A.
A person commits the offense of assault if:
1.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury,
physical pain or illness to another person;
2.
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to
another person by means of a firearm;
3.
The person purposely places another person in apprehension of
immediate physical injury;
4.
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial
risk of death or serious physical injury to another person;
5.
The person knowingly causes or attempts to cause physical contact
with a person with a disability, which a reasonable person, who does
not have a disability, would consider offensive or provocative; or
6.
The person knowingly causes physical contact with another person
knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
A.
A person commits the offense of domestic assault if the act involves
a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under
Section 565.002, RSMo., and:
1.
The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes physical injury,
physical pain, or illness to such domestic victim;
2.
With criminal negligence the person causes physical injury to
such domestic victim by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument;
3.
The person purposely places such domestic victim in apprehension
of immediate physical injury by any means;
4.
The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial
risk of death or serious physical injury to such domestic victim;
5.
The person knowingly causes physical contact with such domestic
victim knowing he or she will regard the contact as offensive; or
6.
The person knowingly attempts to cause or causes the isolation
of such domestic victim by unreasonably and substantially restricting
or limiting his or her access to other persons, telecommunication
devices or transportation for the purpose of isolation.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[1]
Editor's Note: This Section previously pertained to assault of a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency personnel, highway worker in a construction zone or work zone, utility worker, cable worker, or probation and parole officer. However, the authorizing statute, former RSMo. § 565.083, was repealed without replacement by SB 491 in the 2014 Legislative Session, effective 1-1-2017. See Section 210.120, Assault, as it relates to a "special victim."
A person commits the offense of harassment if he/she, without
good cause, engages in any act with the purpose to cause emotional
distress to another person.
A.
DISTURBS
Definitions. As used in this Section:
Shall mean to engage in a course of conduct directed at a
specific person that serves no legitimate purpose and that would cause
a reasonable person under the circumstances to be frightened, intimidated,
or emotionally distressed.
B.
A person commits the offense of stalking if he or she purposely,
through his or her course of conduct, disturbs, or follows with the
intent to disturb another person.
C.
This Section shall not apply to activities of Federal, State, County,
or Municipal Law Enforcement Officers conducting investigations of
any violation of Federal, State, County, or Municipal Law.
D.
Any Law Enforcement Officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person
he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions
of this Section.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A person commits the offense of kidnapping if he or she knowingly
restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere
substantially with his or her liberty.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child
if he/she:
1.
With criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial
risk to the life, body or health of a child less than seventeen (17)
years old; or
2.
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen (17) years of age to engage in any conduct which causes or tends to cause the child to come within the provisions of Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
3.
Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than seventeen (17) years of age, recklessly fails or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent him/her from coming within the provisions of Paragraph (c) of Subdivision (1) of Subsection (1) or Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
4.
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen
(17) years of age to enter into any room, building or other structure
which is a public nuisance as defined in Section 579.105, RSMo.
B.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean the welfare of
a child is endangered for the sole reason that he/she is being provided
non-medical remedial treatment recognized and permitted under the
laws of this State.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
A.
COLLISION
INJURES
MOTOR VEHICLE
UNATTENDED
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
The act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object
or a person.
To cause physical harm to the body of a person.
Any automobile, truck, truck-tractor, or any motor bus or
motor-propelled vehicle not exclusively operated or driven on fixed
rails or tracks.
Not accompanied by an individual fourteen (14) years of age
or older.
B.
A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor
vehicle if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven (11)
years of age unattended in a motor vehicle and such child injures
another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing
the motor vehicle to injure a pedestrian.
C.
The offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle is an
ordinance violation.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[Ord. No. 2009-23 §1(9.24.032), 12-14-2009]
A.
Any
parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody
of any child less than eighteen (18) years old shall either:
1.
Enroll such child in a public, private, parochial, parish school
or full-time equivalent attendance in a combination of such schools
and between the ages of seven (7) years and the compulsory attendance
age for the district in which such child resides, or
2.
Enroll the child in a program of "home school" academic instruction
which at all times complies with the provisions of Section 167.03
1.2, RSMo. (2000).
B.
Any
parent, guardian or other person having charge, control or custody
of a child less than eighteen (18) years old shall cause the child
to attend regularly some public, private, parochial, parish, home
school or combination of such schools not less than the entire school
term of the school which the child attends, except that:
1.
A child who, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public
Schools of the district in which he resides, or if there is no Superintendent,
then the Chief School Officer, is determined to be mentally or physically
incapacitated may be excused from attendance at school for the full
time required, or any part thereof;
2.
A child between fourteen (14) years of age and the compulsory attendance
age for the district may be excused from attendance at school for
the full time required or any part thereof, by the Superintendent
of Public Schools of the district, or if none, then by a court of
competent jurisdiction, when legal employment has been obtained by
the child and found to be desirable and after the parents or guardian
of the child have been advised of the pending action; or
3.
A child between five (5) and seven (7) years of age shall be excused
from attendance at school if a parent, guardian or other person having
charge, control or custody of the child makes a written request that
the child be dropped from the school's rolls.
C.
Any
parent, guardian or other person having charge or custody of a child
who is convicted of any violation of this Section shall, upon conviction
and pending any judicial appeal, be required to enroll the child in
any public, private, parochial, parish or home school within three
(3) public school days, after which each successive school day shall
constitute a separate violation of this Section.
