domestic assault in the second degree if the act involves a , as the term "domestic victim" is defined under section 565.002, and he or she:
(1) causes to such domestic victim by any means, including but not limited to, use of a or , or by choking or ; or
(2) causes to such domestic victim; or
(3) Recklessly causes physical injury to such domestic victim by means of any deadly weapon.
2. The offense of domestic assault in the second degree is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al., A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1371) Effective 1-01-17 Domestic assault, batterer intervention program ordered, costs, how paid, 595.320
Related Missouri laws
Domestic assault, first degree
RSMo 565.072
Domestic assault, third degree
RSMo 565.074
Domestic assault in the fourth degree, penalty
RSMo 565.076
Prior and persistent assault offenders
RSMo 565.079
Special victims
RSMo 565.058
Assault in the fourth degree
RSMo 565.056
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