.234   Shoplifting.


433.234 Shoplifting.
(1)
Willful concealment of unpurchased merchandise of any store or other mercantile
establishment on the premises of such store shall be prima facie evidence of an
intent to deprive the owner of his property without paying the purchase price
therefor.
(2)
All city and county law enforcement agencies shall cause to be made a photograph,
a set of fingerprints and a general descriptive report of all persons except juveniles
arrested for theft through an act of shoplifting. If convicted, two (2) copies of each
item shall be forwarded within thirty (30) days to the Department of State Police of
the Justice Cabinet.
History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(3); and ch. 406, sec. 318. --
Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 1. -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 1.