{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-574.085","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.085","heading":"Institutional vandalism, offense of — violation, penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of institutional vandalism if he or she knowingly vandalizes, defaces, or otherwise damages:\n(1) Any church, synagogue or other building, structure or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose;\n(2) Any cemetery, mortuary, military monument or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;\n(3) Any school, educational facility, community center, hospital or medical clinic owned and operated by a religious or sectarian group;\n(4) The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented by, any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection;\n(5) Any personal property contained in any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection;\n(6) Any motor vehicle which is owned, operated, leased or under contract by a school district or a private school for the transportation of school children; or\n(7) Any public monument or structure on public property owned or operated by a public entity.\n2. The offense of institutional vandalism is a class A misdemeanor, unless the value of the property damage is seven hundred fifty dollars or more, in which case the offense is a class E felony; or the value of the property damage is more than five thousand dollars, in which case the offense is a class D felony.\n3. In determining the amount of damage to property, for purposes of this section, damage includes the cost of repair or, where necessary, replacement of the property that was damaged.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 574 - Offenses Against Public Order"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=574.085","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"f4a1dcb89f9e7405fb129d1f1d38fb8cb80e04b9e5fe9efa9989e4da974a7c69","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-574.080","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-574.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}