569.097. Tampering with computer equipment, penalties. - Missouri Statutes

Tampering with computer equipment, penalties.

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

(1) Modifies, destroys, damages, or takes equipment or data storagedevices used or intended to be used in a computer, computer system, orcomputer network; or

(2) Modifies, destroys, damages, or takes any computer, computersystem, or computer network.

2. Tampering with computer equipment is a class A misdemeanor,unless:

(1) The offense is committed for the purpose of executing any schemeor artifice to defraud or obtain any property, the value of which is fivehundred dollars or more, in which case it is a class D felony; or

(2) The damage to such computer equipment or to the computer,computer system, or computer network is five hundred dollars or more butless than one thousand dollars, in which case it is a class D felony; or

(3) The damage to such computer equipment or to the computer,computer system, or computer network is one thousand dollars or greater, inwhich case it is a class C felony.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al. § 3, A.L. 1987 H.B. 208, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1888)

CROSS REFERENCES:

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

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