Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1404
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Arson in the fourth degree
Official statutory text
A. Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set
fire to or burn or attempts by use of any explosive device or
substance to destroy in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or
destroyed, or attempts to counsel or procure the burning or
destruction of any building or property mentioned in Sections 1401,
1402 or 1403 of this title shall be guilty of arson in the fourth
degree, a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or be confined as provided for in subsections B through
F of Section 20M of this title, or both.
B. The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or
combustible material or substance or any device in any building or
property mentioned in Sections 1401, 1402 or 1403 of this title, in
an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually willfully
and maliciously set fire to or burn or to procure the setting fire
to or burning of same, shall for the purposes of this section
constitute an attempt to burn such building or property, and shall
be guilty of arson in the fourth degree, a Class C1 felony offense,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or be confined as provided
for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title, or
both.
fire to or burn or attempts by use of any explosive device or
substance to destroy in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or
destroyed, or attempts to counsel or procure the burning or
destruction of any building or property mentioned in Sections 1401,
1402 or 1403 of this title shall be guilty of arson in the fourth
degree, a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or be confined as provided for in subsections B through
F of Section 20M of this title, or both.
B. The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or
combustible material or substance or any device in any building or
property mentioned in Sections 1401, 1402 or 1403 of this title, in
an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually willfully
and maliciously set fire to or burn or to procure the setting fire
to or burning of same, shall for the purposes of this section
constitute an attempt to burn such building or property, and shall
be guilty of arson in the fourth degree, a Class C1 felony offense,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or be confined as provided
for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title, or
both.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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