§132D-14.5 Liability of homeowner, renter, or person otherwise responsible for real property. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a homeowner, renter, or person otherwise responsible for real property who intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently:
(b) Any person who would otherwise be subject to sentencing under subsection (a) shall be guilty of an offense one class or grade higher, as the case may be, than that provided in subsection (a) if:
(c) Any person who would otherwise be subject to sentencing under subsection (a) shall be guilty of an offense two classes or grades higher, as the case may be, than that provided in subsection (a) if any of the aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, display fireworks, or pyrotechnic composition possessed, set off, ignited, discharged, otherwise caused to explode, or stored in violation of subsection (a) cause serious bodily injury or death to another person.
(d) The state of mind requirement for subsections (b) and (c) shall not be applicable to whether the person was aware that any of the aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, display fireworks, or pyrotechnic composition caused or would cause the injury or death. A person shall be strictly liable with respect to the attendant circumstance that the aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, display fireworks, or pyrotechnic composition caused the injury or death. [L 2019, c 248, §1; am L 2025, c 243, §13]