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Legal Information: Missouri
574.020. Private peace disturbance
1. A person commits the crime of private peace disturbance if he is on private property and unreasonably and pur-posely causes alarm to another person or persons on the same premises by:
(1) Threatening to commit a crime against any person; or
(2) Fighting.
2. Private peace disturbance is a class C misdemeanor.
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