Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1403
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Arson in the third degree
Official statutory text
A. Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or
burns or by the use of any explosive device or substance destroys in
whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids,
counsels or procures the burning of any property whatsoever,
including automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, boats,
standing farm crops, pasture lands, forest lands, or any other
property not herein specifically named, such property being worth
not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), whether the property of
himself or another, shall be guilty of arson in the third degree, a
Class C1 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),
or be confined as provided for in subsections B through E of Section
20L of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any person who willfully and maliciously, and with intent to
injure or defraud the insurer, sets fire to or burns or by use of
any explosive device or substance destroys in whole or in part, or
causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels, or procures the
burning or destruction of any building, property, or other chattels,
whether the property of himself or another, which shall at the time
be insured against loss or damage by fire or explosion, shall be
guilty of arson in the third degree, a Class B3 felony offense, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be confined in the State
Penitentiary for not more than fifteen (15) years or both.
burns or by the use of any explosive device or substance destroys in
whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids,
counsels or procures the burning of any property whatsoever,
including automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, boats,
standing farm crops, pasture lands, forest lands, or any other
property not herein specifically named, such property being worth
not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), whether the property of
himself or another, shall be guilty of arson in the third degree, a
Class C1 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),
or be confined as provided for in subsections B through E of Section
20L of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any person who willfully and maliciously, and with intent to
injure or defraud the insurer, sets fire to or burns or by use of
any explosive device or substance destroys in whole or in part, or
causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels, or procures the
burning or destruction of any building, property, or other chattels,
whether the property of himself or another, which shall at the time
be insured against loss or damage by fire or explosion, shall be
guilty of arson in the third degree, a Class B3 felony offense, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be confined in the State
Penitentiary for not more than fifteen (15) years or both.
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