NRS 205.020

Third degree

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Brimmage v. State (1977)

Most recently applied in STATE VS. DIST. CT. (RADONSKI, (DAVID)) (April 2020)

[1911 C&P § 360 1/2; added 1927, 228; A 1943, 181; 1943 NCL § 10309]—(NRS A 1967, 493; 1975, 916; 1979, 329; 1989, 964; 1995, 1214)

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A person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of:

1. Any unoccupied personal property of another which has the value of $25 or more;

2. Any unoccupied personal property owned by him or her in which another person has a legal interest; or

3. Any timber, forest, shrubbery, crops, grass, vegetation or other flammable material not his or her own,

Ê is guilty of arson in the third degree which is a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.