Aggravated arson consists of the wilful [willful] or malicious damaging by any explosive substance or the wilful [willful] or malicious setting fire to any bridge, aircraft, watercraft, vehicle, pipe line [pipeline], utility line, communication line or structure, railway structure, private or public building, dwelling or other structure, causing a person great bodily harm.

Attorney's Note

Under the New Mexico Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
second degree felonyup to 9 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-18-15
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Whoever commits aggravated arson is guilty of a second degree felony.