{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-6-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-6-103","heading":"Arson.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of arson when, by means of fire or explosives, the person knowingly or purposely:\n(a) damages or destroys a structure, vehicle, personal property (other than a vehicle) that exceeds $1,500 in value, crop, pasture, forest, or other real property that is property of another without consent;\n(b) damages or destroys a structure, vehicle, crop, pasture, forest, or other property that the person owns or has a possessory interest in, with the purpose of obtaining a pecuniary or other gain through fraud or deception; or\n(c) places another person in danger of death or bodily injury, including a firefighter responding to or at the scene of a fire or explosion.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of arson shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 20 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","Part 1. Criminal Mischief and Arson"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0060/part_0010/section_0030/0450-0060-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:32Z","sha256":"6c34bc917e89d732c3325c68acfb4e18f4f4c83b8366da1c2c45cdb9a23f6e8c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-6-102","next":"us-mt/45-6-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}