Title 5, Criminal Offenses

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Communication” means the electronic communication of information of a person's choosing between or among points specified by the person without change in the form of the content of the information as sent and received;(2) “Doxxes” means to publish…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Abuse” means:(A) Any purposeful and unnecessary physical act that inflicts pain on or causes injury to an endangered person or an impaired person;(B) Any purposeful or demeaning act that a reasonable person would believe subjects an endangered per…

The General Assembly recognizes that the state must provide for the detection, correction, and prosecution of the maltreatment of adults.

(a) It is unlawful for any person or caregiver to abuse, neglect, or exploit any endangered person or impaired person subject to protection under a provision of this chapter. (b) (1) If the abuse causes serious physical injury or a substantial risk of death, any person or caregiv…

Any privilege between a husband and a wife or between any professional person, including, but not limited to, a physician, member of the clergy, counselor, hospital, clinic, rest home, or nursing home, and his or her or its client, except between a lawyer and a client, does not c…

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to imply that a reported adult endangered person or adult impaired person, who is being furnished with treatment by spiritual means alone through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious …

(a) The office of the Attorney General has concurrent jurisdiction with local law enforcement agencies and the Department of Human Services to investigate cases of suspected adult maltreatment of an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person residing in a board and care …

(a) An attorney employed in the office of the Attorney General may be designated by a prosecuting attorney having criminal jurisdiction in a matter as a special deputy prosecutor for the purpose of prosecuting in a court of competent jurisdiction an action brought under this chap…

(a) Any person or caregiver required by the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act, § 12-12-1701 et seq., to report a case of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who purposely fails to do so is:(1) Guilty of a Class B…

This subchapter shall be known and may cited as the “Vulnerable Person Protection Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Abuses” means any act or omission that causes or is likely to cause the following to a vulnerable person:(A) Mental anguish, physical pain, or physical injury;(B) Unlawful sexual contact or sexual contact induced by fear of retribution or hards…

(a) A person commits abuse of a vulnerable person if, being a healthcare provider or caregiver, he or she purposely abuses a vulnerable person under his or her care or to whom he or she has access due to his or her position as a healthcare provider or caregiver. (b) Abuse of a vu…

(a) A person commits neglect of a vulnerable person if, being a healthcare provider or caregiver, he or she purposely neglects a vulnerable person under his or her care or to whom he or she has access due to his or her position as a healthcare provider or caregiver. (b) Neglect o…

(a) A person commits exploitation of a vulnerable person if, being a healthcare provider or caregiver, he or she exploits a vulnerable person under his or her care or to whom he or she has access due to his or her position as a healthcare provider or caregiver. (b) Exploitation o…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Antishoplifting or inventory control device” means a mechanism or other device designed and operated for the purpose of detecting the removal from a store or business establishment or from a protected area within a store or business establishment;…

(a) Conduct denominated theft in this chapter constitutes a single offense embracing the separate offenses known before January 1, 1976, as:(1) Larceny;(2) Embezzlement;(3) False pretense;(4) Extortion;(5) Blackmail;(6) Fraudulent conversion;(7) Receiving stolen property; and(8) …

(a) A person commits theft of property if he or she knowingly:(1) Takes or exercises unauthorized control over or makes an unauthorized transfer of an interest in the property of another person with the purpose of depriving the owner of the property; or(2) Obtains the property of…

(a) A person commits theft of services if, with purpose to defraud:(1) The person purposely obtains a service that he or she knows to be available only for compensation, by deception, threat, or other means to avoid payment for the service; or(2) Having control over the dispositi…

(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 …

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by receiving if he or she receives, retains, or disposes of stolen property of another person:(1) Knowing that the property was stolen; or(2) Having good reason to believe the property was stolen. (1) Knowing that the property was stolen;…

(a) A person commits theft of a trade secret if, with a purpose to deprive the owner of the control of a trade secret, the person:(1) Obtains or discloses to an unauthorized person a trade secret; or(2) Without authority, makes or causes to be made a copy or an article representi…

(a) A person commits unauthorized use of a vehicle if the person knowingly takes, operates, or exercises control over another person's vehicle without consent of the owner. (b) Unauthorized use of a vehicle is a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Chop shop” means a place used for the purpose of selling, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle part with the purpose to misrepresent the identity of or prevent the identification of the motor vehicle or motor v…

