Section 565.227

There are multiple enactments of 565.227

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 565

Effective - 01 Jul 2027, 3 histories, see footnote   

  565.227.  Stalking, second degree, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of stalking in the second degree if he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person or technological abuse conduct which would cause a reasonable person under the circumstances to feel harassed, terrified, or intimidated.

  2.  This section shall not apply to activities of federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers conducting investigations of any violation of federal, state, county, or municipal law.

  3.  Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section.

  4.  The offense of stalking in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor, unless the defendant has previously been found guilty of a violation of this section or section 565.225, or of any offense committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be chargeable or indictable as a violation of any offense listed in this section or section 565.225, or 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 stalking in the second degree is a class E felony.

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(L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2637 & 3155 merged with S.B. 999)

Effective 7-01-27, see § 565.019

Nonseverability clause, see § 1.1008

Severability clause, see § 1.1005