Section 455 Of Chapter 1. Arson From California Penal Code >> Title 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set
fire to or attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning
of any structure, forest land or property, or who commits any act
preliminary thereto, or in furtherance thereof, is punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two or three years.
(b) The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or
combustible material or substance, or any device in or about any
structure, forest land or property in an arrangement or preparation
with intent to eventually willfully and maliciously set fire to or
burn same, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the same
shall, for the purposes of this act constitute an attempt to burn
such structure, forest land or property.