2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 565 Offenses Against the Person
Section 565.182 (Repealed L. 2014 S.B. 491 § A)
565.182. 1. A person commits the crime of elder abuse in the second degree if he:
(1) Knowingly causes, attempts to cause physical injury to any person sixty years of age or older or an eligible adult, as defined in section 192.2400, by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; or
(2) Recklessly or purposely causes serious physical injury, as defined in section 565.002, to a person sixty years of age or older or an eligible adult as defined in section 192.2400.
2. Elder abuse in the second degree is a class B felony.
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