{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-113","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-113","heading":"Arson in the third degree: Class C felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of arson in the third degree when he recklessly causes destruction or damage to a building, as defined in section 53a-100, of his own or of another by intentionally starting a fire or causing an explosion.\n(b) Arson in the third degree is a class C felony.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VIII. BURGLARY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-113","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"23000e4fd6e0dfdb6d585bf69fed3ccc0a04c64c71f3d01709de8c46feecc68f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-112","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}