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2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 569 Arson, Burglary, Trespass, and Related Offenses
Section 569.067 (Repealed L. 2014 S.B. 491 § A)

MO Rev Stat § 569.067 (2016) What's This?

569.067. 1. A person commits the crime of negligently setting fire to a woodland, cropland, grassland, prairie or marsh when he with criminal negligence causes damage to a woodland, cropland, grassland, prairie or marsh of another by starting a fire.

2. A person commits the crime of negligently allowing a fire to escape when he with criminal negligence allows a fire burning on lands in his possession or control to escape onto property of another.

3. Negligently setting fire to a woodland, cropland, grassland, prairie or marsh or negligently allowing a fire to escape is a class B misdemeanor.

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