2010 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 14 - Offenses Against Property
Part 3 - ArsonExplosives
39-14-304 - Reckless burning.

39-14-304. Reckless burning.

(a)  A person commits reckless burning who:

     (1)  Recklessly starts a fire on the land, building, structure or personal property of another;

     (2)  Starts a fire on the person's own land, building, structure or personal property and recklessly allows the fire to escape and burn the property of another; or

     (3)  Knowingly starts an open air or unconfined fire in violation of a burning ban as provided in § 39-14-306(b).

(b)  Reckless burning is a Class A misdemeanor.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1991, ch. 46, § 1; 2008, ch. 786, § 1.]