Effective - 01 Jan 2017
574.140. Cross burning — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of cross burning if he or she burns, or causes to be burned, a cross with the purpose to frighten, intimidate, or cause emotional distress to any person or group of persons.
2. The offense of cross burning is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person has previously been found guilty of an offense under this section, in which case it is a class E felony.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1074 & 1129, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 565.095; Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 574 - Offenses Against Public Order
Section 574.010 - Peace disturbance — penalty.
Section 574.020 - Private peace disturbance — penalty.
Section 574.035 - Disrupting a house of worship — penalty.
Section 574.040 - Unlawful assembly — penalty.
Section 574.050 - Rioting — penalty.
Section 574.060 - Refusal to disperse — penalty.
Section 574.070 - Promoting civil disorder in the first degree — penalty.
Section 574.075 - Drunkenness or drinking in certain places prohibited — penalty.
Section 574.080 - Causing catastrophe — definitions — penalty.
Section 574.085 - Institutional vandalism, offense of — violation, penalty.
Section 574.105 - Money laundering — penalty.
Section 574.110 - Using a laser pointer, offense of — violation, penalty.
Section 574.115 - Making a terrorist threat, first degree — penalty.
Section 574.120 - Making a terrorist threat, second degree — penalty.
Section 574.125 - Making a terrorist threat, third degree — penalty.
Section 574.130 - Agroterrorism — penalty — defenses.
Section 574.140 - Cross burning — penalties.
Section 574.160 - Unlawful funeral protest, offense of — definitions — violation, penalty.