NICHOLAS S BARNES

This law makes it a Class C felony (3-15 years in prison and/or up to $10,000 fine) to knowingly damage a building or farm equipment by fire or explosion without the owner's permission or with intent to defraud an insurance company. If the arson occurs at a place of worship, it becomes a Class B felony with harsher penalties.

Penalty: Class C felony; 3-15 years; fine up to $10,000

This law makes it illegal to intentionally or knowingly cause pain, suffering, or injury to an animal. The base punishment is a Class A misdemeanor (up to 11 months 29 days jail and $2,500 fine). If you have a prior animal cruelty conviction, the offense is enhanced to a Class E felony with more serious penalties.

Penalty: Class A misdemeanor; 11 months 29 days; fine up to $2,500

It is illegal to obtain services (labor, transportation, utilities, entertainment, hotel stays, etc.) through deception, fraud, coercion, or threat without paying for them or with intent to avoid payment.

Penalty: Violation

It is illegal to obtain services (labor, transportation, utilities, entertainment, hotel stays, etc.) through deception, fraud, coercion, or threat without paying for them or with intent to avoid payment.

Penalty: Violation

It is illegal to obtain services (labor, transportation, utilities, entertainment, hotel stays, etc.) through deception, fraud, coercion, or threat without paying for them or with intent to avoid payment.

Penalty: Violation

Two or more people commit conspiracy when they agree that one or more of them will commit a crime and each person intends to help commit that crime. If someone in the conspiracy knows others in the group also conspired with additional people for the same crime, they're guilty of conspiring with all of them. A person can only be convicted of one conspiracy even if multiple crimes were planned together, and there must be proof of at least one overt act (a real step toward the crime) taken by someone in the conspiracy.

Penalty: Classification not specified

It is illegal to pay for or solicit someone to engage in sexual acts with you (patronizing prostitution). This is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 11 months and 29 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. The penalty increases if you solicit within 1.5 miles of a school (mandatory minimum 7 days jail and $1,000 fine) or if the person is under 18, intellectually disabled, or a police officer posing as a minor—in those cases, it is punishable as human trafficking for commercial sex acts, which is much more serious. It is not a defense to claim the police officer was not actually a minor, that the victim consented, or that the attempted solicitation never actually happened.

Penalty: Class A misdemeanor; 11 months 29 days; fine up to $2,500

It is illegal to obtain services (labor, transportation, utilities, entertainment, hotel stays, etc.) through deception, fraud, coercion, or threat without paying for them or with intent to avoid payment.

Penalty: Violation

It is illegal to obtain services (labor, transportation, utilities, entertainment, hotel stays, etc.) through deception, fraud, coercion, or threat without paying for them or with intent to avoid payment.

Penalty: Violation

Reckless endangerment is when someone acts recklessly in a way that puts another person in immediate danger of death or serious injury. This happens when a person is aware of a serious risk but ignores it anyway—for example, firing a gun into a crowd or driving dangerously fast through a populated area. A basic conviction is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 11 months and 29 days in jail and/or a fine up to $2,500. The offense is enhanced to a Class E, D, or C felony (1-15 years in prison) if the reckless conduct involves using a deadly weapon or firearm.

Penalty: Class A misdemeanor; 11 months 29 days; fine up to $2,500

This law makes it illegal to intentionally or knowingly cause pain, suffering, or injury to an animal. The base punishment is a Class A misdemeanor (up to 11 months 29 days jail and $2,500 fine). If you have a prior animal cruelty conviction, the offense is enhanced to a Class E felony with more serious penalties.

Penalty: Class A misdemeanor; 11 months 29 days; fine up to $2,500

This law makes it illegal to intentionally or knowingly cause pain, suffering, or injury to an animal. The base punishment is a Class A misdemeanor (up to 11 months 29 days jail and $2,500 fine). If you have a prior animal cruelty conviction, the offense is enhanced to a Class E felony with more serious penalties.

Penalty: Class A misdemeanor; 11 months 29 days; fine up to $2,500