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2006 New York Code - Injury To Municipal Or Private Lands.



 
  § 71-0711. Injury to municipal or private lands.
    Any person who causes a fire which burns on or over lands belonging to
  another person or to a municipality shall be liable to the party injured
  (a) for actual damages in case of fire negligently caused or (b) for the
  higher of actual damages or damages at the rate of five dollars for each
  tree killed or destroyed in case of fire wilfully caused.

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