Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders § 577.300. Leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle--first and second degree--penalties

1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

2. A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the first degree if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven years of age unattended in a motor vehicle and such child fatally injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to fatally injure a pedestrian.

3. Leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the first degree is a class C felony.

4. A person commits the offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the second degree if such person knowingly leaves a child less than eleven years of age unattended in a motor vehicle and such child injures another person by causing a motor vehicle collision or by causing the motor vehicle to injure a pedestrian.

5. The offense of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.