Kingdom City Negligent Burning or Exploding ordinance (§ 210.1100)
Chapter 210: Offenses · Article VII. Offenses Concerning Property
In short: It's an offense to damage someone else's property, woodlands, cropland, grassland, prairie or marsh through criminal negligence by starting a fire, causing an explosion, or letting a fire on land you possess or control spread onto another person's property.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. A person commits the offense of negligent burning or exploding if he/she with criminal negligence causes damage to property or to the woodlands, cropland, grassland, prairie, or marsh of another by:
1. Starting a fire or causing an explosion; or
2. Allowing a fire burning on lands in his/her possession or control onto the property of another. (RSMo. § 569.065, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
Official source: Village of Kingdom City official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.1100
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.