Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.120 (2026)

Making a terrorist threat, second degree

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  574.120.  Making a terrorist threat, second degree — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat in the second degree if he or she recklessly disregards the risk of causing the evacuation, quarantine or closure of any portion of a building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly or facility of transportation and knowingly:

  (1)  Communicates an express or implied threat to cause an incident or condition involving danger to life; or

  (2)  Communicates a false report of an incident or condition involving danger to life; or

  (3)  Causes a false belief or fear that an incident has occurred or that a condition exists involving danger to life.

  2.  The offense of making a terrorist threat in the second degree is a class E felony.

  3.  No offense is committed under this section by a person acting in good faith with the purpose to prevent harm.

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(L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2025 · leading case: In the Interest of D.C.M., a Minor v. Pemiscot Cnty. Juv. Off., 578 S.W.3d 776 (Mo. 2019).
In the Interest of D.C.M., a Minor v. Pemiscot Cnty. Juv. Off., 578 S.W.3d 776 (Mo. 2019). · cites it 5× “appeals a judgment of the circuit court finding he committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would have constituted the felony of making a terrorist threat in the second degree in violation of section 574.120. 1 Evidence adduced at the adjudication hearing demonstrated D.”
Lee Carrell v. United States (Revised Version), 165 A.3d 314 (D.C. 2017). · cites it 2× “); Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.120 (2017); N.J. Stat.”
State of Missouri, Plaintiff-respondent v. Scott Randall Collins, 570 S.W.3d 625 (Mo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “1(3) is separately addressed as “[m]aking a terrorist threat, second degree” in § 574.120 RSMo (2016). 7 App. 2010 ). This required element demonstrates that the purpose of this statute is to protect natural persons.”
Meier v. Degase (W.D. Mo. 2025). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff was charged with the class E felony of making a terroristic threat in violation of Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.120 . Plaintiff was later acquitted.”
Lee Carrell v. United States (D.C. 2017). “); Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.120 (2017); N.J. Stat.”
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