Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake

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AR Code › Title 5 › Chapter 36 › Subchapter 1 › Section 5-36-105

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(a) A person commits theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake if the person: (1) Comes into control of property of another person; (2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and (3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it. (b) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a: (1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; (2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or (3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2205; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2205; Acts 1997, No. 516, § 2; 1997, No. 518, § 2; 2003, No. 838, § 2.

(a) A person commits theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake if the person: (1) Comes into control of property of another person; (2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and (3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it.

(1) Comes into control of property of another person;

(2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and

(3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it.

(b) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a: (1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; (2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or (3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed.

(1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more;

(2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or

(A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or

(B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or

(i) Credit card or credit card account number; or

(ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or

(3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed.

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2205; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2205; Acts 1997, No. 516, § 2; 1997, No. 518, § 2; 2003, No. 838, § 2.

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