Facing Criminal Damage to Property Charges in St. Paul?

Criminal Damage to Property charges in Minnesota can range from misdemeanors to felonies and can come with ramifications that can last a lifetime.  Because criminal damage to property charges are crimes of honesty, the impact that it can have a jobs, careers, your reputation and life is obvious.  St. Paul based Jack Rice Defense has represented clients at all levels of criminal damage to property crimes, simple misdemeanors to complex felonies including arson charges.  Contact Jack Rice Defense for a free confidential consultation. 

Criminal Damage to Property in the 4th Degree

Charges

You may be charged with a Fourth Degree Criminal Damage to Property if you intentionally damage the property of another and the damage is valued under $500.

Penalties

• A Misdemeanor conviction;

• Up to 90 days in jail; and

• Up to a $1000 fine

Criminal Damage to Property in the 3rd Degree

Charges 

If you damage someone else’s property without their consent and the damage is valued at more than $500 and less than $1,000 you may face 3rd degree criminal damage to property charges so long as owner’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin are not at issue 

Penalties

3rd Degree Criminal Damage to Property can come with:

• A Gross Misdemeanor conviction;

• Up to a year in jail; and

• Up to $3,000 fine.

Criminal Damage to Property in the 2nd Degree

Charges

You may be charged with 2nd degree criminal damage to property if the property damage reduces the value of the property by more than $500 but less than $1,000 and they do so because of the property owner’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. 

Penalties

2nd Degree Criminal Damage to Property charges can come with:

• A Felony conviction;

• Up to 1 year and a day in prison; and

• Up to a $3,000 fine.

Criminal Damage to Property in the 1st Degree

Charges

You may be charged with this offense if you cause damage to someone else’s property without their consent and:

1.      The damage caused a reasonably foreseeable risk of bodily harm;

2.      The property belonged to a common carrier and the damage prevents use;

3.      The value of damage is greater than $1,000; or

4.      The damage is valued at more than $500 and you have been previously convicted of this offense within the last 3 years.

Penalties

1st Degree Criminal Damage to Property charges can come with:

• A Felony conviction;

• Up to 5 years in prison; and

• Up to a $10,000 fine.

If you are facing misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony Criminal Damage to Property charges in Minnesota, it is important that you have an experienced criminal defense attorney by your side. Consider what a conviction like this could do to you job, your career, your future. Jack Rice is the St. Paul based Criminal Damage to Property criminal defense attorney and the founder of Jack Rice Defense. Contact us for a free confidential consultation or call 651-447-7650 or 612-227-1339.