Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 569 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote 569.053. Arson in the third degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of arson in the third degree if he or she knowingly starts a fire or causes an explosion and thereby recklessly damages or destroys a building or an inhabitable structure of another. 2. The offense of arson in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor. -------- (L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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