Property damage in the second degree
Someone breaks this law if they knowingly damage someone else's property, or if they damage property to trick an insurance company into paying. This is usually a class B misdemeanor, but it becomes a class A misdemeanor if the person targeted a law enforcement officer's property on purpose, or targeted someone who is a close family member of a law enforcement officer.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
569.120. Property damage in the second degree — . — 1. A person commits the of property damage in the second degree if he or she:
(1) property of another; or
(2) Damages property for the purpose of .
2. The offense of property damage in the second degree is a , unless the offense of property damage in the second degree was committed under (1) of 1 of this section and the victim was intentionally targeted as a , as defined in section 556.061, or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the to a law enforcement officer, in which it is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1986 S.B. 450, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
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