{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.130","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.130","heading":"Claim of right.","body":"1. A person does not commit an offense by damaging, tampering with, operating, riding in or upon, or making connection with property of another if he or she does so under a claim of right and has reasonable grounds to believe he or she has such a right.\n2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of claim of right.\n3. No person who, as a tenant, willfully or wantonly destroys, defaces, damages, impairs, or removes any part of a leased structure or dwelling unit, or the facilities, equipment, or appurtenances thereof, may inject the issue of claim of right.","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=569.130","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"75d16eeafb6b95b36ce7c574cffdc1a384762f8d17fc845e1051399d5d12a75a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.120","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}