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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
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