Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1217
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 35-43-4-3.
Synopsis: Criminal conversion of leased motor vehicles. Makes
criminal conversion of a leased motor vehicle a Class D felony instead
of a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1217
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 35-43-4-3; (11)IN1217.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 35-43-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.143-2005,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
exerts unauthorized control over property of another person commits
criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class D felony if
committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over the motor
vehicle of another person with the intent to use the motor vehicle to
assist the person in the commission of a crime.
(c) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
(1) committed by a person who exerts unauthorized control over
the motor vehicle of another person; and
(2) the person uses the motor vehicle to assist the person in the
commission of a felony.
(d) The offense under subsection (a) is a Class D felony if:
(1) the person acquires the property by lease;
(2) the property is a motor vehicle;
(3) the person signs a written agreement to return the
property to a specified location within a specified time; and
(4) the person fails to return the property:
(A) within fifteen (15) days after the specified time; or
(B) within three (3) days after a written demand for return
of the property is either:
(i) personally served on the person; or
(ii) sent by registered mail to the person's address that is
provided by the person in the written agreement.