Section 18-802 - ARSON IN FIRST DEGREE — BURNING OF DWELLING OR OTHER STRUCTURES WHERE PERSONS ARE NORMALLY PRESENT

Section 18-802 - ARSON IN FIRST DEGREE — BURNING OF DWELLING OR OTHER STRUCTURES WHERE PERSONS ARE NORMALLY PRESENT — PENALTIES.

ID Code § 18-802 (2019) (N/A)

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18-802. ARSON IN FIRST DEGREE — BURNING OF DWELLING OR OTHER STRUCTURES WHERE PERSONS ARE NORMALLY PRESENT — PENALTIES. Any person who willfully and unlawfully, by fire or explosion, damages:

(1) Any dwelling, whether occupied or not; or

(2) Any structure, whether occupied or not, in which persons are normally present, including without limitation: jails, prisons or detention centers; hospitals, nursing homes or other health care facilities; department stores, office buildings, business establishments, churches or educational institutions, or other similar structures; or

(3) Any other structure which the actor has reasonable grounds to believe is occupied by a human being; or

(4) Any real or personal property, whether the property of the actor or another, with the intent to deceive or harm any insurer or any person with a legal or financial interest in the property, or obtain any financial gain for the actor or another;

is guilty of arson in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to the custody of the department of correction for not more than twenty-five (25) years or fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or both.

History:

[18-802, added 1993, ch. 107, sec. 3, p. 274.]

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