(A) Theft under $300. Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be guilty of theft when he:
(1) Knowingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner;
(2) Knowingly obtains by deception, control over property of the owner;
(3) Knowingly obtains by threat, control over property of the owner; or
(4) Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen by another or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce him to believe the property was stolen, and:
(a) Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property;
(b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit; or
(c) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in such a manner as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit.
(B) Theft or labor or services.
(1) A person commits theft when he obtains the temporary use of property, labor, or services of another which are available only for hire, by means of threat or deception or knowing that such use is without the consent of the person providing the property, labor, or services.
(2) A person commits theft when after renting or leasing a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing, which provides for the return of the vehicle to a particular place at a particular time, he fails to return the vehicle to said place within the time specified, and is thereafter served with a written demand, or upon whom oral demand is thereafter personally made, to return said vehicle within 72 hours from the time of the service or personal communications of such demand; and who fails to return said vehicle to any place or business of the lessor within said period.
(C) Theft from coin-operated machines.
(1) A person commits theft from a coin-operated machine when he knowingly and without authority and with intent to commit a theft from such machine, opens, breaks into, tampers with, or damages a coin-operated machine.
(2) As used in this division, COIN-OPERATED MACHINE shall include automatic vending machines or any part thereof, parking meter, coin telephone, coin-laundry machine, amusement machine, music machine, vending machine dispensing goods or services, and money changers.
('70 Code, § 10.10.5.7) (Ord. passed 2-8-82) Penalty, see § 131.99
Cross-reference
Retail theft, see § 131.09