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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 714.1, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. Exercises control over stolen property, knowing such 1 4 property to have been stolen, or having reasonable cause to 1 5 believe that such property has been stolen, unless the 1 6 person's purpose is to promptly restore it to the owner or to 1 7 deliver it to an appropriate public officer. The fact that the 1 8 person is found in possession of property which has been 1 9 stolen from two or more persons on separate occasions, or that 1 10 the person is a dealer or other person familiar with the value 1 11 of such property and has acquired it for a consideration which 1 12 is far below its reasonable value, shall be evidence from 1 13 which the court or jury may infer that the person knew or 1 14 believed that the property had been stolen. Exercising 1 15 control over stolen property is a continuous and ongoing act 1 16 until the property is relinquished or abandoned. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill relates to the definition of the crime of theft. 1 19 The bill provides that if a person exercises control over 1 20 stolen property and knows that the property is stolen, the 1 21 person commits a continuous ongoing criminal act. Under 1 22 existing law, if a person exercises control over stolen 1 23 property, the act is considered complete and the statute of 1 24 limitations starts to accrue when the act of obtaining the 1 25 property is complete. 1 26 The statute of limitations for most degrees of theft is 1 27 three years. 1 28 LSB 5206XS 78 1 29 jm/as/5
Text: SF02077 Text: SF02079 Text: SF02000 - SF02099 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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