2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 67 - Proprietary and Official Rights
Section 6711 - Retention of military property after notice to return

     § 6711.  Retention of military property after notice to return.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person who fails to return any
     military property, equipment, identification papers or other
     items belonging to the armed forces of the United States, any
     reserve component, element or component thereof, or the
     Pennsylvania military forces, after having been given proper
     notice to return the property or equipment, commits a summary
     offense.
        (b)  Form of notice.--Notice to return military property,
     equipment, identification papers or other items to the armed
     forces of the United States, any reserve component, element or
     component thereof, or the Pennsylvania military forces, may be
     given by personal notice upon the person in possession of the
     property or by mailing a registered or certified letter to the
     person's last known address. The notice shall recite this
     section and contain a demand that the property be returned or,
     if it has been lost or destroyed, that restitution be paid as
     provided in subsection (c).
        (c)  Restitution to avoid prosecution.--A person may avoid
     prosecution under this section by returning the property or
     making restitution to the responsible official of the armed
     forces of the United States or the Pennsylvania military forces,
     as applicable, prior to the date of the hearing before the
     magisterial district judge, municipal court judge or other
     official authorized to conduct the hearing.
     (Dec. 11, 1986, P.L.1517, No.164, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004,
     P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)

        2004 Amendment.  Act 207 amended subsec. (c). See sections 28
     and 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special
     provisions relating to applicability and construction of law.
        1986 Amendment.  Act 164 added section 6711.