washington dc arson laws

[TOM DORRER]

i am looking for the washington dc arson laws . if you could reply with the penal law in the way that the law was written i would greatly appreciate it. thanks

[DD]

This is a direct cut and paste from the DC Code Part IV, #22 Criminal Offenses, Chapter 4 Arson: found at http://www.lexislawpublishing.com/resources/


dccode

CHAPTER 4
ARSON



Section


22-401. Definition and penalty.


22-402. Burning one's own property with intent to defraud or injure
another.


22-403. Malicious burning, destruction, or injury of another's property.


22-404. Malicious burning of fences, woods, crops.


§ 22-401. Definition and penalty.


Whoever shall maliciously burn or attempt to burn any dwelling, or house, barn, or stable
adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or outhouse, or any shop, office, stable, store,
warehouse, or any other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other watercraft,
or any railroad car, the property, in whole or in part, of another person, or any church,
meetinghouse, schoolhouse, or any of the public buildings in the District, belonging to the
United States or to the District of Columbia, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 1 year
nor more than 10 years.


(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 820; 1973 Ed., § 22-401.)

§ 22-402. Burning one's own property with intent to defraud or injure another.


Whoever maliciously burns or sets fire to any dwelling, shop, barn, stable, store, or
warehouse or other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other watercraft, or any
goods, wares, or merchandise, the same being his own property, in whole or in part, with
intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 years.


(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 821; 1973 Ed., § 22-402.)

§ 22-403. Malicious burning, destruction, or injury of another's property.


Whoever maliciously injures or breaks or destroys, or attempts to injure or break or destroy,
by fire or otherwise, any public or private property, whether real or personal, not his or her
own, of the value of $200 or more, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or shall be
imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both, and if the value of the property be less than
$200 shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or
both.


(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1327, ch. 854, § 848; Aug. 12, 1937, 50 Stat. 629, ch. 599; Nov.
8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1307, Pub. L. 89-347, § 1; 1973 Ed., § 22-403; May 21, 1994, D.C.
Law 10-119, § 2(e), 41 DCR 1639; Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 105(c), 41 DCR
2608.)

§ 22-404. Malicious burning of fences, woods, crops.


Whoever shall maliciously burn or set fire to any fences, woods, stacks of hay, grain, or
straw, or growing crops, the property, in whole or in part, of another, shall be imprisoned for
not more than 30 days or be fined not more than $500, or both.


(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 822; 1973 Ed., § 22-404



[This message has been edited by DD (edited February 15, 2000).]