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578.095. Desecration of flags--penalty

MO ST 578.095Vernon's Annotated Missouri StatutesTitle XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders [Chs. 556-600]Effective: January 1, 2017 (Approx. 2 pages)

578.095. Desecration of flags--penalty

MO ST 578.095Vernon's Annotated Missouri StatutesTitle XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders [Chs. 556-600]Effective: January 1, 2017 (Approx. 2 pages)

Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes
Title XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders [Chs. 556-600]
Chapter 578. Miscellaneous Offenses (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 1, 2017
V.A.M.S. 578.095
578.095. Desecration of flags--penalty
Currentness
1. A person commits the offense of desecrating a flag if he or she purposefully and publicly mutilates, defaces, defiles, tramples upon or otherwise desecrates the national flag of the United States or the state flag of the state of Missouri.
2. The offense of desecrating a flag is a class A misdemeanor.

Credits

(L.1980, H.B. No. 965, p. 500, § 1. Amended by L.2014, S.B. No. 491, § A, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)
V. A. M. S. 578.095, MO ST 578.095
Statutes are current through the end of the 2023 First Regular Session of the 102nd General Assembly. Constitution is current through the November 8, 2022 General Election.
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