Arson; revise penalties when the owner commits.

HB 912 amends Mississippi's arson laws to clarify that property owners or their agents can be charged with arson when intentionally burning their own buildings or structures. Previously, the owner's claim of ownership could serve as a defense; this bill removes that exemption for third-degree arson (Section 97-17-7), making it a crime to set fire to one's own property or act as an owner's agent in such acts. The bill maintains penalties of 1-3 years in prison for third-degree arson convictions and preserves forfeiture provisions for property used in arson. This directly affects property owners who intentionally burn their own buildings, eliminating a prior legal loophole.