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Wis. Stat. § 943.03 (2026)
Arson of property other than building
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943.03943.03 Arson of property other than building. Whoever, by means of fire, intentionally damages any property of another without the person’s consent, if the property is not a building and has a value of $100 or more, is guilty of a Class I felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1970–2020 · leading case: State v. Dunn, 359 N.W.2d 151 (Wis. 1984).
State v. Dunn, 359 N.W.2d 151 (Wis. 1984). “Additionally, the court held that the state had established the misdemeanor of criminal damage to property of Dunn’s roommate, but not the felony of destroying property under sec. 943.03, Stats., 4 because the requisite property damage of $100 or more had not been established.”
United States v. Javier Velasquez-Reyes, A.K.A. Javier Alvarado-Hernandez, 427 F.3d 1227 (9th Cir. 2005). “Code § 61-3-3 (2005); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 943.03 (West 2005); Wyo.”
State v. Dunn, 345 N.W.2d 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 1984). “[1] The judge held that the state also failed to establish probable cause as to felony arson to property under sec. 943.03, Stats., because no evidence of the value of the property was introduced.”
United States v. James Misleveck, 735 F.3d 983 (7th Cir. 2013). “The statute, Wis. Stat. § 943.03 , is entitled “Arson of property other than building” and provides that “whoever,,by means of fire, intentionally damages any property of another without the person’s consent, if the property is not a building and has a value of $100 or more, is…”
State v. Wolff, 491 N.W.2d 498 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). “Following a jury trial, Wolff was convicted of arson to property other than a building contrary to sec. 943.03, Stats., and acquitted of arson to a building contrary to sec.”
State v. Vairin M., 2002 WI 96 (Wis. 2002). “10 (1)(a), burglary; Wis. Stat. § 943.03 , arson of property other than a building; Wis.”
State v. Cetnarowski, 480 N.W.2d 790 (Wis. Ct. App. 1992). “[3] Section 943.03, Stats. (arson of property other than a building), provides: Whoever, by means of fire, intentionally damages any property (other than a building) of another without the person's consent, if the property is of the value of $100 or more, is guilty of a Class E…”
State v. Hassel, 2005 WI App 80 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005). “02 (l)(a); one count of arson to property other than a building, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 943.03 ; and four counts of setting fire to land, contrary to Wis.”
United States v. Velez-Alderete, 569 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2009). “§ 61-3-3 ("any personal property of any class or character, of the value of not less than five hundred dollars, and the property of another person”); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 943.03 ("any property of another without the person’s consent, if the property is not a building and has a…”
State Ex Rel. Cullen v. Ceci, 173 N.W.2d 175 (Wis. 1970). “05 of the statutes; and “(3) in company with others, did feloniously, by means of fire, intentionally damage property, to-wit: Selective Service records, the property of Selective Service, valued in excess of One Hundred Dollars, without the consent of Selective Service,…”
Kuntz v. McCaughtry, 806 F. Supp. 1373 (E.D. Wis. 1992). “Indeed, it is the key difference between that crime and the lesser crime of section 943.03, which covers arson to property other than buildings.”
State v. Mister N.P. Bratchett (Wis. Ct. App. 2020). “§ 943.03. Bratchett does not challenge his conviction for that offense on appeal.”
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