Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 6-104: (a) This section applies to a violation involving property damage of $1,000 or more
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits the felony of malicious burning in the first degree by willfully and maliciously setting fire to or burning another person's property valued at $1,000 or more, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine.
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