545.18. Receiving stolen property or services.
   (a)   No person shall receive, retain or dispose of property or services of another, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it has been obtained through commission of a theft offense.
   (b)   It is no defense to a charge of receiving stolen property in violation of this section that the property was obtained by means other than through the commission of a theft offense if the property was explicitly represented to the accused person as being obtained through the commission of a theft offense.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of receiving stolen property or services, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the value of the property or services involved is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(ORC 2913.51; Ord. 519-11. Passed 11-15-11.)