State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C569 > 569_099

Tampering with computer users, penalties.

569.099. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with computerusers if he knowingly and without authorization or without reasonablegrounds to believe that he has such authorization:

(1) Accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system,or computer network; or

(2) Denies or causes the denial of computer system services to anauthorized user of such computer system services, which, in whole or inpart, is owned by, under contract to, or operated for, or on behalf of, orin conjunction with another.

2. The offense of tampering with computer users is a class Amisdemeanor unless the offense is committed for the purpose of devising orexecuting any scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain any property, thevalue of which is five hundred dollars or more, in which case tamperingwith computer users is a class D felony.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al. § 4, A.L. 1987 H.B. 208, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888)

CROSS REFERENCES:

Civil action for tampering with computer users, expenses and attorney fees, RSMo 537.525

Definitions for criminal statutes for computer crimes unless context requires a different definition, RSMo 556.063

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C569 > 569_099

Tampering with computer users, penalties.

569.099. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with computerusers if he knowingly and without authorization or without reasonablegrounds to believe that he has such authorization:

(1) Accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system,or computer network; or

(2) Denies or causes the denial of computer system services to anauthorized user of such computer system services, which, in whole or inpart, is owned by, under contract to, or operated for, or on behalf of, orin conjunction with another.

2. The offense of tampering with computer users is a class Amisdemeanor unless the offense is committed for the purpose of devising orexecuting any scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain any property, thevalue of which is five hundred dollars or more, in which case tamperingwith computer users is a class D felony.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al. § 4, A.L. 1987 H.B. 208, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888)

CROSS REFERENCES:

Civil action for tampering with computer users, expenses and attorney fees, RSMo 537.525

Definitions for criminal statutes for computer crimes unless context requires a different definition, RSMo 556.063


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C569 > 569_099

Tampering with computer users, penalties.

569.099. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with computerusers if he knowingly and without authorization or without reasonablegrounds to believe that he has such authorization:

(1) Accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system,or computer network; or

(2) Denies or causes the denial of computer system services to anauthorized user of such computer system services, which, in whole or inpart, is owned by, under contract to, or operated for, or on behalf of, orin conjunction with another.

2. The offense of tampering with computer users is a class Amisdemeanor unless the offense is committed for the purpose of devising orexecuting any scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain any property, thevalue of which is five hundred dollars or more, in which case tamperingwith computer users is a class D felony.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al. § 4, A.L. 1987 H.B. 208, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888)

CROSS REFERENCES:

Civil action for tampering with computer users, expenses and attorney fees, RSMo 537.525

Definitions for criminal statutes for computer crimes unless context requires a different definition, RSMo 556.063