5-7-3-2: PROPERTY DAMAGE:

   A.   Definitions: The following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them when used in this section:

PERSON: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

PROPERTY: Any real or tangible personal property.

   B.   Prohibited Acts: It shall be unlawful for any person to:

      1.   Knowingly damage any property of another without his consent; or

      2.   Recklessly, by means of fire or explosive, damage property of another; or

      3.   Knowingly start a fire on the land of another without his consent; or

      4.   Knowingly injure a domestic animal of another without his consent; or

      5.   Knowingly deposit on the land or in the building of another, without his consent, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound and thereby intend to interfere with the use by another of the land or the building; or

      6.   Damage any property with intent to defraud an insurer; or

      7.   Knowingly shoot a firearm at any portion of a train 1 ; or

      8.   Knowingly damage the property of another without his consent by defacing, deforming or otherwise damaging such property by the use of paint or other similar substance; or

      9.   Wilfully and maliciously cut, injure, damage, tamper with or destroy or deface any fire hydrant or any fire hose or any fire engine, or other public or private firefighting equipment, or any apparatus pertaining to such equipment, or intentionally open any fire hydrant without proper authorization 2 . (1976 Code §10-16)

 

Notes

1	1. See article B of this chapter.
2	2. See also section 7-5A-10 of this code.