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2024 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Subchapter III. Offenses Involving Property
§ 801. Arson in the third degree; affirmative defense; class G felony.

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11 DE Code § 801 (2024)
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§ 801. Arson in the third degree; affirmative defense; class G felony.

(a) A person is guilty of arson in the third degree when the person recklessly damages a building by intentionally starting a fire or causing an explosion.

(b) In any prosecution under this section it is an affirmative defense that no person other than the accused had a possessory or proprietary interest in the building.

Arson in the third degree is a class G felony.

11 Del. C. 1953, § 801;  58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 
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