(a) A person is guilty of theft of leased, rented, or entrusted property if the person:(1) Purposely, with a purpose to defraud, or by false pretense takes, carries, leads, drives away, destroys, sells, secretes, converts, or appropriates in any wrongful manner any personal prope…

(a) (1) The knowing concealment by a person on his or her own person or on the person of another of an unpurchased tangible personal property offered for sale by a store or business establishment gives rise to a presumption that the person took the tangible personal property with…

(a) A person commits the offense of theft of motor fuel if the person knowingly operates an automobile or other related vehicle after placing motor fuel in the automobile or other related vehicle at a:(1) Service station, filling station, garage, or other business where motor fue…

(a) (1) No person shall divert to personal use any recyclable material valued at fifty dollars ($50.00) or more and placed in a container as a part of a recycling program without the consent of the generator or the collector of the recyclable material or the person owning or oper…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a device to record or transmit an image, a sound, or any part of an image or sound;(2) “Motion picture” means any series of images projected on a film screen or displayed in or on any other m…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Building material” means scrap metal used in the construction or rebuilding of a building or a structure;(2) “Costs of incidental damage” means the total amount of money damages suffered by an owner of scrap metal as a direct result of the theft o…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Receiving” means acquiring possession, control, or title or lending on the security of the scrap metal; and(2) “Scrap metal” means copper, copper alloy, copper utility wire, any bronze, or any aluminum as described in § 17-44-101 et seq. (1) “Rece…

(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful transfer of stolen property to a pawn shop or pawnbroker if he or she sells, pawns, or otherwise transfers an ownership interest in stolen property of another person to a pawn shop or pawnbroker:(1) Knowing that the property was stolen…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Catalytic converter” means an exhaust emission control device that reduces toxic gases and pollutants from internal combustion engines; and(2) “Permanently marked” means marked in a permanent manner, including without limitation engraving or perma…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Consumer goods” means moveable goods for sale at retail that are used or bought for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; and(2) “Value” means the actual retail price of the property at the time and place of the offense. (1) “…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Mail” means a letter, postcard, parcel, envelope, package, bag, or another sealed article addressed to another person, along with its contents;(2) “Mail depository” means a mail box, letter box, or mail receptacle of a postal service, an office of…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Mail” means a letter, postcard, parcel, envelope, package, bag, or another sealed article addressed to another person, along with its contents; and(2) “Postal service” means the United States Postal Service or its contractors or any commercial cou…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Misrepresentation” means any manifestation by a word or other conduct by a person to another person that, under the circumstances, amounts to an assertion not in accordance with fact; and(2) “Public benefit” means any federal or state funds, or…

(a) A person commits theft of public benefits if the person:(1) Obtains or retains a public benefit from the Department of Human Services or any other state agency administering the distribution of a public benefit:(A) By means of any false statement, misrepresentation, or impers…

(1) In addition to a penalty set forth in this subchapter:(1) Except as set forth in subdivision (4) of this section, any recipient of a food stamp who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of a violation set forth in this subchapter is ineligible for further par…

The prosecuting attorney may deputize an attorney of the Office of Chief Counsel of the Department of Human Services or the appropriate state agency to prosecute an offense under this subchapter.

This subchapter may be cited as the “Wireless Services Theft Prevention Law”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Manufacture of a wireless device” means to produce, activate, or assemble a wireless device or to modify, alter, program, or reprogram a device to be capable of acquiring or facilitating the acquisition of a wireless service without the consent…

(a) A person commits the offense of theft of wireless service if he or she purposely obtains wireless service by the use of an unlawful wireless device or without the consent of the wireless service provider. (b) Theft of wireless service is a:(1) Class A misdemeanor if the aggre…

(a) A person commits the offense of facilitating theft of wireless service if he or she:(1) Makes, distributes, possesses, uses, assembles, modifies, alters, programs, or reprograms a wireless device for the purpose of:(i) Commission of a theft of wireless service or to acquire o…

In addition to any other sentence authorized by law, the court may sentence a person convicted of violating this subchapter to make restitution in the manner prescribed in § 5-4-205.

(1) In a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, a wireless service provider aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may obtain appropriate relief, including:(1) Preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief;(2) Compensatory and punitive damages;(3) Reaso…

The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to prohibit the possession or use of a police scanner or an emergency scanner available to the general public.