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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