Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.055 (2026)

Knowingly burning or exploding

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569.055. Knowingly burning or exploding — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of knowingly burning or exploding if he or she knowingly damages property of another by starting a fire or causing an explosion.

2. The offense of knowingly burning or exploding is a class E felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 17 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2021 · leading case: State v. Weems, 800 S.W.2d 54 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990).

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State v. Weems, 800 S.W.2d 54 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “The “lesser” offenses which defendant contends should have been included in the instructions are “knowingly burning”, in violation of § 569.055 RSMo 1986, “recklessly burning”, in violation of § 569.”

State v. Schnelle, 924 S.W.2d 292 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “050, RSMo 1986; under Count III of knowingly burning, § 569.055, RSMo 1986; and under Count IV of tampering in the first degree, § 569.”

Norfolk v. State, 200 S.W.3d 36 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Factual and Procedural History On October 23, 1996, Norfolk pled guilty to a charge of knowingly burning, Section 569.055, RSMO 1994, and was sentenced to a five-year prison term.”

Eakins v. State, 734 S.W.2d 290 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “170, both class C felonies, and knowingly burning a building, Section 569.055, a class D felony, be vacated.”

State v. White, 847 S.W.2d 929 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). “020; and Knowingly Burning, § 569.055, for which he was sentenced to concurrent terms of life, forty years, seven years, and three years respectively.”

State v. Schnelle, 7 S.W.3d 447 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). “He was also convicted for knowingly burning, § 569.055, and tampering in the first degree, § 569.”

In the Interest of: T.L.G. v. Juv. Officer, 900 S.W.2d 239 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 6× “committed the class D felony of “knowingly burning” in violation of § 569.055, by starting a fire and damaging playground equipment made of tires at an elementary school in Columbia, Missouri on or about December 29, 1993.”

State v. Picone, 760 S.W.2d 471 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “Pi-cone of knowingly burning an automobile owned by another in violation of § 569.055, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1986.”

State v. McCon, 645 S.W.2d 67 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Appellant was convicted upon jury trial of the offense of knowingly burning a car belonging to Pauline Watkins, a Class D felony, § 569.055, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment in the Jackson County jail.”

State v. Callahan, 641 S.W.2d 186 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Defendant, jury convicted and sentenced to six months in jail on a charge of burning an automobile in violation of § 569.055 RSMo 1978, appeals. *188 The two related issues asserted are: definition by prosecutor of reasonable doubt during voir dire, and error in…”

Ronald L. Smith v. State of Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “The court found that there was a sufficient factual basis for the conviction and accepted Smith's guilty plea to the class E felony of knowingly burning or exploding in violation of § 569.055(1) which states that “A person commits the offense of knowingly burning or exploding if…”

State v. Grubb, 112 S.W.3d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “080, RSMo 2000, one count of knowingly burning or exploding, section 569.055, RSMo 2000, and sentence as a prior offender to concurrent terms of seven and five years, respectively.”

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Ronald L. Smith v. State of Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). “The court found that there was a sufficient factual basis for the conviction and accepted Smith's guilty plea to the class E felony of knowingly burning or exploding in violation of § 569.055(1) which states that “A person commits the offense of knowingly burning or exploding if…”

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