Vermont · Vermont Statutes — Title 13, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Vt. Stat. (Crimes) § 501: Arson causing death A person who willfully and maliciously burns the building of another, or willfully and maliciously sets fire to a building owned in whole or in part by himself or herself, by means of which the life of a person is lost, shall be guilty of murder in the first degree. Statutes Verm
What this law says, in plain English
A person who willfully and maliciously burns a building (whether owned by another or partly by themselves) resulting in a death is guilty of murder in the first degree.
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