2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 577 - Public Safety Offenses
Section 577.150 Tampering with a water supply — penalty.
Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
577.150. Tampering with a water supply — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she purposely:
(1) Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
(2) Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any person or persons, corporation, town or city for their use.
2. The offense of tampering with a water supply is a class A misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4730, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4340; 1919 § 3588; 1909 § 4796
Effective 1-01-17
