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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Except as provided in KRS 365.710, a person is guilty of theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake when:
(a) He or she comes into control of the property of another that he or she knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient; and
(b) With intent to deprive the owner thereof, he or she fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to have it.
(2) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a Class B misdemeanor unless:
(a) The value of the property is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor;
(b) The value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more but less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in which case it is a Class D felony;
(c) A person has three (3) or more convictions under paragraph (a) of this subsection within the last five (5) years, in which case it is a Class D felony. The five (5) year period shall be measured from the dates on which the offenses occurred for which the judgments of conviction were entered; or
(d) The value of the property is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, in which case it is a Class C felony.
(3) If any person commits two (2) or more separate offenses of theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake within ninety (90) days, the offenses may be combined and treated as a single offense, and the value of the property in each offense may be aggregated for the purpose of determining the appropriate charge.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 514.050.Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-l-kentucky-penal-code/ky-rev-st-sect-514-050/
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