2000 Minnesota Statutes

     609.576 Negligent fires; dangerous smoking. 

    Subdivision 1.    Negligent fire resulting in injury or 
 property damage.  Whoever is culpably negligent in causing a 
 fire to burn or get out of control thereby causing damage or 
 injury to another, and as a result thereof: 

    (a) a human being is injured and great bodily harm 
 incurred, is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to 
 imprisonment of not more than five years or to payment of a fine 
 of not more than $10,000, or both; or 

    (b) property of another is injured, thereby, is guilty of a 
 crime and may be sentenced as follows: 

    (1) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment 
 of a fine of not more than $700, or both, if the value of the 
 property damage is under $300; 

    (2) to imprisonment for not more than one year, or to 
 payment of a fine of $3,000, or both, if the value of the 
 property damaged is at least $300 but is less than $2,500; 

    (3) to imprisonment for not more than three years, or to 
 payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the value 
 of the property damaged is $2,500 or more. 

    Subd. 2.    Dangerous smoking.  A person is guilty of a 
 misdemeanor if the person smokes in the presence of explosives 
 or inflammable materials.  If a person violates this subdivision 
 and knows that doing so creates a risk of death or bodily harm 
 or serious property damage, the person is guilty of a felony and 
 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or 
 to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. 

    HIST: 1976 c 124 s 7; 1977 c 355 s 10; 1981 c 107 s 1; 1984 c 
 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 141 s 5; 1989 c 5 s 8; 1989 c 290 art 6 s 
 20; 1993 c 326 art 5 s 9