2017 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 39 - Theft and Related Offenses
Section 3934 - Theft from a motor vehicle

Universal Citation: 18 PA Cons Stat § 3934 (2017)
§ 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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