A person who [knowingly starts or maintains a fire or causes an explosion with intent to destroy [an entire or any part of a building or inhabited structure of another] [a vital public facility]] [damage one’s own real or personal property for the purpose of collecting insurance for the loss] is guilty of Arson.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE

The State’s burden of proof is satisfied if the evidence shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following essential elements:

1) On or about [month] [day] [year], in [County], North Dakota, the Defendant, _______________, [knowingly started or maintained a fire or caused an explosion]; and

2) [The Defendant intended to destroy an entire or any part of _______________, [a building or inhabited structure of another] [_______________, a vital public facility]] [The Defendant intended to destroy or damage the Defendant’s own real or personal property for the purpose of collecting insurance for the loss].

DEFINITIONS [Insert relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-02-02, 12.1-21-08.]

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