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Title 1 — General Provisions Title 2 — Offenses Against Persons Title 3 — Offenses Against Property Title 4 — Fraud, Financial, and Cyber Offenses Title 5 — Public Order and Community Safety Title 6 — Government, Courts, and Administration of Justice Title 7 — Weapons and Explosives Title 8 — Controlled Substances Title 9 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic Title 10 — Business, Licensing, and Regulated Activity Title 11 — Emergency Services and Critical Infrastructure Title 12 — Wildlife, Animals, and the Environment Title 13 — Aviation, Maritime, and Rail Title 14 — Sentencing Enhancements and Administrative Penalties Title 15 — Field Reference Appendixes
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Title 2 — Offenses Against Persons

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Chapter 2A — Homicide and fatal offenses

SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.01Capital murderLFIntentionally causes death during terrorism, mass murder, murder for hire, or the intentional killing of a peace officer, judge, witness, or child under circumstances showing premeditation.
§ 2.02Murder in the first degreeF1Intentionally and with premeditation causes the death of another.
§ 2.03Murder in the second degreeF2Intentionally causes death without proven premeditation, or knowingly engages in conduct practically certain to cause death.
§ 2.04Felony murderF2Causes a death during flight from or commission of kidnapping, robbery, burglary, arson, sexual assault, terrorism, or another inherently dangerous F2-or-higher felony.
§ 2.05Voluntary manslaughterF3Intentionally causes death under adequate provocation or extreme emotional disturbance for which a reasonable explanation exists.
§ 2.06Involuntary manslaughterF4Recklessly causes the death of another.
§ 2.07Criminally negligent homicideF5Causes death through criminal negligence.
§ 2.08Vehicular homicideF4Recklessly causes death through operation of a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. Grade becomes F3 if DUI, racing, or fleeing police is a contributing cause.
§ 2.09Aiding suicideF4Intentionally provides the means or direct assistance for another person’s suicide, excluding lawful end-of-life medical care recognized by server policy.

Chapter 2B — Assault, injury, and endangerment

SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.10Offensive physical contactM3Knowingly makes unwanted insulting, provoking, or offensive physical contact without causing bodily injury.
§ 2.11Simple assaultM2Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury, or intentionally places another in reasonable fear of imminent bodily injury.
§ 2.12Aggravated assaultF4Causes serious bodily injury; uses a deadly weapon to cause or attempt bodily injury; or knowingly impedes breathing or circulation.
§ 2.13Assault with intent to cause serious injuryF3Intentionally causes or attempts serious bodily injury under circumstances showing that result was the actor’s objective.
§ 2.14Assault on a protected personOne grade above underlying assaultCommits assault knowing the victim is a protected person performing or targeted because of protected duties. Maximum F2.
§ 2.15Domestic assaultSame as underlying assault; minimum M1Commits assault against a spouse, partner, co-parent, household member, or close family member. A protective order may issue.
§ 2.16Assault by vehicleF5Intentionally or recklessly uses a vehicle to cause bodily injury. Serious injury is F3.
§ 2.17Drive-by shootingF2Knowingly discharges a firearm from a vehicle toward a person, occupied structure, or occupied vehicle.
§ 2.18Poisoning or adulterationF3Knowingly introduces poison, a harmful substance, or a concealed intoxicant into food, drink, medicine, or a public supply with intent to injure or incapacitate. Death may support homicide charges.
§ 2.19Reckless endangermentM1Recklessly creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to another.
§ 2.20Wanton endangerment with a deadly weaponF5Recklessly creates a substantial risk of death through use, display, discharge, or unsafe control of a deadly weapon.
§ 2.21Criminal exposure to hazardous substanceF4Knowingly exposes another without consent to a toxic, infectious, radioactive, or similarly dangerous substance in a manner likely to cause serious injury.
§ 2.22Abandoning a person in dangerM1Having created the danger or assumed care of a helpless person, knowingly abandons that person under circumstances risking serious injury.
§ 2.23Failure to summon aidM3Knows another faces imminent serious harm and, while able to do so without danger, intentionally fails to notify emergency services after causing the harm or agreeing to provide care.
§ 2.24HazingM1As a condition of membership or status, intentionally or recklessly subjects a person to injury, dangerous consumption, confinement, humiliation involving criminal conduct, or substantial risk. Serious injury is F4.
§ 2.25Unlawful medical practice causing injuryF4Knowingly performs a medical procedure without required authority and causes bodily injury. Serious injury is F3.

