Title 39, Criminal Offenses

(a) Theft of property or services is:(1) A Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property or services obtained is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, except when the property obtained is a firearm;(2) A Class E felony if the property obtained is a firearm worth less than two…

A person commits a Class A misdemeanor who takes another's automobile, airplane, motorcycle, bicycle, boat or other vehicle without the consent of the owner and the person does not have the intent to deprive the owner thereof.

(1) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under §§ 39-14-103, 39-14-104 and 39-14-106 that the person:(1) Acted under an honest claim of right to the property or service involved;(2) Acted in the honest belief that the person had the right to obtain or exercise control over…

(a) With respect to the theft of rental property, evidence of any of the following shall create an inference of intent to deprive the owner of the rental property, as provided in § 39-14-103:(1) The person leasing or renting the property has pawned or otherwise conveyed the prope…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state or any county or municipality is authorized to post the following signage along the right-of-way of any state or local roadway located in close proximity to a stone or rock wall: WARNING! IT CONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF THEFT TO KNOW…

(a) It is an offense for a person to knowingly operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in a facility where a motion picture is being exhibited for the purpose of recording a theatrical motion picture and without the consent of the owner or lessee of the facility. (b…

(a) A person commits parentage fraud who:(1) Seeks to legally establish another individual as the biological parent of a child in the person's custody with intent to deprive the individual of property or to prevent the child's actual biological parent from exercising parental rig…

(a) A person commits extortion who uses coercion upon another person with the intent to:(1) Obtain property, services, any advantage or immunity;(2) Restrict unlawfully another's freedom of action; or(3) (A) Impair any entity, from the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or p…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act.” (b) For purposes of this section, “stored value card” means any card, gift card, instrument, or device issued with or without fee for the use of the cardholder to obtain money, goods,…

(a) A person commits an offense who forges a writing with intent to defraud or harm another. (b) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Forge” means to:(A) Alter, make, complete, execute or authenticate any writing so that it purports to:(i) Be the act o…

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal simulation who, with intent to defraud or harm another:(A) Makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source or authorship that it does not have;(B) Possesses…

(a) A person who claims ownership of or interest in any property which is the subject of a security interest, security agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, attachment, judgment or other statutory or equitable lien commits an offense who, with intent to hinder enforcement of that i…

(a) A person commits an offense who, when proceedings have been or are about to be instituted for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or other person entitled to administer property for the benefit of creditors, or when any other assignment, composition, or liquidation for th…

(a) A person commits the crime of illegal possession of a credit or debit card who, knowing the person does not have the consent of the owner or issuer, takes, exercises control over or otherwise uses that card or information from that card. (b) A person commits the crime of frau…

(a) Any person who reports or attempts to report a credit or debit card as being lost, stolen, or mislaid knowing the report to be false violates this subsection (a). (b) Any person who, with intent to defraud, uses a credit or debit card or information from such card, which has …

(a) A person commits the crime of issuing a false financial statement who, with intent to defraud:(1) Knowingly makes or utters a written instrument which purports to describe the financial condition or ability of the person or some other person to pay and which is inaccurate in …

(a) (1) A person commits an offense who, with fraudulent intent or knowingly:(A) Issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money for the purpose of paying any fee, fine, tax, license or obligation to any governmental entity or for the purpose of obtaining…

(a) Any person causing the arrest of the drawer of a check, draft or order shall not be criminally or civilly liable for false arrest or false imprisonment if the person, firm or corporation relies in good faith upon the permissible inferences set forth in § 39-14-121(b) and noti…

(a) A person commits an offense who, with intent to deceive, in the course of business:(1) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;(2) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less…

(a) It is an offense for any person to intentionally and falsely create the impression that any person is deceased. (b) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Addressee” means the person to whom a piece of mail is addressed;(2) “Curtilage” has the same meaning as defined in § 39-11-611; and(3) “Mail” means a letter, postal card, package, bag, or other sealed article that:(A) Is delivered by a common car…

(a) Any person who takes or destroys any valuable papers with intent to injure or defraud shall be punished as if for theft. If the value of the papers is not ascertainable, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) For the purposes of this section, “valuable papers” includes:(1)…

Any person who destroys or conceals the last will and testament of a testator, or any codicil thereto, with intent to prevent the probate thereof or defraud any devisee or legatee, commits a Class E felony.

