Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories
565.076. Domestic assault in the fourth degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the fourth degree if the act involves a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under section 565.002, 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.
2. The offense of domestic assault in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has previously been found guilty of the offense of domestic assault, of any assault offense under this chapter, or of any offense against a domestic victim committed in violation of any county or municipal ordinance in any state, any state law, any federal law, or any military law which if committed in this state two or more times would be a violation of this section, in which case it is a class E felony. The offenses described in this subsection may be against the same domestic victim or against different domestic victims.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Domestic assault, batterer intervention program ordered, costs, how paid, 595.320
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person
Section 565.001 - Procedure for chapter 565.
Section 565.002 - Definitions.
Section 565.006 - Waiver of jury trial permitted, when.
Section 565.010 - Consent as a defense.
Section 565.020 - First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty.
Section 565.021 - Second degree murder, penalty.
Section 565.024 - Involuntary manslaughter, first degree, penalty.
Section 565.027 - Involuntary manslaughter, second degree, penalty.
Section 565.029 - Lesser degree offenses in homicide cases — instruction on lesser offenses, when.
Section 565.030 - Trial procedure, first degree murder.
Section 565.033 - Person under eighteen, sentencing — factors to be considered, jury instructions.
Section 565.040 - Death penalty, if held unconstitutional, resentencing procedure.
Section 565.050 - Assault, first degree, penalty.
Section 565.052 - Assault, second degree, penalty.
Section 565.054 - Assault in the third degree.
Section 565.056 - Assault in the fourth degree.
Section 565.072 - Domestic assault, first degree — penalty.
Section 565.073 - Domestic assault, second degree — penalty.
Section 565.074 - Domestic assault, third degree — penalty.
Section 565.076 - Domestic assault in the fourth degree, penalty.
Section 565.090 - Harassment, first degree, penalty.
Section 565.091 - Harassment, second degree, penalty.
Section 565.110 - Kidnapping, first degree, penalty.
Section 565.115 - Child kidnapping — penalty.
Section 565.120 - Kidnapping, second degree, penalty.
Section 565.130 - Kidnapping, third degree, penalty.
Section 565.140 - Defenses to kidnapping in the third degree.
Section 565.150 - Interference with custody — penalty.
Section 565.153 - Parental kidnapping — penalty.
Section 565.156 - Child abduction — penalty.
Section 565.160 - Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction.
Section 565.167 - Custody of child — peace officer to take child into protective custody, when.
Section 565.188 - Failure to report elder abuse or neglect — penalty.
Section 565.189 - Filing a false elder abuse or neglect report — penalty.
Section 565.218 - Failure to report vulnerable person abuse — or neglect — penalty.
Section 565.222 - Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty.
Section 565.225 - Stalking, first degree, penalty.
Section 565.227 - Stalking, second degree, penalty.