Littering
Littering means throwing or dumping trash, glass, cans, garbage, or other junk on public roads, highways, rivers, state or federal land, or on someone else's private property without their permission. This is normally a low-level misdemeanor. It becomes a more serious misdemeanor if the littering could hurt someone or damage property, or if the person has been caught littering before.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
577.070. Littering — penalties. — 1. A person commits the of littering if he or she places, , or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or of any kind, nature or description on the of any public road or state or on or in any of the waters in this state or on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the state, any , , agency or thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the federal government or on any private owned by another without the owner's .
2. The offense of littering is a unless:
(1) Such littering creates a substantial risk of or property damage to another; or
(2) The person has been of a violation of this section or an offense committed in another which, if committed in this state, would be a violation under this section, in which case it is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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