712.1 Arson defined. 1. Causing a fire or explosion, or placing any burning or combustible material, or any incendiary or explosive device or material, in or near any property with the intent to destroyor damage such property, or with the knowledge that such property will probably be destroyedor damaged, is arson, whether or not any such property is actually destroyed or damaged.Provided, that where a person who owns said property which the defendant intends to destroyor damage, or which the defendant knowingly endangers, consented to the defendant’s acts,and where no insurer has been exposed fraudulently to any risk, and where the act was donein such a way as not to unreasonably endanger the life or property of any other person theact shall not be arson. 2. Causing a fire or explosion that damages or destroys property while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of section 124.401 is arson.Even if a person who owns property which the defendant intends to destroy or damage, orwhich the defendant knowingly endangers, consents to the defendant’s act, and even if aninsurer has not been exposed fraudulently to any risk, and even if the act was intends to destroy or damage, orwhich the defendant knowingly endangers, consents to the defendant’s act, and even if aninsurer has not been exposed fraudulently to any risk, and even if the act was done in sucha way as not to unreasonably endanger the life or property of any person, the act constitutesarson. [C51, §2598 – 2603; R60, §4222 – 4227; C73, §3880 – 3885; C97, §4776 – 4781, 4795, 4798; C24, §12963, 12964, 12984 – 12989; C27, 31, 35, §12963, 12964, 12991-b1 – b3, -b5; C39,§12963, 12964, 12991.1 – 12991.3, 12991.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §697.3,697.4, 707.1 – 707.3, 707.5; C79, 81, §712.1] 2004 Acts, ch 1125, §13 Sat Dec 23 12:28:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 712.1 (15, 0)
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