D.C. Code § 22-301

Current through codified legislation effective March 25, 2024
Section 22-301 - Definition and penalty

Whoever shall maliciously burn or attempt to burn any dwelling, or house, barn, or stable adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or outhouse, or any shop, office, stable, store, warehouse, or any other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other watercraft, or any railroad car, the property, in whole or in part, of another person, or any church, meetinghouse, schoolhouse, or any of the public buildings in the District, belonging to the United States or to the District of Columbia, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01.

D.C. Code § 22-301

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 820; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 303(j), 60 DCR 2064.

Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.

Kindling of bonfires, see § 22-1313. Murder in the first degree, description, see § 22-2101. .