2012 District of Columbia Code
Section 22-302

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.

CREDIT(S)

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 821.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-402.
1973 Ed., § 22-402.

Current through September 13, 2012

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