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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.455 (2026)

Destruction or defacing any cemetery property, penalty

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  214.455.  Destruction or defacing any cemetery property, penalty. — Every person who shall knowingly destroy, mutilate, disfigure, deface, injure, or remove any tomb, monument, or gravestone, or other structure placed in such cemetery or burial ground or place of burial of any human being, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

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(L. 1990 S.B. 625 § 2)

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Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: State v. Sharp, 341 S.W.3d 834 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011).
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State v. Sharp, 341 S.W.3d 834 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Section 214.455 specifically states that the inmate must deliver the request to the director of the Department of Corrections [DOC] in order to complete the certification of the defendant’s request.”
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