Rhode Island § 11-4-4 § 11-4-4. Arson — Third degree.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-4-4 — § 11-4-4. Arson — Third degree.

Rhode Island § 11-4-4

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-4Arson and Fires

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-4-4 (2026).

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§ 11-4-4. Arson — Third degree.
Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids or counsels or creates by means of
            fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any property of that person or another
            with the purpose to defraud an insurer shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment
            for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years or shall be fined
            not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both; provided, that if death occurs
            to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly
            involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than
            twenty (20) y

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§ 11-4-4. Arson — Third degree.

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids or counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any property of that person or another with the purpose to defraud an insurer shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years or shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both; provided, that if death occurs to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than twenty (20) years.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 4; G.L., ch. 397, § 3; P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-4-5; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1.