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ARSON IN FIRST DEGREE -- BURNING OF DWELLING OR OTHER STRUCTURES
WHERE PERSONS ARE NORMALLY PRESENT -- PENALTIES. Any person who willfully and
unlawfully, by fire or explosion, damages:
(1) Any dwelling, whether occupied or not; or
(2) Any structure, whether occupied or not, in which persons are normally
present, including without limitation: jails, prisons or detention centers;
hospitals, nursing homes or other health care facilities; department stores,
office buildings, business establishments, churches or educational
institutions, or other similar structures; or
(3) Any other structure which the actor has reasonable grounds to believe
is occupied by a human being; or
(4) Any real or personal property, whether the property of the actor or
another, with the intent to deceive or harm any insurer or any person with a
legal or financial interest in the property, or obtain any financial gain for
the actor or another;
is guilty of arson in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to the custody of the department of correction for not more than
twenty-five (25) years or fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) or both.

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