Negligent burning or exploding
A person commits this crime if they carelessly start a fire or explosion that damages someone else's property or land — like fields, woods, or marshes. It is also this crime if a person lets a fire that is already burning on land they control spread onto someone else's property. This is a class C misdemeanor, which is a minor crime.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
569.065. burning or — . — 1. A person commits the of negligent burning or exploding if he or she with causes damage to property or to the woodlands, cropland, grassland, prairie, or marsh of another by:
(1) Starting a fire or causing an explosion; or
(2) Allowing a fire burning on lands in his or her possession or control onto the property of another.
2. The offense of negligent burning or exploding is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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