{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.140","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.140","heading":"Trespass in the first degree — penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he or she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.\n2. A person does not commit the offense of trespass in the first degree by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:\n(1) Actual communication to the actor; or\n(2) Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.\n3. The offense of trespass in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor, unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a law enforcement officer, as defined in section 556.061, or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity to a law enforcement officer, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor. If the building or real property is part of a nuclear power plant, the offense of trespass in the first degree is a class E 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=569.140","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"b3b273ed24366f43f627bdc0a5bc59b9d65082e37181b0da4c82df14991acd50","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.137","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-569.145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}