Missouri Statutes
§ 578.095 — Desecration of flags — penalty.
Missouri § 578.095
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVIIICRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Ch. 578Miscellaneous Offenses
This text of Missouri § 578.095 (Desecration of flags — penalty.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.095 (2026).
Text
1.A person commits the offense of desecrating a flag if he or she purposefully and publicly mutilates, defaces, defiles, tramples upon or otherwise desecrates the national flag of the United States or the state flag of the state of Missouri.
2.The offense of desecrating a flag is a class A misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
(L. 1980 H.B. 965 § 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
(2014) Section is overbroad and is facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Snider v. City of Cape Girardeau, 752 F.3d 1149 (8th Cir.)
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 578.095, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/578.095.