(A) A person commits criminal damage to property when he or she:
(1) Knowingly damages any property of another;
(2) Recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages property of another;
(3) Knowingly starts a fire on the land of another;
(4) Knowingly injures a domestic animal of another without his or her consent;
(5) Knowingly deposits on the land or in the building of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound, and thereby intends to interfere with the use by another of the land or building;
(6) Knowingly damages any property, other than that described in division (A)(2) of this section, with the intent to defraud an insurer;
(7) Knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a railroad train;
(8) Knowingly, without proper authorization, cuts, injures, damages, defaces, destroys, or tampers with any fire hydrant or any public or private fire fighting equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to fire fighting equipment; or
(9) Intentionally, with proper authorization, opens any fire hydrant.
(B) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of divisions (A)(1), (3), or (5) of this section that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to the damage.
(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 21-1) (1993 Code, § 27-4-2) Penalty, see § 1-1-19