Cal. Penal Code § 455
Cal. Penal Code § 455
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2011-06-30
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- Cal. Penal Code § 455, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887164
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(a) Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning of any structure, forest land or property, or who commits any act preliminary thereto, or in furtherance thereof, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two or three years.
(b) The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible material or substance, or any device in or about any structure, forest land or property in an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn same, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the same shall, for the purposes of this act constitute an attempt to burn such structure, forest land or property.