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609.576.1

Statute ID: 1431

Statute Function ID: 18555

Negligent Fires-Injury or Property Damage

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Statute Number:

609.576.1

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1976

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Negligent Fires-Injury or Property Damage

Statute ID:

1431

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Nov 20, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

2023 Subd. 1 Revisor Instruction 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16. Changed "one year" to "364 days"

Summary Text:

Negligent Fires-Injury or Property Damage

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/576.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Nov 20, 2023

Whoever is grossly negligent in causing a fire to burn or get out of control thereby causing damage or injury to another, and as a result of this:

(1) a human being is injured and great bodily harm incurred, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both;

(2) a human being is injured and bodily harm incurred, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both; or

(3) property of another is injured, thereby, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced as follows:

(i) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both, if the value of the property damage is under $300;

(ii) to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the value of the property damaged is at least $300 but is less than $2,500; or

(iii) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the value of the property damaged is $2,500 or more.