Chapter 2C — Restraint, kidnapping, and human exploitation

SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.30Unlawful restraintM1Knowingly and without legal authority substantially interferes with another’s liberty by force, threat, deception, or confinement.
§ 2.31KidnappingF3Abducts or secretly confines another with intent to hold, transport, terrorize, use as a shield, facilitate a felony, or interfere with government.
§ 2.32Aggravated kidnappingF2Kidnapping involving ransom, a deadly weapon, serious injury, a child, a public servant, or confinement exceeding one substantial criminal episode.
§ 2.33Hostage takingF2Seizes or detains a person and threatens harm to compel a third party or government to act or refrain from acting.
§ 2.34Human traffickingF1Recruits, transports, obtains, or maintains a person through force, fraud, coercion, or abuse of vulnerability for compelled labor, services, or criminal activity.
§ 2.35Smuggling of personsF4For financial benefit, knowingly transports or conceals a person to evade lawful immigration, custody, checkpoint, or border controls established in roleplay.
§ 2.36Custodial interferenceF5Knowingly takes, keeps, or conceals a child or dependent person in violation of a custody order with intent to deprive the lawful custodian of access.

Chapter 2D — Sexual and privacy offenses

Community-safety rule: Sexual violence, sexual conduct involving minors, and non-consensual sexual scenarios should not be actively depicted in roleplay. These sections exist only for non-graphic reports, backstory approved by administration, and court records. Server rules control and may prohibit the subject entirely.
SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.40Sexual assaultF2Knowingly engages in sexual contact or conduct without legally effective consent.
§ 2.41Aggravated sexual assaultF1Sexual assault involving serious injury, kidnapping, a deadly weapon, multiple offenders, a victim incapable of consent, or abuse of official custody.
§ 2.42Sexual contact by abuse of authorityF3A public servant, corrections employee, medical provider, or custodian knowingly uses official authority or custody to obtain sexual contact.
§ 2.43Indecent exposureM1Knowingly exposes intimate parts in public or to another without consent, for sexual gratification, alarm, or harassment.
§ 2.44VoyeurismF5Knowingly observes, records, or transmits an image of a person in a private setting where that person reasonably expects privacy, without consent.
§ 2.45Non-consensual intimate-image distributionF4Knowingly distributes or threatens to distribute an intimate image without consent and with intent to harm, coerce, or obtain value.

Chapter 2E — Family, children, elders, and vulnerable persons

SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.50Child abuseF4Intentionally or recklessly causes bodily injury, cruel punishment, or substantial emotional harm to a child. Serious injury is F2.
§ 2.51Child neglectF5A responsible caregiver knowingly or through criminal negligence fails to provide necessary supervision, food, shelter, protection, or medical care, creating substantial risk.
§ 2.52Child endangermentM1Knowingly places a child in circumstances posing a substantial risk of bodily injury, including unsafe access to weapons, narcotics, or dangerous vehicles.
§ 2.53Abandonment of a child or dependent adultF4A responsible caregiver deserts a child or dependent adult without safe care under circumstances risking serious harm.
§ 2.54Abuse of an elder or dependent adultF4Intentionally or recklessly causes injury, deprivation, intimidation, or cruel treatment to an elder or dependent adult.
§ 2.55Financial exploitation of a vulnerable personF4Through deception, intimidation, undue influence, or breach of trust, obtains or misuses property of an elder or dependent adult. F3 if value is $25,000 or more.
§ 2.56Violation of a protection orderM1Knowingly violates a served domestic-violence, stalking, harassment, or no-contact order. Threats, forced entry, or assault make the offense F5 in addition to other charges.
§ 2.57Contributing to delinquency of a minorM1Knowingly causes, encourages, or aids a minor to commit a crime, habitually evade lawful custody, or enter a prohibited premises.
§ 2.58Furnishing dangerous items to a minorF5Knowingly provides a firearm, destructive device, hard controlled substance, or unlawfully obtained vehicle to a minor without lawful authority.

Chapter 2F — Threats, stalking, harassment, and privacy

SectionOffenseGradeElements
§ 2.60HarassmentM3With intent to harass, annoy, alarm, or torment, repeatedly communicates, follows, or engages in conduct serving no legitimate purpose after clear notice to stop.
§ 2.61StalkingM1Engages in a repeated course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to fear injury, kidnapping, property damage, or substantial emotional distress.
§ 2.62Aggravated stalkingF4Stalking while armed, in violation of an order, against a child, or accompanied by a credible threat of death or serious injury.
§ 2.63Criminal threatM1Communicates a credible threat to commit violence, under circumstances causing reasonable sustained fear. Threat of mass violence or use of a destructive device is F4.
§ 2.64CoercionF5By unlawful threat, compels or attempts to compel another to act, refrain from acting, surrender a legal right, or provide a benefit.
§ 2.65Doxxing with malicious intentM1Knowingly publishes private identifying or location information without lawful purpose and with intent that another be harassed, threatened, or harmed. Serious resulting harm is F4.

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Chapter 2A — Homicide and fatal offenses Chapter 2B — Assault, injury, and endangerment Chapter 2C — Restraint, kidnapping, and human exploitation Chapter 2D — Sexual and privacy offenses Chapter 2E — Family, children, elders, and vulnerable persons Chapter 2F — Threats, stalking, harassment, and privacy