Effective - 01 Jan 2017
577.300. Leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle — first and second degree — penalties. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Collision", the act of a motor vehicle coming into contact with an object or a person;
(2) "Injures", to cause physical harm to the body of a person;
(3) "Motor vehicle", any automobile, truck, truck-tractor, or any motor bus or motor-propelled vehicle not exclusively operated or driven on fixed rails or tracks;
(4) "Unattended", not accompanied by an individual fourteen years of age or older.
2. A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the first degree if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven years of age unattended in a motor vehicle and such child fatally injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to fatally injure a pedestrian.
3. Leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the first degree is a class C felony.
4. A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the second degree if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven 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.
5. The offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 568.052; Effective 1-01-17
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 577 - Public Safety Offenses
Section 577.001 - Chapter definitions.
Section 577.010 - Driving while intoxicated — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.012 - Driving with excessive blood alcohol content — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.013 - Boating while intoxicated — sentencing restrictions.
Section 577.015 - Operating an aircraft while intoxicated — penalties.
Section 577.016 - Operating an aircraft with excessive blood alcohol content — penalties.
Section 577.017 - Consumption of alcoholic beverages while driving — penalty.
Section 577.019 - Citation of law.
Section 577.021 - Chemical testing authorized — reasonable efforts to test required — admissibility.
Section 577.024 - Unlawful use of water skis and surfboards — penalty.
Section 577.025 - Negligent operation of a vessel — penalty.
Section 577.031 - Persons administering tests not liable, when.
Section 577.033 - Inability of person to be tested to refuse, effect.
Section 577.037 - Chemical tests, results admitted into evidence, when, effect of.
Section 577.060 - Leaving the scene of an accident — penalties.
Section 577.068 - Failure to report a shooting — penalties.
Section 577.070 - Littering — penalties.
Section 577.073 - Damaging state park property — penalties.
Section 577.075 - Anhydrous ammonia, unlawful release — penalty.
Section 577.076 - Unlawful disposition of a dead animal — penalty.
Section 577.078 - Water contamination — penalty.
Section 577.100 - Abandonment of airtight or semi-airtight containers — penalty.
Section 577.150 - Tampering with a water supply — penalty.
Section 577.155 - Construction or use of a waste disposal well — definitions — penalty.
Section 577.161 - Prohibiting the use of a life jacket — definitions — penalty.
Section 577.599 - Failure to comply with ignition interlock device requirements — penalty.
Section 577.605 - Failure to notify another of ignition interlock requirements — penalty.
Section 577.612 - Tampering with or circumventing the operation of an interlock device — penalty.
Section 577.675 - Transportation of an illegal alien — penalty.
Section 577.685 - Illegal reentry, offense of, penalty.
Section 577.700 - Definitions.
Section 577.706 - Planting a bomb or explosive in or near a bus or terminal — penalties.
Section 577.718 - Removal of baggage or cargo without owner's permission — penalty.