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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.75 (2026)

Fourth degree arson.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.75 Fourth degree arson.

Sec. 75.

    (1) Except as provided in sections 72, 73, and 74, a person who does any of the following is guilty of fourth degree arson:

    (a) Willfully and maliciously burns, damages, or destroys by fire or explosive any of the following or its contents:

    (i) Any personal property having a value of $1,000.00 or more, but less than $20,000.00.

    (ii) Any personal property having a value of $200.00 or more if the person has 1 or more prior convictions.

    (b) Willfully or negligently sets fire to a woods, prairie, or grounds of another person or permits fire to pass from his or her own woods, prairie, or grounds to another person's property causing damage or destruction to that other property.

    (2) Subsection (1)(a) applies regardless of whether the person owns the personal property.

    (3) Fourth degree arson is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or 3 times the value of the property damaged or destroyed, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.75 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 532, Eff. Apr. 3, 2013

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 5 of Act 38 of 1927, being CL 1929, § 16937.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 75 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1971–2024 · leading case: People v. Mardlin, 790 N.W.2d 607 (Mich. 2010).
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People v. Mardlin, 790 N.W.2d 607 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 4× “72, and burning insured property, MCL 750.75. Defendant claimed that the fire was an accident likely caused by faulty electrical wiring.”
Michigan v. Tyler, 436 U.S. 499 (1978). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] In addition, Tyler was convicted of the substantive offenses of burning real property, Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.73 (1970), and burning insured property with intent to defraud, Mich.”
People v. Sierb, 581 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 1998). · cites it 4× “§ 750.75; M.S.A. § 28.270, following a fire that damaged his business in Garden City in June, 1990.”
People v. Nowack, 614 N.W.2d 78 (Mich. 2000). · cites it 2× “§ 750.75; MSA 28.270. Obviously, the statutory language at issue in McCarty included a specific intent requirement.”
People v. Peters, 537 N.W.2d 160 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 4× “268; four counts of burning insured property, MCL 750.75; MSA 28.270; and one count of conspiracy to burn insured property, MCL 750.”
People v. Cetlinski, 460 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 1990). · cites it 4× “" At the conclusion of the four-day trial, the defendant was convicted by a jury of burning insured property, MCL 750.75; MSA 28.270. On March 7, 1985, the defendant was sentenced to five years probation, with the first year to be served in the Lenawee County Jail.”
People v. Hanna, 271 N.W.2d 299 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 5× “3 MCL 750.75; MSA 28.270. 4 MCL 750.75; MSA 28.”
People v. Smith, 378 N.W.2d 384 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 2× “, MCL 750.75; MSA 28.270 and MCL 750.81a; MSA 28.”
People v. Fawaz, 829 N.W.2d 259 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “72, one count of arson of insured property, MCL 750.75, and two counts of making false statements about material matters for an insurance claim, MCL 500.”
Radu v. Herndon & Herndon Investigations, Inc., 838 N.W.2d 720 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “The prosecutor’s office decided to prosecute, and Walter was charged with burning insured property in violation of former MCL 750.75, see MCL 750.76, effective April 3, 2013, and insurance fraud in violation of MCL 500.”
People v. Sierb, 555 N.W.2d 728 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “§ 750.75; M.S.A. § 28.270. Defendant was tried before a jury in June 1993.”
People v. Ayers, 540 N.W.2d 791 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “267, and burning insured property, MCL 750.75; MSA 28.270. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of five to twenty years for the arson conviction and five to ten years for the conviction of burning insured property.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.75(1) — 9 cases
People of Michigan v. John Edward Barritt (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. John Edward Barritt (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Anthony Adams Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Anthony Adams Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Kizzy Nickerson (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.75(1)(a)(i) — 11 cases
People v. Bobby Lewis Farley II (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People v. Bobby Lewis Farley II (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Michael Marko Katranis (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Taurae Monique Canady (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Taurae Monique Canady (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.75(1)(a)(ii) — 2 cases
People of Michigan v. Deshawn Laprence Landers (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Deshawn Laprence Landers (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.75(1)(b) — 1 case
in Re Gregg Bryan Knight (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
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