The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 011 : Arson and Burning
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 501)-
§ 501. Arson causing death
A person who willfully and maliciously burns the building of another, or willfully and maliciously sets fire to a building owned in whole or in part by himself or herself, by means of which the life of a person is lost, shall be guilty of murder in the first degree.