[6] 1 - Petty Theft
When someone takes someone else's personal property, worth $999.99 or less, without permission. Someone who fails to pay a contract or invoice within a reasonable amount of time for services totaling less than $999.99 in value is also guilty under this code.
Misdemeanor
Sentence: 0
Fine: $200
Sentence: 0
Fine: $200
Examples:
1) Switching or changing price tags on merchandise so that you pay less
2) Putting a more valuable item into a different packaging for a less valuable item
3) Eating at a restaurant and running without paying
4) Borrowing a neighbor's $300 serving tray and purposefully does not return it
5) Changing the price tag on a $100 sweater and proceeding to the checkout line
6) Taking a smartphone from a shipment of phones belonging to one's employer
1) Switching or changing price tags on merchandise so that you pay less
2) Putting a more valuable item into a different packaging for a less valuable item
3) Eating at a restaurant and running without paying
4) Borrowing a neighbor's $300 serving tray and purposefully does not return it
5) Changing the price tag on a $100 sweater and proceeding to the checkout line
6) Taking a smartphone from a shipment of phones belonging to one's employer
Defenses:
1) Acted with the property owner's consent,
2) Merely borrowed the property in question, and/or
3) Asserts a claim of right over the property.
1) Acted with the property owner's consent,
2) Merely borrowed the property in question, and/or
3) Asserts a claim of right over the property.