Second Degree Arson

If you or a family member have been charged with Second Degree Arson, you are going to need assistance from a skilled and confident attorney right away. The penalties for this charge include up to 10 days in jail and a small fine if charged as a Petty Offense, or up to 24 years in prison and a very large fine if charged as a Class 2 Felony. The sooner you obtain legal representation, the easier it will be to navigate the criminal justice system.

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What IS Second Degree Arson?

  • Second Degree Arson is when a person knowingly sets a fire to or burns another person’s property, other than a building or occupied structure.

  • This level of penalty for this charge depends upon the specific amount of damage, and ranges from a petty offense all the way up to a Class 2 Felony.

C.R.S. 18-4-103 - Second Degree Arson

(1) A person who knowingly sets fire to, burns, causes to be burned, or by the use of any explosive damages or destroys, or causes to be damaged or destroyed, any property of another without his consent, other than a building or occupied structure, commits second degree arson.

(2) Second degree arson is:

(a) A petty offense if the value of the property is less than three hundred dollars;

(b) A class 2 misdemeanor if the value of the property is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars;

(c) A class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the property is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars;

(d) A class 6 felony if the value of the property is two thousand dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars;

(e) A class 5 felony if the value of the property is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars;

(f) A class 4 felony if the value of the property is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars;

(g) A class 3 felony if the value of the property is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and

(h) A class 2 felony if the value of the property is one million dollars or more.

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