{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.090--2","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.090","heading":"Harassment, first degree, penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of harassment in the first degree if he or she, without good cause, engages in any act with the purpose to cause emotional distress to another person, and such act does cause such person to suffer emotional distress.\n2. The offense of harassment in the first degree is a class E felony.\n3. This section shall not apply to activities of federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers conducting investigations of violation of federal, state, county, or municipal law.","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=565.090","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"98d1b26f5da7d444a093de7e1177fa2dd9cf3c5fadf8693c401e2f8fcf44e78b","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.090","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}