If any person shall willfully set on fire any woods, marshes or prairies whether his own or not, so as thereby to occasion any damage to any other person, such person shall make satisfaction in double damages to the party injured, to be recovered by civil action.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.400
Double damages for willful fires
Known as the Agritourism Promotion Act
The act spans §§ 537–537 (141 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3660); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3270; 1919 § 4225; 1909 § 5433
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.