(a) No person or agent of any person shall misrepresent the mileage on a used motor vehicle which is offered for sale, trade-in or exchange by changing the mileage registering instrument of a used motor vehicle so as to show a lesser mileage reading than that recorded by the inst…

Any person who intentionally presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of such claim, for the payment of a loss, or other benefits, upon any contract of insurance coverage, or automobile comprehensive or collision insurance, or certif…

(a) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor who knowingly and with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of an item:(1) Alters, covers, defaces, destroys or removes the permanent serial number, manufacturer's identification plate or other permanent distinguishing numb…

(a) (1) No new tractor-drawn major farm implement manufactured as a self-contained unit after December 31, 1968, and designed to be pulled by or attached to a farm tractor and sold as a complete unit, shall be sold or offered for sale at wholesale or retail unless a manufacturer'…

(a) A person commits the offense of falsifying educational and academic documents who buys, sells, creates, duplicates, alters, gives or obtains a diploma, academic record, certificate of enrollment or other instrument which purports to signify merit or achievement conferred by a…

(a) No person shall knowingly commit or engage in any false or fraudulent conduct, representation or practice in order to qualify, or assist another to qualify, for participation in any program administered by or through an agency of state or local government intended to specific…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Article” means any object, material, device, or substance or copy thereof, including any writing, record, recording, drawing, sample, specimen, prototype, model, photograph, micro-organism, blueprint or map;(…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Aggregate wholesale value” means the average wholesale value of lawfully manufactured and authorized recordings corresponding to the number of nonconforming recordings involved in the offense. Proof of the specific wholesale value of each nonconfo…

Any electronic or communications equipment, and any other devices used, sold, transferred or possessed to violate this part are considered contraband subject to seizure and forfeiture under the same procedures used for the forfeiture of conveyances pursuant to title 40, chapter 3…

(a) A person commits an offense if, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, the person engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is a party to a contract tra…

(a) It is an offense for a person to solicit or accept a fee, consideration, donation, or to offer for sale or sell advertising as a representative, or under the guise of representing, a police, judicial or safety association, partnership or corporation unless the person is emplo…

(a) If the appropriate district attorney general consents to use of this section as provided in subsection (i), in lieu of any criminal penalties imposed by § 39-14-105 for theft offenses, any adult or parent or guardian of a minor who willfully takes possession of merchandise fr…

(a) If the appropriate district attorney general consents to use of this section as provided in subsection (e), in lieu of any criminal penalties imposed by § 39-14-105 for theft offenses, any employee of a retail merchant who willfully takes possession of merchandise from the re…

(a) For purposes of § 39-14-103, a person commits theft of property if the person, with the intent to deprive a merchant of the stated price of merchandise, knowingly commits any of the following acts:(1) Conceals the merchandise;(2) Removes, takes possession of, or causes the re…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Lease” means the grant of use and possession of a motor vehicle for consideration, whether or not the grant includes an option to buy the vehicle;(2) “Motor vehicle” means a device in, on, or by which a perso…

Any person who makes a false statement or representation of a material fact knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in order to obtain a surety bond, either for that person or for any other person, commits a Class A misdemeanor. Each such false stat…

(a) A person commits communication theft who, with the intent to defraud a communication service provider of any lawful compensation for providing a communication service, knowingly:(1) Acquires, transmits, or retransmits a communication service;(2) Makes, distributes, possesses …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Identity Theft Victims' Rights Act of 2004.” (b) (1) A person commits the offense of identity theft who knowingly obtains, possesses, buys, or uses, the personal identifying information of another:(A) With the intent to com…

(a) (1) In addition to the fine and imprisonment authorized by law for the offense of theft, the court may order the suspension of the driver license of a person convicted of theft for a first time for a period not to exceed six (6) months, if the theft conviction involved a pers…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Counterfeit mark” means:(A) Any knowingly unauthorized reproduction or copy of intellectual property; or(B) Intellectual property affixed to any item knowingly sold, offered for sale, manufactured, or distributed, or identifying services offered o…

(a) It is an offense for a person who is applying for or the recipient of dwelling accommodations in any housing project operated by a housing authority as defined in § 13-20-102 to obtain or attempt to obtain the dwelling accommodations by means of a statement, representation or…

(a) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Contract for home improvement services” means a contractual agreement, written or oral, between a person performing home improvement services and a residential owner, and includes all labor, services, an…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Animal” means a domesticated living creature or a wild creature previously captured;(2) “Livestock” means all equine as well as animals which are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utiliza…