{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.056","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.056","heading":"Assault in the fourth degree.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of assault in the fourth degree if:\n(1) The person attempts to cause or recklessly causes bodily harm to another person;\n(2) With criminal negligence the person causes bodily harm to another person by means of a firearm;\n(3) The person purposely places another person in apprehension of immediate bodily harm;\n(4) The person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death or great bodily harm to another person;\n(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\n(6) The person knowingly causes physical contact with another person knowing the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.\n2. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, assault in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n3. Violation of the provisions of subdivision (3) or (6) of subsection 1 of this section is a class C misdemeanor unless the victim is a special victim, as the term \"special victim\" is defined under section 565.002, in which case a violation of such provisions is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=565.056","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"6f631e6cbda04dff9782fcd3cc2967fff52777343f50c99d54380dd74d464b9d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.054--2","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.056--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}