716.6  Criminal mischief in the fourth and fifth degrees.

Criminal mischief is criminal mischief in the fourth degree if the cost of replacing, repairing, or restoring the property so damaged, defaced, altered, or destroyed exceeds two hundred dollars, but does not exceed five hundred dollars. Criminal mischief in the fourth degree is a serious misdemeanor. All criminal mischief which is not criminal mischief in the first degree, second degree, third degree, or fourth degree is criminal mischief in the fifth degree. Criminal mischief in the fifth degree is a simple misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 716.6]

Section History: Recent form

  83 Acts, ch 99, § 2; 92 Acts, ch 1060, § 11; 99 Acts, ch 153, §14

Internal References

  Referred to in § 716.6A


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