Fraudulently setting fire to dwelling houses

North Carolina General Statutes

Section: 14-65

Jurisdiction: NC

Bluebook Citation: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-65

If any person, being the occupant of any building used as a dwelling house, whether such person be the owner thereof or not, or, being the owner of any building designed or intended as a dwelling house, shall wantonly and willfully or for a fraudulent purpose set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of such building, he shall be punished as a Class H felon.

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