{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.080","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.080","heading":"Tampering in the first degree — penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of tampering in the first degree if he or she:\n(1) For the purpose of causing a substantial interruption or impairment of a service rendered to the public by a utility or by an institution providing health or safety protection, damages or tampers with property or facilities of such a utility or institution, and thereby causes substantial interruption or impairment of service; or\n(2) Knowingly receives, possesses, sells, or unlawfully operates an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle without the consent of the owner thereof.\n2. Upon a finding by the court that the probative value outweighs the prejudicial effect, evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution of a person under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section to prove the requisite knowledge that he or she:\n(1) Received, possessed, sold, or operated an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle unlawfully on a separate occasion; or\n(2) Acquired the automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat, or other motor-propelled vehicle for a consideration which he or she knew was far below its reasonable value.\n3. The offense of tampering in the first degree is a class D felony.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 569 - Arson, Burglary, Trespass, and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=569.080","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"3bdb432cb9605fc67b1bc4ecb0346eb34f6f96498ce98cc0e37e7b8bc93a0c28","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.075","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.086"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}