{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3303","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 3303","heading":"Failure to prevent catastrophe.","body":"A person who knowingly or recklessly fails to take reasonable measures to prevent or mitigate a catastrophe, when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if:\n(1) he knows that he is under an official, contractual or other legal duty to take such measures; or\n(2) he did or assented to the act causing or threatening the catastrophe.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE C OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","CHAPTER 33 ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND OTHER PROPERTY DESTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=33\u0026sctn=3\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"8978d330eaab7d970a6474acf504c51e48d109f587e20eafedd36ed753145b30","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3302","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}