2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 514 - THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES
514.050 Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake.

Download as PDF 514.050 Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake. (1) (2) Except as provided in KRS 365.710, a person is guilty of theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake when: (a) He comes into control of the property of another that he 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 fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to have it. Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a Class A misdemeanor unless the value of the property is: (a) Five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in which case it is a Class D felony; or (b) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, in which case it is a Class C felony. Effective:June 25, 2009 History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 8, effective June 25, 2009. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 451, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 121, effective January 1, 1975.