Money from Heaven

[eldirector]

Wait, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck" is illegal?

Finding loose change on the ground was my primary source of income until I was in my teens. Well, that and the $2 bill in my birthday card from grandma.

 

[HoughMade]

How can you tell "lost" property from "abandoned" property?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Sec. 2 . (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person, with intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, commits theft, a Class A misdemeanor.  However, the offense is:

(1) a Level 6 felony if:

(A) the value of the property is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) and less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);

(B) the property is a firearm;  or

(C) the person has a prior unrelated conviction for:

(i) theft under this section;  or

(ii) criminal conversion under section 3 of this chapter;  and

(2) a Level 5 felony if:

(A) the value of the property is at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);  or

(B) the property that is the subject of the theft is a valuable metal (as defined in IC 25-37.5-1-1 ) and:

(i) relates to transportation safety;

(ii) relates to public safety;  or

(iii) is taken from a hospital or other health care facility, telecommunications provider, public utility (as defined in IC 32-24-1-5.9(a) ), or key facility;

and the absence of the property creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to a person.

(b) For purposes of this section, “the value of property” means:

(1) the fair market value of the property at the time and place the offense was committed;  or

(2) if the fair market value of the property cannot be satisfactorily determined, the cost to replace the property within a reasonable time after the offense was committed.

A price tag or price marking on property displayed or offered for sale constitutes prima facie evidence of the value of the property.

IC for theft.