2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 39 - Theft and Related Offenses
3934 - Theft from a motor vehicle.

     § 3934.  Theft from a motor vehicle.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft
     from a motor vehicle if he unlawfully takes or attempts to take
     possession of, carries away or exercises unlawful control over
     any movable property of another from a motor vehicle with the
     intent to deprive him thereof.
        (b)  Grading.--
            (1)  An offense under this section is:
                (i)  a misdemeanor of the third degree if the amount
            involved was less than $50; or
                (ii)  a misdemeanor of the second degree if the
            amount involved was $50 or more but less than $200; or
                (iii)  a misdemeanor of the first degree if the
            amount involved was greater than $200.
            (2)  When the offense is a third or subsequent offense
        within a five-year period, regardless of the amount involved
        and regardless of the grading of the prior offenses, an
        offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
     (Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1103, No.149, eff. 60 days; June 18, 1999,
     P.L.67, No.8, eff. 60 days)

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