Cite as: 21 CNCA § 1403

A. Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or by the use of any explosive device or substance destroys in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels or procures the burning of any property whatsoever, including automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, boats, standing farm crops, pasture lands, forest lands, or any other property not herein specifically named, such property being worth not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), whether the property of himself or another, shall be guilty of arson in the third degree, which is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term not to exceed three (3) years or by imposition of a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who willfully and maliciously, and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer, sets fire to or burns or by use of any explosive device or substance destroys in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels, or procures the burning or destruction of any building, property, or other chattels, whether the property of himself or another, which shall at the time be insured against loss or damage by fire or explosion, shall be guilty of arson in the third degree. which is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term not to exceed three (3) years or by imposition of a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. Arson in the third degree is a felony.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 07-21, eff. February 22, 2021.