PL 150.20 Arson in the first degree Class A-I felony
§ 150.20  Arson in the first degree.
  1.   A  person  is  guilty of arson in the first degree when he
intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by  causing  an
explosion or a fire and when (a) such explosion or fire is caused
by an incendiary device propelled, thrown  or  placed  inside  or
near  such  building  or motor vehicle; or when such explosion or
fire is caused by an explosive; or when such  explosion  or  fire
either (i) causes serious physical injury to another person other
than a participant, or (ii) the explosion or fire was caused with
the  expectation  or  receipt of financial advantage or pecuniary
profit by the actor; and when (b) another person  who  is  not  a
participant  in  the  crime  is present in such building or motor
vehicle at the time; and (c) the defendant knows that fact or the
circumstances  are  such as to render the presence of such person
therein a reasonable possibility.
  2.  As  used  in  this  section,  "incendiary  device"  means a
breakable container designed to explode  or  produce  uncontained
combustion  upon impact, containing flammable liquid and having a
wick or a similar device capable of being ignited.
  Arson in the first degree is a class A-I felony.

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