Chapter 21: Crimes And Punishments

PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT

Article 37: Crimes Against Property

Statute 21-3719: Aggravated arson. (a) Aggravated arson is arson, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3718 and amendments thereto:

      (1)   Committed upon a building or property in which there is a human being; or

      (2)   which results in great bodily harm or disfigurement to a firefighter or law enforcement officer in the course of fighting or investigating the fire.

      (b) (1)   Aggravated arson as described in subsection (a)(1) resulting in a substantial risk of bodily harm is a severity level 3, person felony.

      (2)   Aggravated arson as described in subsection (a)(1) resulting in no substantial risk of bodily harm is a severity level 6, person felony.

      (3)   Aggravated arson as described in subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 3, person felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3719; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 118; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 77; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 30; L. 2006, ch. 211, § 4; July 1.