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609.561.3

Statute ID: 10740

Statute Function ID: 22105

Arson-1st Deg-Building-Used Combust/Flammable Material

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Statute Number:

609.561.3

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1994

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Arson-1st Deg-Building-Used Combust/Flammable Material

Statute ID:

10740

Created:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

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Summary Text:

Arson-1st Deg-Building-Used Combust/Flammable Material

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/561.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 11, 2013

(a) Whoever unlawfully by means of fire or explosives, intentionally destroys or damages any building not included in subdivision 1, whether the property of the actor or another, commits arson in the first degree if a flammable material is used to start or accelerate the fire. A person who violates this paragraph may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.
(b) As used in this subdivision:
(1) "combustible liquid" means a liquid having a flash point at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit;
(2) "flammable gas" means any material which is a gas at 68 degrees Fahrenheit or less and 14.7 psi of pressure and which: (i) is ignitable when in a mixture of 13 percent or less by volume with air at atmospheric pressure; or (ii) has a flammable range with air at atmospheric pressure of at least 12 percent, regardless of the lower flammable limit;
(3) "flammable liquid" means any liquid having a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit and having a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 pounds per square inch (absolute) at 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but does not include intoxicating liquor as defined in section 340A.101; 
(4) "flammable material" means a flammable or combustible liquid, a flammable gas, or a flammable solid; and
(5) "flammable solid" means any of the following three types of materials:
(i) wetted explosives;
(ii) self-reactive materials that are liable to undergo heat-producing decomposition; or
(iii) readily combustible solids that may cause a fire through friction or that have a rapid burning rate as determined by specific flammability tests.